what are your favorite quotations and why?

Answer 1

Dying
Is an art, like everthing else
I do it exceptionally well

I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I've a call...........

Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.

I love it even though I can't really imagine what would be going through somebodies head to feel that way.

Answer 2

Some favorites and one-liners (sorry I don't know who said them!):

The sooner you get behind, the more time you'll have for catching up. (I wish...)

A procratinator's work is never done.

Doing many good turns will rarely make you dizzy.

He never said one word when two would suffice. (Know anyone like that?)

If a person borrows $20 from you and you never see them again, it was probably worth it.

He could do the work of three men: Larry, Curly, and Moe (You've probably heard that one...)

We at last saw light at the end of the tunnel! It was an oncoming train.

What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right. (Isn't it the truth?)

If you must kill time, work it to death!

He who kills time, buries opportunity.

Pessimist: one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

He who complains about the way the ball bounces is often the one who dropped it.

When one word leads to another, it usually results in a quarrel, a speech, or a dictionary.

War doesn't decide who's right-only who's left.

It is better to be silent and be considered a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.-Abraham Lincoln

If at first you don't succeed, avoid skydiving.

Tact is changing the subject without changing your mind.

Diplomacy is the ability to put your best foot forward without stepping on anybody's toes.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.

All guests bring us pleasure-some by their arrival, others by their departure.

Hitting the ceiling is the wrong way to get up in the world.

One thing you can learn by watching the clock is that it passes time by keeping its hands busy.

Answer 3

"I never did give anyone hell, i just told the truth and they thought it was hell."-Harry S. Truman

"Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment."-
R. Buckminster Fuller

"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well mannered."-Voltaire

"It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value."- Arthur C. Clarke

"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury."- Groucho Marx

"Some mornings it doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the straps."- Emo Phillips

Answer 4

Be the source in the lives of others, of that which you would have in your own life.

Neale Donald Walsch

I like it because it's a nicer version of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

Similarly, there is this one by George Washington Carver:
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world".

Answer 5

"A lie can travel halfway 'round the world while the truth is putting on it's shoes."
-Mark Twain

I like this quote because it is timeless; it is just as true now as it was when Twain was alive. And because the rumor mill where I work bears it out every single day.
I also like;

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
-Albert Einstein

Speaks for itself.

Answer 6

"If i wore a tie that wouldn't change who i am. If i had no piercings that wouldn't mean I'm nice, If i had black hair that wouldn't stop me from kicking your butt!"
Haru Sohma (Fruits Basket)
“I set out on Sunday and found myself in an unfamiliar town. Next thing I knew 3 days had passed. A mystery…” –Haru
“I guess Faires really do exist. A mystery…” –Haru
“It’s okay to feel weak sometimes. It’s okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That’s what makes us strong,” –Yuki
“Maybe I wanted to be needed by something that wouldn’t exist without me,” – Yuki
“I want to believe that my hopes aren’t for nothing. I want to believe that there really is more to life then darkness. Just like even if I’m pelted with rain, I know the sun will come up again. No matter how much I’m knocked down by pain,” – Yuki
“You’re late. Idiots should do what idiots can to be quicker,” Akito
“Maybe it’s difficult becuz it’s so simple,” yuki
“Think of dodgeball with rockets,” Haru
“Because when you smile the world seems just a little kinder,” – Kazuma
“For u 2 be urself is a very important thing,” –kazuma
“I’m sorry. I don’t need pity or sympathy. I don’t expect anyone to understand these feelings Feelings of pain, feelings of happiness. They r mine alone,” – Kagura
“I can’t stand on my own. I can’t go on any further. Not all by myself,” –Rin
“U must always be urself and do things at ur own pace. Someday u’ll catch up,” kyoko
“Doubting is easy anyone can do it,” – Kyoko
“U need 2 live somewhere where u can spread ur wings and really be alive,” Grandpa

"You don't have to be adults but be someone who can take responsibility for their own words and actions,"
Mayu (Fruits Basket)

"If u push 2 hard u'll break things,"
Hatori (Fruits Basket)

"No matter how hard u try 2 keep it away despair will attack u again and again. In the same manner hope will return to u again and again"
Kazuma (I'll stop putting this they are all from Fruits Basket unless i say so)

"U always struggle frantically 2 keep urself from drowning... When if u'd just relax u'd find that u float,"
Shigure

"The only way 2 get 2 that point is 2 keep struggling w/ all ur might until u can't struggle anymore,"
haru
"Sometimes living can be hard but it's becuz we're alive that we can make each other laugh, cry, be happy, if that's not a reason for being born in this world... i don't know what is!" -Tohru (Fruits Basket)
"There may not be anyone who was born with a reason. I think... that everyone... Everyone might have to find one on their own. A reason for being born... A reason that is okay to be alive... A reason to exist. The reason may be vague, unclear... And uncertain but as long as you're alive you have to keep searching for that reason," Tohru

"Before u decide 2 critize someone walk a mile in their shoes. Then when u critize them u r a mile away and u have their shoes," Sisterhood of the traveling pants(book 3 I think)
"The only place 'success' comes before 'work' is in the dictionary." – idk
“Be selfish, say what you want… Once in a while, It’s ok 2 let urself be sad,” Kyo
“Perhaps if you’d just die you’d be reincarnated as something more pleasant,” Yuki
“Whether good or ill will come of this venture even god doesn’t know,” –Fruits Basket
“Walking and thinking at the same time is dangerous,” tohru
“The most important thing 2 me has always been me.” Shigure
“A 6th sense cannot make up 4 a total lack of common sense.” Hana
“Loss, suffering, It’s pointless to think about them,” Momiji
“I want to try to live my life, carrying all of my memories with me and even if those memories are painful. Even if they do nothing but hurt me.. I want to keep them. Even those memories I sometimes I wish I could forget. As long as I can keep holding on then someday. Someday, I’ll be strong enough that those memories don’t hurt me anymore and I’ll be glad I have them. I don’t think it would be ok to forget a single one” Momiji
“Becoming weaker is it the body or soul?” Yuki
“A voice that is not heard… A wish that is unfulfilled… Just quietly closing one’s soul,” Yuki
“Adults have no right to deprive children of their free will, do they? But I think they do have a right to worry over them,” Kazuma
“I don’t mind if u take twice as long as the others cuz I wanna know the answer u give,” Kazuma
“If you lose yourself in worries u waste the now,” – Uo
“We need to face our fears b/c if we stay afraid then those fears can rule our lives,” Tohru (kyoko)
“I was struck speechless at the stupidity of what u said,” – Hatori
“Hello is the beginning of a good bye,” Pokemon Sapphire.

I love these cuz they r meaningful yet funny
yes this is a long list

Answer 7

"When I was small, I was taught never to lie and always tell the truth. Now I know that a lie can live, the truth you can disguise."
True words

"Your actions speak so loud it's hard to hear what you're saying"
To the millions of hypocrites in this world

Answer 8

"Carpe Dium" - coz its true, means cease the day.
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" - it makes me feel good.
"Laughter is timeless, Imagination has no age and dreams are forever" - coz Walt Disney is a genius.
"Its funny coz its true" Homer Simpson said this and its true it applies to all the contradictions of the modern world.

Answer 9

It is far better to have loved and lost than to not have loved at all.

That is one of my favorites because it is really the truth. Even though the pain you feel when you lose someone is threatening to kill you, it is still greater to have had someone and lost them than to have never experienced what it felt like to love them.

Answer 10

my favourite quotation is" you understand" i use this alot because i speak with people who doesn't understand the english language that well so i ask them this to make sure they understand me