2006-07-09 18:26:09 · 34 answers · asked by jigme0002 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
'...Life's but a fleeting shadow. A poor player
That struts his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more !
It's a tale, told by an idiot,
Full of sound and fury, signifying NOTHING !'
2006-07-09 18:32:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." - From the Velveteen Rabbit
~ Mike
2006-07-09 18:34:20 · answer #2 · answered by Moo Cow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The conviction of the justification of using even the most brutal weapons is always dependent on the presence of a fanatical belief in the necessity of the victory of a revolutionary new order on this globe.
2006-07-10 02:46:44 · answer #3 · answered by sun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Do we not see a fair creation prepared to receive us the instant we are born -- a world furnished to our hands, that cost us nothing? Is it we that light up the sun, that pour down the rain, and fill the earth with abundance? Whether we sleep or wake, the vast machinery of the universe still goes on." - Thomas Paine
2006-07-09 18:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by mia_violenza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
By Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
I understand this quote to mean: "Push yourself hard, but not to hard, that you go over the edge." In reality, living at the extreme end of high performance can be dangerous; just ask Nietzsche.
2006-07-09 19:05:55 · answer #5 · answered by Joe_Pardy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This isn't my favorite, and it's vaguely irrelevant, but I can't resist posting it:
"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."
~ Chuck Palahniuk
2006-07-10 05:12:24 · answer #6 · answered by askingjonas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is like a box of chocolates. I dont like most of it, and its not worth ******* 20 bucks to pay for the god damn box for 3 chocolates.
2006-07-09 18:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by pacoxxxtaco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Life is like a box of chocolates." Said by Forrest Gump. Life is short, so savor every bite.
2006-07-09 18:50:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"If something can be fixed, there's no good worrying about it; and if it can't, worrying will do no good." -Dali Lama
" I wanna be the one in hell with all the best stories!" --me
" If you're gonna dream, dream big. Otherwise, there's no point." --me again.
"Why nothing's either right or wrong but thinking makes it so" Rosencrantz from Shakespear's Hamlet.
To be or not to be
2006-07-09 18:49:12 · answer #9 · answered by tigerzntalons 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is like a box of chocolates... once you're done with the chocolates, they put you in a box... not my favourite but a good one
2006-07-09 18:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by jedsloane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋