2006-07-22 06:55:04 · 18 answers · asked by Ivy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I have three...
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. - Norman Cousins
That government is best which governs least. - Thomas Paine
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. - Woody Allen
2006-07-22 07:04:26 · answer #1 · answered by jasenlee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It changes often as there are so many great writers and philosophers in the history of the world, there are too many to quote here... but since I have used it twice today already, I'm going to go with this one for now...
"Any experiment of interest in life, will be carried out at your own expense." Sir John Wilmot.
And I like the whole prologue in the beginning of the movie "The Libertine." With Johnny Depp where he says "I do not want you to like me." I love the entire speech... It is me to a T. I would have ravished that man had I lived in that time and in his space. He would have met his match in me!
But I have to say... I also love this, it has been one of my favorites for a long time...
" O indigence at the root of our lives, how poor is the language of happiness! Everything's happened before and will happen again but still, the moment of each meeting is sweet."
From: Trista. By: Osip Mandelshtam.
2006-07-22 14:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I had to put more than one thing! Here are some of my favorites (quotations and sayings):
"If you can't have what you love, you must love what you have." -Quote by Anonymous
"Knowledge is Power." -Quote by Oprah Winfrey
"Sometimes silence is the best answer." Quote by ??? (not sure)
"Every cloud has a silver lining." Nice saying that keeps me positive!
And, considering that these are the only ones I can remember right now, that means they must truly be my favorites! ;)
2006-07-22 14:10:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Khalil Gibran in "The Prophet" , on marriage:
The mighty oaks do not grow in one another's shadow, and the pillars of the temple do stand apart.
It's a tie with "Actions speak louder than words", and "There's no substitute for class"
2006-07-22 23:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by seefo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son; that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16)
2006-07-22 14:00:53 · answer #5 · answered by Matured One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's my favourite cause it always seemed to impress the teachers when i was in highschool and it's also usable in most essays and stuff
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years" - Abraham Lincoln
it rulzzz, doesn't it? :D
2006-07-22 14:20:12 · answer #6 · answered by lady xanax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"In the end the Love you take is equal to the Love you make"
The Beatles
2006-07-22 18:55:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"20 years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did do"
2006-07-22 19:43:16 · answer #8 · answered by mel_rose1980 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my favourites-
"its nice to be important, but its [even more] important to be nice"
2006-07-22 14:09:04 · answer #9 · answered by smilee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"if it's not one thing, it's another. it's always something"
-gilda radner.
i like it because it's basically saying don't waste your time with worry about stupid things..because ither's always going to be something going wrong
2006-07-22 14:00:59 · answer #10 · answered by klove28 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋