Any quotes- just good ones!
2006-11-13 13:05:39 · 21 answers · asked by MEEEE 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
If you could save anyone's life, it should be your own--you're most likely to return the favor.
-Benjamin Kwiecien
2006-11-13 13:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by يا حسين 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All of these are by one of my favorite philosopher/rogues, H.L. Mencken. They are especially appropriate at this time!...
"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods."
"A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar."
"A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground."
"Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in."
"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
And now, my most favorite Mencken quote:
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
2006-11-13 16:18:04 · answer #2 · answered by pack_rat2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of my favorites is "Yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery, today is a gift. That's why we call it the present."
Another is "Infatuation is like sparkle dust. When the sparkle wears off, all that's left is the dust."
And my absolute favorite, Desiderata, is too long to put here, even though I know it by heart, but here is a link to it.
Best of luck.
2006-11-13 13:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two =)
Reach for the moon; If you fall, you might catch a star*
Andd.
You can't make a r a i n b o w [[without]] any rain
<3
-Emilie
I give my full, honest, and sometimes blunt answers. Like it or not, it's true.
2006-11-13 13:13:27 · answer #4 · answered by Emirii 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow,as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man" William Shakespeare - Hamlet
Unless we can be true to ourselves first, we cannot be true to others. A reminder that the easiest person to deceive is oneself.
2006-11-13 13:27:05 · answer #5 · answered by mebbe_sew_mebbe_knot 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A great ship craves deep waters.
2006-11-13 17:25:04 · answer #6 · answered by melburniandonut 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Victory belongs to the most persevering
2006-11-13 13:11:34 · answer #7 · answered by hatchly758 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Life is just one damn thing after another."
"A ship at dock is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."
"Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he eats for a lifetime."
"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."
2006-11-13 13:21:28 · answer #8 · answered by ursaitaliano70 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From George Constanza intruducing himself to a woman:
"Hi, I'm George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents."
2006-11-13 13:12:44 · answer #9 · answered by Heat 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Before you critize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you critize them, you are a mile away and you have their shoes!
-unknown
2006-11-13 13:09:24 · answer #10 · answered by kayle_rose 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋