2006-12-03 23:25:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.'
-John Lennon
2006-12-03 23:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
From the Colbert Report:
Colbert's Response to “In wartime, there are no atheists in foxholes.”:
"Why aren’t there atheists in our foxholes? I say we stuff our foxholes with atheists, then we bring back our Christian boys where it’s safe! Yes… We know atheists are brave. They’re not afraid to go to Hell and be tortured by Satan for all eternity… which is what’s going to happen. They’re not going to be afraid of insurgents. I say we ship ‘em out, let ‘em destroy someone else’s society for a change. And hey, we could get churches to share their membership information with the government. That way, if someone doesn’t go to to church for, let’s say, a year, they’ll get to stand outside a mosque. And as for agnostics, we’ll send them to Afghanistan. That’s a war pretty much anybody can, you know, kinda believe in."
2006-12-03 23:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Firefly 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am giving you two quotes from Hillel, a great Jewish religious leader living during the period of King Herod.
"If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And when I am for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?"
This quote shows that we must be for ourselves (our community), but of course, not only for ourselves. We must also be for others as well, but it shows the priority.
"That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn." (Babylonian Talmud, the ethic of reciprocity or "The Golden rule")
This quote is the basis for treating others as you would like to be treated - it is the basis for love thy neighbor as thyself.
2006-12-03 23:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by happy inside 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The African proverb offered at the end of An Inconvenient Truth:
When you pray, pray with your feet...
I love that...it's saying create your own destiny, work for it!
2006-12-03 23:28:09 · answer #4 · answered by just browsin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everytime I learn something new it pushes some old stuff out of my brain - Homer Simpson
2006-12-03 23:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by Dannie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walk carefully but carry a big stick
2006-12-03 23:28:10 · answer #6 · answered by lonetraveler 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Pravin Lal - Alpha Centauri
another one ->
"The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot stay in the cradle forever."
-Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
The Father of Rocketry
2006-12-03 23:39:15 · answer #7 · answered by someguy_233 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before." - Mae West
2006-12-03 23:35:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Destiny is no matter of chance, its a matter of choice.
Its not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achived.
2006-12-03 23:30:40 · answer #9 · answered by kd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Our lives are in the hands of engineers"
Ian Malcom
Jurassic Park
2006-12-03 23:34:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋