matt_mcl: I think the Vermont/Quebec alliance just got stronger. You quoted Dorothy Parker. You now officially rock. I, too am a collecter of words.
A few Nietzche quotes:
“One must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star”
“Now I shall long chew their words like good grains, my teeth shall grind them and crush them small till they flow like milk into my soul.”
“When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.”
“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.”
Dottie Parker quotes:
“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”
“Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion.”
“Ducking for apples – change one letter and it’s the story of my life.”
“I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.”
And assorted others: “Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.” Jean de la Bruyere
“What more do you need? A little garden to walk in and immensity to reflect on. A few flowers on earth and all the stars in heaven.” Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
“I’m not arrogant, I’m just better than you.”
If anyone knows who said the above, please let me know.
And my favorite SDMB quote. “Big noises? I thought you said pig noises.”
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Wow. I did not know this one, and I have just found a perfect quote to sum up my life’s meaning! It’s basically the same as saying “Have fun and don’t make things complicated”, but in a much more eloquent way. I love it!
“All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes.”
– "Ninth & Hennepin
“Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon, independent as a hog on ice,
He’s a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse,
Plays accordion for Mr. Weiss.”
– Cemetary Polka
“Well today is grey skies,
tomorrow is tears,
you’ll have to wait til yesterday is here.”
– Yesterday Is Here
This is one of my favorites:
“The women all control their men
With razors and with wrists”
– In the Colliseum
And I’ll leave you with the simple truth:
“Nothin’ else matters in this whole wide world,
when you’re in love with a jersey girl”
– Jersey Girl
translated: I think, therefore I am. But I doubt it.
Best quote ever. I hate the fact that most people use only the first part of the quote and leave out the last part. Without the uncertainty that the last part contributes, the quote as often used is woefully incomplete. Whenever I hear someone say only the first part, I usually throw in the last part, and 9.9 times out of 10 they’ve never heard of it. Poor, misquoted Descartes is probably rolling in his grave.
Actually, the Braveheart quote was simply, “Every man dies, but not every man really lives.” Personally, I like to corrupt it to, “Every man dies … but not every man’s got a caber under his kilt! WAAAAAUUUUGGGHHH!”
A recent favorite that I forgot to mention: “At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.” Italian proverb. Now that’s deep!
I agree wholeheartedly. But, my fave from that film is (give or take a word or two):
Prince John (Malcolm McDowell): “What about John? No one cares about what happens to John. Why, I bet if I were on fire, no one would even piss on me to put out the flames!”
Prince Richard (Anthony Hopkins): “Let us strike a flint and see.”
Yeah Voltaire, I know what you mean. I hate it when people leave out part of the quote :).
Here’s a good one:
“Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
or how bout
“Exigua pars est vitae quam nos vivimus”
-Ovid
(The part of life which we live is short).
Remark made by M. Bosquet on the charge of the Light Brigade (the action, not the poem):
“C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre.”
(It is magnificent, but it is not war.)
I just can’t think straight on this. I’m with people all the way on Parker and Voltaire but i still can’t get past Beadalin’s “Is that a LEG ?” and Ashtorath’s “Make big noises”/“Oink!, Oink!, Oink!”. Hilarious - I’m a complete write off.