Maybe someone can help me out on who said this of Martin Luther King:
I believe God has laid his hands upon you and that is a dangerous thing.
This has always been one of my favorites, and I think that in a lot of ways, it sums up my attraction to the SDMB:
“It contributes greatly towards a man’s moral and intellectual health to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.”
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850
It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I choose to accept.
- Calvin & Hobbes
Yeah? You and what army??
- dunno who said that…
I have pages of quotes… I collect them too.
“The day you know danger, the day you know fear, the day you know you are alone, is the day you grow. If not up, then old.”
“Beware the one who wields a power greater than himself.”
“Curiosity about why the sky is blue and curiosity about the knife covered in blood on the kitchen floor are two very different things.”
“It is not true that the past is merely things passed. There is no end without a beginning. And though the beginning may be forgotten, it always comes into play at the end. So are tales constructed, for all desire closure.”
All of the above are from various fanfics on the 'Net
“If only life had a ‘Don’t be a jerk’ rule. I would walk around with a ‘banned’ rubberstamp and use it all day long.” (Whose sig is this? I know this is someone’s sig…)
“Curiosity was framed; ignorance killed the cat.” ¡VAnon.
“Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one. A moment. In childhood. When it first occured to you that you don’t go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one’s memory. And yet, I can’t remember it.” -Someone’s sig on another board
“Let us be a little wiser and knowing, like Elves. Let us be a little simpler and happier, like Hobbits. Yet let us always remember that after all humans we are…” -Another someone’s sig on the same board
“If obscene words are routinely beeped out on televison, what has the Road Runner really been saying to the Coyote all these years?” -Anon.
Okay, I think I’d better stop now…
Two from Dave Sim (the writer of Cerebus the Aardvark who actually appears to have gone insane these days):
“Rich people are usually rich first and everything else second.”
“Nothing like a breast the size of your head to make you forget the important stuff.”
“When opprtunity knocks, you still need to open the door.”
“If you hesistate, not only will you be miles from the nearest exit, but you will be hoplessly lost.”
“If you don’t use your brain, you may lose it.”
I forgot who said these.
Oops, the last one should be “…your head…”
Some fun ones:
“It’s always darkest before pitch black.”
“Brute force prevails where reasoning fails.”
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Winston Churchill
Sloppy thinking only gets worse with decapitation
Dr. Squid
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison
Reality is for people who cant handle drugs.
Should you become separated from your mount, stand very still and make a noise like a carrot.
– UK cavalry drill instructor
Light travels faster than sound-that’s why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating… Ashleigh Brilliant
Outside of a dog, a book is a man_s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.
Groucho Marx
All it takes to fly is to hurl yourself at the ground… and miss.
Douglas Adams, HGGTTG
A few Straight Dope ones, first:
Y’know what I hate about women? The way the get all pissed off when you make sweeping generalizations about 'em. What’s up with that?
-Miller
To keep pets off of certain surfaces, wet the surface with lighter fluid. Whenever your pet looks as if he or she may jump on the surface, strike a match, light the surface, and say “No!” in an authoritative voice. Works every time!
-Skerri
“Breakfast! I made you half of a leftover pizza with a side of sweet and sour pork!”
-Incubus
And now for some not-SDMB ones:
Is there any stab as deep as wondering where and how you failed those you loved?
-Florida Maxwell-Scott
He gave her a look you could have poured on a waffle.
-Ring Gardner
God’s love for poor sinners is wonderful, but God’s patience will ill-natured saints is a deeper mystery.
- Anon
It is not necessary that a man should earn his living by the sweat of his brow, unless he sweats easier than I do.
-Thoreau
Truth is to say of what is, that it is; and to say of what is not, that it is not.
-Plato
Holy cow! I got quoted! Thanks, Lissla Lissar! I wasn’t even going to open this thread, because I couldn’t think of something I wanted to quote.
The only thing I can think of is:
“If you can’t be a good example, you’ll just have to serve as a terrible warning!” - Catherine Airde (I think that’s how it’s spelled.)
Something along the lines of:
Reach for the Moon.
If you miss, you may fall on a star.
I don’t love you because you’re beautiful,
You’re beautiful because I love you.
- Anonymous
Truth, much like art, is in the eye of the beholder. You believe what you want, I’ll believe what I know.
-Kevin Spacey in ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’
A few of my favorites:
“'Twas brilig and the slithy toves did gyre an gimble in the wabe, all mimsy were the borrogroves and the mome rathes out grabe.” - Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll
“Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.” - Ford Prefect in The Hitch-hikers Guide to the galaxy
“Beware the fury of the patient man.” - not sure who said this.
Risk more than others think is safe.
Care more than others think is wise.
Dream more than others think practical.
Expect more than others think is possible.
Unknown
“In three words I can sum up all I know about life: It goes on.” - Robert Frost
“Wink at a homely girl, it costs you so little and does her so much good.” - Menken
And that prophet of our times, Jack Handy:
“Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I’ll go over to the person’s house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I’m gone, but you know what I’ve left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in its head and a note that says ‘you.’ After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.”
Actually, I could go on and on with quotes. There are so many good ones… especially Jack Handy.
“You are not expected to understand this.”
– The most famous comment in the history of coding. Often taken as a personal challenge.
“Then a miracle occurs.”
“Semper ubi sub ubi”
– `Always wear under wear.’
“And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.”
– Groucho Marx
“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
– Groucho Marx
(Guess who my favorite comedian of all time is. :))