# What should I use for my senior quote? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420 "2002-12-09T03:00:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/41 "2002-12-09T23:37:42Z")
For what its worth-- The Sports Guy and his take on yearbook quotes– [http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/021011.html](http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/021011.html) [http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/quote021018.html](http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/quote021018.html) My personal favorite, especially for a yearbook… "After changes upon changes we are more or less the same … " – Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/42 "2002-12-10T00:07:53Z")
_When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It’s a wonder I can think at all_ - Paul SImon, Kodachrome ---
**Author:** ![Insomnomad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e68b1a/32.png) [@Insomnomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Insomnomad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/43 "2002-12-10T00:49:46Z")
I used, “It’s OK to sneeze on your own food.” I wanted to use, “Beat your meat, not your kids,” but that was considered indecent. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/44 "2002-12-10T00:55:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jehovah68 \* > [BIf you want to find movie quotes (and great Simpsons as well), look [here](http://us.imdb.com/Top/topquotes). \*\* My goodness! I’m practically crying over here after reading the Simpsons quotes! Genius! My favorite: “Weasling out of things is important to learn. It’s what seperates us from the animals…except the weasel.” -Homer Simpson Mostly because I always have to giggle when I hear the world “weasel.” Tee-hee…😛 I don’t know why… ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/45 "2002-12-10T00:56:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JSexton \* > \*\*I wasn’t trying to be mean. It was meant as a pretty gentle rib. Besides, **clayton** seems to be able to take this kind of thing in stride, and laugh at himself. If I’ve offended, I apologize. > > – > Justin \*\* Oh, dear. I misunderstood you & jumped to conclusions\*. Please accept my apology for that. \*Maybe I should get a “Jump to Conclusions Mat”. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/46 "2002-12-10T02:02:56Z")
**happyheathen** , that’s a great one (clemens). I love it! \*\* iampunha\*\*, Yes I can do it in another language (in theory), but it would be redundant if I was trying to hide a message, My school has 60 or so international students, so it wouldn’t be too hard for them to find out what I said. Thanks for the suggestion, though. **LiquidChaos** , hehe… Truly amusing. **js\_africanus** , JESUS!! I had to look that one up… That’s truly twisted!! (I LOVE IT!) and **JSexton** , I do poke fun at myself a lot, take a look at that “worst poster self nomination” thread 😃 Thanks for all the suggestions, all. I love them! ---
**Author:** ![mandielise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mandielise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandielise)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/47 "2002-12-10T02:43:32Z")
“Procrastination is like masterbation: at first it feels good, but in the end you’re only screwing yourself!” so i’m a dirty girl! ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/48 "2002-12-10T05:17:19Z")
The more things change, the more things change. Steve Schoen Party hearty, for tomorrow you may be dead. Steve Hopper? Today is the tomorrow I told you about yesterday. Dick Schick? Anything not worth doing is not worth doing to the best of your ability. Don Anderson You can tune a piano, but you can’t tune a fish. The smoker you drink, the player you get. Joe Walsh It’s always never the same. Kerry Livgren? If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else. If there were more people like me around, there’d be fewer people like me around. Je vit encore! (I’m still alive!) Caligula’s last words. Half of something is better than all of nothing. Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight. Beware the ides of March. Knives are quiet. Rex McManaway If you are a big tree, I am a small ax. Bob Marley It ain’t always easy for a weed to grow. James Taylor Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you. It is better to understand how the machine works before you throw a wrench in it. Joe Butler ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/49 "2002-12-10T07:36:51Z")
“You see, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care.” Peter, _Office Space_ Used that one for the bulletin board in the yearbook office. I would look for something from MST3K, The Simpsons, or maybe NewsRadio. Stay away from Kevin Smith movie quotes, because it’s overdone, I think. -brianjedi ---
**Author:** ![lethean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@lethean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lethean)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/50 "2002-12-10T08:00:31Z")
Smell ya later - Nelson Muntz ---
**Author:** ![digitalskeeza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@digitalskeeza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digitalskeeza)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/51 "2002-12-10T11:43:22Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Lorenzo \* Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you. [QUOTE] I like “Just because they’re after you, you don’t have to be paranoid.” MUCH better! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/52 "2002-12-10T14:32:50Z")
I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/53 "2002-12-10T17:47:13Z")
I think mine was " Don’t look at me, I’m irrelevant". Thinking back, it’ll probably raise lots of questions and debates when I finally snap… Kudos to anyone who knows where it came from… ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/54 "2002-12-11T00:52:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lorenzo \* > \*\*If there were more people like me around, there’d be fewer people like me around. > \*\* LOL, now that’s a good quote! ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/55 "2002-12-11T06:19:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > \*\*I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain. \*\* Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… I just about fell out of my chair. That is a _fantastic_ quote. You deserve a medal for bringing it up. You are super-duper. You are the best. You are a scholar and a gentle-person. Kudos. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/56 "2002-12-11T12:56:01Z")
My high school didn’t do the quote thing. I never knew what it was until years later. I don’t miss skipping prom, but I miss not having a quote under my picture. I, too, went to a Catholic school. Here are some quotes: \*\*Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana Whenever you are on the side of the majority it is time to reform. (Mark Twain) Those who live by the sword get shot by those that don’t. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. (Napoleon) I have never let schooling interfer with my education. ( Mark Twain) Right now life is just one learning experience after another. By the end of the week I should be a genius. Adversity: That what does not kill me postpones the inevitable. Trust Allah, but tie your camel. (Arab proverb) When it is a question of money, everyone is the same religion. ( Voltaire) When you have absolutely no other basis on which to base an argument, abuse the plantiff. (Cicero) If all else fails, immortality can always be acheived by spectacular error. (John Kenneth Galbraith.) Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness. Freedom, after all, is the ability to live with the consequences of our decisions. (Thomas Jefferson) One of my favorite sig here ( I forget whose) is: Cape does not enable user to fly. Then there is my sig by Zappa. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/57 "2002-12-11T12:57:02Z")
nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/58 "2002-12-11T13:06:46Z")
"I bring you a message. Exactly six miles north of Skagg Mountain in the Valley of Pain, there lives an evil devil-monster. His name is: **Bingo gas station motel cheeseburger with a side of aircraft noise and you’ll be Gary, Indiana**. And he loves to hurt people. The last time I saw **Bingo gas station motel cheeseburger with a side of aircraft noise and you’ll be Gary, Indiana** , he told me what he wants to do. He wants to come down here and kill each and every one of you." – “Jesse”, _Greaser’s Palace_ [sub]Okay, so I just quoted this in another thread. But since it’s on the clipboard… 😉 [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/59 "2002-12-11T13:13:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by clayton\_e \* > \*\* iampunha_\*, Yes I can do it in another language (in theory), but it would be redundant if I was trying to hide a message, My school has 60 or so international students, so it wouldn’t be too hard for them to find out what I said. Thanks for the suggestion, though. Ah, but the point is merely to get it past the folks who are A) in charge and B) going to object. Now that I’ve properly seeded your young, impressionable mind with the means to get past the once-steel trap of the yearbook editors, I slink off into the … er, really blinkin’ cold, frozen morning. I hate escapes like this… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-for-my-senior-quote/141420/60 "2002-12-11T22:18:37Z")
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