“The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens”
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. - Charles Austin Beard
"Age is just a number. Maturity is just a choice." is my favourite quote right now, last time it was "Bombs do not choose. They destroy everything." Aand before that it was, "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and the universe I'm not so sure."
Just so many..Where do I start ?...
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor ?! Hell no !!"..Bluto/Animal House
"Never leapfrog a unicorn"
"Im not a monster..Im just ahead of the curve"..Joker/The Dark Knight
"Im an agent of chaos"..Joker/The Dark Knight
"I didnt know they handed out rings at The Holocaust"..Alan/The Hangover
"Rain Man did it & he was a re-tard"..Alan/The Hangover
"You look like a Man-O-Lantern"..40 Yr Old Virgin
"Its the pleats..Im about to take these back to the pants store...Dont act like youre not im pressed"..Ron Burgundy/Anchorman
"Yeah, there were horses..a man on fire & I killed a guy with a trident"..Brick/Anchorman
"Luke..I am your father"..Darth Vader/Star Wars
"You dont know the power of the Dark Side"..Darth Vader/The Empire Strikes Back
"Youre gonna need a bigger boat"..Chief Brody/Jaws
"You goin in the cage..The cage goes in the water..Sharks in the water..Our shark....Fare
well lonna do, to you fair Spanish ladies..Farewell lonna do, to you ladies of Spain..For we've received orders..We're to sail back to Boston..And so never more shall we see you again..Hmmm..Heh heh heh !"..Quint/Jaws
"Strength & honor"..Maximus/Gladiator
"Junior, if your daddy knew just how stupid you are..He'd trade you in 4 a pet monkey".. Jack Taggert/Fire Down Below
...
Just so many..Where do I start ?...
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor ?! Hell no !!"..Bluto/Animal House
"Never leapfrog a unicorn"
"Im not a monster..Im just ahead of the curve"..Joker/The Dark Knight
"Im an agent of chaos"..Joker/The Dark Knight
"I didnt know they handed out rings at The Holocaust"..Alan/The Hangover
"Rain Man did it & he was a re-tard"..Alan/The Hangover
"You look like a Man-O-Lantern"..40 Yr Old Virgin
"Its the pleats..Im about to take these back to the pants store...Dont act like youre not im pressed"..Ron Burgundy/Anchorman
"Yeah, there were horses..a man on fire & I killed a guy with a trident"..Brick/Anchorman
"Luke..I am your father"..Darth Vader/Star Wars
"You dont know the power of the Dark Side"..Darth Vader/The Empire Strikes Back
"Youre gonna need a bigger boat"..Chief Brody/Jaws
"You goin in the cage..The cage goes in the water..Sharks in the water..Our shark....Fare
well lonna do, to you fair Spanish ladies..Farewell lonna do, to you ladies of Spain..For we've received orders..We're to sail back to Boston..And so never more shall we see you again..Hmmm..Heh heh heh !"..Quint/Jaws
"Strength & honor"..Maximus/Gladiator
"Junior, if your daddy knew just how stupid you are..He'd trade you in 4 a pet monkey".. Jack Taggert/Fire Down Below
"Heres Johnny !"..Jack Torrance/The Shining
"Its the Stay Puffed Marshmellowman"..Ray Spentz/Ghostbusters
"May the Schwartz Bwith you"..Yogurt/Spaceballs
"I hate it when I get my Schwartz twisted"..Dark Helmet/Spaceballs
"WTF is a frush"..Booger/Revenge Of The Nerds.......thats what I got 4 now..
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." Andy Duphrene, Shawshank Redemption
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn", Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind
"If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane." Jimmy Buffett (actually, Jimmy has the best quotes for nearly any occasion.)
"They could put me in a helicopter and fly me up into the air and line up the bodies head to toe on the ground in delightful geometric patterns like an endless June Taylor dancers routine—and it would never be enough. No, I don’t keep count. But you do. And I love you for it."
"In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people. Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed and blew it out."
"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day. You had a bad day once. Am I right? You had a bad day and everything changed"
"Where have I been? Did I dream it? There were angels and serene music. I was drawn towards a blinding light. I've never been more frightened in my life. It was horrible."
You say that you love rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains.You say that you love the sun, but you find a shadow spot when the sun shines.You say that you love the wind, but you close your windows when wind blows.This is why I am afraid, you say that you love me too. -Bob Marley-
"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
I have many quotes I love and often post them on the fridge for my family dependent upon my feelings of the day or a point I want to impress upon them.
Some are funny and some are right on the money!
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"
Ben Franklin
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
Marilyn Monroe
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
Mother Teresa
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Dr. Seuss
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing "
and
"Never memorize anything that you can look up in a book"
Einstein
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
Plato
Because in the end, when you lose somebody all you have is a hole, where that somebody that you love and care about used to be.
"Patience is a virtue." "Not right now it isn't." - The Mummy
Oh and also: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." - Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind
Alexis de Tocqueville quoted early 1800's
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”
Alexis de Tocqueville quoted early 1800's
It's all coming back to me now :D
Marcus Aurelius-and ain't that the truth...!!!
~ Unknown.
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor ?! Hell no !!"..Bluto/Animal House
"Never leapfrog a unicorn"
"Im not a monster..Im just ahead of the curve"..Joker/The Dark Knight
"Im an agent of chaos"..Joker/The Dark Knight
"I didnt know they handed out rings at The Holocaust"..Alan/The Hangover
"Rain Man did it & he was a re-tard"..Alan/The Hangover
"You look like a Man-O-Lantern"..40 Yr Old Virgin
"Its the pleats..Im about to take these back to the pants store...Dont act like youre not im pressed"..Ron Burgundy/Anchorman
"Yeah, there were horses..a man on fire & I killed a guy with a trident"..Brick/Anchorman
"Luke..I am your father"..Darth Vader/Star Wars
"You dont know the power of the Dark Side"..Darth Vader/The Empire Strikes Back
"Youre gonna need a bigger boat"..Chief Brody/Jaws
"You goin in the cage..The cage goes in the water..Sharks in the water..Our shark....Fare
well lonna do, to you fair Spanish ladies..Farewell lonna do, to you ladies of Spain..For we've received orders..We're to sail back to Boston..And so never more shall we see you again..Hmmm..Heh heh heh !"..Quint/Jaws
"Strength & honor"..Maximus/Gladiator
"Junior, if your daddy knew just how stupid you are..He'd trade you in 4 a pet monkey".. Jack Taggert/Fire Down Below
...
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor ?! Hell no !!"..Bluto/Animal House
"Never leapfrog a unicorn"
"Im not a monster..Im just ahead of the curve"..Joker/The Dark Knight
"Im an agent of chaos"..Joker/The Dark Knight
"I didnt know they handed out rings at The Holocaust"..Alan/The Hangover
"Rain Man did it & he was a re-tard"..Alan/The Hangover
"You look like a Man-O-Lantern"..40 Yr Old Virgin
"Its the pleats..Im about to take these back to the pants store...Dont act like youre not im pressed"..Ron Burgundy/Anchorman
"Yeah, there were horses..a man on fire & I killed a guy with a trident"..Brick/Anchorman
"Luke..I am your father"..Darth Vader/Star Wars
"You dont know the power of the Dark Side"..Darth Vader/The Empire Strikes Back
"Youre gonna need a bigger boat"..Chief Brody/Jaws
"You goin in the cage..The cage goes in the water..Sharks in the water..Our shark....Fare
well lonna do, to you fair Spanish ladies..Farewell lonna do, to you ladies of Spain..For we've received orders..We're to sail back to Boston..And so never more shall we see you again..Hmmm..Heh heh heh !"..Quint/Jaws
"Strength & honor"..Maximus/Gladiator
"Junior, if your daddy knew just how stupid you are..He'd trade you in 4 a pet monkey".. Jack Taggert/Fire Down Below
"Heres Johnny !"..Jack Torrance/The Shining
"Its the Stay Puffed Marshmellowman"..Ray Spentz/Ghostbusters
"May the Schwartz Bwith you"..Yogurt/Spaceballs
"I hate it when I get my Schwartz twisted"..Dark Helmet/Spaceballs
"WTF is a frush"..Booger/Revenge Of The Nerds.......thats what I got 4 now..
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn", Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind
"If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane." Jimmy Buffett (actually, Jimmy has the best quotes for nearly any occasion.)
"In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people. Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed and blew it out."
"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day. You had a bad day once. Am I right? You had a bad day and everything changed"
"Where have I been? Did I dream it? There were angels and serene music. I was drawn towards a blinding light. I've never been more frightened in my life. It was horrible."
"We are not humans, but souls on the human experiance."
And~
"My angel taught me not to fear, love is free and everywhere. Listen to that special part, it will save us, it's the heart." --CocoRosie
— Martin Luther King Jr.
procrastinate now, don't put it off! - Ellen Degeneres
- Nica Houston
Some are funny and some are right on the money!
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"
Ben Franklin
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
Marilyn Monroe
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
Mother Teresa
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Dr. Seuss
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing "
and
"Never memorize anything that you can look up in a book"
Einstein
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
Plato