My parents and I have a weekly quote board and it’s my turn next. Any quote recommendations? [OC]
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We don’t tell children fairy tales to tell them that there are dragons out in the world, they already know. We tell fairy tales so our children know that dragons can be slain.
“Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.” —Pratchett
“Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth” -Mike Tyson
“One does not simply walk into Mordor.”
-Boromir
“Hodor.”
-Hodor
“”You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”
-Wayne Gretzky”
-Michael Scott”
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” – Albert Einstein
“I am not who *you* think I am;
I am not who *I* think I am;
I am who *I* think *you* think I am”
-Charles Horton Cooley
Essentially it’s a comment on our behavior and, perhaps, why we conduct ourselves the way we do.
“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”
-Emiliano Zapata
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. – Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read. – Groucho Marx
“That rug really tied the room together, did it not…”
– Walter Sobchak
“She lusted after their lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose discharge is like the discharge of horses.” – Ezekiel 23:20
Two of my favorites:
“Society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” – Ancient Greek Proverb
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant that I could barely stand to have him around. By the time I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain (dubious)
“If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy” Red Green
“So shines a good deed in a weary world.” – Willy Wonka
‘Anything that exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.” – Judge Holden
Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.
“If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind?” – Frédéric Bastiat
Always remember that you’re unique. Just like everybody else.
“People, what a bunch of bastards.” – Roy, IT Crowd
I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
if you dont sin, jesus died for nothing.
“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings” – Diogenes
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
Unknown
Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.’
– ‘Snuff’ Sir Terry Pratchett
“Don’t be sorry, be better”
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway.”….Carrie Fisher