Wise Quotations

catallus · 16-12-2013 11:07PM

"...the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs" : Eliot

Xenophile · 16-12-2013 11:08PM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

"You can't put an old quote in a new thread". Or was it "can" and "old...old"? I always mix them up.

Quote from the Bible

You cannot put new wine into old skins!

diomed · 16-12-2013 11:09PM

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Xenophile · 16-12-2013 11:11PM

diomed wrote: »

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Sounds like Groucho Marx or Woody Allen?

baboo800 · 16-12-2013 11:32PM

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. ”

Samuel L Jackson -pulp fiction

The Backwards Man · 16-12-2013 11:39PM

When you're bossa nova there's no holding - Bryan Ferry

Curly Judge · 16-12-2013 11:45PM

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces!

y0ssar1an22 · 16-12-2013 11:57PM

'They say you die twice. Once when you stop breathing and the second, a bit later on, when somebody mentions your name for the last time'.
- Banksy (?)

Maybe wise, but kinda sad.

kasper · 17-12-2013 12:02AM

time wounds all heels john lennon

Jagdtiger · 17-12-2013 12:03AM

Intuitive improvisation is the secret of genius
Max Zorin

Red Kev · 17-12-2013 12:03AM

Ever tried, Ever failed.
No matter.
Try again, Fail again,

Fail better.

From "Westward Ho!" by Samuel Beckett, I like it so much I use it as my sig.

baboo800 wrote: »

"The path of the righteous man ............... And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. ”

Samuel L Jackson -pulp fiction

Ezekiel beat Samuel J by about 2500 years.

looking_around · 17-12-2013 12:03AM

“Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.”

― Cree Indian Prophecy

Munstermad · 17-12-2013 12:25AM

Recently heard these "Better to be on the shelf then in the wrong cupboard" Anon

"people are like plumbing, they are either drains or radiators"

king_of_inismac · 17-12-2013 12:34AM

Red Kev wrote: »

Ever tried, Ever failed.
No matter.
Try again, Fail again,

Fail better.

From "Westward Ho!" by Samuel Beckett, I like it so much I use it as my sig.

Ezekiel beat Samuel J by about 2500 years.

Nope. Its not a real biblical quote

osarusan · 17-12-2013 12:45AM

We're all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions, moral choices. Some are on a grand scale, most of these choices are on lesser points. But we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. it is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things, like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more.

final lines of Crimes and Misdemeanours.

Curly Judge · 17-12-2013 02:23AM

"If we'd been born where they were born,
and taught what they were taught,
we'd believe what they believe".

Abraham Lincoln [I think?]

DazMarz · 17-12-2013 02:43AM

"Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal."
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"Try to be like the turtle; at ease in your own shell"
-Bill Copeland

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace"
-Jimi Hendrix

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course"
-Billy Graham

Some12 · 17-12-2013 02:53AM

Don't eat yellow snow.

seenitall · 17-12-2013 03:03AM

My favourite quote is from a very beautiful and very ill-fated actress and civil rights activist, Jean Seberg:

Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything.

Happiness isn't everything. Now that's what I call inspiring.