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Loving the English language as I do, here's some of what
has touched me over the years. Hope they're as funny or thought-provoking
for you as they were for me.
"It takes more strength to cry, admit
defeat."
--Madonna (from her song You'll See)
"Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow."
--Dan Rather
"Ingonyama, nengw'enamabala." ("Here is a lion and a tiger.")
--Lebo M. (From the Rhythm of the Pridelands CD and the Lion King
movie)
"The deepest principle in Human Nature is the craving to be
appreciated."
--William James (Thanks, Jase)
"I am the cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me."
--The Cat Who Walked By Himself (from the Kipling story of the same
name)
"The worst thing about death is the fact that when a man is dead it's
impossible any longer to undo the harm you have done him, or to do the
good you haven't done him. They say: live in such a way as to be always
ready to die. I would say: live in such a way that anyone can die without
you having anything to regret."
--Leo Tolstoy
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue
them."
--Walt Disney
"In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities."
--Unknown (thanks, Lee Ann)
"Love and care -- the power's there; trust your heart... trust your
heart."
--Flying Dreams lullaby
"Hold my hand -- maybe we can't change the world, but I want to love
you the best that I can."
--Hootie and the Blowfish
"The moment may be temporary, but the memory lasts forever."
--Bud Meyer
"Never trust the future, "Love hath no other than he who would give his life for his friend."
--Bagheera (from The Jungle Book)
"There are many things that will catch your eye, but only a few that
will catch your heart... pursue those."
--Unknown (thanks, Mom)
"A man who has not found something he is willing to die for is not fit
to live."
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I
can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
--Helen Keller (thanks, Cindy)
"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a
rock."
--Unknown
"Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius."
--George Bernard Shaw
"Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy -- but socially
dead."
--Yakko (from Animaniacs)
"Heh heh heh... go scare a nun."
--Hugo (one of the gargoyles in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, to
Victor, another gargoyle)
"Place your head firmly between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye."
--Butt-head
"Shut up or I'm going to put the smack on yo' ass, biatch!"
--Beavis
"Oh, shut the fup uck!"
--Khrissy Thomas (from something she saw...)
"Blinkin, fix your boobs! You look like a bloomin' Picasso!"
--Will Scarlett (from Robin Hood: Men in Tights -- love that
movie!)
"One way that people can tell they're getting old is that they only
think about sex most of the time, instead of all of the time."
--James W. Kalat (proof positive that psych textbooks DO have some
interesting things in them!)
"There's no way that he could rape me, because that would imply that I
didn't consent."
--Jennifer Pearl
"A good definition of a nymphomaniac is someone who wants sex more than
you do."
--Alfred C. Kinsey (pioneer of psychological studies on sexual
behavior -- yeah, this came from the psych text too!)
"People have told me that shot was something like the Kennedy
assassination. It's a little morbid, but people have said to me, 'I'll
always remember where I was when Kennedy was shot, and I'll always
remember your shot against Phoenix.' It's become one of those things where
people come up and tell you exactly where they were and what they were
doing when the shot went in."
--John Paxson, on his three-pointer which decided the outcome of the
1993 NBA finals (just for you, Johnny Pax, and all the Bulls fans out
there...)
Never miss the past --
If you live for the shining moment,
The moment may just last..."
--Simba, in another version of Can You Feel The Love
Tonight... (thanks, Scott)