I have an odd little hobby. I like to collect quotes. Sometimes they are random, sometimes they are unattributed, but sometimes — most times — when I think about them, they have meaning on multiple levels.
Here are a few of them I feel like sharing today 🙂
“Life is what happens while you’re making plans” — Robert Baumgardner
“Life is politics. Those who claim they aren’t playing the game are simply playing it poorly.” — Author unknown
” Life is politics. And it has nothing to do with holding or seeking elective office. Life is politics at its very root, literally, because the word is derived from the Greek word for citizenship. Since there can be no true citizenship in the absence of participation, politics means being a part of the world around you.” — Carolyn Warner
“All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I would not speak so boldly if it were your obligation to believe me.” — Michel Eyguem de Montaigne
“Those under 30, while not really stupid, tend to be judgment-impaired.” — Gregory Allen-Anderson
“I am too fond of the stars to be fearful of the dark.” — Sylvia Haegele (improperly attributed? Not sure, even Sylvia isn’t sure of correct attribution.)
“Celestial navigation is based on the premise that the Earth is the center of the universe. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool.” — Kelvin Throop III
“It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” — Carl Sagan, “The Demon-Haunted World”
“Anger at queries about our beliefs is the body’s warning signal: here lies dangerous and probably unexamined doctrinal baggage.” — Carl Sagan, “Broca’s Brain”
“I have 100% control over the reality I create and I hold others to the same standard.” — Shoshana Edwards
“The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment.” — Theodore H. White
“The Proper Office of a ‘friend’ is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anyone will side with you when you are in the right.” — Mark Twain
“In life, you have exactly two worries: Are you well, or are you sick? If you are well, then no worries! If you are sick, then you have exactly two worries: Will you get better, or will you die? If you will get better, then no worries! If you will die, then you have exactly two worries: Will you go to Heaven, or will you go to Hell? If you will go to Heaven, then no worries! If you will go to Hell, you’ll be so damn busy shaking the hands of all the people you know down there, you won’t have time to worry.” — An Irish Parable, “Why Worry?”
What are some of your favorite quotes?
Happiness
“Happiness in intelligent people is a rarity” -Ernest Hemmingway
Hemmingway
Ernest Hemmingway said that to pay himself a compliment 🙂 Then he killed himself because no one could love him as much as he loved himself. Intelligence and happiness are unrelated. And a truly intelligent person can learn that and be happy.
R&G Are Dead
“We are tragedians, you see? We follow directions. There is no choice involved. The bad end unhappily, the good, unluckily. That is what tragedy means.” -Stoppard
Less Lofty Quotes
“Sex is like spades…if you don’t have a good partner, you better have a good hand.”
“If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.” –Dan Quayle
“It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.” — Oscar Wilde
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“Black holes are where God divided by zero.” — Stephen Wright
“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” — Muhammed Ali
“The trick to flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” — Somehwere in the Hitchhiker’s books
My $.02 Weed
*grin*
“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ben Schuman Mad, Mad Tenor
*Smiley Face*
Sometimes you have such an open mind that your brains fall out. – Unknown