Your favorite quotes

The gods too are fond of a joke. - Aristotle.

If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke. - Hugh Elliott.


Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die. - Mel Brooks.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit
- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists? - Woody Allen.

One must desire something to be alive - Margaret Deland.

We need men who can dream of things that never were
- John F. Kennedy.

Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change - Ramsay Clark.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present - Marcus Aureilius Antonius.

The unexamined life is not worth living - Socrates.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you - Dale Carnegie.

Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving - Albert Einstein.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science
- Albert Einstein.

You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind
- Homer, The Iliad.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer - Ralph Waldo Emerson.


History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
- Sir Winston Churchill.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind - Albert Einstein.



All of those quotes are the quotes I live by. These quotes for the most part express what I am and how i intend to live my life. So tell me...what are the quotes that YOU live by, or are YOUR favorite quotes?

 

To do a lab really well, have your report done well in advance.
--Murphy's corollary #7

If you cannot solve the problem, start at the answer and derive a
more suitable question.
--Murphy's corollary #8

An experiment may be considered successful if no more than half the
data must be discarded to agree with the theory.
--Murphy's corollary #13



Not to mention the quote in my sig

 

heres one of my favorite quotes


"When you are outraged by somebody’s impudence, ask yourself at once, “Can the world exist without impudent people?†It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities." -Marcus Aurelius Antonius

 

I don't like country music, but I don't like to denigrate people who do. And to the people who listen to country music, "denigrate" means "to put down."
- Bob Newhart

The wise man knows he is at his weakest when he thinks himself strong.

 

In case of a water landing, you may be used as a flotation device.
- Dropship Pilot

(monkeys screeching in background) What the- Who set all these lab monkeys free?!
- Science Vessel Pilot

Explain this odd behavior...
Stop poking me!
What do I look like, an Orc?
This is not Warcraft in space!
I-it's much more sophisticated.
I know it's not 3-D!!
- Artanis

I knew I should've stayed in bed this morning.
- Jim Raynor

Look at all the pretty lights!
I wonder what this button does. (beep, followed by sirens)
(siren blaring steadilly) I think this was a BIG mistake.
(radio playing in background)(singing badly) When the moon... is in the seventh house...
(radio playing in background)(singing badly still) And Jupiter... is... umm...
(radio playing in background, followed by mysterious flare) Zefram Cochrane, is that you?
(radio playing in background) What did you do to your hair?
- Corsair Pilot

 

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" - Epicurus

 

"The god of the Old Testament has got to be the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it, petty, vindictive, unjust, unforgiving, racist, an ethnic-cleanser urging his people on to acts of genocide." - Richard Dawkins

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
- Winston Churchill

"That’s no moon, it’s a space station."
- Ben Kenobi

 

"NO NO, MESA STAY. MESA CALLED JAR JAR BINKS. MESA YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT!"
- A terrible movie-ruiner

 

"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. The worst that can be said is that basically he's an underachiever."- Woody Allen

 

Aw...thats horrible. I don't believe that. With peace, there are opportunities that can never ever exist in a world filled with war. YOU, my friend, must watch more Star Trek. Then you will understand what a wonderful place this can be. I am dead serious.

LOL That is great.

 

the death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million is a statistic- joseph stalin

truly amazing that one

Cry havok and let loose the dogs of war- julius ceasar

veni vidi vici- i came i saw i conquered- julius ceasar

if you know your enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the result of any battle- sun tzu

 

with peace, everybody becomes a lazy fat slob of a man



know thy self and know thy enemy, have not to fear in 100 battles
know thy self but not thy enemy, find victory and defeat in equal measure
know not thy self but know thy enemy, know not but defeat

 

One must desire something to be alive - Margaret Deland.
I like this one.

 

"Most people with low self esteem have earned it." -George Carlin

"I smoked fake pot with Peter Frampton on the set. That's as cool as smoking real pot with a guy who looks like Peter Frampton. ...I'm done that way more." -Mitch Hedburg

"Gee, I figured the Rocky Mountains would be a little rockier than this..." -Lloyd Christmas

 

arise black vengence from thy hollow hell!!!!

 

ever heard "If truly live nature, you'll find beauty everywhere"

Vincent van Gogh

(g in gogh is silent)

 

...that doesn't make any sense

 

I think he meant "If you truly love nature, you'll find beauty everywhere."

 

From Starcraft:
Kerrigan, "You see at this point, I'm pretty much the Queen Bitch of the Universe, and not all of your little soldiers or space ships will stand in my way again."

From non-Starcraft:

"Freedom is also the freedom of those who think differently" - Rosa Luxemburg

"If a people have never spoken, the first words they utter are poetry" - Fernando Camon


Life? Oh life was just one of those things he made up as he went along

"I thought Anger and Adulation
And the Taste of Dreams Realized
And the Waste Dreams Realized leave Behind."
- Vienna Teng

"Every inch of me shall perish... Every inch but one"
V for Vendetta.

"Always you must contend with the stupidity of men" - Thoreau

 

This is actually a fun one i said when we were discussing poverty. It was this socialist girl in my class who said every rich person should disperse their wealth among the poor because ("they are capitalist swines") it is the right thing to do. I asked her if she would rather give her money to poor people rather than spend it on some cool stuff for herself. Then she came with some lame defense like "Well, but i'm not rich", after which i said:

"Let him who is without greed cast the first coin."

As you may have guessed, i like all the Jesus-quotes, like the obvious “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.†and another one being a personal favorite being "RAAAAAAWWWRR" by Jesus alter-ego, Raptorjesus.

Ok seriously, i have like a lot of Sun Tzu quotes which are just awesome. One of my favorites are here:

"Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated." /Sun Tzu