The Quote Thread

Tinu. · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: The Quote Thread

I kinda missed this thread from the old forum, and I've come across some really good ones since then.

I think I'll just do one today though.

"No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep"
~ Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God
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RoseBlood · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

"Knowledge Speaks. Wisdom Listens."

I can't remember what that's from, but i love it.
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Fenomena · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject:

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
- Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

(I love this one!)
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"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true." - wizards first rule

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"Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie."

all from Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series
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Tenshi · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 2594 Location: Star Stuff

Oh yay! I have a few good ones (I post them up on the schedule at work, because I'm a quote GEEK).

"Keep steadily before you that all true success depends at last upon yourself."
-Theodore T. Hunger

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle
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Tinu. · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:35 am Post subject:

Tinu. · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject:

"The wolf said, 'You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone.'
Red Riding Hood said, 'I find you sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my way.'"
~"Little Red Riding Hood" from Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
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Asa · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
~Voltaire

"Whatever you are, be a good one."
~President Abraham Lincoln

"Better to remain silent and let people think you're a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
~Also Honest Abe
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