Quotes

Post by **MistyJm** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:45 pm

They can be so inspring.

Gonna start with my favorites from M.C. Escher.

A quick look in his brain. Fantastic.

Anyone else want to share his/hers?
It would be sad to see this topic die.

M.C. Escher Quotes

Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.

What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen.

Post by **TheDoorsMusic** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:49 pm

"I'm from around here"

-Dan T.

Post by **MistyJm** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:51 pm

TheDoorsMusic wrote:"I'm from around here"

-Dan T.

But hey that one can NOT top the

" I bet you can deep throat" one. That's my fave till now.

Post by **TheDoorsMusic** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:58 pm

Yeah, I had to comment on GG Morrison's total obsession with Jim Morrison. Post any pic of Morrison and she's all over that.

Post by **MistyJm** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:02 pm

TheDoorsMusic wrote:Yeah, I had to comment on GG Morrison's total obsession with Jim Morrison. Post any pic of Morrison and she's all over that.

It gave me tears from laughing. It still does.

Post by **jim4371** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:05 pm

TheDoorsMusic wrote:"I'm from around here"

-Dan T.

"seriously"

Post by **TheDoorsMusic** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:09 pm

I thought it was the right thing to say at the time. I'll just pay the fucking money next time.

Post by **jim4371** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:10 pm

And shit, for two free drinks $5 or $10 is nothing.
Next time I'm using mine on Long Islands

Post by **violentblossom** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:24 pm

My current fave:

"You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on."
— Tupac Shakur

Post by **blindtiger** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:27 pm

MistyJm wrote:
TheDoorsMusic wrote:"I'm from around here"

-Dan T.

But hey that one can NOT top the

" I bet you can deep throat" one. That's my fave till now.

Post by **MistyJm** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:49 pm

blindtiger wrote:
MistyJm wrote:
TheDoorsMusic wrote:"I'm from around here"

-Dan T.

But hey that one can NOT top the

" I bet you can deep throat" one. That's my fave till now.

Yep he does have that way doesn't he?

Post by **blindtiger** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:15 pm

MistyJm wrote:
blindtiger wrote:
MistyJm wrote:

But hey that one can NOT top the

" I bet you can deep throat" one. That's my fave till now.

Yep he does have that way doesn't he?

that quote still gives me laughs just like the first time i read it!
the best LL quote lol

Post by **MistyJm** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:18 pm

blindtiger wrote:
MistyJm wrote:
blindtiger wrote:
Yep he does have that way doesn't he?
that quote still gives me laughs just like the first time i read it!
the best LL quote lol

I know. I almost spit my coffee over my keyboard when I read it the first time. Couldn't believe he wrote that. And looked again and oh my, my stomach hurt from laughing. Tears over my face.

I will never forget.

Post by **blindtiger** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:22 pm

thank you for the laughs TDM!!!

I have a question about quotes, why the quote 'Have you ever been in love, horrible isn't it?' is claimed to be from Morrison?

Post by **jamestkirk** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:48 pm

"Try to learn to breathe deeply; really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell." William Saroyan

Sounds like advice Jim M. would give to us all.......

Post by **jim4371** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:57 pm

"Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!" - Matt Nolan

Post by **lee** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:29 pm

Some from Oscar Wilde, that I like:

"I think that God creatin Man somewhat overestimated his ability"

And two from Edgar Allan Poe, that I like very much:

"I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it"

"I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat".

Post by NP » Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:56 pm

"In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody." -- oscar wilde

Post by **lee** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:07 pm

NP wrote:"In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody." -- oscar wilde

So true... Good quote, the man was a true genious imo.

Post by NP » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:16 pm

lee wrote:
NP wrote:"In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody." -- oscar wilde
So true... Good quote, the man was a true genious imo.

agreed, and def. an interesting character to say the least.

but anyway more quotes...this ones sort of a mind fuck

"Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire." -- william blake

Post by **Silver Forest** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:24 pm

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis Bacon

Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
Karl Marx

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:39 pm

We'll add this one here, misty.....beautiful.....

Now we rise, and we are everywhere -Nick Drake

Post by **MistyJm** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:38 am

jamestkirk wrote:We'll add this one here, misty.....beautiful.....

Now we rise, and we are everywhere -Nick Drake

Thank you so much James. It does belong in this thread for sure.
Very beautiful.

Post by **Lauren** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:40 am

blindtiger wrote: thank you for the laughs TDM!!!

I have a question about quotes, why the quote 'Have you ever been in love, horrible isn't it?' is claimed to be from Morrison?

I have heard it is JDM's quote...but its a longer version....

wait!! I stand corrected, it is a quote from Neil Gaiman.

But if you google it you can find it under both names......???? hmmmm

Post by **Lauren** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:18 am

Here is a compilation of some of my fav's.....
The bolded one trumping them all

"All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth." Ghandi

"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver." ~ Jack Handy

"I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free." A. Jolie

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" Ghandi

"In Vino Veritas" Unknown

"A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion". Ghandi

"Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled." Blake

and of course my tattoo.....Teneo Vestri Vox

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:23 pm

And if one day you should see me in a crowd
Lend a hand and lift me
To your place in the cloud. --'CELLO SONG by Nick Drake

If you wish to have more Nick Drake lyrics......(you might enjoy these, misty..and ALL).
Even when only read, Nick's words ring of the finest poetry and we all love poetry here...or we wouldn't be here.....

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/ ... E80023DF5A

Post by **MistyJm** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:50 pm

Thank you James for that link. Going to check it out for sure. I know little of his songs/work. What I saw in his lyrics was beautiful.

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:02 pm

MistyJm wrote:Thank you James for that link. Going to check it out for sure. I know little of his songs/work. What I saw in his lyrics was beautiful.

His works sold poorly during his lifetime. Only three albums by Nick Drake before his tragic death at the age of 26. Some family and friends say it couldn't have been suicide, as he was actually on the "rise" emotionally, and likely took too many of his pills to help lift him even more quickly out of the deep depressions he had known most of his life.

He has since come to be regarded as one of the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years. Get his original 3 LPs as he only issued three LPs and all songs are essential.....no best-of comps here!

1) Fives Leaves Left
...title refers to that little note in your cigarette papers pack when you're down to "fives leaves left"...panick time

2)Bryter Layter

3)Pink Moon

Post by **YourWildLove** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:44 pm

"What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." - Charles Lindbergh

"Do what makes you happy and else will follow" - Bill Hicks.

The first one I only read for the first time the other night and I thought it was great, that guy had balls. You wouldn't see me fly across the Atlantic in that thing

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:05 pm

Life is an art, it's not bookkeeping. It takes an awful lot of rehearsal for a man to get to be himself.
"The Time Of Your Life" by William Saroyan