Quote of the day!

NightPoofer · Post by **NightPoofer** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 6:54 pm

Hey everyone. I was just in The Person Above You topic page and we were talking about our favorite quotes! They could be funny, philosophical, from movies, shows or songs so... what's yours?

"I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity."
-Tom Stoppard

"If you lived to be 100 years old, I'd want to be able to live to be 100 years old minus one day. That way I would never have to live a day without you."
-Winnie the Pooh

"What if this wasn't a hypethetical question?"
-unknown

malicous_monk_muppet · Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:03 pm

Let me see, i would have to think of a few off the top of my head...but here goes.

"Umm...yeah well our strong man injured his groin on a barbell"
-Said by a circus performer during one of the DnD sessions i was dming, don't ask.

"Be cultured in your passions and magnificent in your evil. Any imbecile can act like a madman; it takes true wisdom to become a devil."
-someplace, i dunno maybe in a story i'm writing or something

I'll think of more to contribute later.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:29 pm

"How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is, after all, so poorly lit...."
Rush, one of their earlier songs (can't remember the name)

"I used to sing, once. I stopped. It made too much noise."
One of my characters. An elf who had been hunted constantly for the past ten years. I made other PC's shiver with that one.

"Only one human has ever defeated a Mimbari warship. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your life, be somewhere else."
Ambassador DeLenn, Babylon5

"Don't bother with the handcuffs. You'll never cut through them in time."
Rorschartz, from The Watchmen. In this case, he's handcuffed a truly horrid man by his wrist to a pipe in his house, given him a hacksaw, and set a firebomb to go off in less than a minute.

Beboots · Post by **Beboots** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:30 pm

*points to siggy* I have a bunch of others, too... Umm... *tries to think some off the top of her head*

-"Scammers are like slinkies, it's fun to watch them fall down stairs."

-"Vampires... Creatures that can walk the darkest of nights... without a flashlight!"

-"I was standing in the park one day, wondering why frisbees got larger as they got closer... Then it hit me."

-Arnold playing chess: "I'll be black."

-"My invisible friend says you have issues."

...That's all I can think of, right now... may add more later....

sapphirescimitar · Post by **sapphirescimitar** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:36 pm

Quotes:

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it." ~Mae West

"I just need enough to tide me over until I need more." ~Bill Hoest

"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." ~Jane Caminos

Beboots · Post by **Beboots** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:37 pm

-"There's a little light at the end of every tunnel... just pray that its not a train."

-"Where there's a will... I want to be in it."

-"Never moon a were-wolf."

-"Wise man never play leapfrog with unicorn."

-"Ducks may be useless birds, but only a duck can lay a duck egg." (not funny, but...

)

-"Isn't the ultimate answer to any question, no matter how profound, thoughtfull or cosmic, merely 'Who cares?'"

-"Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary."

-"Life is given. The rest, one gives oneself."

-"What's the difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."

-"Classic: a book that people praise, but never actually read."

-"Eagles may soar, free and proud, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines."

-"Save trees. Eat Beaver."

Woo... That was a lot 'o quotes...

NightPoofer · Post by **NightPoofer** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 11:38 pm

"Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things."
-Unknown

"The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O."
-Martin Mull

I thought those were funny.

hilowey · Post by **hilowey** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 11:46 pm

Umm...I have a ton...but im too lazy to type...so here's but one:

"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."
- Britney Spears, Pop Singer

...what an idiot:D

NightPoofer · Post by **NightPoofer** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:05 am

Now that is funny!!! How stupid is Brittney Spears? Overseas...

Beboots · Post by **Beboots** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:55 am

Originally posted by hilowey

"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."
- Britney Spears, Pop Singer

OMG... Did she actually say that? ...Was it in an interview, or something? ...I agree. Idiot to the core.

NightPoofer · Post by **NightPoofer** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:13 am

"Where there's a will, I want to be in it!"
-From my t-shirt

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:22 am

How about this one...

"Where there's a will, there's a greedy relative."

NightPoofer · Post by **NightPoofer** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:23 am

Oooo... that's a good quote! I think I'll make a shirt that says that!

"Do you believe in love at first sight, or do I have to walk by you again?"
-another quote from my t-shirt

malicous_monk_muppet · Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:49 am

"So, does this cruise ship get cable or satelite television?"

"Shit! My car keys aren't in my pocket!"
-me while i was driving down the highway.

You all know M.A.D.D., right? Mother Agaisn't Drunk Drivers. What about D.A.M.M. Drunks Agaisnt Madd Mothers.

taekwondodo · Post by **taekwondodo** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:03 am

cover your eyes kiddies

an erection doesn't qualify as personal growth - from someone's signature on a yahoo board, can't remember whose.

great minds think alike, small minds seldom differ - one of my mom's favs

Oh well, that's it for now. Could come up w/a bunch more if my brain didn't feel like it was packed in cotton wool.

TKD

Orangatan64 · Post by **Orangatan64** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:07 am

"You know what they say, 'Do unto others as...'" *Pause *
"You know what? Screw it, hit the bastard in the face and run."
-Me giving my friend advice over what to do about a guy insulting him.

I also enjoy my siggy, it'll never change. (I hope.)

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:21 am

"Sometimes I lie in my bed, looking up at the stars, and i wonder... where the hell did my ceiling go?!?"

"Have you ever had Deja Vu?"

"Have you ever had Deja Vu?"

"On the other hand... you have different fingers."

And now, stupid quotes from celebs and etc.

"Ninety percent of the game is half mental." --Jim Wohford

"People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000." --Pete Incaviglia, baseball player

"I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them."
- George Bush

"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system!"
- Dan Quayle

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
- Brooke Shields

"Things are more like they are now than they have ever been."
- President Gerald Ford

"I just pee in the costume."
-George Clooney, on what he does when nature calls while he’s in the Batman Suit

SheCat · Post by **SheCat** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:03 am

Half this game is 90% mental! I love dat quote! I have it on my P.E. locker!

I have an opinion, I just don't know what!" -Me

On a similar note
"I have direction, but it may be east..." -Me

An' my stupid one dat I use all de time..."Read my fanfic!"

hilowey · Post by **hilowey** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:49 pm

"If I was a cat and someone wanted to throw me of a roof just to see if I would land on my feet...I'd flip twice and land on my back just to piss them off."

"Then wouldn't you die?"

"Of what?"

"Of being thrown off a roof."

"Why would someone throw me off a roof?"

"Because you're a cat!"

"...um...I'm not a cat..."

-A conversation between me and my friend....we don't talk much anymore....

SheCat · Post by **SheCat** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:02 pm

"I swear de guy from Frasier lives next door!" -ummm, I was havin' insomnia...

"If you spray dust bunnies wit' hairspay an' go over dem wit' rollerblades dey ignite." -One of de 23 Essential Truths

"Windows do not withstand a baseball hit by a ceilin' fan." -One of de 23 Essential Truths

"You can't walk on water, no matter how much Jell-O you put in de pool." -One of de 23 Essential Truths

"I don't suppose it's goin' to f***in' rain." -Joan or Arc (jus' kiddin'!)

"PMS stands for Plainly, Men Suck." -Saviodsilva.net

Beboots · Post by **Beboots** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:07 pm

Hey, SheCat...What are the other 20 essential truths? There's only three here...

SheCat · Post by **SheCat** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:09 pm

Check www.saviodsilva.net...

"A water bed holds enough water to fill an entire story kneedeep." -One of de 23 Essential Truths

"A 3-year-olds voice in a restaurant is louder den 200 chatty adults." -One of de 23 Essential Truths

"You don't want to know what dat odor is." -One of de 23 Essential Truths

Beboots · Post by **Beboots** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:14 pm

Thanks SheCat!

*runs off to check out the site*

Shadow_Dancer · Post by **Shadow_Dancer** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:43 pm

This is a fun topic, here are some of my favorites

“To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.” Paul Ehrlich

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.” Groucho Marx

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap ... but by the seeds you plant!”
Robert Louis Stevenson

“The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.” Leanard Nimoy

BLUE_2007 · Post by **BLUE_2007** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:18 pm

I should warn you all, I collect quotes, so I have quite a few... these are some of my faves:

"It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid, than to open it and remove all doubt."

"You laugh because I’m different; I laugh because you’re all the same."

"It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not."

"Doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?"

“I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada.” – Britney Spears

"You can lead a fool to wisdom, but you can’t make him think."

"You never test the depth of a river with both feet."

"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for."

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is love their mother."

"To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction."

"I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain."

"A morning without coffee is like something without something else."

"Maybe this planet is another world’s Hell."

“I love deadlines. I like the wooshing sound as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams

“Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.” – Dave Barry

“When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think they’re going?” - Douglas Gauck

“I’m gonna live forever, or die trying.” – Joseph Heller

"Sometimes you’re the bug, and sometimes you’re the windshield."

"I know Karate, Kung Fu, and 47 other dangerous words."

"You’re twisted, depraved, and rotten to the core…. I like that in a person!"

"Death is life’s way of telling you 'You’re fired'".

Don’t take life so seriously! It’s not permanent.

“We are the suckiest bunch of suckers that ever sucked!” – Homer Simpson

"Duct tape is like the Force: it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together."

"I intend to live forever…so far, so good."