krimzin Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 My vengeance-themed quotes of the day, Cuz I'm feeling vengeful. “Revenge is sweet and not fattening”-Alfred Hitchcock "Revenge is a dish best served cold"-Klingon Proverb “The tree of revenge does not carry fruit”-Dutch Proverb “Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it.”-Mark Twain "Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves."-Proverb and my favorite: "My karma ran over your dogma"-Unknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surenas Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. _ Dave Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieranfoy Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 "If you are to truly understand, then you will need the contrast, not adherence to a single ideal." -Jedi Master Kreia Humanity follows two world-wide sects:One, man intelligent without religion,The second, religious without intellect. -Abu Al-Ma'rri, medieval Arabic philosopher The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. -Socrates The first sin was Faith. The first virtue, doubt. -Unknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannywils Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 For those of us who sometimes stress over not having enough hours in the day: "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble are of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials" - Lin Yutang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 "Serpens, nisi serpentem comederit, non fit draco.""A serpent, if it does not devour a serpent, does not become a dragon."Francis Bacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrmaad Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Very few know how much they must know in order to know how little they know. ~Unknown Oh never by way of advice!And she never sins by telling the taleTo the same person twice. ~ Robert Frost, A Girl's Garden We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. ~AnaÏs Nin The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. ~DaVinci fear says "I want you to be safe"love says, "You are safe" In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." ~William Butler Yeats Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws ~Mr MoJoRisin You can't teach an old dogma new tricks. ~Dorothy Parker (for dead poets, artists, and musicians, she has a passion,for beauty, artistry, and grace never go out of fashion.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannywils Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 I thought I'd put up this eclectic little grouping today: "in each human heart are a tiger, a pit, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity" - Ambrose Bierce "Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic" - Roslind Russell" "Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example" - Mark Twain" "Courage is fire and bullying is smoke" - Benjamin Disreli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 "Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?""But who shall guard the guardians?"JuvenalI hope Aurelius didn't come up with this quote before me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannywils Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 "Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?""But who shall guard the guardians?"JuvenalI hope Aurelius didn't come up with this quote before me. :laugh: If he didn't he would have eventually. It's a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDNA Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 "My Mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get.'" (Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump (1994)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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