Quote of the Day

[Kimberly]

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

~ George Eliot

Posted at: May 20, 2006, 02:48:37 AM

Knowledge is Power

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

~ Bruce Lee

[Melissa]

"Closed eyes can still see bright lights.  Closed ears can still hear loud sounds.  Closed minds learn nothing." - Me

Melissa

[taylor]

Melissa,

No kidding there! I like that...deaf is never really deaf is it? And let's face it closed is indeed closed, you nailed that one gal!

Peace,
Taylor

[Melissa]

Thanks.  I came up with that while I was writing in my Diary today.

Melissa

[Kimberly]

"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses."

~ George Washington Carver

[Merope]

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others

a pig said that


Posted at: May 21, 2006, 08:15:56 AMDon't know if this is a quote, or maybe famous last words

"What do you mean get down?  Those confederates could not hit an elephant from this dist........."

A union general (sadly I cannot remember his name, he was nowhere as stupid as his final words suggest )

[Chaunte]

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others

a pig said that


Posted at: May 21, 2006, 08:15:56 AMDon't know if this is a quote, or maybe famous last words

"What do you mean get down?  Those confederates could not hit an elephant from this dist........."

A union general (sadly I cannot remember his name, he was nowhere as stupid as his final words suggest )

It somes from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, which is a metaphor for how comunist states started and where they ended up.

Chaunte

[Merope]

Hey Chaunte
I was just being silly, I know that pigs cannot really speak (I think).

As far as George Orwell, "Animal Farm"& "1984",  his writing is brilliant but I put his books down feeling really depressed.  Too dark and yet too true a take on human nature.

I believe Stalin loathed George Orwell on account of his writings - I dont blame him, I think those books and I think Communist Russia (China, whatever - all evil empires)

Merope

[Chaunte]

Hey Chaunte
I was just being silly, I know that pigs cannot really speak (I think).

As far as George Orwell, "Animal Farm"& "1984",  his writing is brilliant but I put his books down feeling really depressed.  Too dark and yet too true a take on human nature.

I believe Stalin loathed George Orwell on account of his writings - I dont blame him, I think those books and I think Communist Russia (China, whatever - all evil empires)

Merope

Merope,

Sorry.  Given some of the kids I teach, Animal Farm is when you don't have an orchard and 1984 is when Ghostbusters was released.

Chaunte

4 legs good.  2 legs bad. 

[Annie Social]

4 legs good.  2 legs bad.

4 legs good.  2 legs better!

Annie

[Kimberly]

...
4 legs good.  2 legs bad.

Given what I know of the mess called life I can not help but to agree. I have known far more snakes on two legs than any other mode of transportation.

However, given this is a quote thread I feel obligated to share another quote...


"When man calls an animal "vicious", he usually means that it will attempt to defend itself when he tries to kill it."

~A signature I saw on the druidsgrove ages ago.

[HelenW]

" There's times when a dice throw is all you got and you can either hide and cry or throw em.  Making the toss is the only way you'll ever know, and playing it safe isn't progress."

Terri Gene, 7/26/05

[Annie Social]

"Dating is awkward, but so is becoming the crazy cat lady."

[tinkerbell]

EVERYTHING I DID IN MY LIFE THAT WAS WORTHWHILE I CAUGHT HELL FOR.



tinkerbell

[LynnER]

Youve got brains in your head,
Feet in your shoes,
you can steer your self,
any way you choose,
when your on your own,
and you know what you know,
its up to you, to deside,
to deside which way to go.

Dr. Suess    <I think.....>

[Chaunte]

It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.

                                                                                           Jean-Luc Picard

[Rosebride]

 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. (Douglas Adams)

[Melissa]

"The success of a journey is not determined by how far you have travelled, but by how much you have learned."
- Melissa

[Chaunte]

"I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
it's what you leave behind you when you go." 

sung by Randy Travis in Three Wooden Crosses.

[Casey]

"Always act in accordance with the dictates of your conscience, my boy, and chance the consequences." -- Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates Of Penzance