Right now, I'm big on:

"I'm an albino catfish; I like it in my tank." - Tom Waits

"Measure twice, cut once."

I Tom Waits

...

"A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. " -Joseph Conrad

Mach said:

Me, too (mostly). I met him in '99. He shows up in my dreams quite often.


Actually, this could describe most of the lyrical content on Waits' Blood Money.

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." - Dalai Lama

"The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised."
George F. Will

MrsMdiver said:

Love it!

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

Speak(/Walk) softly, and carry a big stick.

-Teddy Roosevelt, as adapted from an African proverb

MrsMdiver said:

I like! I like!

"It is not HANDS that called us, it is... DESIRE."




"Best Karate still inside you."

I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I've had a rather tumultuous personal life. It hasn't been dull; I've been the Hiroshima of love.
(Sylvester Stallone)

He´s happily married again these days and also has three daughters but I still like this quote.

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.( Jeanne Moreau)

"You gonna fuck on meeeee"

- Mr. Chow in "The Hangover"

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
( Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904))

"If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal."
-1 Cor. 13:1

"As golden apples in settings of silver is the word spoken in its proper time."
-Proverbs 25:11

And though not quite of the same ilk ...

"When life gives you lemons, take a knife and cut them in half. Then cut other people. Then rub in lemon juice. Then You'll feel better."
-An orger, but I forgot which
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MrsMdiver said:

This is my mantra on life!

Lammastide said:

if that aint the truth

Lammastide said:

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, and then beat life with the lemonade until it gives you the orange juice you asked for.

ScarletScandal said:

KoolEaze said:

thekidsgirl said:

!!!

"I've never been a millionaire but I just know I'd be darling at it."

"Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne."

"Four be the things I'd have been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles and doubt."




Dorothy Parker

CarrieMpls said:

I love that woman.

A coward dies a thousand deaths, a soldier dies but once. (T. Shakur)

or

Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once. (W. Shakespeare)

'ridicule is nothing to be scared of.' -adam ant

PRAY FOR THE DEAD AND FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING. - Mother Jones

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King Jr

"I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!" - James Brown