Alenee Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. You can read more about who wrote it here: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin This has become my favorite quote as of late. My sister is working on a particular presidential campaign which has helped me to better understand what I believe, as I do my best to listen to her. We completely disagree with each other but the conversations have been nothing short of stimulating. So what's your favorite quote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 "If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble putting on your pants!" :D Oh, and I have a few others I like too... If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it? 5 out of 4 people don’t understand fractions. I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose. Sure, the truth hurts, but so does a machete. How do “Do not walk on grass†signs get there? Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun. (Hope you weren't looking just for erudite quotes & sayings, heehee! ;)) Hmmm, I do have my favorite 'real' (i.e., intelligent & inspiring) quotes around somewhere. I need to find them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana in OR Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Check my sig line :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria from IN Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 "Anybody who has travelled a narrow passage a few feet ahead of about a ton of snorting, pounding death will appreciate that I didn't dawdle." --James Herriot He goes on to say: "I was spurred on by the certain knowledge that if Monty (an enormous bull) caught me he would plaster me against the wall as effortlessly as I would squash a ripe plum, and though I was clad in a long oilskin coat and wellingtons I doubt whether an Olympic sprinter in full running kit would have bettered my time." There's a time to dawdle, and there's a time to sprint, no? :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 5 out of 4 people don’t understand fractions. Stacia, That is funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it. [A Room With a View by E. M. Forster - Chapter Two] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. --Margeret Mead And for sheer silliness, there is this one from my favorite college professor: Everything in the world is either a potato or not a potato. (The point of that one is to show how silly it is to force either-or comparisons.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 :blush:You laugh because I'm different........... I laugh cause I just farted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly in FL Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Silly quote...but, I thought it was funny when I ran across it a few years ago. "The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." ~GK Chesterton Smiles! ~Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly in FL Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I love this one!! ~Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I just got a new one 2 days ago from a calendar. There is a Mary Englebright picture of 2 little girls in a window. One is a light haired sweetie with a scowl on her face looking away while she rests her chin on her hand. Right next to her is a dark haired cutie with a smile for the world to see and flowers in her hands to give away. The quote to go with it is from Abraham Lincoln "Most folks are as happy as they want to be." Since this picture is an exact replica of my Kate and Bianca, in hair color, attitude, and charm, I want it enlarged and framed to continually remind me that I CANNOT fix my grumpy girl. I can only lead her in the way and that if someone thought to draw a picture of it, it's all ok and good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyBelly Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitful vine Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My favorate is: That which does not kill you makes you stronger. ~Neitzsche I feel like I need a reminder of that every day!!! :) Some others I like: It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life ~Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one. ~Benjamin Disraeli You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Ghandi Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. ~Leo Tolstoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StacyWithFourRugrats Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering" (of course done in that lovely Yoda drawl) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 "The God Who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time. The hand of force can destroy them, but cannot disjoin them." (I think that this was said by Patrick Henry, but I am not sure.) "A harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace." "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such as these there is no law." "Death is swallowed up in victory!" (Those last three were from the Bible.) My three basic mottos: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong; so try to set things up so that nothing can go wrong." "Most people are really nice." "Done is good." One of my main concerns: "The good is the enemy of the best." And, found recently on a Christian t shirt--"A blood donor saved my life." Phrase most overused during scoldings (that come out of my own mouth): "In what parallel universe is it OK to....?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My new favorite: "Though this be madness, yet there is method in it" - William Shakespeare I'm going to paint this on my wall in the school room! It is printed on the outside of the DVD's for Geometry from askdrcallan.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 "It is quite easy to see why a legend is treated, and ought to be treated, more respectfully than a book of history. The legend is generally made by the majority of people in the village, who are sane. The book is generally written by the one man in the village who is mad." G.K. Chesterton Of course this could never apply to our dear SWB ;). I thought she'd giggle too. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygrrl Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Wow~ There are some great ones here! My latest fave: To work is to pray- St. Benedict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. H. L. Mencken 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 Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Cicero In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King Jr. Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. Oscar Wilde Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. Fran Lebowitz Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. Mary Tyler Moore There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause. P. J. O'Rourke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquilt Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Mine is in my signature :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in WA Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 "People who live in stone houses shouldn't throw glasses" ~ My father Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 ;) I tried to rep you because this made me, literally, LOL!! Consider yourself positively repped from me. Gah! I would have repped you but I have to spread some more around first, I am not sure why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 My grandmother wanted me to have an education, so she kept me out of school. -Margaret Mead I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. -Mark Twain God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try. --Mother Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face & know them for what they are. ~ Marcus Aurelius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 My favorite is in my signature below, my second favorite is: Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. - Pablo Picasso My third favorite is: “Education is not filling a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.†- Yeats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape" I don't have a clue who coined the phrase, but I've used it so much I can claim it as my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.griff Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "I'd like to aplogize to everyone in advance for this." -Dean, The Iron Giant You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say ~ Metallica- Eye of the Beholder Everybody wants to rule the world ~ Tears for Fears "Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy." ~ Benjamin Franklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Silly quote...but, I thought it was funny when I ran across it a few years ago. "The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." ~GK Chesterton Smiles! ~Holly That is funny! And look how cute you are in your avatar! :001_smile: It's great to finally see everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Let us hope that we are all proceeded by a love story. Film - Sweet Land The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are: first hand, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison Do not kiss your children so they will kiss you back, but so they will kiss their children, and their children's children. Noah benShea Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. Horace Mann We are not called to be successful, we are called to be faithful. Mother Teresa I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so men will revere Him. Ecclesiastes These are mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajama Mama Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I like this quote: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." When faced with a big mess: "You're(I'm) gonna need a bigger boat." Also while cleaning: "Out, d@mn'd spot! Out, I say!" Also, my sig line. Yes, it's silly and from Austin Powers but it's funny. I really wish I had a bag of shhh to make my kids quiet sometimes:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alenee Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Sorry I ditched out all day! I just caught up and am LOL at the one about laughing because "I farted". :lol: Here's another one...I think it's a Chinese Proverb. ---A closed mouth received no foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "I was made that way by a fairy." William of Aquataine It's from The Song of Nothing--the author's trying to use all of the devices of Medeival Lit in one poem, & it's ridiculous & hysterical. I like to use it to explain to dh when I do things that are...ridiculous...and maybe not so funny. Here's the poem, if you're interested: Here's a song about absolutely nothing. It's not about me, not about anyone else, It's not about love, not about being young, Not about anything else, either. It came to me while I was asleep, Riding along on my horse. I don't know exactly when I was born. I'm not happy, I'm not angry, I'm not a stranger here; I don't belong here. I can't help being like this: I was made like it by a fairy on a mountaintop. I don't know if I'm asleep or awake unless someone tells me. My heart's almost broken, it's so sad. And all this doesn't matter a mouse to me-- I swear it, by Saint Martial. I love someone...I don't know who she is, Because I've never seen her. She hasn't doen anything to please me, Or to upset me, and I don't care. I've never seen her, but I love her, truly. She's not yet done what she should to me, Or what she shouldn't. When I don't see her, then I'm happy. She's not worth a cock to me, Because I know one who's gentler, And prettier, and richer, as well. I don't know where she lives, Whether up in the heights or down in the fields. I dare not tell you the wrongs that she does me, It hurts me too much. And it hurts me to stay here! So, I'm leaving. I made the poem. I don't know what it's about. I'm going to send it to someone, Who'll send it with someone else, To someone over in Anjou. Perhaps he'll be able to send me the Key from his little box And unravel this riddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble putting on your pants!" :D Oh, and I have a few others I like too... If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it? 5 out of 4 people don’t understand fractions. I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose. Sure, the truth hurts, but so does a machete. How do “Do not walk on grass†signs get there? Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun. (Hope you weren't looking just for erudite quotes & sayings, heehee! ;)) Hmmm, I do have my favorite 'real' (i.e., intelligent & inspiring) quotes around somewhere. I need to find them... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 ;) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 filllllllllller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom42terrificgirls Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart. - Erma Bombeck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in NY Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 “Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO what a ride "Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." -- Terry Pratchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 You can do it your own wayIf it's done just how I say ~ Metallica- Eye of the Beholder I'm thinking Metallica would be an awesome addition to our schoolroom quotes board. Right over MY DESK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "The sign of an educated mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it." -Aristotle I also like: "You wouldn't be so concerned with what people thought of you if you realized how seldom they did." - ? "You wouldn't call me passive aggressive if you realized how it made me feel." -Roy Blount "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, and three or more are a congress." -John Adams "There is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program." -Milton Friedman "As long as I don't write about government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything." -Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." -W. Somerset Maugham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in CA Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater." Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie in OR Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." — Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in LA Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." --Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanBreeze Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "He knows nothing, and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career." George Bernard Shaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I've been asked the origin of this buy a rep-giver. I heard it said in my family over and over and I assumed it was a modernized Willy the Shake, or possibly Twain, who was frequently quoted in our home. I have googled all sorts of permutation of this and parts of the phrase and nothing.... Anyone know where it is from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 I used this as my motto for years in my 20's and had forgotten it almost completely. I'm getting really old! "I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze Than that it be stifled in dry rot. Man's chief purpose is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." Don't remember the author--maybe Jack London? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire at home Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that caused it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 My fave Einsteins are probably "Imagination is more important than knowledge" "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistant one" ""The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity... and I'm not so sure about the the universe." "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." "Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!" and "A human being is a part of a whole (called by us "universe"), a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." Einstein Rocked!! :D Not a big fan of this guy (other than Narnia) but this is one of the best quotes I've got: "You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body" - C S Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.griff Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 LOL, obviously you get a totally different meaning from that Metallica quote than I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.griff Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Lyrics: Do you see what I see? Truth is an offence, You silence for your confidence Do you hear what I hear? Doors are slamming shut, Limit your imagination, keep you where they must Do you feel what I feel? Bittering distress, Who decides what you express? Do you take what I take? Endurance is the word, Moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd Doesn't matter what you see, Or into it what you read, You can do it your own way, If it's done just how I say Independence limited, Freedom of choice, A Choice is made for you my friend, Freedom of speech, Speech is words that they will bend, Freedom with their exception Do you fear what I fear? Living properly, Truths to you are lies to me Do you choose what I choose? More alternatives, Energy derives from both the plus and negatives Do you need what I need? Boundaries overthrown, Look inside, to each his own Do you trust what I trust? Me, myself, and I, Penetrate the smoke screen, I see through the selfish lie Doesn't matter what you see, Or into it what you read, You can do it your own way, If it's done just how I say Independence limited, Freedom of choice, A Choice is made for you my friend, Freedom of speech, Speech is words that they will bend, Freedom with their exception Do you know what I know? Your money and your wealth, You silence just to hear yourself Do you want what I want? Desire not a thing, I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom's ring Doesn't matter what you see, Or into it what you read, You can do it your own way, If it's done just how I say Independence limited, Freedom of choice, AChoice is made for you my friend, Freedom of speech, Speech is words that they will bend, Freedom with their exception Doesn't matter what you see, Or into it what you read, You can do it your own way, If it's done just how I say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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