Author Topic: Favourite Quotes (Read 33695 times)

axel foley · « **Reply #120 on:** November 18, 2005, 04:01:10 pm »

"The truth is only relative to what you can earn from a lie"

Del Boy

kesey · « **Reply #121 on:** November 19, 2005, 02:26:28 pm »

Choosing the lesser of two evils is surely choosing evil.

Jerry 'Captain Trips' Garcia.

LFC on tour · « **Reply #122 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:47:44 pm »

What are everyones favourite quotes then?
For personal reasons or maybe just because it sounds good? Maybe its motivational or just plain amusing?
My personal favourite is..

Quote

'Id rather die on my feet than live on my knees

Because it describes how i approach life.

DaveLFC · « **Reply #123 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:49:20 pm »

'I want to die in my sleep, like my father. Not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus"

Garstonite · « **Reply #124 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:51:56 pm »

"You're up against a manager who has won everything."

"Until tomorrow."

bellinter · « **Reply #125 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:52:59 pm »

"A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself."
Samuel Johnson

kesey · « **Reply #126 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:53:31 pm »

It's not about being the best of what you do It's about being the only one doing it!

Jerry Garcia

Terry de Niro · « **Reply #127 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:54:12 pm »

"People who live in glass houses, should shag in the cellar", that and, "Life is not a rehearsal".

pistol · « **Reply #128 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:55:01 pm »

"My cat's breath smells like cat food."

Never was a truer word spoken.

Garstonite · « **Reply #129 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:55:35 pm »

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If women dressed for men, the stores wouldn't sell much -- just an occasional sun visor.

No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

I chased a girl for two years only to discover that her tastes were exactly like mine: We were both crazy about girls.

Ever since they found out that Lassie was a boy, the public has believed the worst about Hollywood.

My favorite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Groucho Marx.

Mivi · « **Reply #130 on:** July 3, 2006, 05:58:12 pm »

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Pain heals, Chicks dig scars... Glory lasts for ever

Keanu Reeves in The Replacements.

WelshMike · « **Reply #131 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:05:40 pm »

He who dares, wins.

Well, not particularly a favourite of mine ... but I do like it. It sounds good, and it actually has a pretty decent meaning behind it. It's a saying rather than a quote or anything, though. I love using sayings like that in everyday life.

Another one is:

You can't please all of the people all of the time.

Describes how I go about things, I reckon.

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #132 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:13:40 pm »

Quote from: LFC on tour on July 3, 2006, 05:47:44 pm

What are everyones favourite quotes then?
For personal reasons or maybe just because it sounds good? Maybe its motivational or just plain amusing?
My personal favourite is..Because it describes how i approach life.

Who said that? I like it

A few of mines

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg

“The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness.” ~ Martin Esslin

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

“We all are in the gutter, but some of us are staring at the stars” ~ Oscar Wilde (Love his stuff, witty genius)

Only1StevieG · « **Reply #133 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:16:37 pm »

Quote from: pistol on July 3, 2006, 05:55:01 pm

"My cat's breath smells like cat food."

Never was a truer word spoken.

Ralph Wiggum - Genius!

LFC on tour · « **Reply #134 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:17:49 pm »

Quote from: ♠Dirty Harry♠ on July 3, 2006, 06:13:40 pm

Who said that? I like it

You know..Im not even sure. Friend of mine said it a couple of weeks ago and i really liked it.
Ive tried google but it only links it to a song by 'The Beautiful Game'

cathy-lfc-taff · « **Reply #135 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:33:36 pm »

"What now? Let me tell you what now. I'ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin' niggers, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass."

"Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead".

Pulp Fiction, best film ever.

wadey-LFC · « **Reply #136 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:37:38 pm »

Whats the quote that Samuel L. Jackson says to the fellah at the start of the film about vengance or something thats a good quote from a film

medley · « **Reply #137 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:39:09 pm »

They send you here for life, that's exactly what they take. - Red, Shawshank Redemption

Not sure where i got these 2 from:
Life is a question and death is the answer.
There is one less light in the world but one more star in the sky.

My all time favourite has to be: Jesus saves, but god gets the rebound!

Pheel · « **Reply #138 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:45:18 pm »

Quote from: wadey-LFC on July 3, 2006, 06:37:38 pm

Whats the quote that Samuel L. Jackson says to the fellah at the start of the film about vengance or something thats a good quote from a film

The hitman Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) frequently quotes "Ezekiel 25:17" in "Pulp Fiction," but in fact he has greatly altered the Bible passage. The actual passage says:

"And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them."

Here's what Jules says, adding bits from the 23rd Psalm and his own rhetoric:

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides with the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon those with great vengeance and with furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know that my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

http://www.godamongdirectors.com/tarantino/faq/secrets.html

be careful, this site can eat days if you love film

grifter · « **Reply #139 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:51:35 pm »

My faves include.

"I've ran home for a shite, but never ran home for me hole"

"Life is like a tin of sardines, where all searching for the key"

Also when someone is about to attempt something difficult,

"If you do it I'll give yeh a wank with the cheeks of me arse"

wadey-LFC · « **Reply #140 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:53:37 pm »

"Then finally, when
there's nothing left...
when you can't borrow,another buck from the bank,
you bust the joint out
,You light a match."

Goodfellas love it

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #141 on:** July 3, 2006, 06:59:38 pm »

"Genius is born, not paid" ~ Oscar Wilde

"We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow" ~ Oscar Wilde

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." ~ Oscar Wilde

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." ~ Oscar Wilde

"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." ~ Oscar Wilde

LFC on tour · « **Reply #142 on:** July 3, 2006, 07:03:13 pm »

Got to say Oscar is a genius with the english language.
'To lose one parent is unfortunate, to lose two is careless'
And talking about debt..'One must always have a hobby'

The Cappuccino Kid · « **Reply #143 on:** July 3, 2006, 07:24:59 pm »

Quote from: ♠Dirty Harry♠ on July 3, 2006, 06:59:38 pm

"Genius is born, not paid" ~ Oscar Wilde

"We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow" ~ Oscar Wilde

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." ~ Oscar Wilde

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." ~ Oscar Wilde

"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." ~ Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is an absolute genius! Remember a class quote from Dorian Gray- "the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."

A quote I live my life by!

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #144 on:** July 3, 2006, 07:31:40 pm »

Quote from: ♠Dirty Harry♠ on July 3, 2006, 06:59:38 pm

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." ~ Oscar Wilde

Quote from: Mr. Brightside on July 3, 2006, 07:24:59 pm

Oscar Wilde is an absolute genius! Remember a class quote from Dorian Gray- "the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."

A quote I live my life by!

Ahem...

The Cappuccino Kid · « **Reply #145 on:** July 3, 2006, 07:35:32 pm »

The man himself. Absolute legend.

Emlyn18 · « **Reply #146 on:** July 3, 2006, 08:16:51 pm »

'Give me a place to stand and i will move the earth'.

Archimedes.

The 5th Benitle · « **Reply #147 on:** July 3, 2006, 08:21:06 pm »

'You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.' - Fred Allen

One for Dirty Harry here:

'Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune' - Dr Thomas Fuller

'I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying' - Woody Allen

gerrardspetal · « **Reply #148 on:** July 3, 2006, 08:28:19 pm »

Quote from: The Scouseologist on November 18, 2005, 03:15:32 pm

Live fast, die young leave a good looking corpse!

Quote from: The Scouseologist on November 18, 2005, 03:17:11 pm

I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It'd be a good way to go. I don't want to die in my sleep, or of old age, or OD... I want to feel what it's like. I want to taste it, hear it, smell it. Death is only going to happen to you once; I don't want to miss it. - Jim Morrison

''people are strange'' Echo and the bunny men

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #149 on:** July 3, 2006, 08:46:15 pm »

A few of my own here:

[Harry Callahan has to explain why he shot a man]
Harry Callahan: Well, when an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy.
The Mayor: Intent? How did you establish that?
Harry Callahan: When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher's knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross!
[walks out of the room]
The Mayor: He's got a point.

Harry Callahan: We're not just going to let you walk out of here.
Crook: Who's "we", sucker?
Harry Callahan: Smith, and Wesson, and me

Harry Callahan: Personnel? That's for assholes!
Capt McKay: I was in Personnel for ten years.
Harry Callahan: Yeah.

gadget man · « **Reply #150 on:** July 3, 2006, 08:46:25 pm »

"Shit happens"

Jimmy Conway · « **Reply #151 on:** July 3, 2006, 09:59:19 pm »

'Suck My Cock' - Ron Jeremy

medley · « **Reply #152 on:** October 21, 2006, 02:09:51 pm »

I like this one from Oscar wilde:

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."

Oscarmac · « **Reply #153 on:** October 21, 2006, 05:06:28 pm »

they are only great because we are on our knees...... let us arise!

.adam · « **Reply #154 on:** March 5, 2010, 10:54:41 pm »

Stumbled across this today and thought I'd share:

"The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of wonder, a capacity to experience total joy at something as simple as the greenness of a leaf; but as they grow older, the awareness of death and decay begins to impinge on their consciousness and subtly erode their joy de vivre, their idealism - and their assumption of immortality. As a child matures, he sees death and pain everywhere about him, and begins to lose faith in faith and in the ultimate goodness of man. But, if he is reasonably strong - and lucky - he can emerge from this twilight of the soul into a rebirth of life's elan. Both because of and in spite of his awareness of the meaninglessness of life, he can forge a fresh sense of purpose and affirmation. He may not recapture the same pure sense of wonder he was born with, but he can shape something far more enduring and sustaining.

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile, but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death - however mutable man may be able to make them - our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."

-- Stanley Kubrick

Solomon Grundy · « **Reply #155 on:** March 6, 2010, 11:23:23 pm »

"Dead or alive, your coming with me."

"Lifes like a box of chocolates. You never know what your goin to get."

Rigga · « **Reply #156 on:** March 8, 2010, 03:35:56 pm »

"Okay, so flower-power didn't work, so what? We start again." - John Lennon

pascoli · « **Reply #157 on:** March 8, 2010, 04:48:29 pm »

Al Pacino in any given Sunday.

Makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck just reading it.

I don't know what to say really. Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives all comes down to today.
Either we heal as a team or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch, play by play till we're finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen, believe me, and we can stay here and get the shit kicked out of us or we can fight our way back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.

Now I can't do it for you.
I'm too old.
I look around and I see these young faces and I think, I mean I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.
I uh....
I pissed away all my money believe it or not.
I chased off anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately, I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror.

You know when you get old in life things get taken from you.
That's, that's part of life.
But, you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game, life or football the margin for error is so small.
I mean one half step too late or to early you don't quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast and you don't quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They are in ever break of the game, every minute, every second.

On this team, we fight for that inch
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us to pieces for that inch.
We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.
Cause we know
when we add up all those inches that's going to make the fucking difference between WINNING and LOSING, between LIVING and DYING.

I'll tell you this. In any fight it is the guy who is willing to die who is going to win that inch.
And I know if I am going to have any life anymore it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.

Now I can't make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows when it comes down to it, you are gonna do the same thing for him.

That's a team, gentlemen and either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
That's football guys.
That's all it is.
Now, whattaya gonna do?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM9MYuL6gm4

boots · « **Reply #158 on:** March 8, 2010, 05:13:30 pm »

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."

“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher...or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.”

Douglas Adams

Chakan · « **Reply #159 on:** March 8, 2010, 05:14:31 pm »

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos