Favourite Quotes and Quotations

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Yet another old thread that I think we need revived here in our shiny new playground, so a favourite to kick it off -

'In the end, we can only find peace in our human lives by accepting the will of the universe'.

(Sai King, New Introduction to Pet Semetary, September 20th, 2000)

Long days and pleasant nights

[Maddie]

Great quote John! I think that's 5, hmnnn, lol

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

'Any beer in the fridge after the store has closed is very good beer'.

Pet Semetary 1988

Long days and pleasant nights

[whoopsipoppedaplatypus]

Neils Letter to his Bank Manager

"Darling Fascist Bullyboy,
Give me some more money, you bastard.
May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman,
Neil."


The Young Ones
Episode - Cash

[dsurrett]

"Either get busy living or get busy dying" - Red, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

Random SK quotes:

"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."

"I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries."

"I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew then that my IQ had been damaged."


and of course...
"Long days and pleasant nights."

[La Belladonna]

'Any beer in the fridge after the store has closed is very good beer'.

"What's the best kind of beer?"

Free beer!!!!!

My husband circa for as long as I've known him

[Umney]

My favourite quote would have to be "We are men of action. Lies do not become us"

[La Belladonna]

"Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them."

Brock Clarke, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, 2007

[Tery]

A few that come directly to mind...

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~~ Kahlil Gibran

"Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." ~~ Douglas Adams

"Humor is just another defense against the Universe" ~~ Mel Brooks

" 'Tis strange - but true; for truth is always stranger than fiction if it could be told." ~~ Lord Byron

and my favorite:

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened. ~~ Douglas Adams

[Kim L.]

He not busy being born is busy dying.
Bob Dylan