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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: bloodedIrishman on June 26, 2010, 10:05:13 am
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Your favorite quotation and a bit about why.
"Quotation, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
- Ambrose Pierce
This is likely my favorite quote. Why? It's hilarious.
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"If anyone looks that close, just kick 'em."
Perfect advice for when you've walked out of the house accidentally wearing two different socks, or anything else that could make you feel self conscious... Pretty sure one of my (Great?)Grandparents originated it though couldn't tell you who, when, or where.
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"I don't mean to seem unsympathetic, but I am, so that's how it comes across."
- Marcus Brigstocke
I love this one 'cause it expresses my sentiments so perfectly. Specifically, I like that it's an apology for not seeming more sympathetic, not for not being more sympathetic. As in, it's apologizing for the appearance, not for the actual feelings.
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"It ain't about black or white 'cause we're human, I hope we see the light before it's ruined."
Tupac Amaru Shakur. Because someone had to quote 2pac.
And Phinehas, you need to be more "seemingly unsympathetic" around here, people are forgetting your trademark coldness.
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"Nerf paper. Scissors is fine." -- Rock
Describes the mentality of nearly all people who play MMO's
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"though liters cost less, you are buying fewer gallons." heard during metrificaton of canada at a gas station.
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"Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?" ;D
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"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning" Winston Churchill
I like this one why? It's very brave speech by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
and i love brave speeches
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Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment. -Ira Gassen
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Everything will be ok in the end, if it's not ok, it's not the end.
-John Lennon
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Roll a die.
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1: "Just because you cease to be blind does not mean everything will be revealed to you."
2: "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. (It has many flaws, but it is heartfelt, and gives the right idea.)
3: "What does your robot do, Sam?" "It collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls."
4: "The problem with trying to make things completely foolproof is that people usually greatly underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Mark Twain
5: "To control others is to control one's self, if not, there is no control."
6: "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, but because we do not dare, things are difficult." - Seneca Maior.
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"I don't mean to seem unsympathetic, but I am, so that's how it comes across."
- Marcus Brigstocke
I first saw that as a permutation saying "I don't mean to sound cold, vicious, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."
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"Nothing that happens, is ever forgotten" -Hayao Miyazaki.
"Despite everything, I still think people are really good at heart." -Anne Frank
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." -Dalai Lama
"'Because horror on Earth is real and it is everyday. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.'" -Alice Sebold
"The ambiance of mystery is as quickly gone as it is realized." -Anonymous :whistling:
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"The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed'."
Dorothy Parker
"He who laughs last didn't get it."
H. Giangregorio
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"PS Is not democracy nor it will be Karyuu 2006
I forgot the real text
Is it correct
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" Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing. "
-- Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
" The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. " -- same as above
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God I love Pres. Bush, even though I am Canadian. Here are some of the things I miss from him:
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." bush quotes: george w. bush, washington dc aug 5 2004
"I'm the master of low expectations." bush quotes: george w. bush, aboard air force one june 4 2003
"It is white." bush quotes: george w. bush, after being asked by a child in britain what the White House was like, july 19 2001
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" Lead, follow or get out of the way" - Thomas Paine
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Mousa: What's that?
Rambo: It's blue light.
Mousa: What does it do?
Rambo: It turns blue.
Rambo 3 - Video snippet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEz70ClCetM)
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Even the future is no more what it used to be.
(Die Zukunft ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war.)
Car sticker
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Jay: Men don't just fall from the sky, you know!
Rufus falls from the sky
Jay: (To the sky) Beautiful big-titted women don't just fall from the sky!
Dogma
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translation from Dutch:
When things don't go as they should, they should as they go (quote from an old friend)
Whenever there is doubt, there is no doubt (Al Pacino in "Death Match" i believe)
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"Some people believe soccer is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you that it is much, much more important than that."
-Bill Shankly
:D
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"I'm sorry. We're sorry for the massive disruption it's caused their lives. There's no one who wants this over more than I do. I'd like my life back." - Tony Hayward, B.P. CEO
This was said by Tony Hayward in reference to the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. The fact that this individual was so concerned with his own personal comfort and showed so little concern for the record breaking damage that he was causing to the environment and numerous working class citizens actually shocked me. Worse than that was the fact that he was clueless enough to blurt out something like this in front of the press.
Perhaps this belongs in an "infamous quotes" thread ..
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Perhaps this belongs in an "infamous quotes" thread ..
lol is there one of those? If not this should be the first. :D
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How can you be just like a real techie? Frequently use the word 'irrelevant', but never spell it correctly. Try 'irrelivant', 'irelivent', and 'irrevelant' to start with, but be sure to develop your own sub-literate variations for extra coolness! --Jeffrey Carl
Why? Because I'm surrounded by techies who can't spell. :)
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Wayne Rooney
"Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is."
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"a closed mouth gathers no feet" - a fortune cookie
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"This was not chicken." -- Fortune cookie parody.
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"The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Companion Cube cannot speak. In the event that the Companion Cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice." - GLaDOS
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mass effect quotes!
"I haven't been shot in the head nearly enough times for that to sound like a good idea." - commander shepard
"A pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist." - ashley williams
"The world's not going to hand you anything if you go around grinning like an idiot." - joker
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Sarras you missed this one: "Having secrets is like having herpes, the more you have, the more you wanna share" - Some guy from Mass Effect
Oh...
"You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar." - George Carlin
"Keep yo' hair out tha suga!" -I forget who said it...think it was in a dream or something.
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True tests never end.-A deamon from DAO
United we stand devided we fall-?
Give me my 4 minutes back-a comment on a Justin Bieber video
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me.... then a frontal Lobotomy---- Lenny Bruce
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Riddle me this... Riddle me that...
Who's the one wearing the big green hat?
My questions are many, my traps are plenty...
Surviving them would be blasphemy...
In the light, behind the shadows...
Follow the streets white arrows...
Playing hide and seek, ain't it awkward?
Reveal yourself, Dark Knight, step forward
...I am waiting...
Religions are advertising agencies for a product that doesn't exist"
Clive James
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^ Nice one! :D - Just a bit ... verbose.
"Tell me something, my friend ... you ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"
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"Madness and genius are separated only by degrees of success." -Sidar Jabari (in Magic the Gathering)
Because it levels the world.
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It is almost as meaningless as asking anyone for their favourite anything. Adding to the relevance of the object itself there is a small revelation about the person that has picked the citation out of a great universe.
Interesting quote.
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It is almost as meaningless as asking anyone for their favourite anything. Adding to the relevance of the object itself there is a small revelation about the person that has picked the citation out of a great universe.
Interesting quote.
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It is almost as meaningless as asking anyone for their favourite anything. Adding to the relevance of the object itself there is a small revelation about the person that has picked the citation out of a great universe.
Interesting quote.
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Treat me like a prisoner,
Treat me like a fool.
Treat me like a loser,
Use me as a tool.
Face me 'til I'm hungry,
Push me in the cold.
Treat me like a criminal,
Just a shadow on the wall!
Treat me like I'm evil,
Freeze me 'til I'm cold.
Beat me 'til I'm feeble,
Grab me 'til I'm old.
Fry me 'til I'm tired,
Push me 'til I fall.
Treat me like a criminal,
Just a shadow on the wall!
Mike Oldfield / Roger Chapman
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"Live your dreams, or they're in vain." -- Me.
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Mean guy: "The boy's a useless vegetable!" Prompter in a cellar window yells a comeback out into the street: "You could never be a vegetable, because even artichokes have hearts!" Somebody uses this comeback, everybody bursts into tumultuous guffaws. ::|
I think it's from Amelie.
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It is by definition impossible to have several favourites, but I have a couple that are tied so closely I can't choose one from among them.
Firstly, an old saying I live my life by;
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
Second, a flavor text from a certain card game many of you will be familiar with;
"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight /everything/ with fire!"
- Jaiya Ballard, task mage
And finally a historical one, from the mouths of lady Nancy Astor and Winston Churchill;
Astor: "If I were your wife, I would poison your coffee."
Churchill: "If you were my wife, I'd most certainly drink it."
There's plenty of others, but these stick out the most at the moment.
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What does not kill you makes you stranger-Joker
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What does not kill you makes you stranger-Joker
You mean stronger??? :innocent:
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Comparison is the death of contentment.
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"Die Menschen der tiefen Traurigkeit verraten sich, wenn sie glücklich sind: sie haben eine Art, das Glück zu fassen, wie als ob sie es erdrücken und ersticken möchten, aus Eifersucht – ach, sie wissen zu gut, daß es ihnen davonläuft!" (Nietzsche - Jenseits von Gut und Böse/279)
English translation:
"Men of profound sadness betray themselves when they are happy: they have a way of embracing happiness as if they wanted to crush and suffocate it, from jealousy: alas they know only too well that it will flee." (Nietzsche - beyond good and evil/279)
the next two favourites:
"To make a dream come true you need a dream to start with." and "There are no miracles in this world. There's only coincidence, the inevitable and the actions people take."
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What does not kill you makes you stranger-Joker
You mean stronger??? :innocent:
No, that's the entire point.
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"Excuses are tools of incompetence, built upon monuments of nothingness and those who practice their uses are seldom capable of anything else." - This is the personal statement of one of my lab mate's sorority.
"I may hate what you say, but I will defend to the death the right for you to say it." - [*edit* Apparently Voltaire beat me to this one :p Thanks Gurth]
"Sometimes in life there really are bonds formed that can never be broken. Sometimes you really can find that one person who will stand by you no matter what; maybe you’ll find it in a spouse and celebrate it with your dream wedding, but there is also the chance that the one person you can count on for a lifetime, the one person who knows you, sometimes better than you know yourself, is the same person who's been standing beside you all along." - Bride Wars. This quote describes my soul mate and best friend in the entire world, and we snicker as we plot her wedding, and how I'm most likely to come storming down the aisle tackling her.
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"How does the genome of a Christian woman change, who has to convert to Judaism due to marriage?"
Critical question to Thilo Sarrazin who advocated his book with shallow quotes of american studies, claiming that "all Jews" have common genes, not realising that this term is based on a membership of a religion, not of a (geographically based) people.
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Getter done :D