Your Favourite Quote

I have always found the Russian Proverb:

"The church is near, but the road is icy. The bar is far, but we will walk carefully."

to be very helpful :D;)
 
My tw favorite no idea where they come from

I am dyslexic of borg your ass will be laminated

There is not 'I' in team, but there is a 'me' if you look close enough
 
The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

- Mitch Albom

and...

I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.

- Neil Gaiman
 
Vic said:
How boring ;)

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue - Albert Einstein.:p
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Haha, I see what's going on here :p

Gonetae said:
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about getting out there and dancing in the rain"

One of my faves.
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Fantastic, one of my favourites so far. When life is getting you down, join it in the festivities and stick your middle finger up at it.

hellogoodbye said:
The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

- Mitch Albom

and...

I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.

- Neil Gaiman
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Love both of these. It's like my driving instructor said to me when I - finally - passed my test: "Congratulations on passing your test. Now you really learn how to drive."
 
hellogoodbye said:
I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.

- Neil Gaiman
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Huge fan of Neil Gaiman, here's another by him:

"Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so a simple phrase like "maybe we should just be friends" or "how very perceptive" turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart." (Rose Walker)
 
birdy961 said:
"Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast"
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Well if we're talking Red Dwarf...

"You'd never get a cat to be a servant. You ever see a cat return a stick? Hey man, you threw the stick, you go and get it yourself, I'm busy. If you wanted the stick so bad, why'd you throw it away in the first place?"

or even better a bit of Blackadder:

Lord Flasheart: "I wasn't born yesterday, you know."
Edmund Blackadder: "More's the pity, we could have started your personality from scratch."
 
"The Americans will always do the right thing... After they've exhausted all the alternatives."

- Winston Churchill
 
Well if we're doing Blackadder
'She's got a tongue like an electric eel, and she likes the taste of a MAN'S tonsils'

if we're talking films I like
'Check out the big brain on Brett'

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To finish my sig:

Reg: All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Attendee: Brought peace?
Reg: Oh, peace - shut up!
Reg: There is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all.
Dissenter: Uh, well, one.
Reg: Oh, yeah, yeah, there's one. But otherwise, we're solid.

Life of Brian again:

"he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy"


Winston Churshill and Lady Nancy Astor

Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.”
 
I have a couple:

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain

"Avoid boredom, then die" - Philosophy college lecturer. Bit depressing but humorous.
 
How can you tell if the wife is dead? The sex is the same, but the washing piles up
 
I am older than I once was but younger than I'll be :D

and


Do not walk behind me
for I shall not lead

Do not walk in front of me
for I shall not follow

Do not walk beside me
for the path is too narrow

In fact just **** off and leave me alone :D
 
Was just watching our holiday photos screensaver sidle on past last night and noticed there was a t-shirt hung outside a shop which said

"Well cover me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians"
 
I have come to the conclusion that the subjective account of my own motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I do not know why I do things. J. B. S. Haldane

Glad to see some Red Dwarf references.. One of my favourites.

Cat: I'm so hungry. I just have to eat!
Lister: Shh... Rimmer's dad's died.
Cat: I'd prefer chicken.
 
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My favourite is John Lennon's "life is what happens to you whilst you are making other plans"

Anthony.
 
Can't beat the Arnie one Fk you rsole
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"If in doubt, flat out"

and

"For any succesful driver it's confidence self belief. But that's in anything in life. If you're confident in what you're doing and you really believe in yourself that you can pull it off, then generally you will"

Both from the late great Colin Mcrae
 
True friendship is like wetting yourself.
Everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.

I forget where I heard that.
 
From one of my old managers.

'A holiday with your family, is not a holiday'

I should point out that he did go on holiday with his family, but he also went away once a year on his own.
 
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The one I see on these pages quite often refects my life perfectly.

" I came into this world with nothing, and I have got most of it left."

Makes me smile every time I see it.


John:)
 
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.
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Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
 
foodpoison said:
Truly superb film.
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The book's good. Can't remember what it was called, but it was written by their two children, er, Gina and, er, thingy. lol
I read it on holiday in a few days....was quite gripping.
 
adjusted the wording slightly, but the sentiment resonates with me entirely...

"I wanted you to think about yourself... and I mean *really* think!... What are you good at? What do you suck at? And write it down. Not so I could read it, or anyone else could read it. But so *you* could read it! You see in the end, you don't have to answer to me for God's sake! The only one you have to answer to is you!"
 
Rozzy said:
adjusted the wording slightly, but the sentiment resonates with me entirely...

"I wanted you to think about yourself... and I mean *really* think!... What are you good at? What do you suck at? And write it down. Not so I could read it, or anyone else could read it. But so *you* could read it! You see in the end, you don't have to answer to me for God's sake! The only one you have to answer to is you!"
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Is that Dr Cox from Scrubs?
 
"Were you born with that face? If not I would take it back and get a refund if I were you"

And

"Why don't you do yourself and the world a favour and pull your bottom lip over your head and swallow"

Both by me :D
 
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