Inspirational Quotes

[NSFL]

"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap."
- Cynthia Heimel

Never take life too seriously...no one ever gets out alive anyway.

"Life is all about ass ... either you are covering it, kicking it, kissing it, trying to get it, or acting like one."

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names and all are different colours . . . but they all exist very nicely in the same box.

[Ford Prefect]

Here's a couple oldies that were among my dad's favourites. They're not exactly on par with Churchill's or Thoreau's nuggets, but they have a certain folksy charm.

1. She's a tough cow to breed, but we need the calf.

2. If you're looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary between sit and syphilis.

[Tower]

OMG it's huge!!!! - unknown

[peter12]

Don't you know there ain't no Devil, there's just God when he's drunk. - Tom Waits

[4X4]

A wise man speaks because he has something to say. A fool speaks because he has to say something.

[Ford Prefect]

God was drunk when he made me, but that's okay, I forgive him.
–Jim White

[Muta]

"Live with no excuses. Love with no regrets."

- random tombstone

[getbak]

Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

[chris_yk]

"Alcohol - the cause of, and solution to, all life's problems"
- Homer Simpson

[Buff]

"Try not. Do or do not. There is now try." - Master Yoda


"Get busy living, or get busy dying". (from the Shawshank Redemtion, not sure if it was Tim Robbin's character or Morgan Freeman's character who said it)

[spydermal]

Man who runs behind car gets exhausted.

[Locke]

Man who pees into wind, ends up smelly.

[evman150]

So we keep asking, over and over,
Until a handful of earth
Stops our mouths-
But is that an answer?

-Heinrich Heine

[evman150]

Oh, and possibly my favourite quote of all time, although there are some great Sagan ones out there:

Δεν ελπίζω τίποτε. Δεν φοβoμαι τίποτε. Είμαι λεύτερος.

I expect nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

-Nikos Kazantzakis

[maidestone]

"When you are dead, you will realize you cannot die."

[evman150]

Originally Posted by maidestone

"When you are dead, you will realize you cannot die."

"I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking. The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides."

-Carl Sagan

[goaliegirl]

"If you dont like something change it ,If you cant change it change your attitude "
Maya Angelou

[icarus]

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

[bigtmac19]

I don't know where this one came from, I just like it.

Life should not be measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

[SeeGeeWhy]

You should never grow a wish bone where your back bone ought to be.
- Clementine Paddleford

"As we surpass our father's skill, Our sons will shame our own; A thousand things are hidden still And not a hundred known."
- A. Tennyson

And the quotes in my signature.