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“A myth shared by many is a culture.
A myth shared by a few is a cult.
A myth shared by two is love.
A myth shared by one is insanity.” -Unknown
“Only two things are infinite; the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the first one.” -Albert Einstein
“There are no coincidences -- There is only the illusion of coincidence.”
-V For Vendetta
“The nightmares of the Past and the chaos of the Present are nothing compared to the wild dreams of the Future.” -Anonymous
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity." - Albert Einstein
“Talking to God is prayer. God talking to you is schizophrenia.” -Lily Tomlin
“Dying is easy, it's living that is the hard part” -Unknown
“Do not ask of others, what you do not ask of yourself.” -Unknown
“Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not“
-Phlogiston Verdigris
“Why do we always love the ones who hurt us, and hurt the ones who love us?”
-Unknown
“If you love someone put their name in a circle not a heart, a heart can be broken but a circle goes on forever” -Unknown
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away” -Hitch
“No, you're missing the point. A scythe is made for cutting grain; a sword is made for killing. But you can cut grain with a sword, and kill with a scythe, can't you? It isn't what people are, but what they do, that they are judged by.” -Unknown
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." Albert Einstein
“If you haven't found something worth dying for you aren't meant to live.”
-Martin Luther King Junior
“Reputation is what you do when people are looking. Character is what you do when people aren't looking.” -Parke Wallenberg
“He who waits for a chance may wait for a long time.” -Nigerian Proverb
“A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.”
-Chinese Proverb
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible." - Albert Einstein
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” -Chinese Proverb
“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
-Chinese Proverb
"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer." - Robert Frost
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." -Shakespeare
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz
"If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." -Marilyn Monroe
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." - Shakespeare
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." - Robert Frost
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." -Eric Hoffer
"There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance." -Hippocrates
"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind." -M.K. Gandhi
"There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all" - Anonymous
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." - Dead Poet's Society
"In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns." - The Godfather
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - M.K. Gandhi
"Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them." - Albert Einstein
"All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players." - Shakespeare
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." - Albert Einstein
“There are no facts, only interpretations.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“A man learns to skate by staggering about making a fool of himself; indeed, he progresses in all things by making a fool of himself.” - George Bernard Shaw
“Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced—even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.” - John Keats
- by princess_ashe2 |
- Fiction
- | Submitted on 08/09/2008 |
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- Title: Quotes
- Artist: princess_ashe2
- Description: Some cool quotes. I'm not sure if it's fiction or poetry, so I'll just put it in poetry.
- Date: 08/09/2008
- Tags: quotes poetry
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- Via890 - 12/21/2008
- There are some truthful quotes thats good to know
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