Dawg's Quotation Thread

[BeingMe]

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902 - 1983), quoted in New York Herald Tribune, May 19, 1946​

 

[TeeTee]

Genius is the highest type of reason-talent the highest type of the understanding....Hickok

 

[cymbline]

"Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed."

 

[TeeTee]

Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm with angry brow,
But in the sunshine strikes the blow
~Cowper~

 

[BeingMe]

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.
Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949) ​

 

[TeeTee]

Finding ourselves is like flying an ancient biplane coast to coast:
There are storms ahead, but once we've started, it's too late to turn back....Richard Bach

 

[BeingMe]

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962) ​

 

[TeeTee]

Humility, that low sweet root from which all heavenly virtues shoot-Moore.

 

[BeingMe]

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
R. D. Laing ​

 

[TeeTee]

He has more goodness in his little finger
Than you have in your whole body
~Swift~

 

[cymbline]

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart. ~Kay Knudsen

 

[BeingMe]

Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone.
Tommy Cooper ​

 

[TeeTee]

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death-Patrick Henry



Good night

 

[BeingMe]

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death-Patrick Henry



Good night

g'night, sweet lady

 

[Dawg]

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

 

[Dawg]

Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words; they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character for it will become your destiny.

Frank Outlaw

 

[Dawg]

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Sam Keen

 

[Brave Maximus]

Came up in a conversation tonight, dealing with the uncertianty of life. It's also one of my favourites of all time:

"Want to see God laugh? Make a plan....."

 

[Dawg]

"Want to see God laugh? Make a plan....."

How true this one is!

 

[Dawg]

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

Bill Cosby

 

[TeeTee]

Wicked me obey for fear, but the good for love-Aristotle

 

[Dawg]

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Kahlil Gibran

 

[Dawg]

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[TeeTee]

There are many roads to power. Power is gained primarily from visions and dreams, but now i hope it makes sense to you that it is also honorable to take power...
Agnes Whistling Elk

 

[kylasdream]

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
~Mother Theresa~​