I've been pondering quotes to put in my email signatures. I'm fond of some of Emily Dickinson's stuff- and there were also a lot of great quotes in Frank Herbert's Dune. What are your favorites?

"I dwell in possibility..."
   Emily Dickinson

"Forever is composed of nows."
   Emily Dickinson

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
   Bene Gesserit, Litany Against Fear (Dune)

"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."
   from The Sayings of Muad'Dib by the Princess Irulan (Dune)

"I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more."
   e. e. cummings

How about "I'm one of the sexiest women alive." Amanda Prescott



If it's for the email, use a short one, and the "Forever....." one from Emily Dickson is very nice.

Good luck

or there is the other Dirty Harry saying...
“You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?” (Dirty Harry)...

I have several quotes / sayings / tenants I live by:

1 - Sometimes you just have to say WTF.

2 - Keep passing those open windows (rather than jumping out of them!)

3 - You'll never see these people again.

4 - If you push anything hard enough it WILL fall over. (Fud's Law)

5 - (Testicles Deviant to Fud's Law) What goes up MUST come down.

6 - If you can't get anything right, don't get it at all.   (AKA - Egger's first Law of Acquisition)

But what I use on my emails at work is:

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein

"My Lawyer Fucked Me" - Shawshank Redemption

John Wayne:

"Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful”

"If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.”

“I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.”

"The difference between sex for money & sex for free is, sex for money costs less"

How about these quotes?  Yes, I'll take credit for them.

"It hurts so good."

"Sometimes you have to create your own luck."

Phil

Atlanta, Ga

"Science is never so happy as when it's changing it's mind"

"The only stupid question is the one that never gets asked"

"To make it in today's world, you have to be able to buy what you can't get, with money that you haven't got, then sell what you never had, for more than it was ever worth"

"The book of life is brief, and once a page is read all but love is dead, this is my belief."

Don Mclean from "And I love you so."


"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery from "The Little Prince"

"Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

William Nicholson from The Velveteen Rabbitt

P.S.

I like the one by e.e. cummings

God gave us a penis and a brain, but not enough blood to use both at the same time.
- Robin Williams

Men would pay to have sex, but women don’t unless they are paid.
- My old boyfriend

A few years back - while still married to the ex-ms Superdude - we went to the wedding of my best friend's son.  And as he walked with his son to the alter for the ceremony I could not help but cry... the Ex asked why?  how could I tell her that what she saw and what I saw were so entirely different.... What she saw was an old man, crippled by manic depressive disorder, bent over from years of intense work, long hours and overcoming prejudice... yea, a balding old man...

What I saw - was a friend who had guided me throughtout my life... one who always saw in me the best... and helped me be better - just cause I knew him... I saw him (as I saw him when we first met) as a dynamic young man, with a beautiful wife and great kids... who would always invite me over to share his family when he knew I was down or depressed....  and incredibly intelligent individual who was so kind to all he knew... he took in those of us who others discarded and made us people of value and self worth...

and that is why I like this quote the best... thanks for sharing.

"Can you lower your donation?"  lol

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.  

He conquers who endures.
-Persius

b-

"The police are not there to create disorder, they are there to preserve disorder." - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (the first), 1968

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein

"Don't sweat the petty stuff.  But do pet the sweaty stuff!" - It'll pretty much get you through your day; wish I could take credit for it.

And now for one that I can and do take credit for...

"The sooner you get behind, the more time you have to catch up". - Yeah, I know it's pretty stupid.  But it was the greatest motto in the world back in my college days!  LOL!!!

..."if you use an alias, then you're a pussy!"

I, too, couldn't resist...  

"Sex is only priceless when you get it for free"

by David Elms

my personal preference is from "she whose name we shan't mention"  

and it is (and I quote)...
"Will you stop following me, you tiresome maggot!!!!"

"Don't let the bastards grind you down"
    - Gen. Joe Stilwell

I've never laughed so hard as when I saw a video of Robin Williams doing DATY. I highly recommended it.

... Not naming any names here...

I would say, "they know who they are", but then again they're probably too stupid to know.  So here goes:  Modified, modified, modified, modified, modified, (shit, I could be here awhile) LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Just make sure that you pick one that represents who you are.

"Ha! Toro! See me here, see me now, see me life. I am a woman! I am no man's wife." Danielle Steele

"I will allow only my lord to possess my sacred lotus pond, and every night you can make blossom in me flowers of fire." Huang O

"The cry of my body for completeness. That is a cry to you." Mary Caroline Davies

"Soon she won't object to fingers that stray under her skirt hem and linger at her lightly knotted waistband; when her eyes are dreamy and her breathing's harsh, send the servants away." Mallyana Vatsyayana

"Desire is Poison." Mahabaratta

"Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it deserves all the consequences." Isadora Duncan

"You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul." Julie-Jeane-Eleonore de Lespinasse

"I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer; feed where thou wilt, on mountains or in dale; graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie." Shakespeare



I could go on like this for days.

~Rae

that she might love him”

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"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's - That's because she changes it more often."
Oliver Hereford
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“Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a mans last romance.”

 Oscar Wilde quotes

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According to a recent survey, men say the first thing they notice about a woman is their eyes, and women say the first thing they notice about men is they're a bunch of liars

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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
   
- Socrates

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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
I hate women because they always know where things are.

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT:


It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."



From a speech given in Paris at the Sorbonne in 1910

and when you're done with these, there's about another 20,000,000 websites with more.

Check back when you done.

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Being nearly 60, and with 9 grandkids, I take particular solace in that one. Wow! Manic depression; talk about not being understood.

Dorothy to the Scarecrow....

First of all, Dorothy was hot.  A double with her and Glenda would have been worth a little flying monkey dung.

Second, how can he answer the question without a brain?  See, it's a no brainer.

Third, Dorothy was hot.

Fourth, she's smart enough to know that a scarecrow doesn't need a brain to be a scarecrow, and therefore, why would someone become what they are not?  There's an identity issue there.

Fifth, Dorothy was hot.  (I dig redheads)



It's been a long week

Hilary Banks (Karin Parsons) or Raven.
Madonna or Cyndi Lauper
Gina Lolabrigida or Sophia loren
Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan
Laura Bush or Hillary Clinton
Anneliese van der Pol or Venessa Hudgens
Kari Byron or Deanne Bell
hee hee......

I love this debate...

Oh - my pick of the bunch?  Anneliese van der Pol.... that gal is smokin and is the ONLY reason I watch that's so raven...  also the MOST ANNOYING individual.... Deanne Bell.... that voice and all that movement when she is explaining stuff... talk about hand waving.... yeesh.

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW-- What a Ride!!!"
Hunter S. Thomson

"Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out, how far one can go".
T.S. Elliot

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger".
F. Nietzche

"And that's inches babe, not centimetres."

John Holmes as Johnny Wadd in Super 8mm loop with sound.

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"I hate quotes."

Edgar Allen Poe

"The Little Prince" is one of my favorite books...   Thank  you for reminding me that it is time for a reread.
: D

The Velveteen Rabbit is the greatest book ever! Because of this book I try to find the "real" in everyone.

Kari~~

another 12 inches of snow falls.

Sorry to be a sour puss.

If anyone is entitled, you are.  More snow on the way - it's time for an outcall.  

Good luck

If you want justice go to the whore house, if you want to get fucked go to court.

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and are not easily shared by another.
Neitzsche

Thou goest to woman? Do not forget they whip. (LOL!)
Neitzsche

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
Wordsworth

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.
Byron

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Camus

What Knockers!
Dr. Frankenstein

The pioneer and goddess born well before her time, who broke censorship rules like we breathe air.  

1.  Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me.

2.  Won't you stop in to see me sometime, big boy.  
3.  I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
4.  Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
5.  I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
6.  Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
7.  A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
8.  A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.
9.  A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty--he has suffered longer.
10.  A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him two--that's subtraction.
11.  A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.
12.  A man in the house is worth two in the street.
13.  A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
15. I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
16.  It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then. As long as you don't break any.
17.  It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
18.  It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
19. It takes two to get one in trouble.
10.  Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
11.  I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
13.  I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

Drum roll please.......

14.  I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.  



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Quotes from The Looney Tunes Cartoon: "CHOW HOUND":

"Day in and day out it never ends" !!

"Acres and acres of meat!! I'll never go hungry again" !!

"What no GRAVEY! You FORGOT the GRAVEY!!


 

One of my favorite parts is where the Fox asks the Little Prince to tame him; the essense of relationship.

It's unfortunate that, many times, what makes us most real, we expend much energy in attempts to conceal. I'm glad to hear that doesn't deter you.

* Trust is only dangerous when you have to rely on it.
       * Reality is a dangerous concept.
       * There is no logical reason why aliens should be hairy.
       * I am not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'm not going.
       * No good deed goes unpunished.
       * It is frequently easier to be honest when you have nothing to lose.
       * Civilization has always depended on courtesy rather than truth.
       * On Earth it is considered ill-mannered to kill your friends while committing suicide.
       * The art of leadership is delegation.
       * All that patience gets you is older.
       * Show me someone who believes in something, and I will show you a fool.
       * Regret is part of being alive -- but keep it a small part.
       * He who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.
       * Infallibility depends on your point of view.
       * There are times when even the most cynical must trust in luck.
       * Heroics seldom run to schedule.
       * Dignity, at all costs, dignity.
       * The choice is very simple -- either you can fight, or you can die.
       * In the end, winning is the only safety.
       * Power usually makes its own rules.
       * Some days are better than others, Section Leader.
       * It is not necessary to become irrational in order to prove that one cares; indeed, it is not necessary to prove it at all.
       * While there's life, there's threat.
       * Luck has nothing to do with it.
       * Strategic withdrawl is running away, but with dignity.
       * Idealism is a wonderful thing; all you really need is someone rational to put it to proper use.
       * Nobody is indispensible.
       * Everyone's entitled to one really bad mistake.
       * In the end, your word is all there is, really.
       * There are other rules, but you'll find out what those are when you break them.

"If, as it seems we are, in the process of becoming a totalitarian society in which the state apparatus is all-powerful, the ethics most important for the survival of the true, free, human individual would be: cheat, lie, evade, fake it, be elsewhere, forge documents, build improved electronic gadgets in your garage that'll outwit the gadgets used by the authorities."

"Dear Lord, Give me chastity, but not just yet."
-Saint Augustine

"A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are." ~ Chauncey Mitchell Depew

And a realist pays a provider so as not to have to think or hope.

Otherwise known as a hobbyist.

One of my other ATFs (No not her)just a quote:
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw

Two other disparate ones come to mind, I paraphrase because I'm too damn lazy to do the research:

Trust, integrity, honesty:  When you've learned to fake these, you've got it made.

-G. Marx.

Love thy neighbor as thyself.

-Matthew 19:19

That last one has a certain relevance for us hobbyists.

I just had an idea, why not a least favorite quote?

I feel a new thread coming on.

RE the Groucho quote - I learned a variant of this that I really love.  I'm careful how and when I use it though:

"The secret to success in human relations is sincerity..(pause)..if you can fake that, you've got it made."


filmat11

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