What's your favorite quote of all time and why?

Dedalus · Jun 24, 2008

"The vainglory which consisteth in the feigning or supposing of abilities in ourselves, which we know are not, is most incident to young men, and nourished by the histories or fictions of gallant persons; and is corrected oftentimes by age and employment."
-Thomas Hobbes

globetrotter · Jun 24, 2008

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

assimov

X-It · Jun 27, 2008

Originally Posted by Coho

I'll be interested in some Latin quotes I've never heard of before also.

- Accipere quam facere praestat iniuriam - It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice.

2. Asinus asinum fricat - The ass rubs the ass. (Conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess)

X-It · Jun 27, 2008

This is my favorite quote of all time!

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." ~ Lao-Tse

LabelKing · Jun 27, 2008

"I don't do drugs. I am drugs."

Coho · Jun 27, 2008

Hmm...I have been accused of being many things incongruous and uncomplimentary but never a stalker.

Originally Posted by X-It

- Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam - It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice.

2. Asinus asinum fricat - The ass rubs the ass. (Conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess)

Coho · Jun 27, 2008

My favorite of all time is probably: Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. ~Arthur Schopenhauer I first saw it engraved on a wooden frame of my grandfather's chessboard. Still remember it to this day.

Fulcannelli · Jun 27, 2008

Im a soul tied to a dying donkey : Yeats or keats, always get these mixed up

there's no complaint without blame :Nietzsche

im probably paraphrasingthese as I cant remember the exact phrases.

Dedalus · Jun 27, 2008

Originally Posted by Coho

My favorite of all time is probably:

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

~Arthur Schopenhauer

I first saw it engraved on a wooden frame of my grandfather's chessboard. Still remember it to this day.

That is one tubular chessboard.

MetroStyles · Jun 28, 2008

"I can't keep myself from saying her name. Maybe she'll be frightened by my voice and leave the room, never to return. I'd feel terrible if that happened. No - not terrible, that's not what I mean. Devastated is more like it. If she never came back everything would be lost to me forever. All meaning, all direction. Everything. I know this, but I go ahead and risk it anyway, and call her name. Of their own accord, almost automatically, my tongue and lips form her name, over and over."

Master-Classter · Jun 29, 2008

Originally Posted by Fade to Black

if you don't know where you're headed, any road will take you there

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.” - Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact, it's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration, it's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

- William Wallace

"I don't play the hand I wish I had, I play the hand I get"

lots more, but these are it for now

Crane's · Jun 30, 2008

Youth and skill are overcome by age and treachery.

It's not the years honey, it's the mileage.

The first one is what I tell my son when he gets smart and the other is what I mumble to myself some days.

redcaimen · Jun 30, 2008

Originally Posted by Dedalus

That is one tubular chessboard.

+1. No kidding. Kinda makes you feel guilty your blowing an hour or two on a frivolous game. At least it was chess and not inscribed on the side of the Rockem Sockem Robots ring.

after_forever · Jun 30, 2008

Verum est? Lol.

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Coho · Jun 30, 2008

Well, my gramp passed away long ago. I don't have the patience for old school chess though. I play with a timer, 2-5 minutes usually with friends and family.

Originally Posted by redcaimen

+1. No kidding. Kinda makes you feel guilty your blowing an hour or two on a frivolous game. At least it was chess and not inscribed on the side of the Rockem Sockem Robots ring.

What's your favorite quote of all time and why?

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