Quotes that Impact You. (Explain Why)
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LORD POLONIUS
Yet here, Laertes! aboard, aboard, for shame!
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,
And you are stay'd for. There; my blessing with thee!
And these few precepts in thy memory
See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in,
Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man,
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are of a most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all: to thine ownself be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!
Sorry for the long post. Before I left for college, my father reminded me of the advice in this quote from Hamlet, and I have tried to live by as much of the advice in it as I can ever since.
Yet here, Laertes! aboard, aboard, for shame!
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,
And you are stay'd for. There; my blessing with thee!
And these few precepts in thy memory
See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in,
Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man,
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are of a most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all: to thine ownself be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!
Sorry for the long post. Before I left for college, my father reminded me of the advice in this quote from Hamlet, and I have tried to live by as much of the advice in it as I can ever since.
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The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.
-Carl Sagan
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when it has come, we are not.
-Epicurus
-Carl Sagan
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when it has come, we are not.
-Epicurus
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"Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things...every one! So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, 'Liberal,' as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won't work, Senator, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor." -- Matt Santos, The West Wing
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Not exactly a quote though, it's a part of a lyric:
"Death is not the end, but only a transition."
Dream Theater - Fatal Tragedy
"Death is not the end, but only a transition."
Dream Theater - Fatal Tragedy
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"Fall down seven times, get up eight." ~ Japanese Proverb
Such a simple, yet notable way of reinforcing the fact that if you are always willing to get back up, dust yourself off, and keep persevering towards anything in life, you can succeed / overcome any difficulties you may have originally faced.
Such a simple, yet notable way of reinforcing the fact that if you are always willing to get back up, dust yourself off, and keep persevering towards anything in life, you can succeed / overcome any difficulties you may have originally faced.
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"A fool learns from his own mistakes, A wise man learns from the mistakes of others"
Latin Proverb.....I think.....
Latin Proverb.....I think.....
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Tegumi
"im always cute"
New rule, guys. If you post a quote you also have to post how it impacts you (like the topic title says), or why you like it. People who also find quotes others have posted in the thread that they enjoy as well and expound on such will fall in my good graces.
This is to differentiate this topic from the other one.
I've updated the OP post to reflect this.
On topic, I especially enjoy this quote by Anatole France:
"If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
In my opinion, it is a good warning against the dangers of blind groupthink. It's always important to ingest information and not merely swallow it.
This is to differentiate this topic from the other one.
I've updated the OP post to reflect this.
On topic, I especially enjoy this quote by Anatole France:
"If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
In my opinion, it is a good warning against the dangers of blind groupthink. It's always important to ingest information and not merely swallow it.
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My favorite movie quote of all time:
Quote is from the movie Dogma. I know it isn't to be taken with more than a grain of salt as the movie is a comedy, but it is also a religious satire if I've ever seen one. A lot of the movie pokes fun at religion "straight-up" and bears no intention to be otherwise. However, there are some good parts to the movie that really should make people think twice about how they view religion, both good and bad.
This quote is one of those moments, I believe. I like the story it is trying to tell. The story of how organized religion is one of the greatest mistakes in human history. We've allowed something that we ourselves have fabricated to literally affect every decision that billions of people make each day. All out of the fear of something we've created, and now many of us try to distance ourselves from.
"No, "Through the Looking Glass". That poem, "The Walrus and the Carpenter," that's an indictment of organized religion. The walrus, with his girth and his good nature, he obviously represents either Buddha, or, or with his tusks, the Hindu elephant god, Lord Ganesha. That takes care of your Eastern religions. Now the carpenter, which is an obvious reference to Jesus Christ, who was raised a carpenter's son, he represents the Western religions. Now in the poem, what do they do? What do they do? They, they dupe all these oysters into following them and then proceed to shuck and devour the helpless creatures en masse. I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says that following these faiths based on mythological figures ensures the destruction of one's inner being. Organized religion destroys who we are by inhibiting our actions, by inhibiting our decisions out of, out of fear of some, some intangible parent figure who, who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says, and says, "Do it... do it and I'll fuckin' spank you."
Quote is from the movie Dogma. I know it isn't to be taken with more than a grain of salt as the movie is a comedy, but it is also a religious satire if I've ever seen one. A lot of the movie pokes fun at religion "straight-up" and bears no intention to be otherwise. However, there are some good parts to the movie that really should make people think twice about how they view religion, both good and bad.
This quote is one of those moments, I believe. I like the story it is trying to tell. The story of how organized religion is one of the greatest mistakes in human history. We've allowed something that we ourselves have fabricated to literally affect every decision that billions of people make each day. All out of the fear of something we've created, and now many of us try to distance ourselves from.
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Tyler Durden:
* Self-improvement is masturbation. Now, self-destruction…
* Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables – slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.
* In the world I see – you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway.
* Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.
* It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
* You are not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
* The people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us.
* The things you own end up owning you.
* You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you, he probably doesn't, in all likelihood he hates you, but we don't need him.
* Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
Very deep, and one of the people I think about, when I encounter a problem in life. I go, "What would Tyler think of this?" Also, of his best friend, the Narrator:
"I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all those French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke. I felt like destroying something beautiful."
This is all from the movie Fight Club, which was almost like a spiritual journey for me. In the future I'll be posting more quotes...I can't put to words how they impacted me, just that they did.
* Self-improvement is masturbation. Now, self-destruction…
* Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables – slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.
* In the world I see – you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway.
* Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.
* It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
* You are not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
* The people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us.
* The things you own end up owning you.
* You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you, he probably doesn't, in all likelihood he hates you, but we don't need him.
* Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
Very deep, and one of the people I think about, when I encounter a problem in life. I go, "What would Tyler think of this?" Also, of his best friend, the Narrator:
"I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all those French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke. I felt like destroying something beautiful."
This is all from the movie Fight Club, which was almost like a spiritual journey for me. In the future I'll be posting more quotes...I can't put to words how they impacted me, just that they did.
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"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" ~KM
I like the actual meaning of this quote which is basically "do all you yourself can to help, but don't take more than you yourself need" if everyone lived like this there'd be no poverty or inequalities.
[size=1]I wonder how many people realize this is actually a communist principal of society before reading this.[/h]
I like the actual meaning of this quote which is basically "do all you yourself can to help, but don't take more than you yourself need" if everyone lived like this there'd be no poverty or inequalities.
[size=1]I wonder how many people realize this is actually a communist principal of society before reading this.[/h]
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zeroniv_legend wrote...
Not exactly a quote though, it's a part of a lyric:"Death is not the end, but only a transition."
Dream Theater - Fatal Tragedy
It might be weird to quote your own poste but since tegumi-san says we have to put the impact on our life as well, so here it is.
The impact that quote (or lyric, I'd say)?
It certainly makes me calmer in handling things, as my faith definitely says the same. So I'm not afraid to face death, as it's only a mere transition to something higher.
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HolyVader wrote...
* The things you own end up owning you.I really, really love that quote. It is so true ~ there are too many people I know that are so caught up on their material possessions, and I agree.. fight club is an amazing film :)
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HolyVader wrote...
* The things you own end up owning you.I think this quote got something fundamentally wrong. When people are materialistic, they are usually more obsessed with things they don't have, and therefore it is the desire for more that ends up owning them, rather than the things they have.
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GroverCleaveland wrote...
HolyVader wrote...
* The things you own end up owning you.I think this quote got something fundamentally wrong. When people are materialistic, they are usually more obsessed with things they don't have, and therefore it is the desire for more that ends up owning them, rather than the things they have.
Ok, before we debate this subject, let me ask, have you seen Fight Club? I want to know, 'cause if you haven't, then I don't want to talk about a bunch of scenes and possibly ruin it for you, if you do eventually watch it. But, while I agree with what you said, this quote actually applies to a different situation that happened, in the film. But, I'll wait before getting into specifics.
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HolyVader wrote...
GroverCleaveland wrote...
HolyVader wrote...
* The things you own end up owning you.I think this quote got something fundamentally wrong. When people are materialistic, they are usually more obsessed with things they don't have, and therefore it is the desire for more that ends up owning them, rather than the things they have.
Ok, before we debate this subject, let me ask, have you seen Fight Club? I want to know, 'cause if you haven't, then I don't want to talk about a bunch of scenes and possibly ruin it for you, if you do eventually watch it. But, while I agree with what you said, this quote actually applies to a different situation that happened, in the film. But, I'll wait before getting into specifics.
No, I've never seen fight club, and therefore I don't know the context of the quote. So just take my views on it as a reflection of what it appears to mean as a lone quote, without background information.
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Ok.
First of all, you should totally watch Fight Club at least once. Even if you disagree with the message, as a film, it's legit. And though they aren't actually the point of the movie, the fights are fantastic.
Well, basically, the main character("The Narrator") comes home, and discovers that his stuff all blew up, his home, like, exploded in a fireball while he was away on a business trip. So he calls up his buddy he met(Tyler Durden), and the Narrator is lamenting at how everything was destroyed, everything he owned, how he was almost complete with them...how they defined him as a person, what he used, the brands he trusted, and now they're all gone. While he's simultaneously also panicking about whether or not the insurance will cover it, Tyler Durden chuckles and remarks, "The things you own end up owning you."
So, I'm sure I butchered that scene to high heaven, but I hope that gives you enough to understand what's going on, and frankly, I've noticed it myself. People are very caught up in, what they use, or a brand they trust, or etc etc etc, that they pay no attention to anything else, including aspects of themselves.
So, yeah.
First of all, you should totally watch Fight Club at least once. Even if you disagree with the message, as a film, it's legit. And though they aren't actually the point of the movie, the fights are fantastic.
Well, basically, the main character("The Narrator") comes home, and discovers that his stuff all blew up, his home, like, exploded in a fireball while he was away on a business trip. So he calls up his buddy he met(Tyler Durden), and the Narrator is lamenting at how everything was destroyed, everything he owned, how he was almost complete with them...how they defined him as a person, what he used, the brands he trusted, and now they're all gone. While he's simultaneously also panicking about whether or not the insurance will cover it, Tyler Durden chuckles and remarks, "The things you own end up owning you."
So, I'm sure I butchered that scene to high heaven, but I hope that gives you enough to understand what's going on, and frankly, I've noticed it myself. People are very caught up in, what they use, or a brand they trust, or etc etc etc, that they pay no attention to anything else, including aspects of themselves.
So, yeah.
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Hmm.. a quote that impact's me... Well, i would have to go with this one: Variety is the soul of pleasure. I forget how to spell that person's name. hehe so ill try. Aphra behn. That quote make's me realize that variety is important, and i should not give up on it.
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sakabato24
World Warrior
"Airman..." - Staff Sergeant Block, 10March2011
SSgt. Block was my Military Training Instructor (MTI) for 8.5 weeks when I was joining the United States Air Force. This one line impacted me the most because even though it is only one word, it has so many meanings to me. That day, we were graduating from Basic Military Training, and we were at the Coin and Retreat ceremony. During this time, my MTI would give each and every one of his Trainees an Airmain's coin, which is the blood and soul of becoming part of the USAF. The term "Airman" symbolizes that I was a part of something bigger and better. It was also the first time we were called official Airman. Our MTI told us that he wanted to be the first one to ever call us airman.
That one single line has impacted me in such a huge way, and I am proud to be called an "Airman".
SSgt. Block was my Military Training Instructor (MTI) for 8.5 weeks when I was joining the United States Air Force. This one line impacted me the most because even though it is only one word, it has so many meanings to me. That day, we were graduating from Basic Military Training, and we were at the Coin and Retreat ceremony. During this time, my MTI would give each and every one of his Trainees an Airmain's coin, which is the blood and soul of becoming part of the USAF. The term "Airman" symbolizes that I was a part of something bigger and better. It was also the first time we were called official Airman. Our MTI told us that he wanted to be the first one to ever call us airman.
That one single line has impacted me in such a huge way, and I am proud to be called an "Airman".
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"Life is all about appreciating lunch." - Space Cowboy.
I was really impressed by this thought. How many things in life do we really appreciate? Even during lunch our minds are occupied with urges & advantage. Puff~ the food is already swallowed and we didn't even notice the vitalness and satisfaction of such a simple act. Life goes by and we keep wondering why our days are so hollow, being surrounded by all kinds of reasons to be happy. Acknowledging such gifts only when we're driven to the edge -
silly, isn't it?
I was really impressed by this thought. How many things in life do we really appreciate? Even during lunch our minds are occupied with urges & advantage. Puff~ the food is already swallowed and we didn't even notice the vitalness and satisfaction of such a simple act. Life goes by and we keep wondering why our days are so hollow, being surrounded by all kinds of reasons to be happy. Acknowledging such gifts only when we're driven to the edge -
silly, isn't it?
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BlinkXPoke
Cards and Hugs abound
The quote in my signature. In case I ever change it, I'll also put it in my post:
“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What’s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you’re too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating…
…and you finish off as an orgasm"
I'm inclined to agree. I hate how our reward is a death for all the hard work we do in life. If it were in the way Geroge Carlin mentioned, I really think it'd be better.
“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What’s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you’re too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating…
…and you finish off as an orgasm"
I'm inclined to agree. I hate how our reward is a death for all the hard work we do in life. If it were in the way Geroge Carlin mentioned, I really think it'd be better.