quotations thread!

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:05 pm

My favorite Jack Handey moment...

"When you're ten years old, and a car drives by and splashes a puddle of water all over you, it's hard to decide if you should go to school like that or try to go home and change and probably be late. So while he was trying to decide, I drove by and splashed him again."

observation · Post by **observation** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:15 pm

thedisavowed wrote:To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?", you can say, "Sorry, got these sacks."

- Jack Handy

Ha that's good. Although Carlos Castaneda quotes Don Juan as saying "only a fool carries things in his hands". I like that one.

I also like "Beer is God's way of showing us that he loves us and wants us to be happy" which was kindly provided by Benjamin Franklin, 6th POTUS.

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:34 pm

Oh man... Jack Handy has so many quotes that make me laugh. But I won't turn this into a Handy thread. Here's Twain again:

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:11 am

woody guthrie, on visiting glasgow:

“This country is so full of churches and clocks you almost feel like your time is up”

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:35 pm

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

By Alphonse de Lamartine.

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:03 pm

Guido wrote:Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

By Alphonse de Lamartine.

Excellent quote. I'm using that somewhere, someday.

Also--Observation, I've been meaning to pick up some Carlos Castenada. Any recommendations?

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:57 pm

And not really a quote but the name of a film:

The Invention Of Destruction

Source: http://bocpages.org/wiki/Boards_of_Cana ... rite_Films.

I don't know why, but it touched me and I've been thinking regularly about it ever since I read it.

nurthice · Post by **nurthice** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:45 pm

Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. - Claude Debussy.

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:04 pm

.pu ekaW .live si tenretni ehT

TheSilenceEchoes · Post by **TheSilenceEchoes** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:01 pm

nurthice wrote:Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. - Claude Debussy.

nice one! i love quotes about art. Debussy was a genius.

TheSilenceEchoes · Post by **TheSilenceEchoes** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:03 pm

saturdayindex wrote:.pu ekaW .live si tenretni ehT

*peelsA* ?euQ

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:24 pm

TheSilenceEchoes wrote:
saturdayindex wrote:.pu ekaW .live si tenretni ehT
*peelsA* ?euQ

That mysterious little quote was posted on Hexagon Sun's (BOC's music studio's) website a while ago. I've thought about it before... Interesting to think what its significance is.

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:59 am

Guido wrote:And not really a quote but the name of a film:

The Invention Of Destruction

Source: http://bocpages.org/wiki/Boards_of_Cana ... rite_Films.

I don't know why, but it touched me and I've been thinking regularly about it ever since I read it.

http://bocpages.org/wiki/Boards_of_Cana ... rite_Films

Fixed.

TheSilenceEchoes · Post by **TheSilenceEchoes** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:01 am

A while ago i've read a book called Children of God by Mary Doria Russell. Very impressive story and nice quotations. Found some of them here http://cigarettesandcigars.com/quotes/c ... f_god.html
Has anyone read that book?

jakestott · Post by **jakestott** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:34 am

''When we separate music from life we get art.'' - John Cage

ninetyoneplus · Post by **ninetyoneplus** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:02 am

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
- Anais Nin

http://www.writersmugs.com/

^^ random great quotes

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:04 am

jakestott wrote:''When we separate music from life we get art.'' - John Cage

brilliant, john cage is awesome!

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Sat May 09, 2009 2:20 pm

Jim Morrison on cinema in "The Lords":

We have been metamorphosised from a mad body dancing on hillsides to a pair of eyes staring in the dark.

Skytree · Post by **Skytree** » Sat May 09, 2009 3:37 pm

"Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason."

- Albert Camus

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Sat May 09, 2009 5:58 pm

Guido wrote:We have been metamorphosised from a mad body dancing on hillsides to a pair of eyes staring in the dark.

Skytree wrote:"Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason."

- Albert Camus

both totally awesome quotes, very poetic on jim morrison's part. albert camus rocks. i take a lot of flack from people for being such a big fan of existentialists, it's seen as a philosophical cop-out by most people. but i love 'em.

"I hate victims who respect their executioners."

"I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted."

Jean-Paul Sartre