Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 220

Mister Bent · 10-18-2010, 08:21 PM

"Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming back
and back and back to the same question and never get an answer."

- Norman Mailer

JakeTulane · 10-19-2010, 04:09 AM

"Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead." — Paula White

JakeTulane · 10-19-2010, 04:10 AM

"Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it." — Polly B. Berends

JakeTulane · 10-19-2010, 04:11 AM

"It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you." — Lillian Hellman

jenny · 10-19-2010, 06:16 AM

"Conflict cannot survive without your participation." ~ Wayne Dyer

Fancy · 10-19-2010, 07:29 AM

~ You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on. ~

Oprah

Tucker · 10-19-2010, 07:47 AM

"She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!"

What?"

She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!"

Well, that's one way to avoid having to dust, I suppose."

jenny · 10-19-2010, 08:00 AM

“People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” ~ Chuck Palahniuk

jenny · 10-19-2010, 08:12 AM

"Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting." ~ Arthur Brisbane

Arwen · 10-19-2010, 09:32 AM

"You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."

-Kahlil Gibran

Enchantress · 10-19-2010, 11:16 AM

"Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Jet · 10-19-2010, 11:43 AM

Days of Wine and Roses

They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate:
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.
They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.

Ernest Dowson

jenny · 10-19-2010, 02:47 PM

"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." ~Lao Tzu

BestButchBoy · 10-19-2010, 03:52 PM

“(On what her longevity is attributed to) Red meat and gin.”
-Julia Child

Semantics · 10-19-2010, 05:52 PM

She goes out into the cold night
to search for the She
with the guts.
Death is firmest where it is fluid.
A bucket rises with my body in it.
She looks in it and says, Well, there you are,
chopped up in little pieces, and sure enough,
no guts either.

EnderD_503 · 10-19-2010, 06:24 PM

Today I read a passage about a scene that supposedly took place during Voltaire's final days. While Voltaire was on his deathbed a priest came to try to get a final confession out of him and to see if, on his deathbed, he would renounce his atheism. So he asked Voltaire if he would finally "renounce the devil," to which Voltaire supposedly replied "Father, now is not the time to make new enemies."

I knew there was a reason I always loved Voltaire...well...beyond, you know, just about everything he ever wrote

FlowerFem · 10-19-2010, 06:33 PM

" Age does not diminish the crushing disappointment that is felt when the scoop of ice cream falls off the cone. "

Mister Bent · 10-19-2010, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BestButchBoy

“(On what her longevity is attributed to) Red meat and gin.”
-Julia Child

Oh yes, me too.

CrankyOldGuy · 10-19-2010, 07:26 PM

"Imagination is everything... It is the preview of life's coming attractions" - Julian Lennon

Mister Bent · 10-19-2010, 07:30 PM

"Plants are a lot nicer to be around." - Ezee Tiger

10-18-2010, 08:21 PM	#4381
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,825 Times in 1,722 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	you wanted me to speak to you, here's what I have to say "Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming back and back and back to the same question and never get an answer." - Norman Mailer __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

10-19-2010, 06:16 AM	#4385
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	"Conflict cannot survive without your participation." ~ Wayne Dyer __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

10-19-2010, 07:47 AM	#4387
Tucker Member How Do You Identify?: A pretty little thing Preferred Pronoun?: Fatale Relationship Status: Independently owned and operated Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Afternoons in Utopia. Posts: 832 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 1,292 Times in 486 Posts Rep Power: 3051091	The life and times. "She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!" What?" She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!" Well, that's one way to avoid having to dust, I suppose."

10-19-2010, 08:00 AM	#4388
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	“People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” ~ Chuck Palahniuk __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

10-19-2010, 08:12 AM	#4389
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	"Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting." ~ Arthur Brisbane __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

10-19-2010, 04:09 AM	#4382
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead." — Paula White

10-19-2010, 04:10 AM	#4383
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it." — Polly B. Berends

10-19-2010, 04:11 AM	#4384
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you." — Lillian Hellman

10-19-2010, 07:29 AM	#4386
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,076 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	~ You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on. ~ Oprah

10-19-2010, 09:32 AM	#4390
Arwen Joy Seeker How Do You Identify?: Smartly-Flavored Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Mrs. Syzygy 1/9/14 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Joyville, NM (aka Land of Enchantment) Posts: 10,140 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,636 Thanked 28,119 Times in 6,414 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	"You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance." -Kahlil Gibran __________________ I wrote a book, y'all! *FREE* Tarotscopes Seek Joy, y'all. Eschew hate. 9Words: A Poetry Challenge \| Do you like me?

10-19-2010, 11:16 AM	#4391
Enchantress Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A complex confection. Preferred Pronoun?: Miss Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The land of milk and honey. Posts: 2,169 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 741 Thanked 3,420 Times in 1,200 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

10-19-2010, 11:43 AM	#4392
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Days of Wine and Roses They are not long, the weeping and the laughter, Love and desire and hate: I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate. They are not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for a while, then closes Within a dream. Ernest Dowson

10-19-2010, 02:47 PM	#4393
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." ~Lao Tzu __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

10-19-2010, 03:52 PM	#4394
BestButchBoy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Male ID Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,925 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 406 Thanked 5,450 Times in 2,037 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	“(On what her longevity is attributed to) Red meat and gin.” -Julia Child

10-19-2010, 05:52 PM	#4395
Semantics Senior Member How Do You Identify?: malapropist Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New England Posts: 2,169 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,367 Thanked 3,968 Times in 1,201 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Storming Out by Stan Rice She goes out into the cold night to search for the She with the guts. Death is firmest where it is fluid. A bucket rises with my body in it. She looks in it and says, Well, there you are, chopped up in little pieces, and sure enough, no guts either.

10-19-2010, 06:24 PM	#4396
EnderD_503 Member How Do You Identify?: Queer, trans guy, butch Preferred Pronoun?: Male pronouns Relationship Status: Relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 1,329 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,090 Thanked 3,878 Times in 1,022 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Today I read a passage about a scene that supposedly took place during Voltaire's final days. While Voltaire was on his deathbed a priest came to try to get a final confession out of him and to see if, on his deathbed, he would renounce his atheism. So he asked Voltaire if he would finally "renounce the devil," to which Voltaire supposedly replied "Father, now is not the time to make new enemies." I knew there was a reason I always loved Voltaire...well...beyond, you know, just about everything he ever wrote

10-19-2010, 06:33 PM	#4397
FlowerFem Member How Do You Identify?: femm Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: dating Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 107 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 128 Thanked 163 Times in 51 Posts Rep Power: 286410	quote " Age does not diminish the crushing disappointment that is felt when the scoop of ice cream falls off the cone. "

10-19-2010, 07:26 PM	#4399
CrankyOldGuy Member How Do You Identify?: Just the right amount of wrong Preferred Pronoun?: [sic] Basturd Relationship Status: She turns my crank Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Between The Lines Posts: 342 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 110 Thanked 392 Times in 163 Posts Rep Power: 2224210	"Imagination is everything... It is the preview of life's coming attractions" - Julian Lennon __________________ "To say nothing, to do nothing, stops nothing" - Roni McCall, Founder, Through Their Eyes, The National Animal Abuse Registry

10-19-2010, 07:30 PM	#4400
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,825 Times in 1,722 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	on co-workers "Plants are a lot nicer to be around." - Ezee Tiger __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken