Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 224

Mister Bent · 10-23-2010, 08:08 AM

"I just don't want to die without a few scars."

- Chuck Palahniuk

CrankyOldGuy · 10-23-2010, 08:28 AM

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."- Frank Zappa

Tucker · 10-23-2010, 08:47 AM

Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur - We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving.

Kätzchen · 10-23-2010, 12:02 PM

"We all deserve to be unconditionally loved,"

~ My long-time dearest lady friend, Jacqueline

Mister Bent · 10-23-2010, 03:01 PM

"If he were any dumber, I'd have to water him."

Tucker · 10-23-2010, 07:56 PM

"They loved the comment you made, of course I took the credit for it!"

turasultana · 10-23-2010, 09:34 PM

"Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference." -Mason Cooley

Jesse · 10-23-2010, 10:43 PM

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

JAGG · 10-23-2010, 11:22 PM

Give a man a fish,and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

BestButchBoy · 10-24-2010, 07:33 AM

"People need a little loving and, God, sometimes it's sad all the shit they have to go through to find some."
~Brautigan

jenny · 10-24-2010, 08:49 AM

"Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of love and hope." - Tom Head

MountainStar · 10-24-2010, 08:56 AM

“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.”

Tucker · 10-24-2010, 09:51 AM

Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis - Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Ms. Meander · 10-24-2010, 11:11 AM

For I am the first and the last
I am the venerated and the despised
I am the prostitute and saint
I am the wife and virgin
I am the mother and daughter
I am the arms of my mother
I am barren and my children are many
I am the married woman and the spinster
I am the woman who gives birth and she
who never procreated
I am the consolation for the pain of birth
I am the wife and the husband
And it was my man who created me
I am the mother of my father
I am the sister of my husband
And he is my rejected son

Always respect me
For I am the shameful and the magnificent one

~ Hymn to Isis, 3rd or 4th century B.C.,
discovered in Nag Hammadi

pajama · 10-24-2010, 11:20 AM

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Missing my boo alot today.

Mister Bent · 10-24-2010, 11:35 AM

“My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.”

- Joaquin Phoenix

LipstickLola · 10-24-2010, 11:54 AM

"Life is a long lesson in humility" ~~~ James M. Barrie

jenny · 10-24-2010, 07:21 PM

"Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?" - Julia Child

Diva · 10-24-2010, 07:46 PM

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.”

~George Bernard Shaw

Jesse · 10-24-2010, 09:04 PM

Frog Story

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out.
When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.
This story teaches two lessons:

There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day.

A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them. Be careful of what you say.

Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of words....it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times.
Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another.
Be special to others.

10-23-2010, 08:08 AM	#4461
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	"I just don't want to die without a few scars." - Chuck Palahniuk __________________ 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

10-23-2010, 08:28 AM	#4462
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	"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."- Frank Zappa __________________ "To say nothing, to do nothing, stops nothing" - Roni McCall, Founder, Through Their Eyes, The National Animal Abuse Registry

10-23-2010, 08:47 AM	#4463
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	Syrus Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur - We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving.

10-23-2010, 03:01 PM	#4465
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	from some movie on in the other room "If he were any dumber, I'd have to water him." __________________ 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

10-23-2010, 07:56 PM	#4466
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	Mr. Colson "They loved the comment you made, of course I took the credit for it!"

10-23-2010, 12:02 PM	#4464
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,055 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,512 Times in 10,641 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	"We all deserve to be unconditionally loved," ~ My long-time dearest lady friend, Jacqueline

10-23-2010, 09:34 PM	#4467
turasultana Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: spoken for Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: brooklyn Posts: 432 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 226 Thanked 713 Times in 249 Posts Rep Power: 2043785	"Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference." -Mason Cooley

10-23-2010, 10:43 PM	#4468
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,781 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

10-23-2010, 11:22 PM	#4469
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	fishing Give a man a fish,and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

10-24-2010, 07:33 AM	#4470
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	"People need a little loving and, God, sometimes it's sad all the shit they have to go through to find some." ~Brautigan

10-24-2010, 08:49 AM	#4471
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	"Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of love and hope." - Tom Head __________________ "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.

10-24-2010, 08:56 AM	#4472
MountainStar Member How Do You Identify?: High Femme Preferred Pronoun?: femme/grrl/she/her Relationship Status: Singed a bit but still kicking! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Colorado and Alberta Posts: 153 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 253 Thanked 243 Times in 117 Posts Rep Power: 3106	My wish for you...unknown “This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.” __________________ LIfe is a game...play it! Life is a challenge...meet it! Life is an oppourtunity...capture it! Life is a moment...revel in it! http://www.victorialarsen.com/plaste...er%20small.jpg

10-24-2010, 09:51 AM	#4473
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	St Augustine Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis - Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

10-24-2010, 11:11 AM	#4474
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,214 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	For I am the first and the last I am the venerated and the despised I am the prostitute and saint I am the wife and virgin I am the mother and daughter I am the arms of my mother I am barren and my children are many I am the married woman and the spinster I am the woman who gives birth and she who never procreated I am the consolation for the pain of birth I am the wife and the husband And it was my man who created me I am the mother of my father I am the sister of my husband And he is my rejected son Always respect me For I am the shameful and the magnificent one ~ Hymn to Isis, 3rd or 4th century B.C., discovered in Nag Hammadi __________________ My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. - Maya Angelou

10-24-2010, 11:20 AM	#4475
pajama Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Klingon Preferred Pronoun?: She Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Just South of Nashvegas Baby Posts: 3,115 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,546 Thanked 7,476 Times in 1,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Missing my boo alot today.

10-24-2010, 11:35 AM	#4476
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	“My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.” - Joaquin Phoenix __________________ 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 Last edited by Mister Bent; 10-24-2010 at 11:42 AM. Reason: not sure, did I edit?

10-24-2010, 11:54 AM	#4477
LipstickLola Member How Do You Identify?: Happy Preferred Pronoun?: she Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: planet Earth Posts: 682 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,679 Thanked 1,597 Times in 433 Posts Rep Power: 5678217	"Life is a long lesson in humility" ~~~ James M. Barrie __________________ Happiness......it's a choice!!

10-24-2010, 07:21 PM	#4478
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	"Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?" - Julia Child __________________ "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.

10-24-2010, 07:46 PM	#4479
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.” ~George Bernard Shaw

10-24-2010, 09:04 PM	#4480
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,781 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Frog Story A group of frogs were traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time. This story teaches two lessons: There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them. Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of words....it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another. Be special to others. __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”