Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 233

Spirit Dancer · 11-05-2010, 03:08 PM

I exist as I am, that is enough.
Walt Whitman

Hack · 11-05-2010, 04:07 PM

"The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.”
-- A.E. Housman

justkim · 11-05-2010, 04:28 PM

The key question to keep asking is, "Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have."
Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

MountainStar · 11-05-2010, 04:46 PM

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar Wilde

JAGG · 11-05-2010, 05:51 PM

" She said she was going to be somebody someday. Perhaps she should have been more specific."
Lily Tomlin

tuffboi29 · 11-05-2010, 05:55 PM

I couldn't even begin to quote this fine woman. So I'll let her speak for herself.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGk3-OJX7KE"]YouTube - My First Period - Spoken Word of Staceyann Chin[/nomedia]

Jet · 11-05-2010, 05:57 PM

While I have the maturity, the inclination and the experience, I haven't the time. —The Cowboys

Jet · 11-05-2010, 06:13 PM

We all go a little mad sometimes.—Norman Bates, Psycho

Jesse · 11-05-2010, 08:50 PM

I am an invisible man.... I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. ~Ralph Ellison, The Invisible Man, 1952

Jesse · 11-05-2010, 08:52 PM

Our prejudices are like physical infirmities - we cannot do what they prevent us from doing. ~John Lancaster Spalding

StillettoDoll · 11-06-2010, 04:49 AM

"The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live of Democrats. -Will Rogers

JakeTulane · 11-06-2010, 05:24 AM

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down." ---Mary Pickford

JakeTulane · 11-06-2010, 05:24 AM

"Sometimes you cannot believe what you see. You have to believe what you feel." ---Morrie Schwartz

JakeTulane · 11-06-2010, 05:25 AM

"It's not where you're from; it's where you're going. It's not what you drive; it's what drives you. It's not what's on you; it's what's in you. It's not what you think; it's what you know." - Author Unknown

Tucker · 11-06-2010, 10:03 AM

Poeta nascitur, non fit.

tuffboi29 · 11-06-2010, 12:31 PM

Once again...to attempt to quote this woman wouldn't do her justice...so I'll let her say it herself.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m19D8dP2gA4"]YouTube - Suheir Hamad Poetry: On the Brink of... for Rachel Corrie[/nomedia]

justkim · 11-06-2010, 01:46 PM

“The greatest distance is not from here to the moon, it is from one human heart to another.
That’s the space we really need to cross.”
- Sita

Tucker · 11-06-2010, 02:21 PM

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

Spirit Dancer · 11-06-2010, 11:12 PM

Words are like knives
careful how you use them.
They might come back to cut you.

Spirit Dancer · 11-06-2010, 11:13 PM

Just because one lives a passive life,
it doesn't mean one allows
others to roll right over them.

11-05-2010, 03:08 PM	#4641
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,913 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I exist as I am, that is enough. Walt Whitman __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

11-05-2010, 04:28 PM	#4643
justkim Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Me... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Relationship Status: <3 myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 2,023 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,062 Thanked 6,799 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	The last lecture... The key question to keep asking is, "Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have." Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

11-05-2010, 04:46 PM	#4644
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	To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Oscar Wilde __________________ 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

11-05-2010, 05:51 PM	#4645
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	somebody " She said she was going to be somebody someday. Perhaps she should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin __________________ 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.

11-05-2010, 05:55 PM	#4646
tuffboi29 Member How Do You Identify?: Queer..in the queer deffinition of the queer meaning of the queer word... Preferred Pronoun?: Mr. SuperTuff Relationship Status: Things happen... Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 483 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 894 Thanked 684 Times in 293 Posts Rep Power: 93006	I couldn't even begin to quote this fine woman. So I'll let her speak for herself. [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGk3-OJX7KE"]YouTube - My First Period - Spoken Word of Staceyann Chin[/nomedia] __________________ "Today we would pass through the scenes of our youth like travelers. We are burnt up by hard facts; like tradesmen we understand distinctions, and like butchers, necessities. We are no longer untroubled - we are indifferent. We might exist there; but, should we really live there?" ~Erich Maria Remarque "All Quiet on the Western Front" http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._4605968_n.jpg

11-05-2010, 04:07 PM	#4642
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11-05-2010, 05:57 PM	#4647
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	While I have the maturity, the inclination and the experience, I haven't the time. —The Cowboys

11-05-2010, 06:13 PM	#4648
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	We all go a little mad sometimes.—Norman Bates, Psycho

11-05-2010, 08:50 PM	#4649
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	I am an invisible man.... I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. ~Ralph Ellison, The Invisible Man, 1952 __________________ “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.”

11-05-2010, 08:52 PM	#4650
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	Our prejudices are like physical infirmities - we cannot do what they prevent us from doing. ~John Lancaster Spalding __________________ “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.”

11-06-2010, 04:49 AM	#4651
StillettoDoll Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Lady Relationship Status: single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,824 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,779 Thanked 3,857 Times in 1,473 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live of Democrats. -Will Rogers __________________

11-06-2010, 05:24 AM	#4652
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11-06-2010, 05:24 AM	#4653
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	"Sometimes you cannot believe what you see. You have to believe what you feel." ---Morrie Schwartz

11-06-2010, 05:25 AM	#4654
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 not where you're from; it's where you're going. It's not what you drive; it's what drives you. It's not what's on you; it's what's in you. It's not what you think; it's what you know." - Author Unknown

11-06-2010, 10:03 AM	#4655
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	Poeta nascitur, non fit.

11-06-2010, 12:31 PM	#4656
tuffboi29 Member How Do You Identify?: Queer..in the queer deffinition of the queer meaning of the queer word... Preferred Pronoun?: Mr. SuperTuff Relationship Status: Things happen... Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 483 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 894 Thanked 684 Times in 293 Posts Rep Power: 93006	Once again...to attempt to quote this woman wouldn't do her justice...so I'll let her say it herself. [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m19D8dP2gA4"]YouTube - Suheir Hamad Poetry: On the Brink of... for Rachel Corrie[/nomedia] __________________ "Today we would pass through the scenes of our youth like travelers. We are burnt up by hard facts; like tradesmen we understand distinctions, and like butchers, necessities. We are no longer untroubled - we are indifferent. We might exist there; but, should we really live there?" ~Erich Maria Remarque "All Quiet on the Western Front" http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._4605968_n.jpg

11-06-2010, 01:46 PM	#4657
justkim Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Me... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Relationship Status: <3 myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 2,023 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,062 Thanked 6,799 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	“The greatest distance is not from here to the moon, it is from one human heart to another. That’s the space we really need to cross.” - Sita

11-06-2010, 02:21 PM	#4658
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	William Faulkner An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

11-06-2010, 11:12 PM	#4659
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,913 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Words are like knives careful how you use them. They might come back to cut you. __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

11-06-2010, 11:13 PM	#4660
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,913 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Just because one lives a passive life, it doesn't mean one allows others to roll right over them. __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland