Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 345

Diva · 06-24-2011, 05:17 PM

The most common way people give up their power
is by thinking they don't have any.

~ Alice Walker

Diva · 06-24-2011, 05:18 PM

If you look at what you have in life,
You'll always have more.
If you look at what you don't have in life,
You'll never have enough.

~ Oprah Winfrey

always2late · 06-24-2011, 05:54 PM

"The most important experiences are those that take you to the very limit. Most people have never dared to look into the depths of their soul, never attempted to unleash the wild beast, or to understand that sex, pain and love are all extreme experiences. Only those who know those frontiers know life." ~ Marquis De Sade

tapu · 06-24-2011, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by always2late

"The most important experiences are those that take you to the very limit. Most people have never dared to look into the depths of their soul, never attempted to unleash the wild beast, or to understand that sex, pain and love are all extreme experiences. Only those who know those frontiers know life." ~ Marquis De Sade

Mm, mm, yes, yes, yes. Until I saw this, I was thinking about putting my lined leather cuffs in a yard sale.

tapu · 06-24-2011, 07:08 PM

Dolly Parton, upon meeting country newcomer Clint Black for the first time: "I took one look at that boy and thought, my god, I'm old enough to be his lover."

UofMfan · 06-25-2011, 11:35 AM

"If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life." ~ Rick - Casablanca

"Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or - aren't you the kind that tells?" ~ Rick - Casablanca

Andrew, Jr. · 06-25-2011, 12:10 PM

Understanding is the reward of faith. - St. Augustine

JakeTulane · 06-25-2011, 02:42 PM

“Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation." - Unknown

JakeTulane · 06-25-2011, 02:43 PM

“Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.” - Stendhal

JakeTulane · 06-25-2011, 02:45 PM

"A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity in misfortune and peace of mind among worries. A life confined to what is personal is likely, sooner or later, to become unbearably painful; it is only by windows into a larger and less fretful cosmos that the more tragic parts of life become endurable." — Bertrand Russell

gotoseagrl · 06-25-2011, 03:30 PM

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

Virginia Satir

Janstevie · 06-26-2011, 06:17 AM

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Janstevie · 06-26-2011, 06:24 AM

Every life has a story filled with love, hope, pain, disappointment, dreams, yes even yours, think about it.

Kobi · 06-27-2011, 04:24 AM

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion? --William Lloyd Garrison

JakeTulane · 06-27-2011, 07:25 AM

“Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.” - Horace

JakeTulane · 06-27-2011, 07:26 AM

“I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry, because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?” - Unknown

JakeTulane · 06-27-2011, 07:27 AM

“To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go” - Mary Oliver

tapu · 06-27-2011, 07:57 AM

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." – Oscar Wilde

I love this, even though it would seem to be at odds with being an editor. But the best editors are those who know when to let an author break convention.

justkim · 06-27-2011, 05:09 PM

- Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. -

- Buddha -

Sparkle · 06-27-2011, 05:45 PM

"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all"

Emily Dickinson

06-24-2011, 05:54 PM	#6883
always2late Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: m'lady Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 2,000 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"The most important experiences are those that take you to the very limit. Most people have never dared to look into the depths of their soul, never attempted to unleash the wild beast, or to understand that sex, pain and love are all extreme experiences. Only those who know those frontiers know life." ~ Marquis De Sade __________________ Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi

06-24-2011, 07:08 PM	#6885
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,114 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Dolly Parton, upon meeting country newcomer Clint Black for the first time: "I took one look at that boy and thought, my god, I'm old enough to be his lover." __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

06-25-2011, 03:30 PM	#6891
gotoseagrl Senior Member How Do You Identify?: old-fashioned queer stone submissive girl Preferred Pronoun?: mermaid, very lucky babygirl Relationship Status: Saltwater mermaid ♡ Join Date: May 2010 Location: CA Posts: 2,209 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,192 Thanked 6,103 Times in 1,727 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us. Virginia Satir __________________ Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. D. H. Lawrence

06-27-2011, 04:24 AM	#6894
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,636 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion? --William Lloyd Garrison __________________

06-27-2011, 07:57 AM	#6898
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,114 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." – Oscar Wilde I love this, even though it would seem to be at odds with being an editor. But the best editors are those who know when to let an author break convention. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

06-24-2011, 05:17 PM	#6881
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 most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker

06-24-2011, 05:18 PM	#6882
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	If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough. ~ Oprah Winfrey

06-25-2011, 11:35 AM	#6886
UofMfan Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: A very happy Mr. Grumpy Cat Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Neither here or there Posts: 7,987 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 27,733 Thanked 18,937 Times in 4,705 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	"If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life." ~ Rick - Casablanca "Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or - aren't you the kind that tells?" ~ Rick - Casablanca

06-25-2011, 12:10 PM	#6887
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	Understanding is the reward of faith. - St. Augustine

06-25-2011, 02:42 PM	#6888
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	“Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation." - Unknown

06-25-2011, 02:43 PM	#6889
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	“Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.” - Stendhal

06-25-2011, 02:45 PM	#6890
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	"A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity in misfortune and peace of mind among worries. A life confined to what is personal is likely, sooner or later, to become unbearably painful; it is only by windows into a larger and less fretful cosmos that the more tragic parts of life become endurable." — Bertrand Russell

06-26-2011, 06:17 AM	#6892
Janstevie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Butch Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2010 Location: England Posts: 1,814 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 1,331 Times in 411 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

06-26-2011, 06:24 AM	#6893
Janstevie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Butch Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2010 Location: England Posts: 1,814 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 1,331 Times in 411 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Every life has a story filled with love, hope, pain, disappointment, dreams, yes even yours, think about it.

06-27-2011, 07:25 AM	#6895
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	“Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.” - Horace

06-27-2011, 07:26 AM	#6896
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	“I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry, because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?” - Unknown

06-27-2011, 07:27 AM	#6897
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	“To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go” - Mary Oliver

06-27-2011, 05:09 PM	#6899
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	- Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. - - Buddha - __________________ Kim "A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success." - Unknown -

06-27-2011, 05:45 PM	#6900
Sparkle Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please Relationship Status: Loved Up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Western MA Posts: 2,183 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,001 Thanked 6,554 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all" Emily Dickinson __________________ I am made of stars