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1. 

   7/22/08

   Sway

   I have a Few.
   1- "few have truly internalized the implications of the fact that the rate of change itself is accelerating" -(Ray Kurzweil)
   2- "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -(Albert Einstein)
   3- "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."-(Charles Darwin)
   4- "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change." -(Charles Darwin)

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2. 

   7/22/08

   TonyB

   Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it!
   Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe

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3. 

   7/22/08

   markstoneman

   I've been collecting them recently on a tumblelog called "Commonplacing":
   commonplacing.tumblr.com
   
   Here's a silly one from George Carlin: "Have you noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff?"
   
   (I can say that if it's the late great Carlin in quotes, right?)

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      7/22/08

      Sway

      some how that makes a lot of sense...
4. 

   7/22/08

   wandadog13

   £5 for cash for full valet and service on a Ford Galaxy - ha ha

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      7/22/08

      wandadog13

      in my dreams......
5. 

   7/22/08

   voodooKobra

   "Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?"
   "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."
   "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
   "If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?"
   ""I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?"
   "If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
   "It's never just a game when you're winning."
   "The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.""
   
   "Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer, and burn, and scream, until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you and he needs money."
   
   "The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions."
   
   "Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice?”"
   
   "If Helen Keller had psychic ability, would you say she had a fourth sense?"
   
   and lastly...
   
   "Atheism is a non-prophet organization."
   
   (All of the above were from George Carlin.)
   
   "Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids." - Bill Maher
   
   "Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit."" - Bill Maher
   
   "I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally." - Bill Maher

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6. 

   7/22/08

   timethief

   There can be no political revolution, no social revolution, no economic revolution. The only revolution is that of the spirit; it is individual. And if millions of individuals change, then the society will change as a consequence, not vice versa. You cannot change the society first and hope that individuals will change later on. - Osho

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7. 

   7/22/08

   timethief

   Part of the whole limited in time and space
   A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty… The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. … We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. — Albert Eistein, 1954

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8. 

   7/22/08

   Jeunelle

   To be is to do....Socrates
   To do is to be....Plato
   Do be do be do....Sinatra

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9. 

   7/22/08

   lulubelleb

   Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
   
   Bite me! - Bart Simpson
   
   Cookie! - Cookie Monster

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10. 

    7/22/08

    thefly

    Oh so many to choose from. hmmmmm. Let me give you two.
    
    "Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value."
    -Albert Einstein
    
    "Sex is not the Answer! Sex is the question. 'Yes' is the answer."
    -Anonymous
    
    buzz buzz

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11. 

    7/22/08

    morgantj

    Less fiction = less friction.

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12. 

    7/22/08

    PetLvr

    Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
    -- Homer Simpson Quote
    
    When I die .. I want to die peacefully in my sleep .. just like Grampa!
    Not screaming in agony like the passengers of his car!~
    -- HART's Email Signature

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13. 

    7/22/08

    Darkblaze37

    1 - Dont be afraid of the dark, be afraid of what it hides.
    
    2- Impossible is Nothing.
    
    3- Never try, just do.
    
    Dont know the authors though but the second one I saw it in a Nike commercial.

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14. 

    7/22/08

    rmaxwell142

    I saw this on a bumper sticker a long time ago:
    
    "When I finally got it all together, I forgot where I put it!"

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15. 

    7/22/08

    riverstyxxx

    comment removed by the community.

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16. 

    7/22/08

    timethief

    Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it.
    Life just gives you time and space, it's up to you to fill it. -- Author unknown

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17. 

    7/22/08

    theroyalassassin

    A Man's Tears Are Precious. Don't Waste It. - Deceased Yakuza Chief

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18. 

    7/22/08

    nctrower

    The main one that i have posted on all my sites is
    
    All Hard Work Brings a Profit

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19. 

    7/23/08

    LGramlich

    Too many to list here. See www.angelfire.com/ak/ravenmyst/quotes.html

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20. 

    7/23/08

    drjay1966

    I have loads, which is why I sprinkle them all over my blog
    yogaforcynics.blogspot.com
    Now that that shameless plug's out of the way, here's a couple of recent favorites:
    Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
    Steven Wright
    I offered up my innocence, I got repaid with scorn.
    Bog Dylan
    All truths wait in all things
    Walt Whitman

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21. 

    7/23/08

    hayvensage13

    Quotes are my life. =D my fav is:
    
    "If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best."
    
    I have HUGE list of fav quotes on my blog on myspace, myspace.com/ash_sage
    
    i should add to my blogger's: milacross.blogspot.com
    
    -Mila

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22. 

    7/23/08

    kxthy73

    "My name is Inyago Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
    
    and
    
    "There is do and do not. There is no try" Yoda rocks baby!

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23. 

    7/23/08

    bloggernoob

    "lady tease me...cause i don't want it if it's that easy" tupac
    
    “karate yes…karate no…karate maybe so…Quish squash like grape” Mr. Miyagi
    
    “Don’t want to buy anything, sell anything, or process anything as a career. Don’t want to buy anything sold or processed, sell anything bought or processed, process anything sold or bought. So what i’ve been doing lately is kickboxing” Lloyd Dobbler
    
    “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ” Akeem from Coming to America played by Eddie Murphy quoting Friedrich Nietzsche

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24. 

    7/23/08

    howisbradley

    “It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.” Stephen Wright

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25. 

    7/23/08

    weblogian

    "If you want to be rich, you got to be rich first"-weblogian

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26. 

    7/23/08

    gregdavies888

    " i think that we're all in our private traps" Norman Bates, Psycho

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27. 

    7/24/08

    inmyredhead

    "Be warry of the light at the end of the tunnel... for it could just be another train."
    
    And because I have one child and every one says I should have more to make her life 'better' somehow... this is what I tell them...'Prepare not the path for the child, but prepare the child for the path.'
    
    And, "Everything beautiful is not always good. But everything good is always beautiful."

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    1. 

       7/24/08

       Anthe

       Inmyredhead, I really like the one of the child and the path.
28. 

    7/24/08

    Anthe

    This is one of my favorites: "True words are to thought as pure notes are to music, both capable of expressing the mysteries of the soul". Laura Teresa Marquez

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29. 

    7/25/08

    timethief

    Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. [Albert Einstein, 1879 - 1955]

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30. 

    7/25/08

    Theresa111

    "You just wait 'til your Father gets home ... Now go to your room."

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31. 

    7/29/08

    theroyalassassin

    "Im gonna count to Three! One!.....Two!.........Two and a Quarter!...."

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32. 

    7/29/08

    theroyalassassin

    In life, we got to make full use of the people around you

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33. 

    7/29/08

    poisonapplesauce

    2
    Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see (unknown)
    and
    A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesnt believe, and leaves before she is left. - Marilyn Monroe

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34. 

    7/29/08

    drjay1966

    "The fool doth think that he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
    Shakespeare
    
    "God knows it's sacrilege to waste the talent for idleness that I possess."
    William Faulkner
    
    "There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out"
    Lou Reed

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35. 

    7/30/08

    LGramlich

    Once again, to many to mention here. See; www.angelfire.com/ak/ravenmyst/quotes.html

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       7/30/08

       LGramlich

       D'oh! Didn't realize I'd already answered this!
36. 

    7/30/08

    Sebastyne

    "The divine was never really available before broad band"
    - My husband -
    
    G.B. Shaw quotes are good for me too.

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37. 

    7/30/08

    kaguvkov

    "It's not on how many time you fall down, but on how many times you stand up!"

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38. 

    7/30/08

    bladeaxe4

    life is an eternal search for truth !

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39. 

    7/30/08

    mikemetalord

    "say hello to my f#@%$*&g friend"... Al Pacino, Scarface

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40. 

    7/30/08

    calais50

    Before you criticize someone, it is best to walk a mile in their shoes, because then, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

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