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page. Just because a quote is here does not mean the author
necessarily embraces any particular ideal or philosophy.
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I took this photo along the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
I found it curious that there is absolutely no 'credit' taken for it.
Couldn't resist putting it here on my Quotes Page, though . . .




To me, kung-fu is like a ballet, except there's no music,
no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

The Techo Master


Look, Mummy. There's another plane up in the sky.
Pink Floyd (Goodbye, Blue Sky)


Go away. I'm all right.
Last words of H.G. Wells


I never did give anybody hell.
I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Harry S. Truman


The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.
Herb Caen


I hate people. People make me pro-nuclear.
Margaret Smith


God is love, but get it in writing.
Gypsy Rose Lee


Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoleon


Bed is the poor man's opera.
Italian Proverb


Christ died for our sins.
Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

Jules Feiffer


Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
Remy de Gourmont


Rats don't lie
Ralph Natale (during testimony against 'Little Joey' Merlino)
(Note: I think this should be the dumb quote of the century!)



We sang the songs that carried in their melodies all the sounds of nature--
the running waters, the sighing of winds, and the calls of the animals.
Teach these to your children so that they may come to love nature as we love it.

Grand Council Fire of American Indians


I object to intellect without discipline.
Mr. Spock, Star Trek


Check your ego at the door.
Quincy Jones (to participants in the song 'We Are The World')


A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Benjamin Franklin


Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Lt. Commander Forgy


If I wanted to kill you, you'd already be dead
"The Godfather"


We have all become God's madmen, all of us.
Van Helsing, "Dracula"


Some choose to run with the herd for assurance,
while others watch assuredly and choose their next opportunity

Unknown


Too few dark debts are ever paid . . .
from a poem by Gary Gilmore


. . . But the dark is very trustworthy.
It's always as dark as you thought it was.
And you don't have to work at staying there.
All you have to do is survive it.
And I've been doing that forever.

from the novel "Dark Debts" by Karen Hall


The slave thinks he is released from bondage only to find a stronger set of chains.
from an entry in my guestbook...


...my soul's worn thin...
Stone Temple Pilots (Big Empty)


Endure and persist; this pain will turn to your good.
Ovid


You must submit to supreme suffering in order
to discover the completion of joy.

John Calvin


It's not the coffin that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in.
Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, said during an MTv interview


It is time now for us to rise from sleep.
Saint Benedict


To every man his own life is a mystery.
Latin Proverb


You conquer fate by thought.
Henry David Thoreau


My will decides.
Adolf Hitler


Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein


Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Alexander Hamilton


Film spectators are quiet vampires
Jim Morrison (The Lords and New Creatures)


Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.
Yoda


It's all good.
Adam Sink


You've been drinking my blood while I've been licking your wounds
Monster Magnet (Spacelord)


All knowledge has it's origins in our perceptions.
Leonardo da Vinci


God always answers your prayers. Sometimes he just says no.
Cardinal John Kroll


An artist is a creature driven by demons.
Faulkner


The time is wrong. The time is right.
Be careful who you kill tonight...

Gravity Kills (Guilty)


I only regret the times that I was too nice.
Anton Szandor LaVey

Not my manner of thinking but the manner of thinking
of others has been the source of my unhappiness...

Marquis de Sade

Love is friendship set on fire.
Jeremy Taylor

Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere
David Bowie (Golden Years)

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Watson Edger Howe

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the
William Tell Overture and NOT think of the Lone Ranger.

Tom Brokaw

I went looking for trouble; boy I found her.
Type O Negative (Black No. 1)

Once in a while, you get shown the light, in the strangest
of places if you look at it right...

The Grateful Dead (Scarlet Begonias)

Shoot low, Sheriff, they're riding Shetlands!
My Grandfather

Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it
The Sex Pistols (Anarchy in the UK)

Life is a series of doors; one must close before another can open.
Suzanne Albright

Comes a time, when a blind man takes your hand, says 'don't you see?'
Jerry Garcia (Comes a Time)

You can't shine sh*t.
My Dad

Nevermind your father.
My Mom

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again
Billy Joel (Say Goodbye to Hollywood)

I would slave to find the way to sink your ship of fools
Grateful Dead (Ship of Fools)

The memories will never leave me
Queensryche (London)

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Vincent van Gogh

Sometimes I need some time on my own,
sometimes I need some time all alone

Guns N Roses (November Rain)