Finding Solace in Favourite Quotes: Escaping Despair with Words of Wisdom

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The discussion centers around sharing favorite quotes, highlighting a diverse range of humorous, philosophical, and insightful sayings. Participants reference quotes from notable figures such as Robin Williams, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Albert Einstein, showcasing a mix of humor and depth. The conversation touches on various themes, including the nature of relationships, societal observations, and reflections on life. Notable quotes include Williams' take on divorce, Nietzsche's thoughts on women, and Einstein's musings about existence. The dialogue also features light-hearted banter about the quotes themselves, with some participants sharing personal favorites and engaging in playful commentary. Overall, the thread encapsulates a rich tapestry of thoughts that resonate with humor and wisdom, reflecting the varied tastes and perspectives of the contributors.
  • #661
"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."

Samuel Clements (Mark Twain)

(thought this fit with the wearing leather banter!)

edit:

Had to get this one on as well.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

Same author.
 
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  • #663
Ivan Seeking said:
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/obama-establish.html
- Obama on his first day in office.

Wow. It's no wonder the right wing was afraid of him: openness, pay freezes for the senior white house staff, public servants actually serving the public interest, tighter restrictions on lobbyists. I think I like my new president.

“Every generation needs a new revolution.”
---- Thomas Jefferson
 
  • #664
On The View today:
~
Joy Behar: I understand that you do a great Nixon impression
Blagojevich: [acknowledges with hesitation]... What do you want me to do?
Joy Behar: Say "I'm not a crook"
 
  • #665
Talk to the hand, 'cause the face is on vacation. :bugeye:
 
  • #666
"I'm getting downsized."
- DaveC426913 Jan 27 2009

Oh wait. That's not a favourite quote, that's just my day so far.
 
  • #667
Ivan Seeking said:
On The View today:
~
Joy Behar: I understand that you do a great Nixon impression
Blagojevich: [acknowledges with hesitation]... What do you want me to do?
Joy Behar: Say "I'm not a crook"
Priceless!

Did that really happen?

Edit: Looks like it did - skip to about 7 minutes in.

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  • #668
Ivan Seeking said:
On The View today:
~
Joy Behar: I understand that you do a great Nixon impression
Blagojevich: [acknowledges with hesitation]... What do you want me to do?
Joy Behar: Say "I'm not a crook"

:smile: O...M...G... :smile:



Upon hearing that Blagojevich had said he had considered her for Obama's senate seat on Good Morning America:
Oprah Winfrey said:
If I had been watching from the treadmill, where I’m usually watching, I would have fallen off...
 
  • #669
OmCheeto said:
Upon hearing that Blagojevich had said he had considered her for Obama's senate seat on Good Morning America:

I didn't realize that Obama had a senate seat on Good Morning America.
 
  • #670
A college professor is someone who talks in other peoples sleep...Bergen Evans
Eating food with a knife and fork is like making love through an interpreter...Anon
Obesity is a fat accompli...........Len Elliott
 
  • #671
Author John Updike, dies today at 76.

"I am very prone to accept all that the scientists tell us, the truth of it, the authority of the efforts of all the men and woman spent trying to understand more about atoms and molecules. But I can't quite make the leap of unfaith, as it were, and say, 'This is it. Carpe diem (seize the day), and tough luck.' "
 
  • #672
Question: Have you ever thought of running for President?
Dolly Parton: We've had enough boobs in the White House.
 
  • #673
One of the cheapest forms of entertainment is watching other people.

Someone in the local region talking about local economics.
 
  • #674
~ If Rush [Limbaugh] wants Obama to fail, then he wants America to fail. So Rush and Bin Laden are on the same page. - Bill Maher
 
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  • #675
~ It doesn't matter if it [the stimulus package] works. Economists, once we come out of this, will argue forever what did it; or this did it, or this did it... The Republicans opposed FDR to a man, and five decades later they finally came back in Congress.
- Sam Donaldson
 
  • #676
Obama vs Bush? The difference is like black and white.
 
  • #677
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.
Niels Bohr
 
  • #678
Has to be Chris Matthews

 
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  • #679
"I love this country..."

(President Obama on Canada.)
 
  • #680
From Time's Quote of the Week
http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,1882280,00.html

"These earmarks do not benefit me in any way, shape, manner."

Senator JUDD GREGG, after an AP investigation found he had steered taxpayer money to his home state's redevelopment of a former Air Force base even as he and his brother engaged in real estate deals there
 
  • #681
Astronuc said:
From Time's Quote of the Week
http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,1882280,00.html

"These earmarks do not benefit me in any way, shape, manner."

Senator JUDD GREGG, after an AP investigation found he had steered taxpayer money to his home state's redevelopment of a former Air Force base even as he and his brother engaged in real estate deals there
Yes. There are some pretty pricey properties on that old Pease base, and I'm sure he didn't get a dime for himself.
 
  • #682
... Republicans now are as close to irrelevant in Washington as we've been. We're kind of like eunuchs invited to a wild party at the Playboy mansion, you know. We get to watch, we have very detailed opinions about everything, but we're not participating...

Mike Murphy - Republican Strategist
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29453052/page/3/
 
  • #683
Oh Lord, give me sobriety, but not yet - the drunk's prayer.
 
  • #685
Optimistic people are more like to recover their 401K investments than are pessimistic people.

Why? Studies show that optimistic people live longer. - CBS News report
 
  • #686
Ivan Seeking said:
Optimistic people are more like to recover their 401K investments than are pessimistic people.

Why? Studies show that optimistic people live longer. - CBS News report

Woo-Hoo!
 
  • #687
"I have mountains and valleys and rivers and oceans of questions about that, but now is not the time."
 
  • #688
lisab said:
Woo-Hoo!

Optimism doesn't cost a dime
- Michael Bloomberg
 
  • #689
Ivan Seeking said:
Optimism doesn't cost a dime
- Michael Bloomberg

Unless you actually have a job...and voted for Obama...(opps, wait - you said "a dime" - my mistake).
 
  • #690
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
The man who let's a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

-- Ayn Rand

In fact, many of my favorite quotes can be found within the pages of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
 

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