Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 188

Diva · 08-26-2010, 10:14 PM

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Diva · 08-26-2010, 10:16 PM

The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Diva · 08-26-2010, 10:18 PM

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.

~Erma Bombeck

Diva · 08-26-2010, 10:20 PM

Be a storehouse of happy memories.

~Gretchen Rubin

chefhottie25 · 08-26-2010, 10:46 PM

just a few quotes from my favorite book...frankenstein

"The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food"
"My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine."

2myladyblue · 08-27-2010, 03:35 AM

"When I die
I'll grow wings
and fly.

Don't grin"
said the caterpillar
crawling by

2myladyblue · 08-27-2010, 03:56 AM

I would be the greatest poet the world has ever known
if only I could make you see
here on the page
sunlight
a sparrow
three kernels of popcorn
spilled on the snow.

2myladyblue · 08-27-2010, 04:02 AM

I have discovered to my amazement
that I am unable to believe
in my own death.
I know that I will die, but I do not believe in it.
Then how is it there are times
When I am almost crazy with fear?

JakeTulane · 08-27-2010, 04:26 AM

"It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth, and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, that we will begin to live each day to the fullest; as if it was the only one we had." - Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

JakeTulane · 08-27-2010, 04:28 AM

"The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference." - Audre Lorde

JakeTulane · 08-27-2010, 04:35 AM

"We never know how high we are
Till we are called to rise;
And then, if we are true to plan,
Our statures touch the skies." - Emily Dickinson

jenny · 08-27-2010, 06:27 AM

‎"This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spirit Dancer · 08-27-2010, 07:28 AM

Whosoever finds peace at home is the happiest of all persons.
Goethe

The_Lady_Snow · 08-27-2010, 08:23 AM

"If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander. "

torchiegirl · 08-27-2010, 01:27 PM

"What would Jesus do and what would your momma say?"
~Shully

BestButchBoy · 08-27-2010, 03:29 PM

“I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.

~FRANK SINATRA

Diva · 08-27-2010, 04:36 PM

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use.

~Emily Post

Tucker · 08-27-2010, 04:42 PM

"Dum Sipro Spero"
While I breathe I hope

Diva · 08-27-2010, 04:49 PM

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

~Fred Astaire

Fancy · 08-27-2010, 07:04 PM

Sure, I'll carry your meat!

-my HR director

08-26-2010, 10:14 PM	#3741
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	For my Reunion friends....<giggle> It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

08-26-2010, 10:20 PM	#3744
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	Oh YES!!!!!!! Be a storehouse of happy memories. ~Gretchen Rubin

08-27-2010, 03:35 AM	#3746
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	In the garden ~Alden Nowlan "When I die I'll grow wings and fly. Don't grin" said the caterpillar crawling by __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

08-27-2010, 03:56 AM	#3747
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	Greatness ~ Alden Nowlan I would be the greatest poet the world has ever known if only I could make you see here on the page sunlight a sparrow three kernels of popcorn spilled on the snow. __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

08-27-2010, 04:02 AM	#3748
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	from 5 Days in Hospital ~ Alden Nowlan I have discovered to my amazement that I am unable to believe in my own death. I know that I will die, but I do not believe in it. Then how is it there are times When I am almost crazy with fear? __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

08-26-2010, 10:16 PM	#3742
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 best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

08-26-2010, 10:18 PM	#3743
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 family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

08-26-2010, 10:46 PM	#3745
chefhottie25 Member How Do You Identify?: boi Preferred Pronoun?: hy Relationship Status: happily taken Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: ohio Posts: 1,406 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26 Thanked 890 Times in 478 Posts Rep Power: 1175217	just a few quotes from my favorite book...frankenstein "The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food" "My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine."

08-27-2010, 04:26 AM	#3749
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 is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth, and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, that we will begin to live each day to the fullest; as if it was the only one we had." - Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

08-27-2010, 04:28 AM	#3750
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	"The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference." - Audre Lorde

08-27-2010, 04:35 AM	#3751
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	"We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies." - Emily Dickinson

08-27-2010, 06:27 AM	#3752
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	‎"This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

08-27-2010, 07:28 AM	#3753
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 12,941 Times in 3,467 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Whosoever finds peace at home is the happiest of all persons. Goethe __________________ “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

08-27-2010, 08:23 AM	#3754
The_Lady_Snow MILLION $$$ PUSSY How Do You Identify?: Kinky, Raw, Perverted, Uber Queer Alpha Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Iconic Ms. Relationship Status: Keeper of 3, only one has the map to my freckles Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: La Reina del Sur Posts: 22,488 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 32,231 Thanked 80,097 Times in 15,676 Posts Rep Power: 21474874	"If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander. " __________________ "If you’re going to play these dirty games of ours, then you might as well indulge completely. It’s all about turning back into an animal and that’s the beauty of it. Place your guilt on the sidewalk and take a blow torch to it (guilt is usually worthless anyway). Be perverted, be filthy, do things that mannered people shouldn’t do. If you’re going to be gross then go for it and don’t wimp out."---Master Aiden

08-27-2010, 01:27 PM	#3755
torchiegirl Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the mitten Posts: 1,282 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,807 Thanked 1,610 Times in 549 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"What would Jesus do and what would your momma say?" ~Shully

08-27-2010, 03:29 PM	#3756
BestButchBoy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Male ID Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,925 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 406 Thanked 5,450 Times in 2,037 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	“I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes. ~FRANK SINATRA

08-27-2010, 04:36 PM	#3757
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	Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. ~Emily Post

08-27-2010, 04:42 PM	#3758
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 1,293 Times in 486 Posts Rep Power: 3051091	"Dum Sipro Spero" While I breathe I hope

08-27-2010, 04:49 PM	#3759
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 hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. ~Fred Astaire

08-27-2010, 07:04 PM	#3760
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,076 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Sure, I'll carry your meat! -my HR director

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