Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 353

JakeTulane · 07-18-2011, 06:10 AM

"I am still learning--how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed." --Audre Lorde

JakeTulane · 07-18-2011, 06:11 AM

"I do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown." --Kathe Kollwitz

Fancy · 07-18-2011, 06:37 AM

“I’m in the persuasion business. And frankly I’m disappointed by your presentation.”

-Peggy Olson (Mad Men Season 2)

tapu · 07-18-2011, 06:42 AM

All progress occurs because people dare to be different.

Harry Milner

oblivia · 07-18-2011, 10:20 AM

“Until you make peace with who you are, you will never be content with what you have.” -Doris Mortman

“Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.” ~Unknown

JakeTulane · 07-19-2011, 04:28 PM

"I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again." --Gloria Steinem

JakeTulane · 07-19-2011, 04:29 PM

"I don't think there ever was a lazy man in this world. Every man has some sort of gift, and he prizes that gift beyond all others. He may be a professional billiard-player, or a Paderewski, or a poet--I don't care what it is. But whatever it is, he takes a native delight in exploiting that gift, and you will find it is difficult to beguile him away from it. Well, there are thousands of other interests occupying other men, but those interests don't appeal to the special tastes of the billiard champion or Paderewski. They are set down, therefore, as too lazy to do that or do this--to do, in short what they have no taste or inclination to do. In that sense, then I am phenomenally lazy. But when it comes to writing a book--I am not lazy. My family find it difficult to dig me out of my chair." --Mark Twain

JakeTulane · 07-19-2011, 04:30 PM

"I have a basic philosophy that I've tried to follow during my coaching career. Whether you're winning or losing, it's important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you." --Cotton Fitzsimmons

Mister Bent · 07-20-2011, 07:53 PM

There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant:
A yellow, mellow Martini:
I wish I had one at present.

- Ogden Nash

little_ms_sunshyne · 07-20-2011, 10:24 PM

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

Diva · 07-20-2011, 10:43 PM

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

~ Anonymous

JakeTulane · 07-21-2011, 07:09 AM

“The stages of the Noble Path are: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Behavior, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.” - Buddha

JakeTulane · 07-21-2011, 07:10 AM

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” - Henry David Thoreau

JakeTulane · 07-21-2011, 07:11 AM

“By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fancy · 07-21-2011, 07:24 AM

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Gustave Flaubert

JAGG · 07-21-2011, 09:59 AM

Take the high road. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

JAGG · 07-21-2011, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by little_ms_sunshyne

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

I want to use this, but shorten it . I'm just going to say, if you can't handle me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best!

tapu · 07-21-2011, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAGG

I want to use this, but shorten it . I'm just going to say, if you can't handle me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best!

Yes, but keep the "hell."

tapu · 07-21-2011, 11:15 AM

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
~Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

nycfem · 07-21-2011, 10:11 PM

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ~Mark Twain

If things go wrong, don't go with them. ~Roger Babson

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. ~E. Joseph Cossman

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb

That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb

You can never worry your way to enlightenment. ~Terri Guillemets

Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

07-20-2011, 07:53 PM	#7049
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,824 Times in 1,721 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	There is something about a Martini, A tingle remarkably pleasant: A yellow, mellow Martini: I wish I had one at present. - Ogden Nash __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

07-21-2011, 09:59 AM	#7056
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	reward Take the high road. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

07-21-2011, 11:15 AM	#7059
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	Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ~Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

07-18-2011, 06:10 AM	#7041
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07-18-2011, 06:11 AM	#7042
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 do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown." --Kathe Kollwitz

07-18-2011, 06:37 AM	#7043
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	“I’m in the persuasion business. And frankly I’m disappointed by your presentation.” -Peggy Olson (Mad Men Season 2)

07-18-2011, 06:42 AM	#7044
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	All progress occurs because people dare to be different. Harry Milner

07-18-2011, 10:20 AM	#7045
oblivia Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: Married, treasured, and adored Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 472 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,582 Thanked 1,430 Times in 359 Posts Rep Power: 0	“Until you make peace with who you are, you will never be content with what you have.” -Doris Mortman “Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.” ~Unknown

07-19-2011, 04:28 PM	#7046
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 a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again." --Gloria Steinem

07-19-2011, 04:29 PM	#7047
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 don't think there ever was a lazy man in this world. Every man has some sort of gift, and he prizes that gift beyond all others. He may be a professional billiard-player, or a Paderewski, or a poet--I don't care what it is. But whatever it is, he takes a native delight in exploiting that gift, and you will find it is difficult to beguile him away from it. Well, there are thousands of other interests occupying other men, but those interests don't appeal to the special tastes of the billiard champion or Paderewski. They are set down, therefore, as too lazy to do that or do this--to do, in short what they have no taste or inclination to do. In that sense, then I am phenomenally lazy. But when it comes to writing a book--I am not lazy. My family find it difficult to dig me out of my chair." --Mark Twain

07-19-2011, 04:30 PM	#7048
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 have a basic philosophy that I've tried to follow during my coaching career. Whether you're winning or losing, it's important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you." --Cotton Fitzsimmons

07-20-2011, 10:24 PM	#7050
little_ms_sunshyne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: . Posts: 3,312 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,339 Thanked 12,241 Times in 2,541 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." — Marilyn Monroe

07-20-2011, 10:43 PM	#7051
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	Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. ~ Anonymous

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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 stages of the Noble Path are: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Behavior, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.” - Buddha

07-21-2011, 07:10 AM	#7053
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	“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” - Henry David Thoreau

07-21-2011, 07:11 AM	#7054
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	“By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

07-21-2011, 07:24 AM	#7055
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	Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough. Gustave Flaubert

07-21-2011, 10:11 PM	#7060
nycfem Moderator How Do You Identify?: femme sub Preferred Pronoun?: Baby Grrl Relationship Status: Attached Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 6,793 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 52,987 Thanked 21,489 Times in 5,101 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ~Mark Twain If things go wrong, don't go with them. ~Roger Babson If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. ~E. Joseph Cossman Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb You can never worry your way to enlightenment. ~Terri Guillemets Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966 Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960