Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 68

Diva · 03-29-2010, 04:41 PM

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

~ Thomas Haliburton, 19th Century Canadian writer

Jerseyboi · 03-29-2010, 04:58 PM

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's. ~Billy Wilder

SassyLeo · 03-29-2010, 05:14 PM

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

--Alice Walker

afixer · 03-29-2010, 06:34 PM

"Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love."

EA Opheliac
WS Hamlet, "Letter to Ophelia"

Mister Bent · 03-29-2010, 08:05 PM

The Weight
by Linda Gregg

Two horses were put together in the same paddock.
Night and day. In the night and in the day
wet from heat and the chill of the wind
on it. Muzzle to water, snorting, head swinging
and the taste of bay in the shadowed air.
The dignity of being. They slept that way,
knowing each other always.
Withers quivering for a moment,
fetlock and the proud rise at the base of the tail,
width of back. The volume of them, and each other's weight.
Fences were nothing compared to that.
People were nothing. They slept standing,
their throats curved against the other's rump.
They breathed against each other,
whinnied and stomped.
There are things they did that I do not know.
The privacy of them had a river in it.
Had our universe in it. And the way
its border looks back at us with its light.
This was finally their freedom.
The freedom an oak tree knows.
That is built at night by stars.

Duchess · 03-29-2010, 08:15 PM

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

– Winston Churchill

moxie · 03-29-2010, 08:33 PM

“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” - Edgar Allan Poe

JakeTulane · 03-30-2010, 05:02 AM

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence” - Aristotle

JakeTulane · 03-30-2010, 05:04 AM

“Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life” - Aphra Behn

JakeTulane · 03-30-2010, 05:05 AM

“Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” - Stacey Charter

Spirit Dancer · 03-30-2010, 05:07 AM

Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
Eldridge Cleaver

Spirit Dancer · 03-30-2010, 05:08 AM

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect.
We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
U. Thant

Duchess · 03-30-2010, 07:16 AM

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.

Arnold Toynbee
1852-1883, British Economic Historian and Social Reformer

Butterbean · 03-30-2010, 08:20 AM

The journey is the reward
.
-Chinese Proverb

always2late · 03-30-2010, 08:41 AM

"You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible." - Rita Dove

Hack · 03-30-2010, 08:57 AM

Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. ~Jean de Boufflers

JakeTulane · 03-30-2010, 09:05 AM

"Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or heels, the measurement of mass and motion, the calibration of brutal blows, the counting of supplies; and spiritual knowing, invisibly felt by the inside self, who is but a fought-over field of distraction, a stage where we recite the monotonous monologue that is our life, a knowing governed by internal tides, by intimations, motives, resolutions, by temptations, secrecy, shame, and pride." - William Gass

SassyLeo · 03-30-2010, 10:41 AM

I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.

--Lily Tomlin

Diva · 03-30-2010, 10:51 AM

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one!'

~C. S. Lewis

adorable · 03-30-2010, 06:15 PM

"A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker; and a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker." ~Anonymous

03-29-2010, 04:58 PM	#1342
Jerseyboi Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: Mister Relationship Status: Eligible Butchelor Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 79 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22 Thanked 149 Times in 47 Posts Rep Power: 573593	Trust Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's. ~Billy Wilder

03-29-2010, 05:14 PM	#1343
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03-29-2010, 08:05 PM	#1345
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,825 Times in 1,722 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	The Weight by Linda Gregg Two horses were put together in the same paddock. Night and day. In the night and in the day wet from heat and the chill of the wind on it. Muzzle to water, snorting, head swinging and the taste of bay in the shadowed air. The dignity of being. They slept that way, knowing each other always. Withers quivering for a moment, fetlock and the proud rise at the base of the tail, width of back. The volume of them, and each other's weight. Fences were nothing compared to that. People were nothing. They slept standing, their throats curved against the other's rump. They breathed against each other, whinnied and stomped. There are things they did that I do not know. The privacy of them had a river in it. Had our universe in it. And the way its border looks back at us with its light. This was finally their freedom. The freedom an oak tree knows. That is built at night by stars. __________________ 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

03-29-2010, 08:15 PM	#1346
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03-30-2010, 05:07 AM	#1351
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 12,913 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. Eldridge Cleaver __________________ “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

03-29-2010, 04:41 PM	#1341
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	Innocence is always unsuspicious. ~ Thomas Haliburton, 19th Century Canadian writer

03-29-2010, 06:34 PM	#1344
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03-29-2010, 08:33 PM	#1347
moxie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: a cynical princess wannabe Preferred Pronoun?: lipgloss junkie Relationship Status: yep Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the ville Posts: 3,027 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,544 Thanked 6,765 Times in 1,846 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” - Edgar Allan Poe

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03-30-2010, 05:04 AM	#1349
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03-30-2010, 05:05 AM	#1350
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	“Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” - Stacey Charter

03-30-2010, 05:08 AM	#1352
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 12,913 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. U. Thant __________________ “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

03-30-2010, 07:16 AM	#1353
Duchess Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Absolute Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Toe curling :-) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,382 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,792 Thanked 5,592 Times in 1,521 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	*As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.* *Arnold Toynbee* *1852-1883, British Economic Historian and Social Reformer* __________________ *無料のライブ*

03-30-2010, 08:20 AM	#1354
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03-30-2010, 08:41 AM	#1355
always2late Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: m'lady Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 2,000 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible." - Rita Dove __________________ Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi

03-30-2010, 08:57 AM	#1356
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03-30-2010, 09:05 AM	#1357
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	"Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or heels, the measurement of mass and motion, the calibration of brutal blows, the counting of supplies; and spiritual knowing, invisibly felt by the inside self, who is but a fought-over field of distraction, a stage where we recite the monotonous monologue that is our life, a knowing governed by internal tides, by intimations, motives, resolutions, by temptations, secrecy, shame, and pride." - William Gass

03-30-2010, 10:41 AM	#1358
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03-30-2010, 10:51 AM	#1359
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	Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one!' ~C. S. Lewis

03-30-2010, 06:15 PM	#1360
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