Favorite Quotes

[Delthion]

"I can dodge folly, without backing into fear."
~Nero Wolfe

[Luftwaffles]

"Everything's different here, and therefore wrong. Let's commence beatings" - Zero Punctuation.

[Banya]

"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[SoranMBane]

"I think it's human arrogance to think we understand how other life forms feel. There may be no other life forms that are truly a 'friend' to man. Still, even if we can't comprehend them, they are, without a doubt, neighbors deserving of our respect."

"Who decides the relative value of human and nonhuman lives? I don't want to impose human values on him. I might be about to commit and irredeemable sin as a human being, but can I say that an organism has no right to live just because it's harmful?"

Both the above quotes come courtesy of Shinichi Izumi, the protagonist of Parasyte, which, as someone who genuinely loves all animal life, may be my new favourite anime ever.

[LT Sandpaw]

All mistakes are forgivable as long as one is willing to admit them. -Bruce Lee

Taking another mans life can't be justified, though we seek to hide behind barriers of self righteousness. But when you take the life of another you are committing a vicious evil like no other. Yet there are some who do not care of the evil they are committing. They kill and slaughter for cruel enjoyment or self gain, this is why we must take their lives. -A unnamed soldier.

[Commander Cody]

We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again. - Sheena Easton

[Luftwaffles]

We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again. - Sheena Easton

That's a really nice quote, actually

Oh! And welcome to the Forums, Commander Cody

[Skyblade]

I like that quote Welcome to the forums! Feel free to introduce yourself to everyone in this thread: http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=177.0


In the meantime, here is another quote I like: "The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory."

[Commander Cody]

Thank you both! It was really worth posting.

[Mhera]

"Pain is mandatory, suffering is optional." -anonymous

Welcome to the forums, Commander!

[Commander Cody]

Mhera, thanks for the welcoming! Now for another one of my favourite quote.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. - Dr. Suess.

[Banya]

"If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him."

"His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him."

"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life."

"Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[Luftwaffles]

"With no sun and no clock, the time just doesn't exists" - Stephen King.

[Jukka the Sling]

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

~Thomas Jefferson

I think I'll make that my sig.

[Skyblade]

"Life is like a roller coaster. It has its ups and downs. But it's your choice to scream or enjoy the ride."

- me