Favorite quotes

"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books."
-- Thomas Carlyle
 
: "If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive." -Audre Lorde
 
"The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time."
-- Willie Tyler
 
"When you hear bacon cooking….that sizzling sound isn’t the fat cooking….that’s applause.” - Jim Gaffigan
 
"Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars."
-- Hobart Brown
 
"However big the whale may be, the tiny harpoon can rob him of life"
-Malaysian Proverb

The "Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall
-An Old Boxing Saying
 
A totally non-inspirational quote perhaps, but a current favorite from Dr. River Song in Doctor Who

"You. Me. Handcuffs. Must it always end this way?"
 
To hell with emotions
I don't stop until I cream a motherfucker like lotion
Remorse, what the fuck is that?
I'll beat your mama's ass and go get a six-pack!

- Willie D.
 
An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is EVIL. It is hate, anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, & ego. The other is GOOD. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, & truth." The boy thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?" The old man quietly replied, "THE ONE YOU FEED."
 
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.
~ Cary Grant
 
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