Random Quotes

[Random]

Some of you may have noticed that I have a Random Quote entry in my signature, and I change it periodically. I was wondering what some of everyone else's random quotes are. They can be anything from something someone you know said, to a stupid lable on a product. I'll start off with a couple of my own.

- If everything tastes like chicken, what the hell does chicken taste like?

- Directions on a shampoo bottle: Just add water.

Okay, these are just two of my many quotes...don't want to ruin "Random's Random Quote," now, do I?

So, let's hear something random...

[EDIT]

[COLOR=DarkRed]As per Panda's post, a few down from this one, I've decided to change the point of his thread. Basically, after you list your Random Quote, put in an explanation for why you like the quote, where you saw/heard it, and any other little tidbit of info you would like to add.

As a special twist, after a month's time, I'll take the most Random-worthy quote and make it, and the user who posted it, my Signature's theme for approx. six weeks. In addition to public fame, or humiliation, I'll be nominating the winner in next year's Nifty Fifty! Good luck, and my the best quote win![/COLOR]

[Tatsubei Yagyu]

[COLOR=Navy][FONT=Comic Sans MS][quote name='Random']- If everything tastes like chicken, what the hell does chicken taste like?[/quote]

That's awesome...

"Jedi: And now, I shall use my Mnd Tricks on my opponents...
Kids: Silly Jedi, Trix are for kids!"

...Yeah. :animeknow [/FONT] [/COLOR]

[The Newfie]

[COLOR=SeaGreen]"Some say it is better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven. I say that is a defeatist attitude - I plan to rule everywhere, not just in hell"

'Da Newf

Oowatanite[/COLOR]

[Panda]

[COLOR=Red]I am a bit worried about this thread. We don't allow posts that result in random "copy/paste" lists. If you add in what is special about this quote, why you like it and/or why you picked that particular random quote I think this thread has a chance. As it is now just random quotes is not the quality we like here on the boards. Unless the quality improves in this thread I will unfortunately have to lock it.[/COLOR]

[b]"Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful..."[/b]
This is one quote I love to, well, quote. It is from a They Might Be Giants song called "Don't Let Start". The quote just seems to strike a cord in me. It makes me feel like no matter what or who you were in life everyone ends up the same in the end...feeling sad and frustrated inside....and that really is, in a weird way, beautiful. Regrets about what we should have done in life plague us all. Truly we all live tragic lives. Shakespeare could write a classic Tragedy about any of us.

[Retribution]

[size=1]I fail to see how feeling frustrated and sad when you die is beautiful. That sounds somewhat masochistic, and on the whole rather odd that you find being frustrating or sad a beautiful thing. Do you consider it beautiful when someone is crying because they failed a test? Or do you think it's beautiful when a child is beaten up, and feels angry afterwards? I don't get it, how that quote would 'strike a chord' with you.

[i]Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."[/i]

This quote gives me chills to this day when I hear recordings of Churchill saying it. The first time I heard it, I wanted to take up arms and defend Britain... and I've never even been there. It's become a very important quote to me. Daily, I am reminded that billions die and are forgotten, and that few are ever mentioned after they die. I want to do something so great that men will still remember my name when I die.

Don't mistake that for a lust for power -- rather, I'd like to do something worthy of rememberance.[/size]

[Panda]

[QUOTE=Retribution][size=1]I fail to see how feeling frustrated and sad when you die is beautiful. That sounds somewhat masochistic, and on the whole rather odd that you find being frustrating or sad a beautiful thing. Do you consider it beautiful when someone is crying because they failed a test? Or do you think it's beautiful when a child is beaten up, and feels angry afterwards? I don't get it, how that quote would 'strike a chord' with you.
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Of course you would fail to see what is beautiful about that quote when you put words in my post that I did not say or imply. I never said or implied that I think it's beautiful to see a child beaten up or someone to fail a test. It's actually very disappointing that you would think I think hurting others or seeing other in pain is a beautiful thing. That is very sad to think someone would find seeing other hurt is a good thing.

You are obviously not a TMBG fan either or you would know what their music is like. "Strike a chord" is a pun. You know, musical chord? This is a quote from a song. Striking a chord is to make a noise, a note if you will. Its a pun. I also like how it reminds me that I am not alone. Thus, striking a chord with me. This song also mentioned "wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account". Are you now going to imply that I put cat food in my bank account since I quoted that? The song is about reality checks.

I still stand by my quote. I think the quote is more of a reality check...a grass is always greener warning. You may think that your life is bad and everyone else has a perfect life, but everyone feels that there are aspects of their lives that they are disappointed in. That in itself is a comforting thing. Why is it comforting? Because we are all the same. We have all had hurts and disappointments, no matter who you are. Being caught up thinking that you are the only one who feels pain and hurt is wrong, we all feel sad.

In the end we are all the same. We have all be disappointed in events in our lifes and no one has the perfect life in the end. No matter how much money you have, how popular you were or how absolutely otaku you may have been...we are all the same in the end.

I am frustrated and sad that my quote would be used against me to imply I am some masochistic person. I use that quote as a reminder that even though things in my life have gone bad that I am not alone in feeling frustrated and sad. We all feel that way in some aspect of our lives. You might think my quote is masochistic but, to me, it gives me strength to carry on and consider what others around me are going though.

This is the way I interpret the quote and I'll stick with it as one of my favorites since it keeps me grounded.

[b]There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere . . .?[/b]
My next quote is by author Jane Austen. Life is filled with disappointments but we find some way, something to find comfort in to carry on. Being thought of as a person who finds pleasure in the pain of others, that is a big disappointment to me. But I won't let it get me down. I always find a way to gather up strength to deal with anything and everything that comes my way. I can handle chemo so dealing with the hurt that someone would think ill of my character is just another "little rub".

[Retribution]

[quote name='Panda']Of course you would fail to see what is beautiful about that quote when you put words in my post that I did not say or imply. I never said or implied that I think it's beautiful to see a child beaten up or someone to fail a test. It's actually very disappointing that you would think I think hurting others or seeing other in pain is a beautiful thing. That is very sad to think someone would find seeing other hurt is a good thing.[/quote][size=1]Perhaps I read into things too far, but from what you typed above, I drew a conclusion. Trust me, I was just as confused by it as you were. Very sorry to have misinterpreted -- I wasn't trying to make you sound vicious, but please understand what I read when I saw your post.

[QUOTE]You are obviously not a TMBG fan either or you would know what their music is like. "Strike a chord" is a pun. You know, musical chord? This is a quote from a song. Striking a chord is to make a noise, a note if you will. Its a pun. I also like how it reminds me that I am not alone. Thus, striking a chord with me. This song also mentioned "wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account". Are you now going to imply that I put cat food in my bank account since I quoted that? The song is about reality checks.[/QUOTE]
I understood what "strik[ing] a chord" is ... I was puzzled as to know why it struck [i]your[/i] chords. What you said was rather puzzling, so I was wondering why you identified with it. I know you cannot deposit cat food in a bank account, so I would've known that wasn't literal. But please, check over the quote you posted. To an outsider taking this quote out of context, you have to understand and forgive me.

[QUOTE]I am frustrated and sad that my quote would be used against me to imply I am some masochistic person. I use that quote as a reminder that even though things in my life have gone bad that I am not alone in feeling frustrated and sad. We all feel that way in some aspect of our lives. You might think my quote is masochistic but, to me, it gives me strength to carry on and consider what others around me are going though.

This is the way I interpret the quote and I'll stick with it as one of my favorites since it keeps me grounded.[/QUOTE]
I am sorry that I misinterpreted your quote so horridly. However, I don't understand how you consider "[B]Everybody[/B] [[B]dying[/B]] [B]frustrated and sad[/B] [...] [B]is beautiful[/B]." I beg of your forgiveness, sincerely, but please understand where I'm coming from when I say that I still don't see your point.[/size]

[Osaka]

here some I got.

"when in doubt mumble."

"Beauty is skin deep, but ugly is to the bone."

"Death...comes in many strange packages."

"sometimes being a b**** is all a woman has left to hold on to."

"Live like you'll die tomorrow Dream like you'll live forever"

"Life is not a straight line it is filled with many crossroads"

"When there's a will there's a way, and when there's a way there's
usually a stop sign."

"I have plenty of common sense,I just choose to ignore it."

"Flying is simple you just throw yourself at the groung and miss"

"If you can dazzle'em with brilliance,baffle'em with bull****."

"when your right no one remembers, when your wrong no on forgets."

"Once you've out lived your usfull ness death will take you swiftly."

"The past is gone, now is all there is"

"It take's an idot to cool things that's why it's cool"
-FLCL :animesmil

"It is our choice to choose and to reject prevents our seeing simple truth"

"If everythings a dream dont wake me."

[COLOR=Red]Edit: Please explain why you picked these quotes. As mentioned in the warning in my first post "copy/paste" lists are not acceptable. -Panda [/COLOR]

[Linkk]

A couple of mine


[COLOR=Orange]You odd me out[/COLOR] I say this to people who I find weirder than me...LOL! Or who think I'm weird. I point out to them how they are if not weirder just as weird. I think it makes sense! LOL!


[COLOR=Purple]Weird in a normal kind of way[/COLOR]
People think I'm weird. I guess in a way I am. But not that weird. LOL!

[cancer]

"My mind is a battlefield."

This is a quote by me. It expresses how I feel about my mind, and I'm sure it defines the minds of many other people. It tells of how our minds constantly have conflicting thoughts and arguments in them. How we don't always know what to believe. It tells of the constant struggle within my own mind. I think this quote sums up my mind quite well to be honest :)

[Claire]

[FONT=Arial][b]"The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad."[/b]

Ah, Salvador Dali, what a great thinker you were. Dumb old arsenic killing you.

I like this quote because...well, read it! It's a nonunlikable quote! Of course, my paraphrase is even better: "The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not a man." And it's so true.

But aside from the comedic stuff, my most favorite "quote" ever is in my signature. It's from the last few verses of "Defying Gravity" from the broadway musical Wicked.

So if you care to find me, look to the western sky.
As someone told me lately, "everyone deserves the chance to fly."
And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free.
To those who ground me, take a message back from me:
Tell them how I am defying gravity
I'm flying high, defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down.

This is really inspirational to me, seeing as how I'm quite ambitious. There's so much that I want to do when my time is right, and I'm determined to do it. This "quote" means a lot to me, because Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) sings it right when she flies for the first time, and she is proclaiming that nobody will ever be able to stop her from achieving what she knows she wants to do. I feel this is urging me to do what I plan to do, and never let anything get in my way of it.

[b]"Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood. Do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good. You are not alone; no one is alone."[/b]

Again, this is from a broadway musical called Into the Woods. Since I feel so alone all the time, it's comforting to know that I'm...really...not? Anyway, Stephen Sondheim is a genius and I trust him. Yes I do. [/FONT]