Philosophy?

Question:I don't really have a favorite quote, so I need one. It can be about anything or everything. Tell me who said it if you know.
Thanks!=]

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I don't really have a favorite quote, so I need one. It can be about anything or everything. Tell me who said it if you know.
Thanks!=]

if you keep doing what you're doing you'll keep getting what you're getting
I think that's seneca

life is not measured by the amount of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
- not sure who said that, but I like it!

and my Gran's favourite (though who knows where it originated)

don't put your wishbone where your back bone ought to be!!

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

J.R.R Tolkien

"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back."

Arthur Rubinstein

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift."

Steve Prefontaine

Yea, I have a couple, but they are all really meaningful. Love them!!

“It’s hard to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding.”

I got that quote from the movie: An inconvenient Truth.

Descates' Cogito ergo sum.

"In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." - Andy Warhol

'Parting is such sweet sorrow' Romeo and Juliet
'Once more to the preach dear friends, once more'
meaning dont give up keep on trying I love this one when I feel down it makes me feel better.**

"God can't be summed up in one measly quote"
-me

Believe and act as though it is not possible to fail.
Charles Kettering

When I get a little money I buy books;
and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Erasmus

"In the Bullshit Department, a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman. 'Cause I gotta tell you the truth, folks. When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told."
"Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!"
"But He loves you."
"He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy ****!"
-George Carlin

"Waste no time arguing what a good man should be...be one." - Marcus Aurleius

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a society, just get people to stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury

"I only know I know nothing"
Socrates (I think, I'm pretty sure.)

Live and let live.
Fly on one wing.
Freedom is liberty.

"If you've gotta ask, you'll never know." - B.B. King... or at least thats who I first heard the quote from.

GREAT QUOTE: "Have perfect faith in yourself and in your ability to cope with any combination of circumstances that may arise. Do not be disturbed if you are alone; if you need friends they will come to you at the right time. Do not be disturbed if you feel that you are ignorant; the information that you need will be furnished you when it is time for you to have it. That which is in you impelling you forward is in the things and people you need, impelling them toward you. If there is a particular man you need to know, he will be introduced to you; if there is a particular book you need to read it will be placed in your hands at the right time. All the knowledge you need will come to you from both external and internal sources. Your information and your talents will always be equal to the requirements of the occasion. Remember that Jesus told his disciples not to worry as to what they would say when brought before the judges; he knew that the power in them would be sufficient for the needs of the hour." - Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Being Great

"Inspiration is but the recompense of daily labor." I think Charles Baudelaire originally said it.

"every man should believe in something, i believe i'll go fishing." anon

"If there is no black and white, there can be no gray-since gray is merely a mixture of the two."

Ayn Rand speaking on the "Cult of Moral Grayness". Simple and powerful.

I have a few!

You can render to God and humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

And very touchingly..

Everything is possible it's beautiful.

"Just close your eyes and think of England"

It was said by one of the past Queens of England when asked what sex was like by her daughter. I think it can apply to many unpleasant situations like when you have to go to a boring speech, to make the time pass you can, "Just close your eyes and think of England." It can alos be applied to hard times in your life.

It really has gotten me through things, as lame as that is to say.