And, I quote........

[Trip]

While I have never been real big on quotations, the one below my tag line, I got off a beach calendar, and it seemed to fit my tropical theme. I seem to be paying more attention to them now, for whatever reason, and came across this one which I thought hit the nail on the head...

"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."
George Moore

I see many Cruisemates enjoy quotations from their signatures, do you have an absolute favorite?

[Luanne Russo]

"Tomorrow is another day"

[Delft]

I have many actually and I use them alot. I change the tags on email quite often. Many are soul searching life lessons, and alot have to do with animal rescue and life, but I particularily like some that get my message across when I am ticked off.....

One of my all time fav's is

Wipe your mouth, there's still a tiny bit of B.S. on your lips

Its ever so effective when dealing with teens, students, and employee's that I catch at Macdonalds while they are supposed to be working............

[Marc]

I kind of like my current tagline.

I think my favorites, though, are

"Who is John Galt?

and

"I am as mad as hell and I am not going to take this anymore"

[Angela Z.]

I think my favorite is "this ain't no dress rehearsal"
Marc, Dave will enjoy your Zappa quote.
Angela Z.

[WildRover]

"There's a fine line between clever and stupid."

[Mike M]

A bartender (Warren) on the Carnival Pride told me a good quote. I don't know who originally said it but this is it:

Don't complain (non "b" word substituted) if you feel you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Just brag about how strong you are.

I like that one.

Take care,
Mike

[Sid1962]

I have 2 that I like:

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

And as we all know, it's TS Eliot .....

and then there's:

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
Clemenza..Godfather I

[venice]

mine are quotes from my mother

"get up off the pot, or %^&* one"

"when I leave you won't be able to find me with a .05 postcard (goes to show you how old she is)

my personal favorites

"everyday the Good Lord wakes you up, it's a good day'

'One 7 day cruise a year, I'm good to go"

[seadog2]

I have several but, "It is what it is".

[rollerdonna]

My favourite:
"A hundred years from now, it may not matter what my bank account was, the kind of house I lived in or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child"

donna

[Captain Tennille]

Politicians are the most often quoted.
We must hold them in very high regard, indeed.

[T C]

My personal fav is from Bette Davis ....
"Getting old ain't for sissies! '
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and if you are getting old ... you totally understand this!
TC

[Pootersdad]

I used to work with a guy who had a sign in his office that said:

"Things are more like they are today than they have ever been before."

Still trying to figure that one out......

One of my faves is from Apocalypse Now, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

[venice]

"what looks good to you, is not necessary good for you"

[skymaster]

An elderly gentleman on a ship once told me:

"I got out of bed this morning,,,,I looked back at the bed,,,,,I wasn't there,,,,,so it's going to be another GOOD day."

I also love:

"It ain't over til the fat lady sings." and

"It ain't over,,,til it's over"


Ken
"SKY"

[Manuel]

Ben Franklin

( You only know the value of water when the well runs dry )

TM

[cutiecat]

“Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible”
~no clue who said it

"I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done... I go for anything new that might improve the past." ~Clara Barton

"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ''I'm with you kid. Let's go.'' ~Maya Angelou

[venice]

"is that all there is"

"don't worry, the ship won't leave without us'

[skymaster]

" Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "


I don't remember who said it, but wow, ain't it the truth?

Ken
"SKY"

[SageCruiser]

May be paraphrased since I didn't hear it directly:

"The problem with some of these men is that they have more education than their intelligence can handle." __ Mother Angelica

[Sid1962]

...and on a serious note, this one, which I have only recently come across, really touched me:

"Life is not about seeking shelter from the storm; it's about learning how to dance in the rain."

[venice]

Sid..that's an interesting one that I am trying to figure out how to apply it to Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath

[rayb]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me

[katlady]

"Just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
and
"beware the squirrels"
and
"It took 40 years to make me look this good."

[katlady]

Okay some serious ones
"do not go gentle into that good night rage rage against the dying of the light."
Dylan Thomas
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest."
Alexander Pope
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive”
Sir Walter Scott

[Captain Tennille]

Sharing some of my favourites........ (I live by some of them)

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx

"I'm not a teacher: only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead – ahead of myself as well as you."
— George Bernard Shaw

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
- Kristin Wilson, Nintendo, Inc.

"The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add new letters like N and T." --Scott McNealy, chairman of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

‘Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows from my hard drive.’
--The winning entry in a "What were HAL's first words" contest judged by 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY creator Arthur C. Clarke

"By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth." --George Carlin

"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you." -- Francis Roberts

"Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity." -- Dr. E. Land

"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence." --Anonymous

"The wise speak only of what they know." -- Gandalf, Lord of the Rings

"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." -- Albert Einstein

“Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense.” -- Liralin Li

"The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth." -- Mike Kinsley

"I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once." -- Ashleigh Brilliant

"Things are only impossible until they're not." -- Jean-Luc Picard

"Little people with little minds and little imagination jog through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds." -- Marie Fraser

"Some people will pay their tuition, and then defy you to give them an education." -- Robert A. Cook

A leader is best when people hardly know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him,
Worst when they despise him.... But of a good leader, who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
They will say, "We did this ourselves."
--Martin Buber

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. --Albert Einstein

He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it. –Rousseau

Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest. --Shakespeare

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment. --T. H. White
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. --Blaise Pascal

Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom you must one day relinquish all? --Socrates

The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction. --Dale Carnegie
Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?"—Aristotle

A writer needs three things, experience, observation and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others. --William Faulkner

Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut. --Daniel S. Greenberg

Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eyes, is oft but perseverance in disguise. --Henry W. Austin

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. --Henry Ford's Fireplace Motto

Storms make oaks take deeper root. --George Herbert

Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others. --William Allen White

To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it. --G.K. Chesterton

A child should have every advantage -- including those taught by disadvantage.-- Terry Rossio

In measuring a circle, one begins anywhere. -- Charles Fort

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. -- French Proverb

True friends stab you in the front. -- Oscar Wilde

"Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it." -- Gordon R. Dickson