View Full Version : Harrie's Quote of the Week
Back on the last verion of Majestic Sci-Fi Central, I started posting, in my signiture, a new quote each week.
Now most of them hold very little real signifigance, but there are a few that do.
Here I have decided to post a list of them, for anyone who wanted to see all of them.
01/08/06 to 01/14/06
It's better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees.
01/15/06 to 01/21/06
When he reaches the gates of heaven, / To Saint Peter he will tell: / Another Soldier reporting for duty, / I've served my time in hell
01/22/06 to 01/28/06
You can't out run death forever, but you can sure make the ******* work for it.
01/29/06 to 02/02/06
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. -Socrates (420 BC)
02/03/06 to 02/11/06
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. -Leonardo da Vinci. (Special tribute to Esther Harrold [1926-2006] may she rest in peace, beside her husband once again.)
02/12/06 to 02/18/06
Pale Death kicks his way equally into the cottages of the poor and the castles of kings. –Horace
02/19/06 to 02/25/06
Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
2/26/06 to 3/04/06
Among life's perpetually charming questions is whether the truly evil do more harm than the self-righteous and wrong. -Jon Margolis
3/05/06 to 3/11/06
Some say the world will end in fire,/ Some say in ice./ From what I've tasted of desire/ I hold with those who favor fire./ But if it had to perish twice,/ I think I know enough of hate/ To say that for destruction ice/ Is also great/ And would suffice. – Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
3/12/06 to 3/18/06
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses row on row,/ That mark our place; and in the sky/ The larks, still bravely singing, fly/Scarce heard amid the guns below. – In Flanders Fields by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
3/19/06 to 3/25/06
Me: And just think I may be President someday.
My Mom: President of a company maybe, but never the country
Me: Do you really think anyone would care if Bush decided to dump 300 pounds of sand in his driveway.
My Mom: Probably not, but this isn’t the driveway. This is the street.
3/26/06 to 3/31/06
Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear MOM! Happy birthday to you.
4/01/06 to 04/08/06
"My fellow Americans. I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." - President Reagan while testing a microphone, that wasn’t supposed to have been turned on, moments before making a radio broadcast.
4/09/06 to 4/15/06
“By giving them [children] so much, we have robbed them of that indispensable sense realism that can only be earned by head-on collisions with the immovable object called the real world.” – Lee Harris
4/16/06 to 4/22/06
Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear DAD! Happy birthday to you.
4/23/06 to 4/29/06
Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control. -Wess Roberts
4/30/06 to 5/06/06
The United States is like a giant boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it, there is no limit to the power it can generate. – Attributed to Winston Churchill
5/07/06 to 5/13/06
I fell asleep at conception and woke up at birth. – Jason Schlotmann
5/14/06 to 5/20/06
“He’s a good man, thinks jaywalkers should get life.” – D.A. Arthur Branch ‘Law & Order’
5/21/06 to 5/27/06
Schools out! Schools out! Someone let the monkeys out, sliding down the banisters trying to kiss the Janitors!
5/28/06 to 6/03/06
“It was like this little purple demon thing coming out of her.” – A girl in my class on the subject of birth
6/04/06 to 6/10/06
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. -Bill Watterson
6/11/06 to 6/17/06
It is better to prevent than to cure. – Peruvian folk wisdom
6/18/06 to 6/24/06
There is no frigate like a book/ To take us lands away,/ Nor any coursers like a page/ Of prancing poetry./ This traverse may the poorest take/ Without oppress of toll;/ How frugal is the chariot/ That bears a human soul! –Emily ****enson
6/25/06 to 7/01/06
“There was an old fellow of Lyme/ Who lived with three wives at one time./ When asked, 'Why the third?'/ He replied, 'One’s absurd,/ And bigamy, sir, is a crime.'” –Edward Lear
7/02/06 to 7/08/06
"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." - Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence
7/09/06 to 7/15/06
"Mister Spock, the women on your planet are logical. That's the only planet in this galaxy that can make that claim." - Kirk to Spock “Elaan of Troyius”
7/16/06 to 7/22/06
"Eaten any good books lately?" – Q to Worf “Deja-Q”
7/23/06 to 7/29/06
"Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise" – Riker “Contagion”
7/30/06 to 8/05/06
"I am NOT a merry man!" – Worf “Qpid”
8/06/06 to 8/12/06
"Some of the colonists objected to having an anatomically correct android running around without any clothes on" - Juliana Soong “Inheritance”
8/13/06 to 8/19/06
"Captain, we're receiving two hundred and eighty-five thousand hails" - Lt. Wesley Crusher “Parallels”
8/20/06 to 8/26/06
"Captain, you are an excellent star ship commander, but as a taxi driver... you leave much to be desired." - Spock to Kirk. “A Piece of the Action”
8/27/06 to 9/02/06
"Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit." – Picard “All Good Things”
09/03/06 to 09/09/06
“Oh, Merlin! The last time I saw a look like that was the night before James, Sirius, Remus and Peter put a Fidelis charm on every bathroom in the school, then sold the locations to people for a galleon per bathroom,” exclaimed Minerva. – Chapter 10 of Sunset Over Britain by Bobmin
09/10/09 to 09/16/06
“Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941
09/17/06 to 09/23/06
Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. ~Mark Twain
09/24/06 to 09/30/06
None
10/01/06 to 10/07/06
Here lies in / honored glory / AN AMERICAN SOLDIER / known but to god... ~ Tomb of the Unknowns
It is not for us to question what is, but rather to question how we can improve it!
"I think, therefore I am!"
"Well, now, that depends . . ."
"On what?"
"How hard I hit you over the head . . ."
Friends are there for support . . .:wink:
"What happens when an irresistable force meets an immovable object?"
"I dunno. Has anything like that hit Chuck Norris?"
Sorry. Couldn't resist quoting a friend again . . .
did you know that Winston Churchcill had Bipolar?
yes did, so did Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and Ernest Hemingway.
Its surprising the number of famous people suffer from Psychological disorders
Hellkite
02-05-2006, 23:53
(http://www.wisdomquotes.com/001211.html) It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
^Aaarrgghh!! Startin' that again are you? Oh, well, now I gotta go find a speach . . . :sweat:
Every world . . . is my world. (I will learn to survive!)
Any world . . . is my world. (I will learn to survive!)
Every world . . . is my world.
Any world . . . is our world . . .
Last lines of Duran Duran's Ordinary World
Won't you please call my family, tell 'em not to cry.
My good-bye's are written by the moon in the sky.
Say, no-body knows me, I got no reason to stay . . .
Shiver me timbers, I'm sailing away . . .
Last lines of Bette Midler's Shiver me Timbers
And how I feel about South Africa at present . . .
"Hypothetical situation: You walk past an alleyway, and look down it. You see a man holding a knife on another, and obviously about to use it. Do you intervene and possibly get killed, or keep walking and let the other die? My answer is this; What if the one without a knife was the bad guy with a gun . . ?"
A friend's way of saying look before you leap.
Hellkite
03-05-2006, 18:06
In heaven all the interesting people are missing.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I was saving this for later but Pharel brought up Ernie Pyle and I had to post it. It's the part of the book, and the only reason I ever read it :oops: , that mentions my great uncle.
"The mechanic who fixed our gears was Sergent Walter Harrold, of Wadena, Minnesota. Already that day his outfit had been forced to move twice. German artillery had got their range once, and they were dive-bombed another time. Sergent Harrold had been working and dodging all day and had more jobs to that night, yet he worked on our jeep with as much interest as if it had been his own. You can tell a mechanic at heart even on a battlefield. Or maybe I should say especially on a battlefield." - Excerpt from chapter 17 of Ernie Pyle's Here Is Your War
^Nice, Harrie. Very nice . . . :thumbsup:
In war, we always appreciate the sacrifice of the many, but so often forget the sacrifice of the few . . .
"War is one of the stupidest things man ever invented. We talk, we fight, we die . . . then end up resolving things with talk! We couldn't just do that in the first place?!"
A wise young friend . . .
"There are two ways to Heaven: The natural way, or my fist!"
"If force doesn't work, you're not using enough."
Another friend . . . quite a contrast, yes?
"You like hurting people, don't you?"
"Not at all. I abhor unjustified violence."
"Then why'd you kill that guy for bumping into you?"
"It was justified . . ."
an . . . interesting take on things . . .
And it was written that no hand but his should wield the Sword held in the Stone, but he did draw it out, like fire in his hand, and his glory did burn the world. Thus did it begin. Thus do we sing his Rebirth. Thus do we sing the beginning.
-From The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan
And when the blood was sprinkled on ground where nothing could grow, the Children of the Dragon did spring up, the People of the Dragon, armed to dance with death. And he did call them forth from the wasted land, and they did shake the world with battle.
-From The Shadow Rising, Robert Jordan
We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
We ran to the sounds of the thunder.
We danced among the lightning bolts,
and tore the world asunder.
-From Crossroad of Twilight, Robert Jordan
Laugh, and the world laughs with you.
Die, and generally you die alone . . .
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter . . ."
-Gee, I wonder . . . :)
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
Shakespeare
^:) :D :lol: :cry2: . . . . that was funny . . .
When asked what he thought of Western Civilisation, Ghandi's reply was:
"I think it would be a good idea."
Yeah, that was Jason in health class on a day including a movie about human reproduction. I have one more coming up from that class.
"The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/30700.html)" - E. B. White
There's no such thing as a quote. Invariably somebody will get it wrong . . .
-My old English teacher. (This one is correct, though . . . :) )
Emmapeel
09-05-2006, 20:16
"To boldly go where no man has gone before.."
Star Trek or Neil Armstrong
mind you it applies to both
Hellkite
09-05-2006, 20:31
Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur
We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving. - Publilius Syrus
Hellkite
10-05-2006, 14:31
Love is the only bow on life's dark cloud.
It is the Morning and the Evening Star.
It shines upon the cradle of the babe,
and sheds its radiance upon the quiet tomb.
It is the mother of Art,
inspirer of poet, patriot, and philosopher.
It is the air and light of every heart, builder of every home,
kindler of every fire on every hearth.
It was the first to dream of immortality.
It fills the world with melody,
for Music is the voice of Love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter,
that changes worthless things to joy,
and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay.
It is the perfume of the wondrous flower -- the heart
and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon,
we are less than beasts;
but with it, earth is heaven
and we are gods.
Robert G. Ingersoll
"It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all"
"Oh, yeah? Try it some time . . ."
Hold fast to dreams,
For when dreams go;
Life is a barren field,
Frozen with snow
-Can't remember author/poet
Hellkite
15-05-2006, 11:43
Barbara Ehrenreich:
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Robert M. Hutchins:
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
:lol: I like that first one, the second one is just too true.
Blindeye
15-05-2006, 13:08
I am sorry, but this is my favorite quote ever:
Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
"Whadda YOU want?"
-Siege Tank, StarCraft
"I am about to drop the hammer . . . and dispense some indescriminate justice."
Siege Tank, StarCraft
"No-one can truly understand what it means to be a parent until the first time they here their baby cry."
Friend of mine. His arrived last year.
"Hearing my baby cry for the first time . . . "
A friend whose little one arrive . . . very recently . . .
So, the first friend would appear to be correct . . . :) :clap: :thumbsup:
I've updated.
I like the quotes everyone keeps coming up with. you never know, put down one i really like and it may end up on my list.
"Time is an illusion. A human attempt to quantify that which cannot be simply contained. It is better for us to come to terms with it, and accept that it is something we simply cannot alter or control, for only then will we be truly free of it . . ."
Anon
Hellkite
29-05-2006, 19:44
H. L. Mencken:
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.
Henry Steele Commager:
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.
Carl Schurz:
The peace and welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: "Our country -- when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right."
Mark Twain:
Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let me label you as they may.
Mark Twain:
The government is merely a servant -- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.
Norman Thomas:
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.
Jawaharial Nehru:
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the sound of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.
Theodore Roosevelt:
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. (1918)
John Stuart Mill:
The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right... The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
George Bernard Shaw:
Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"
^ B.L.O.O.D.Y. H.E.C.K.
That should keep you busy for a while, Harrie . . .
"I lost a bomb. Do you have it?"
Crazy Ivan, RA2
"Leeeerrrrooyyyyy Jeeeennnkkiiinnssss!"
To all those who follow Wold of WarCraft, this will mean something . . .
Sorry for the late update, but between getting my dad ready to have his knee replaced next week, me getting my wisdom teeth removed surgically (they are so putting me to sleep) at the end of this week, renting KOTR for the first time, and the plethora of menial tasks my parents are coming up with for me to do around the house because they think I should stay busy during the summer... Well, they aren't the ones that won't be able to eat anything more solid than a heavily steamed carrot for the next sev... er.... al.... days...
:oops:
Nevermind, enjoy the new quote.
"I could fly. Dreams really can come true, after all."
Me, to a friend last night. (She said yes!!! :excited: )
A heart is such a waste is we never learn to use it...
"What is it you see in her, exactly?"
"I don't know. And that's a good thing. It means I'll always be looking for more special things about her . . ."
Me, to the same friend last night. :excited: :)
Hellkite
10-06-2006, 21:45
In The Original Fremen / (English)
Inama Nushi,
Inama nushif (She is eternal)
Al *asir hiy ayish (No malice can touch)
Lia-anni (Singular and ageless)
Zaratha zarati (Perpetually bound)
Hatt al-hudad (Through the tempest)
Al-maahn al-baiid (be it deluge or sand)
Ay-yah idare (A singular voice)
A**** malum (speaks through the torrent)
Hatt al-hudad (Through the tempest)
Al-maahn al-baiid (be it deluge or sand)
Ay-yah idare (A singular voice)
A**** malum (speaks through the torrent)
Inama nishuf al a sadarr (Forever her voice sings)
Eann zaratha zarati (through the ages eternally bound)
Kali bakka a tishuf ahatt (Sacrifice is her gift)
Al hudad alman dali (one that cannot be equaled)
Inama nishuf al a sadarr (Forever her voice sings)
Eann zaratha zarati (through the ages eternally bound)
Kali bakka a tishuf ahatt (Sacrifice is her gift)
Al hudad alman dali alia (that Alia will one day equal)
Inama nushif (She is eternal)
Al *asir hiy ayish (No malice can touch)
Lia-anni (Singular and ageless)
Zaratha zarati (Perpetually bound)
I would walk a thousand miles, and die a thousand deaths, if it would spare you my agony.
-How I feel, right now
"I'm going to cut his heart out with a spoon!"
"Why a spoon, cousin?"
"'Cause it'll hurt more . . ."
-Nottingham & Gisbourne, Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves
. . . and what I'd like to do to 2 people . . .
Why is it when two people are truly happy, nine times out of ten the world conspires to separate them?
-My friend on Friday night.
"All the folks who died before...are with you here today."
- General Longstreet, Gettysburg Motion Picture (1993)
"There are times when a Corp commander's life does not count."
- General Hancock, Gettysburg Motion Picture (1993)
"**** it all! I will not be moved...till this engagement has been decided...give me a turnikit before I bleed to death."
- Once again, General Hancock - when he was wounded during the attack of General Pickett's men on the union.
"Second star to the right, then straight on till morning."
- Captain Kirk, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
"We go into battle...to reclaim our lives...this we do gladly...for we are Jem'Hadar. Do not forget, victory is life. *Victory is life.*"
- The Jem'Hadar on some episode of Deep Space Nine.
"I'm sorry I won't be there to walk you down that aisle, but I'll look in on you from time to time."
- Bruce Willis, as Harry Stamper, talking to his daughter Gracie (Liv Tyler), before he went to his certain death to save the world on the movie "Armageddon" (1998)
Dear god help me, I'm late again.
This week my reasons are better this time around; my dad had he knee replaced yesterday and I've haven't been able to even get the site to load for the last 3 days.
So here it is.
Edit: I just programmed my phone to remind me every saturday to change it. Cross your fingers.
Emmapeel
16-06-2006, 20:42
Wow, this is very close to the bone and so true too
I know... I've felt the same way, Iccky... At times I still do... Even four months later...
Here's the new quote.
Hmmmm . . . morbid . . . need to cheer things up . . .
"What does that button do?"
"Don't touch it . . . "
"Oooops!"
- Random conversation in game. Don't remember which . . .
"Darius"
"Yeah?"
"You know there's a goblin sneaking up on you?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Just saying . . ."
- Magic: the Gathering card 'Indifference'
Look, it's not that I don't understand. Heck, I've had two of my oldest friends get hit and killed by cars in the last six months . . . but the way I see it, maybe they're better off. Chances are they are the ones pitying us for not being where they are . . . . so that's how I do it. I think of them in a better world than this one.
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter . . ."
- Yoda, the wisest little green alien I know . . .
Next week I will be featuring Star Trek quotes. But for now I leave you with a humorous llittle lemrick.
EAS_Intrepid
26-06-2006, 02:21
Hehe, my ones would be:
"The 'L' in CENTCOM stands for leadership..." (LtCol, CENTCOM)
and since we had the 06-06-06 recently:
"Ya know, in this Command, if the world were supposed to end tomorrow, it would still happen behind schedule." CWO4 (Chief Warrant Officer) (ret) (EUCOM)
but a qoute that always makes my day:
"I need intelligence, not information." Maj (EUCOM)
"I know of two words that should never be put together . . . Military Intelligence. It doesn't exist . . ."
- A friend of mine, looking to get a nuke up his Be-Hind!
"We're put on this earth to live and die. Not to make a difference. That's just a bonus . . ."
- Unknown
EAS_Intrepid
27-06-2006, 04:01
"Miliary intelligence, sorry, these two words contradict!" EUCOM Major
"I'd rather have a German Army in front of me that a French one behind me!" - General George S. Patton
Bwahahahahahahaha!! Good point on #2, Intrepid!! :lol:
"Welcome . . . to the human race."
- Trailer of Titan AE
"She is so in love with you. She says to me 'Mom, he's the one. He's my husband.' "
- My girlfrind's mom to me last night, telling me what Bev said to her. Know what, that makes me so happy, it's scary . . .
"Put your hand on a hot stove for 5 seconds, and it'll seem like an hour. Sit next to a pretty girl for an hour, and it'll seem like five minutes. That's relativity . . ."
- Albert Einstein, Wise as well as smart . . .
Hellkite
30-06-2006, 11:04
from the moive ID4
President Whitmore: Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning to all of us. We cannot be consumed by our petty differences anymore. Perhaps it is fate that today is the fourth of July, and we will once again be fighting for our freedom. But not for freedom from tyrrany or oppression or persecution. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world stood up and declared in one voice that we will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
^ Show-off . . . :wink:
"Interesting job you guys have."
- MIB 1
"Hear that? It's the sound of a thousand terrible things coming this way."
- Qui-Gon, Episode 1
EAS_Intrepid
30-06-2006, 17:59
Another presifdential speech to the end of mankind:
"This is ... This is the president. I have just been informed that our midrange military bases at beta derony and promixa three have fallen to the Minbari advance. We have lost contact with Io and must conclude that they to have fallen to an advanced force. Our military intelligence believes that Minbari intend to by pass Mars and hit Earth directly and the attack may come at any time. We have continued to broadcast our surrender and a plea for mercy and they have not responded. We therefore can only conclude that we stand at the twilight of the Human race. In order to buy more time for our evacuation transports to leave Earth, we ask for support of every ship capable of fighting, to take part in a defense of our homeworld. We will not lie to you. We do not believe survival is a possibility. We believe that anyone who joins this battle, will never come home again. But for every ten minutes, we can delay the military advance, several hundred more civilians may have a chance to escape to neutral territory. Though Earth may fall, the Human race must have a chance to continue else where. No greater sacrifice has every been asked of a people, but I ask you now, to step forward one last time. One last battle to hold the line against the night! May God go with you all."
from: Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Hellkite
30-06-2006, 18:55
"The universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice.
The language is not Narn, or Human, or Centauri, or Gaim or Minbari
It speaks in the language of hope
It speaks in the language of trust
It speaks in the language of strength and the language of compassion
It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul.
But always it is the same voice
It is the voice of our ancestors, speaking through us,
And the voice of our inheritors, waiting to be born
It is the small, still voice that says
We are one
No matter the blood
No matter the skin
No matter the world
No matter the star:
We are one
No matter the pain
No matter the darkness
No matter the loss
No matter the fear
We are one
Here, gathered together in common cause, we agree to recognize the
singular truth and this singular rule:
That we must be kind to one another
Because each voice enriches us and ennobles us and each voice lost
diminishes us.
We are the voice of the Universe, the soul of creation, the fire
that will light the way to a better future.
We are one.
We are one."
Narn ambassador G'Kar Preamble to Declaration of Principles ISA
Now I know I said there would be Star Trek quotes starting this week but them I realized what week it was. So they have been pushed next week.
God bless the USA!
Well, it's here. The 4th of July, ain't it . . . Happy Independence Day!!
Remember one thing; what God has given us, let no man take from us. He can take life, love and home, but let him not take our indepedence, for without it we are nothing. Long Live America!
"Welcome to Earth!"
- Will Smith, after that Impressive punch in ID4
"In the words of my fore-fathers . . . Up Yours!!!"
- The crazy pilot that flys into the Alien's main weapon. Randy Quaid's Character . . .
That there be Family, I rejoice. That there be Love, I rejoice. That there be Peace, I rejoice. Alas, I cannot rejoice in them, for there is War, and Family and Love are torn asunder. But I can rejoice in the knowledge that as long as we are Free, we might one day cease the Wars, and then will Peace and Love reign within our global Family, and all shall be as Sister and Brother. And in that day, shall we gain our Independence from all that keeps us on this lowly Earth, and release ourselves unto the Stars above, as one People, the Family of Earth . . .
- A wish for us all, I think . . . :thumbsup:
As promised I will be using Star trek quotes exclusively for the next few weeks. Most of the ones i chosen are quotes I find amusing (anything that brings a smile to your face). If you have any you like PM them to me.
I got till next year to fill up. :wink:
Enjoy!
This isn't a quote, exactly, but remember in Generations when Worf got his hat and Riker said "Computer: Remove the plank!". The look on Worf's face was . . . priceless!!
"Time is like a fire in which we burn."
and it's answer
"I think of time as a friend"
by Soran and Picard
"Star Trek is nothing but a bunch of trash that some stupid idiot made up to make a fast buck."
- An idiot. Considering that he was standing in the middle of a lot of Trek fans when he said it. What he said wasn't funny. What he looked like afterwards was . . .
Should have done this one last week . . . oh well . . .
"Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blessed with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"
:)
Ok, here's the new quote.
And also a touching poem I came across during the week. It's too long to be a Quote of the Week but I still wanted to share it.
Note: While looking for another thread I came across the Poetry thread and have moved it there.
"I'm in your base killin' your dudes!"
For all you on-line gamers . . .
then, the cuter version . . .
"I'm in your fridge, eatin' your foods!"
with a pic of a kitten in a fridge . . . awwwwww . . .
Here's the newest quote. And for those of you who haven't seen or don't remember the episode this is from, all the "two hundred and eighty-five thousand hails" are from some form or another of the Enterprise.
The little addition I placed at the bottom will remain up until the end of the month.
"I don't care how you do it, just get it done!"
"Ok" (followed by sound of garbage bin opening & closing)
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?!?!?"
"You said get it done. It's done, ain't it?"
- A friend's response to a ****y boss. He was quitting that day anyhow . . . :)
Boss: What you become when you master the art of giving others your work to do.
- Me to co-worker on Friday . . . and Saturday . . .
"I love you so much every
second & minute that goes
bye I miss you. Each day that
comes I think of you. I will see
you soon. Sleep tight"
- Bev's SMS to me last night. Purrrrrrrrrr........ :)
(Removed by author, for resons he will not disclose)
^ And I'm sure none will ask . . .
To understand freedom, try to imagine yourself as the Eagle. If you can feel the flight, and see the world from up there without need of a metal cage, then you can understand freedom. It is a pity, then, that most cannot think beyond the window . . .
My mom sent me this today and I've decided it's my quote of the day.
'Be careful what you ask for, Akmed!'
The Iranian Ambassador to the UN had just finished giving a speech
and walked out into the lobby where he met President Bush.
They shook hands, and as they walked, the Iranian said, "You know,
I have just one question about what I have seen in America".
President Bush said, "Well, anything I can do to help you, I will."
The Iranian whispered, "My son watches this show 'Star Trek' and
in it there is Chekhov who is Russian, Scotty who is Scottish, and
Sulu who is Chinese, but no Arabs".
"My son is very upset and doesn't understand why there aren't any
Iranians on Star Trek."
President Bush laughed, leaned toward the Iranian Ambassador, and
whispered back, "It's because it takes place in the future".
EAS_Intrepid
14-09-2006, 22:53
Well, I can imagine Bush saying that!
BUT: (Yes, Continental Europeans are nitpickers) The Irnian Ambassador would have said 'Persians'! Arabs are Saudis or Iraqis, but Iranian people are Persians and they are **** proud of it.
Yeah well, we americans don't give rats rear. Besides if he had said Persians Bush would have wanted to know why he was suddenly talking about cats, he's that.... slow. :wink:
EAS_Intrepid
15-09-2006, 00:52
What race was Data's cat?
I don't know but I don't think it's a Persian
See:
Data and Spot (http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5769/dataandspotsx8.jpg)
A Persian (http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/2003/persianpe2.jpg)
Hellkite
30-09-2006, 10:46
"This thing that Cadets do — parading in unyielding formation, shining already gleaming boots, enlisting to sacrifice their lives on some unknown and unloved territory far from home — is not done out of ignorance, but out of faith. They have faith that the American values and resourcefulness do not lend themselves to meaningless death. They have faith that not only is freedom worth fighting for, but that we do not fight for any lesser end"
NATHAN THORNBURGH
Time Inc Posted Thursday, Sep. 28, 2006
Here's the new quote. Enjoy.
Hellkite
05-10-2006, 05:07
Barbara Ehrenreich:
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots
Lord_Trekie
05-10-2006, 10:24
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
-Book of Ecclesiastes, ch 3 verses 1-8
i always liked this quote from a movie
" You have a lotta guts , lets see what they look like "
THE FINAL INSPECTION
The Marine stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, Marine,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
The soldier squared his shoulders and said,
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't.
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep...
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand.
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.
As the Marine waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Marine,
You've borne your burdens well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
~Author Unknown~ (As far as i could find)
EAS_Intrepid
06-10-2006, 23:17
This line got my attention:
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.
because there is a also a sentence from "A Few Good Men" which is, in my opnion, so quiet true (as the poem posted by Harrie is):
You want us [the Marines] out there. You need us at that wall, but you're not saying that on parties. You loath the Marines but you cover yourself with the blanket of freedom hat I give the people every day!
When God closes a door, another opens. Failing that, try the nearest window . . .
- A funny friend . . .
It's been a while since I posted ^, so hopefully this won't count as double posting . . .
This is for all Americans. I know that most of the world gives them up-hill about "sticking their noses in where they aren't wanted", but most don't see the amount of good that is done by them. And how many of them are lost in persuit of that goal/dream of freedom and peace. So, to all the US citizens on this site, the unsung heroes in their armed forces, and esp. my friend Hellkite, this one's for you . . .
The Star Spangled Banner
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
by Francis Scott Key, 1814
The new quote is up. Thought I'd get away from death for a bit and work on my newest novelty.
I'm quickly learning how true this quote is.
"There are no perfect people in this world . . . only perfect intentions."
-Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
"It matters not that you have lived, but how you lived, for that is how you will be remembered . . . and judged . . ."
- Unknown
"Someday, we will meet again, my friend. But not yet . . . not yet!"
- The last line spoken in Gladiator.
Thank you Phoenix. That is a very thoughtful post.:thumbsup:
Thanks, friend. Long time no message . . .
"To live would be an awefully big adventure!"
- Peter Pan
and now that I have more time, a few additions . . .
"It is said that leaving home is a very hard thing to do. I find that coming home is harder, because everyone asks questions you'd prefer not to answer . . ."
- Anonymous Friend . . . :)
"All men are born equal?!? That's like saying all men drive cars! It's true, but the make is important as well . . ."
- Best friend on Equality in our country. . .
. . .and the same frind on the concept of Paradise;
"You know something. I don't think Paradise is, or ever was, an actual place. I think it is within our minds. I think it was the innocence we lost as we evolved . . . who knows? Maybe we can find it again some day . . ."
And lastly, a joke:
An Army guy is sitting at a bar wearing a shirt that says "Marines suck".
Sure enough, two marines walk up.
One of the Marines says, "WHAT DOES THAT SHIRT SAY!?!?!?!"
So the Army guy responds, "That's the first thing I hate about Marines, they can't read."
The other Marine growls, "What did you say!?!"
The Army guy responds, "That's the second thing I hate about Marines, they can't hear."
Then the first Marine demands that they take this outside.Two minutes later the Army guy walks back into the bar unharmed. The bartender askes "What happened to the two Marines?"
The army guy responds, "That's the third thing I hate about Marines,
they bring knives to gunfights."
Phoenix, out.
Hellkite
09-11-2006, 14:34
All the lessons of history in four sentences:
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power.
The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small.
The bee fertilizes the flower it robs.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Charles A. Beard
It is useless to fight a God . . . unless you wish to become one. Then it's just plain suicide . . .
- Truth, or fiction?
I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya . . . punk?
- Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry A CLASSIC!!!
Ok, the new quote is up. There are some good ones that I missed in teh weeks i was absent but they'll be put up when I update the list on the first post.
Edit: If I could edit the first post they would be put up there, seems somethings changed while i had my back turned.
So here is past few quotes not on the list.
10/08/06 to 10/14/06
Expect an early death - it will keep you busier. ~Martin H. Fischer
10/15/06 to 10/21/06
Your purpose in relationships is simply to be your best self, regardless of the circumstances. ~ Rosalene Glickman
10/22/06 to 10/28/06
though love be a day and life be nothing, it shall not stop kissing. ~e.e. cummings
10/29/06 to 11/04/06
Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear. ~Author Unknown
11/05/06 to 11/11/06
Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information. ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
11/12/06 to 11/18/06
You may delay, but time will not. ~Benjamin Franklin
To live would be an awefully big adventure!
- Peter of the Pan . . .
It is not enough that we live, for to merely live is easy. It is not enough to exist, for even the lowliest thing exists. If we acknowledge that we exist, and live, AND can shine as a diamond among the pebbles of the Universe, then we truly can say that we are alive!
- Dunno. Good, though . . .
Hellkite
30-11-2006, 12:45
A
Soldier's Prayer
Whenever you see this star, please pray for me,
For on a lonely journey, I will be.
Serving my country by protecting this land,
Created so uniquely by the Master's Hand.
Pray for my protection and safety as I go,
Deliverance from the evil snares of my foes.
Pray for my courage to stand brave and strong,
But humbleness to remember to whom I belong.
Pray I'll be the man God created me to be,
Cleansed by the blood on the cross at Calvary.
Pray that I'll take up daily the full Armor of God,
To guide and protect my footsteps wherever I may trod.
Pray for wisdom and discernment in every decision I make,
That I'll seek His will before each step that I take.
Pray I'll find comfort in knowing He's always there,
Trusting Him completely with all my burdens to bear.
Pray for endurance as I bravely answer this call,
Remembering that for me, He gave His One and All.
Pray that I'll lean not on my own understanding,
For only in Him is victory and true honor gained.
Pray for my family while I'm away from home,
Help them to remember that they're never alone.
Pray they'll trust the Sovereignty of His unseen Hand,
Focusing on the One who has a Master Plan.
Pray I'll find hope renewed and in Him, the strength,
If my spirit begins to grow weary and faint.
Pray that on wings like eagles, I will soar,
If I begin to feel that I can take no more.
Now, as this nation's freedom I go to defend,
Pray for my swift and safe return in the end.
Pray that in Him, I completely trust and obey,
As I fulfill the mission of "Enduring Freedom" for the USA!
Hellkite
05-12-2006, 04:41
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.”
– Chinese Proverb
"No! Do not try! Do . . . or do not. There is no try!"
- Duh! Little green man . . .
Every now and then I'll be quoting everyone favorite Sergeant Major. This week comes from Legendary difficulty of Halo 2.
Hellkite
01-01-2007, 15:20
I know the evil of my ancestors because I am those people. The balance is delicate in the extreme. I know that few of ;you who read my words have ever thought about your ancestors this way. It has not occurred to you that your ancestors were survivors and that the survival itself sometimes involved savage decisions, a kind of wanton brutality which civilized humankind works very hard to suppress. What price will you pay for that suppression? Will you accept your won extinction?
Leto II God Emperor of Dune
"There are two sides to any battle. Them and us. And which side you're on depends on your point of veiw . . ."
EAS_Intrepid
02-01-2007, 19:50
"I want you to remember, that no ******* ever won a war in dying for his country." - Patton
Lord_Trekie
03-01-2007, 07:44
Here's one by me...
"Trying is always good, succeeding is always better, though it happens less often than one would hope."
EAS_Intrepid
03-01-2007, 08:26
"Trust is good, control is better" - Lenin
I came across this song on my Hard Drive and liked it.
Girls.... HAVE MERCY!!!!
What can you see, on the Horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea . . . a pale moon rises.
The ships have come . . . to carry you home.
And all will turn . . . to silver glass.
A light on the water,
Grey ships pass, Into the West . . .
- Extract, Into the West by Annie Lennox
Majestic
10-01-2007, 16:07
Here are a few from Babylon 5 the TV series that I have adopted and believe that can be used to relate to todays society.
1. Understanding is like a 3 edge sword, theres your side, their side and the truth. - Sheridan
2. Everybody lies. - Garabaldi
3. If with one wrong word I can become the enemy, do I really any longer understand who the enemy really is. - Londo Mollari
Each of these accurately describes todays culture, in my opinion.
Hellkite
18-01-2007, 13:04
Carl Sagan:
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
Jasoneagle
18-01-2007, 15:00
Everything I say is a Lie, I always Lie,
To not learn from ones past mistakes is to be doomed to repeat the same mistakes.
There are no perfect deeds, only perfect intentions.
Hellkite
18-01-2007, 17:13
David C. McCullough:
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
James Baldwin:
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
That we dream is how we know we are awake. The question is, how do we know that when we are awake, we are not actually dreaming?
Hellkite
20-01-2007, 06:15
Gerda Lerner:
We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. They foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.
New quote is up... Enjoy...
You say one cannot have both God and science? That, indeed, science destroyed God?
The way I see it, science is just a way of confirming how great a scientist and mathematician God truely is. For if we are only begining to understand the laws of the Universe in scientific principles, imagine how great God was to think them up in the first place!
Here's the new quote...
I suppose I should explain... Today is Jan. 27... in one week it will be Feb. 3...
And one year since my Grandma passed on...
"Time can do many things. Erase the past, diminish sorrow, lessen hurt . . . but of all the things time cannot do, it is bring back those we've lost. Is it not a comfort, then, to know that they are not gone? For they live inside us, in our memories of them. As long as you remember, time has no dominion over the lost ones, for until you forget them, they are never truly lost . . ."
Guys: Don't forget what happens on the 14th!
Gals: Don't be too hard on them if they do...
Majestic
12-02-2007, 13:15
Guys: Don't forget what happens on the 14th!
When your single like me you don't need to worry about it. :wink:
Too true... Too very true...
I almost wish I had to worry about it...
EAS_Intrepid
12-02-2007, 17:52
14th? 14th?
Isn't that the annuary of the membership of Arizona in the US? (14th February 1912) :wink:
14th? 14th?
Isn't that the annuary of the membership of Arizona in the US? (14th February 1912) :wink:
Oregons as well in 1859...
Ok, the new quote is a little late but I've been a little busy as of late.
The other day my Advanced English teacher asked us to ponder the universe and describe it as we saw it. She wanted us to put it down on paper and turn it in, length didn't matter. So I gave her 17 words. The best part... one kid turned in 4 or 5 pages.
Hellkite
23-03-2007, 18:15
Henry David Thoreau:
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Hellkite
12-04-2007, 17:00
Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
note this one Harrie
Marcus Aurelius:
Quod sententia mos tribuo vestri solamen , si sententia operor sulum factum of vita tanquam is erant permaneo.
translation
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
note this one Harrie
Marcus Aurelius:
Quod sententia mos tribuo vestri solamen , si sententia operor sulum factum of thy vita tanquam is erant permaneo.
translation
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
Marcus Aurelius made a very good point, that's the way I try to look at life, it doesn't always work but I still try.
It's also interesting you bring up Coleridge, we just got finish working with one of his poems in my english class ("Frost at Midnight").
Hellkite
13-04-2007, 15:39
Alfred Tennyson:
I am a part of all that I have met.
Herman Melville:
We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.
Henry David Thoreau:
The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
Hellkite
17-04-2007, 16:20
Given whats happen
Emily ****inson
Bereavement in their death to feel
Whom We have never seen—
A Vital Kinsmanship import
Our Soul and theirs—between—
For Stranger—Strangers do not mourn—
There be Immortal friends
Whom Death see first—'tis news of this
That paralyze Ourselves—
Who, vital only to Our Thought—
Such Presence bear away
In dying—'tis as if Our Souls
Absconded—suddenly—
Invictus by William Earnest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Hellkite
17-04-2007, 16:34
Anne Bradstreet:
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Hellkite
25-04-2007, 14:50
Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
George Washington:
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.
Hellkite
27-04-2007, 09:36
Keshavan Nair:
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Hellkite
28-04-2007, 10:04
King Baldwin IV "King 0f Jerusalem 1174-1185"
You see, none of us chose our end really. A king may move a man, a father may claim a son. But remember that, even when those who move you be kings or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convinient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.
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