Comments on: Inspiring and Horrifying Quotes

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:20:44 +0000

Hmm. Some randoms off the top of my head. Though amusing rather than inspiring…

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
John Hughes (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)

An elderly John Betjemen, when asked if he had any regrets about his life.
“I haven’t had enough sex.”

“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning that’s the best they’re going to feel all day.”
Frank Sinatra

An exchange between the portly GK Chesterton and the slight GB Shaw
Chesterton: I see there has been a famine in the land.
Shaw: And I see the cause of it.

By: Fabien

Fabien — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:11:57 +0000

I saw this sentence wrote on a statue in the city where I study, Montpellier in France.

“La vie c’est comme une bite, parfois c’est dur.”
Translation: “Life is like a cock, sometimes it’s hard.”

It’s not Shakespeare, unfortunately.

Have a good day, your blog is really good.

By: Dinah

Dinah — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:26:14 +0000

Saw these two great quotes in a travel shop in Dorchester:
‘Life is either a daring adventure or nothing’ Helen Keller
‘Courage is very scared to death – and saddling up anyway’ John Wayne

By: Dinah

Dinah — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:07:45 +0000

Here’s my quote:

Ciaran Hanway is a legend – Dinah 4th May 2007

You’d probably better not put this one on your quotes page…

By: Julie 1336

Julie 1336 — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:00:05 +0000

Some great stuff there Ciaran!

Here’s a few more:

“But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.”
Plutarch
“We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you
think.” Swami Vivehananda

“Your daily life is your temple and your religion.”
Kahil Gibran

and for cat lovers everywhere:
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” Leonardo da Vinci