Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 2

PKFFW · 05-04-2010, 09:05 AM

"This above all: to thine own self be true"

Hamlet - William Shakespeare

BenG · 05-07-2010, 10:19 AM

The More Loving One

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.

– W. H. Auden

kennyc · 05-07-2010, 10:52 AM

"Everybody knows about Mississippi."

- Nina Simone

MelC · 05-08-2010, 02:31 PM

But yet mathematical certainty is after all, something insufferable. Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo barring your path and spitting. I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too.
- Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky

BenG · 05-16-2010, 08:48 AM

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."
-James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion

kennyc · 05-16-2010, 08:51 AM

I love that one Ben.

WT Sharpe · 05-16-2010, 01:37 PM

.....The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
..........— Lord Acton (John E. E. Dalberg) (1834-1902) English Historian. The History of Freedom and Other Essays (1907), Chapter 1. Quoted in The Great Thoughts by George Seldes.

kennyc · 05-16-2010, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
..........— Lord Acton (John E. E. Dalberg) (1834-1902) English Historian. The History of Freedom and Other Essays (1907), Chapter 1. Quoted in The Great Thoughts by George Seldes.

Interesting!

poohbear_nc · 05-16-2010, 07:09 PM

Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,
My staff of faith to walk upon,
My scrip of joy, immortal diet,
My bottle of salvation,
My gown of glory, hope's true gage,
And thus I'll take my pilgramage.

Sir Walter Raleigh (awaiting execution)

FatDog · 05-16-2010, 09:04 PM

G.K.Chesterton was a childrens book writer who under attack early in the century for writing stories for children that were similar to Grims's fairy tales (the darker ones). His response to criticism was this quote:

"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
— G.K. Chesterton

some others (from Goodreads)

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
— Oscar Wilde

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

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. (as said by Miss Piggy)"
— Jim Henson

"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."
— Terry Pratchett

WT Sharpe · 05-16-2010, 09:44 PM

Please, folks, if you can source the quotes, please do. Unsourced quotes are just gossip. Give us chapter and verse from the original source!

kennyc · 05-16-2010, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Please, folks, if you can source the quotes, please do. Unsourced quotes are just gossip. Give us chapter and verse from the original source!

Yes Please. The intent here was to provide quotes, excerpts etc from specific books in order to find new books or authors to read.

BenG · 05-16-2010, 10:23 PM

My Cabell quote was from The Silver Stallion.

kennyc · 05-16-2010, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

My Cabell quote was from The Silver Stallion.

Thanks Man!

WT Sharpe · 05-16-2010, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

My Cabell quote was from The Silver Stallion.

05-16-2010, 08:48 AM	#20
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true." -James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion Last edited by BenG; 01-29-2011 at 10:52 AM.

05-16-2010, 01:37 PM	#22
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. ..........— Lord Acton (John E. E. Dalberg) (1834-1902) English Historian. *The History of Freedom and Other Essays* (1907), Chapter 1. Quoted in *The Great Thoughts* by George Seldes. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 06-20-2010 at 08:14 AM.

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05-04-2010, 09:05 AM	#16
PKFFW Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 31000000 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: BeBook, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo H2O	"This above all: to thine own self be true" Hamlet - William Shakespeare

05-07-2010, 10:19 AM	#17
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	The More Loving One Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them, say I missed one terribly all day. Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time. – W. H. Auden

05-07-2010, 10:52 AM	#18
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	"Everybody knows about Mississippi." - Nina Simone

05-08-2010, 02:31 PM	#19
MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	But yet mathematical certainty is after all, something insufferable. Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo barring your path and spitting. I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too. - Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky

05-16-2010, 08:51 AM	#21
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I love that one Ben.

05-16-2010, 07:09 PM	#24
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 61,044 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon, My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage, And thus I'll take my pilgramage. Sir Walter Raleigh (awaiting execution)

05-16-2010, 09:04 PM	#25
FatDog Witless protection Agent Posts: 290 Karma: 1002898 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: Kindle	G.K.Chesterton was a childrens book writer who under attack early in the century for writing stories for children that were similar to Grims's fairy tales (the darker ones). His response to criticism was this quote: "Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." — G.K. Chesterton some others (from Goodreads) "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." — Oscar Wilde "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." — Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho) "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. (as said by Miss Piggy)" — Jim Henson "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." — Terry Pratchett

05-16-2010, 09:44 PM	#26
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Please, folks, if you can source the quotes, please do. Unsourced quotes are just gossip. Give us chapter and verse from the original source!

05-16-2010, 10:23 PM	#28
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	My Cabell quote was from The Silver Stallion.