Monday, December 03, 2007

November 2007 Quotes

Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried. - Frank Tyger

I wanna be consequence free
I wanna be where nothing needs to matter
- Great Big Sea (consequence Free)

No man is rich whose desires can never be satisfied. - (The Republic of Plato)

All that makes existence valuable to any one, depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people. - John Stuart Mill (On Liberty)

I could see it was hurting him to talk and thought of telling him to let it go, but sometimes it hurts more to be quiet. - Stephen King (The Green Mile)

If you want to know what a man's like, take a look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. - J.K. Rowling (The Goblet of Fire)

I lost touch with reality, now my personality
Is an unwanted commodity
- Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul (Fallin’)

the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy. - Isaac Asimov (Foundation's Edge)

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. - Jim Feibig

The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind are stretched to their limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something worthwhile.' - Czikszentmihalyi

We are...so accustomed to see things done ill, that a work well done is a miracle. - Thomas Storrow Brown

If you cannot be both honest and polite, keep your tongue on your own side of your teeth. - Isaac Asimov (Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain)

A true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. - Walter Winchell

Our screams and shouts don't leave any doubt
We've been waking up the Grey Cup team.
-Stompin Tom (Football Song)

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. - Sandra Carey


no knife could be honed as sharp as a woman's tongue. - Isaac Asimov (Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain)

Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog. - The Cockel Bur

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. - Goethe