Quotes
I started a list of my most favorite quotes years ago, but unfortunately it was lost somewhere between the transition from high school to college. Hopefully I can find it again, but until that day comes, I should start a new list for all the amazing quotes I may encounter in the future.
Et tu, Brute?
- Shakespeare, Julius Casesar
But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth.
- Mark Twain
Couldn't sleep last night. Yoochun kept singing, Junsu was practicing dance moves, and Jaejoong was tweeting.
- Shane Yoon via Twitter
If it's still in your mind, it is still in your heart...
-Paulo Coelho
Maybe the start line was supposed to be your finish line. Don't be afraid to walk backwards.
-Tablo via Twitter
Forever is that infinite space between '0' and '1'.
-Tablo via Twitter
For the dreamer, it always rains. Do not let that make you place a roof over your dream
-Tablo via Twitter
A period that sheds a tear becomes a comma; a comma that gathers its tear becomes a period.
-Tablo
Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
-Winnie the Pooh
A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman, a woman is lucky if she is the last love of the man.
-Charles Dickens
Basically half the world is rocking to Mirotic at any given moment.
kyoko_hino
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
-Marcel Duchamp
We sometimes think we want to disappear, but all we really want is to be found.
A true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes, while everyone else believes the smile on your face.
Any person can be nice to your face, but it takes a real friend to be nice behind your back.
A bus station is where bus stops. A train station is where train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
We stopped checking for monsters under our bed when we realized they were inside us.
Never believe in your heart; it's not on the right side.
Dear Destiny, I'm ready now.
Dear Brain, sorry for overloading you. Dear Pillow, sorry for the tears. Dear Heart, sorry for all the damage.
Being nice to someone you dislike doesn't mean you're fake. It means you're mature enough to tolerate your attitude towards them.
Dont try to be someone your not. You were born an original, don't die a copy.
Speed dont kill, its the sudden stop that does.
Every girl is beautiful it just takes the right guy to see it.
Welcome failure into your lives. It's how we grow. What matters is not that you failed, but that you recovered.
I’m not afraid of failure. Failing and not knowing how to stand back up again, that’s what scares me.
-Mom
Every once in awhile, there will come an especially powerful moment when you can actually feel that an experience has changed who you are. Embrace these, even if they are painful.
"It's impossible." said pride. "It's risky." said experience. "It's pointless." said reason. "Give it a try." whispered the heart.
What are a woman's four favorite animals? A mink in the closet,a Jaguar in the garage,a tiger in the bedroom, and an ass to pay for it all.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know?
-"Ohio" by CSNY
The things you'd give your life for won't give you life.
The best makeup is Smile. The best jewelry is Modesty. The best clothing is Confidence.
whenever you're feeling inadequate, just remember, you were the fastest sperm. no one can take that from you!
"I'm Sorry" is a statement. "I won't do it again" is a promise. "How do I make it up to you" is a responsibility.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them-..... I destroy them. I make it impossible for them to ever hurt me again. I grind them and grind them until they don’t exist.
- Ender's Game
No matter how you feel, you have to act
like you are very popular with yourself;
very relaxed and purposeful,
very unconfused
and not
like you are walking through the sunshine
singing
in chains.
- Last stanza from Tony Hoagland's "Here in Berkeley"
I didn’t solve any problems, for all my thinking, but I did a lot of looking.
- Verlyn Klinkenborg
Will I ever experience a beautiful day like this again in my life?
When we meet each other along the way on that day, please don’t let me go again.
The love we couldn’t have in this life. The fate couldn’t have in this life.
When we meet each other again along the way on that day please don’t like me go.
- Lines from Lee Sunhee's "Fate"
Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.
-unknown
My third grade teacher told me I had no future.
I run through snow and turn around
just to make sure I've got a past.
I remember wishing I could be boiled like water
and made pure again. Desire
so real it could be outlined in chalk.
-Excerpts from "Disasterology" by Jeffery McDaniel
Rejection isn't failure. Failure is giving up.
Et tu, Brute?
- Shakespeare, Julius Casesar
But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth.
- Mark Twain
Couldn't sleep last night. Yoochun kept singing, Junsu was practicing dance moves, and Jaejoong was tweeting.
- Shane Yoon via Twitter
If it's still in your mind, it is still in your heart...
-Paulo Coelho
Maybe the start line was supposed to be your finish line. Don't be afraid to walk backwards.
-Tablo via Twitter
Forever is that infinite space between '0' and '1'.
-Tablo via Twitter
For the dreamer, it always rains. Do not let that make you place a roof over your dream
-Tablo via Twitter
A period that sheds a tear becomes a comma; a comma that gathers its tear becomes a period.
-Tablo
Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
-Winnie the Pooh
A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman, a woman is lucky if she is the last love of the man.
-Charles Dickens
Basically half the world is rocking to Mirotic at any given moment.
kyoko_hino
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
-Marcel Duchamp
We sometimes think we want to disappear, but all we really want is to be found.
A true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes, while everyone else believes the smile on your face.
Any person can be nice to your face, but it takes a real friend to be nice behind your back.
A bus station is where bus stops. A train station is where train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
We stopped checking for monsters under our bed when we realized they were inside us.
Never believe in your heart; it's not on the right side.
Dear Destiny, I'm ready now.
Dear Brain, sorry for overloading you. Dear Pillow, sorry for the tears. Dear Heart, sorry for all the damage.
Being nice to someone you dislike doesn't mean you're fake. It means you're mature enough to tolerate your attitude towards them.
Dont try to be someone your not. You were born an original, don't die a copy.
Speed dont kill, its the sudden stop that does.
Every girl is beautiful it just takes the right guy to see it.
Welcome failure into your lives. It's how we grow. What matters is not that you failed, but that you recovered.
I’m not afraid of failure. Failing and not knowing how to stand back up again, that’s what scares me.
-Mom
Every once in awhile, there will come an especially powerful moment when you can actually feel that an experience has changed who you are. Embrace these, even if they are painful.
"It's impossible." said pride. "It's risky." said experience. "It's pointless." said reason. "Give it a try." whispered the heart.
What are a woman's four favorite animals? A mink in the closet,a Jaguar in the garage,a tiger in the bedroom, and an ass to pay for it all.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know?
-"Ohio" by CSNY
The things you'd give your life for won't give you life.
The best makeup is Smile. The best jewelry is Modesty. The best clothing is Confidence.
whenever you're feeling inadequate, just remember, you were the fastest sperm. no one can take that from you!
"I'm Sorry" is a statement. "I won't do it again" is a promise. "How do I make it up to you" is a responsibility.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them-..... I destroy them. I make it impossible for them to ever hurt me again. I grind them and grind them until they don’t exist.
- Ender's Game
No matter how you feel, you have to act
like you are very popular with yourself;
very relaxed and purposeful,
very unconfused
and not
like you are walking through the sunshine
singing
in chains.
- Last stanza from Tony Hoagland's "Here in Berkeley"
I didn’t solve any problems, for all my thinking, but I did a lot of looking.
- Verlyn Klinkenborg
Will I ever experience a beautiful day like this again in my life?
When we meet each other along the way on that day, please don’t let me go again.
The love we couldn’t have in this life. The fate couldn’t have in this life.
When we meet each other again along the way on that day please don’t like me go.
- Lines from Lee Sunhee's "Fate"
Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.
-unknown
My third grade teacher told me I had no future.
I run through snow and turn around
just to make sure I've got a past.
I remember wishing I could be boiled like water
and made pure again. Desire
so real it could be outlined in chalk.
-Excerpts from "Disasterology" by Jeffery McDaniel
Rejection isn't failure. Failure is giving up.