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<<Ah, salmo, I'm here to brighten your day as usual.>>

And you, mine.

The quote in my signature is depressing depending on how you look at it. It's from "Ulysses" and about the old leader's desire to go out with a bang and not a whimper.

Wherever you go, there you are
Not remembered.

Ashes to ashes,
Dust to Dust,
If it weren't for your asshole
Your belly would bust.

Growing old is inevitable... growing up is optional

A little moto/quote from my dad I keep in mind when about give up: "There's always another way".

Use what you have and forget dreaming about what you wish you had.

"we see as we are"

"be the change you wish to see in the world"

"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right" The Grateful Dead

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows.

Time is not something we wait for, time is something we take.
(can't remember)

Here is a test
to see if your misson
on earth is complete;
if your still alive,
it isn't.

- Taken from the book, Illusions - The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. Read it.

Don't trouble trouble and trouble won't trouble you!

the following are quotes taken from the book zen:and the art of travel which i found to be some of the best quotes i've heard as of yet.also in time i will post the various other quotes throughout the book which i thought had some meaning to them.

"don't rely on others to show you the way,carry your own map."-david baird

"a traveller without observation is a bird without wings."-saad

"the mind is everything,what you think,you become."-buddha

"the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes,but in having new eyes."-marcel proust

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Originally posted by LittleLouie:
"Every man dies, not every man truly lives"

Good one!

Just found this page, so I haven't gotten through all of it yet, so don't know if this has been said already . . .

"In the long run, we're all dead."
~John Maynard Keynes

That's kinda like the Fight Club quote.
"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate of everyone drops to zero."

I also like:

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."- Hunter S Thompson

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."- Mark Twain

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -Douglas Adams

"Too often we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap the mother f*cker in the head." - Unknown

This one is much longer than a line, but I think its one of the best political quotes around:

"'Politics is the art of controlling your environment.' That is one of the key things I learned in these years, and I learned it the hard way. Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid War on the other side of the World -- or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property -- or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons -- or locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and twelve perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will wish you had voted." ---Hunter S Thompson

On the campaign trail '72? Just guessing, b/c although it's sitting on my shelf I haven't read it yet . . .

I like that fight club quote.

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"'Politics is the art of controlling your environment.' That is one of the key things I learned in these years, and I learned it the hard way. Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid War on the other side of the World -- or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property -- or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons -- or locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and twelve perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will wish you had voted." ---Hunter S Thompson

Then there is th better alternative of having no government at all.

I read this one the other day and it stuck in my head.

"Analysis causes Paralysis"

Quit thinking about it and do it!

"He who dares Rodney, wins!" Delboy from Only Fools and Horses.

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He who dares Rodney, wins!" Delboy from Only Fools

Rodders we'll be millionaires this time next year....



Its not a pearl of wisdom but the series is guaranteed to raise the spirits