This page is a collection of quotes, ideas, songs, and sayings that I post almost everyday. They are meant to inspire thought and for fun. Hope you enjoy visiting this part of the site!
May 19th, 2013
If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy
May 6th, 2013
"Assuming is the root of all disappointments." - R. Reyes
March 11th, 2013
"Ceiling Can't Hold Us" - Mackelmore
Here we go back, this is the moment Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us Like the ceiling can’t hold us Here we go back, this is the moment Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us Like the ceiling can’t hold Explainus
February 16th, 2013
"'Turn on the TV,", he'd say. "What are you seeing? People selling their products? No. People selling the fear of you having to live without their products.' Fuckin A, he was right. Fear of aging, fear of loneliness, fear of poverty, fear of failure. Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells." - Max Brooks, World War Z
February 5th, 2013
"I use to think the worst thing in life was to end up alone, it's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel alone." - Robin Williams
January 3rd, 2013
"Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time." - Jean Paul
November 14th, 2012
“When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.” - Will Rogers
October 25th, 2012
"Mind Eraser" - Black Keys
When I need to replace her I am the mind eraser Anything goes, yeah, anything goes
Got this sin in her brain But she ain't gonna see me again See me again, this I know But oh, deep down I can't let go
Oh, don't let it be over, over oh Oh, don't let it be over, let it be over, over
Seen me stack up my woes Into a wall, around a rose Now I'm the rose, now she knows Oh, it hurts so, and I can't let go
Oh, don't let it be over, over, oh Oh, don't let it be over, let it
be over, oh oh
Oh, don't let it be over, over Oh, don't let it be over, let it be over, oh.
October 9th, 2012
"Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges". William Shakespeare
October 3rd, 2012
"Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors." ~Elbert Hubbard
September 24th, 2012
"Everybody knows, that a broken heart, is blind." - Black Keys
September 16th, 2012
“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”, Hunter S. Thompson
September 5th, 2012
"With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.", Ralph Waldo Emerson
August 31st, 2012
"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (Monty Python's Life of Brian)
Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse. When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best...
And...always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the light side of life...
August 14th, 2012
Red State (2011)
Joseph Keenan: People just do the strangest things when they believe they're entitled. But they do even stranger things when they just plain believe.
August 9th, 2012
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.", Martin Luther King., Jr.
July 29th, 2012
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." ~James Baldwin
July 22nd, 2012
"The past can't see you, but the future is listening." ~ Terri Guillemets
July 17th, 2012
Edgar Allan Poe
I heed not that my earthly lot Hath little of Earth in it-- That years of love have been forgot In the hatred of a minute:-- I mourn not that the desolate Are happier, sweet, than I, But that you sorrow for my fate Who am a passer-by.
July 10th, 2012
"Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend." ~Walter Savage Landor
June 26th, 2012
"And even if you were in some prison, the walls of which let none of the sounds of the world come to your senses - would you not then still have your childhood, that precious, kingly possession, that treasure-house of memories?" ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
June 23rd, 2012
"No vacation goes unpunished". ~Karl Hakkarainen
June 15th, 2012
Kimberly Johnson
"Never Ruin an apology with an excuse."
June 11th, 2012
"Little Lion Man" - Mumford & Sons
Weep for yourself, my man, You'll never be what is in your heart Weep Little Lion Man, You're not as brave as you were at the start Rate yourself and rake yourself, Take all the courage you have left Wasted on fixing all the problems That you made in your own head
But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? Didn't I, my...
Tremble for yourself, my man, You know that you have seen this all before Tremble Little Lion Man, You'll never settle any of your scores Your grace is wasted in your face, Your boldness stands alone among the wreck Now learn from your mother or else spend your days Biting your own neck
But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? (x2)
Didn't I, my dear? Ahhhhh......
But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? (x2)
Didn't I, my dear?
June 7th, 2012
Nicolas Chamfort
The most wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed.
June 4th, 2012
Albert Schweitzer
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
"It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves."
May 25th - 28th, 2012 - Memorial Day Weekend
Joseph Drake
And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.
May 24th, 2012
Month Python and the Holy Grail (1973)
King Arthur: Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night, he can join us in our quest for the Holy Grail. French Soldier: Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he will be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see. King Arthur: What? Sir Galahad: He said they've already got one! King Arthur: Are you sure he's got one? French Soldier: Oh yes, it's very nice!
May 22nd, 2012
"Titanium" - David Guetta, Featuring Rhianna
You shout it loud, but I can't hear a word you say I'm talking loud, not saying much I'm criticized, but all your bullets ricochet you shoot me down, but I get up. You shoot me down, but I won't fall, I am titanium.
May 20th, 2012
Edith Wharton
People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead.
May 17th, 2012
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Sara Goldfarb: I'm somebody now, Harry. Everybody likes me. Soon, millions of people will see me and they'll all like me. I'll tell them about you, and your father, how good he was to us. Remember? It's a reason to get up in the morning. It's a reason to lose weight, to fit in the red dress. It's a reason to smile. It makes tomorrow all right. What have I got Harry, hm? Why should I even make the bed, or wash the dishes? I do them, but why should I? I'm alone. Your father's gone, you're gone. I got no one to care for. What have I got, Harry? I'm lonely. I'm old. Harry Goldfarb: You got friends, Ma. Sara Goldfarb: Ah, it's not the same. They don't need me. I like the way I feel. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile.
May 14th, 2012
Author Unknown
Sometimes I wish I were a little kid again, skinned knees are easier to fix than broken hearts.
May 10th, 2012
"We Will Rise" - Arch Enemy
Tear down the walls Wake up the world Ignorance is not... Bliss So fed up with the Second best Our time, Is here and now
I am the enemy I am the antidote Watch me closely I Will Stand up... NOW!
We Will Rise Above
Stereotype fools Playing the game Nothing Unique They all look the same In this Sea of Mediocrity I can be anything Anything I want to be
I am the enemy I am the antidote Watch me closely I will stand up... NOW!
May 8th, 2012
"Creep" - Radiohead
Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want You're so ****in' special I wish I was special
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. I don't belong here.
May 6th, 2012
Network (1976)
Howard Beale: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"
May 5th, 2012
Hubert Humphrey
"Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."
May 3rd, 2012
Samuel Ullman
"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. "
May 2nd, 2012
Frank Sinatra
"People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it."
May 1st, 2012
Keroin Dawn
"What you are watching...is the legacy that man has left to himself....and we are Approaching Dawn, and we are happy to be here"
April 29th, 2012
Andre Gide
"The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity."
April 20th, 2012
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
"Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity."
April 19th, 2012
John Wesley
"Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason."
April 17th, 2012
"The Outsider" - Perfect Circle
Help me if you can It's just that this is Not the way I'm wired So could you please,
Help me understand why You've given in to all these Reckless dark desires Your Lying to yourself again Suicidal imbecile You're pounding on a fault line What'll it take to get it through to you precious Over this, why do you Wanna throw it away like this Such a mess, well I don't wanna watch you
Disconnect and self destruct one Bullet at a time What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
Medicated, drama queen, picture perfect, numb belligerence Narcissistic, drama queen, craving fame and all it's decadence
April 15th, 2012
"Midlife Crisis" - Faith No More
Go on and wring my neck Like when a rag gets wet A little discipline For my pet genius My head is like lettuce Go on dig your thumbs in I cannot stop giving I'm thirty-something Sense of security Like pockets jingling Midlife crisis Suck ingenuity Down through the family tree You're perfect, yes, it's true But without me you're only you
April 12th, 2012
Author Unknown
"Everyone smiles in the same language."
April 9th, 2012
"Bully" - Shinedown
It's 8 AM, this hell I'm in Seems I've crossed a line again For being nothing more than who I am So break my bones and throw your stones We all know that life ain't fair But there's more of us we're everywhere
We don't have to take this back against the wall We don't have to take this we can end it all
All you'll ever be is a faded memory of a bully Make another joke while they hang another rope so lonely Push them to the dirt till the words don't hurt can you hear me No one's gonna cry on the very day you die you're a bully
Think it through you can't undo Whenever I see black and blue I feel the past, I share the bruise With everyone who's come and gone My head is clear my voice is strong, now I'm right here to right the wrong
We don't have to take this back against the wall We don't have to take this we can end it all
All you'll ever be is a faded memory of a bully Make another joke while they hang another rope so lonely Push them to the dirt till the words don't hurt can you hear me No one's gonna cry on the very day you die you're a bully
It's 8 AM, the hell I'm inYour voice is strong, now right the wrong
April 7th, 2012
H.H. "Breaker" Morant
"Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right."
April 5th, 2012
"Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads
I can't seem to face up to the facts I'm tense and nervous and I Can't relax I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire Don't touch me I'm a real live wire
Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away
April 3rd, 2012
Boondock Saints (1999)
Connor: Now you will receive us. Murphy: We do not ask for your poor, or your hungry. Connor: We do not want your tired and sick. Murphy: It is your corrupt we claim. Connor: It is your evil that will be sought by us. Murphy: With every breath we shall hunt them down. Connor: Each day, we will spill their blood till it rains down from the skies. Murphy: Do not kill, do not rape, do not steal, these are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. Connor: These are not polite suggestions, these are codes of behavior and those of you that ignore them will pay the dearest cost. Murphy: There are varying degrees of evil, we urge you lesser forms of filth not to push the bounds and cross over, into true corruption, into our domain. Connor: For if you do, one day you will look behind you and you will see we three. And on that day, you will reap it. Murphy: And we will send you to whatever god you wish. [Murphy and Conner join II Duce behind Yakavetta] Connor, Murphy, Il Duce: And shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand. Yakavetta: Vaffanculo - ("F**k You" in Itallian) Connor, Murphy, Il Duce: That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be. Il Duce: In nomine Patri. Connor: Et Fili. Murphy: Spiritus Sancti.
April 2nd, 2012
Marcel Proust
"We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance."
R.I.P. Grandpa Joy
April 1st, 2012
Fight Club (1999)
Tyler Durden: Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.
March 30th, 2012
Lord Chesterfield
"Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold."
March 29th, 2012
Office Space (1999)
Bob Slydell: You see, what we're actually trying to do here is, we're trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work... so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you? Peter Gibbons: Yeah. Bob Slydell: Great. Peter Gibbons: Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour. Bob Porter: Da-uh? Space out? Peter Gibbons: Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work. - - - - - - - - - - - Bob Slydell: I'd like to move us right along to a Peter Gibbons. Now we had a chance to meet this young man, and boy that's just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
March 28th, 2012
Eckhart Tolle
"Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath."
March 27th, 2012
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Hannibal Lecter: Amputate a man's leg and he can still feel it tickling. Tell me, mum, when your little girl is on the slab, where will it tickle you? Senator Ruth Martin: Take this... *thing* back to Baltimore! Hannibal Lecter: Five foot ten, strongly built, about a hundred and eighty pounds; hair blonde, eyes pale blue. He'd be about thirty-five now. He said he lived in Philadelphia, but he may have lied. That's all I can remember, mum, but if I think of any more, I will let you know. Oh, and Senator, just one more thing: love your suit!
March 25th, 2012
Carl Sagan
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
March 23rd, 2012
Psycho (1964)
Norman Bates: It's not like my mother is a maniac or a raving thing. She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you? Marion Crane: Yes. Sometimes just one time can be enough.
March 21st, 2012
Richard Bach
"Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends."
March 19th, 2012
Bill Cosby
"Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry."
No one's gonna take me alive The time has come to make things right You and I must fight for our rights You and I must fight to survive
March 13th, 2012
Goethe
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
March 12th, 2012
Jean de La Fontaine
"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."
March 11th, 2012
Milton Berle
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
March 9th, 2012
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Ed: What's the plan then? Shaun: Right. [cuts to dream sequence] Shaun: We take Pete's car, we drive over to Mum's, we go in, take care of Philip - "I'm so sorry, Philip" - then we grab Mum, we go over to Liz's place, hole up, have a cup of tea and wait for this whole thing to blow over. Ed: Why have we got to go to Liz's? Shaun: Because we do. Ed: But she dumped you! Shaun: I have to know if she's all right! Ed: Why? Shaun: Because I love her! Ed: All right... gayyy... I'm not staying there, though. Shaun: Why not? Ed: If we hole up, I wanna be somewhere familiar, I wanna know where the exits are, and I wanna be allowed to smoke. Shaun: Okay. [cuts to dream sequence again] Shaun: We take Pete's car, go round Mum's, go in, deal with Philip - "Sorry, Philip!" - grab Mum, go to Liz's, pick her up, bring her back here, have a cup of tea and wait for this whole thing to blow over. Ed: Perfect! Shaun: No, no, no, no, no, wait, we can't bring her back here. Ed: Why not? Shaun: Well, it's not really safe, is it? Ed: Yeah, look at the state of it. Shaun: Where's safe? Where's familiar? Ed: Where can I smoke? [Shaun and Ed pause then slowly make a realisation] Shaun: [cuts to dream sequence a third time] Take car. Go to Mum's. Kill Phil - "Sorry." - grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. How's that for a slice of fried gold? Ed: Yeah, boyyyeee! [Shaun and Ed clang their weapons together]
March 7th, 2012
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart."
March 4th, 2012
Author Unknown
"The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos."
The Final Episdoe (Let's Change the Channel) - Asking Alexandria
"If only I knew about the world without the bullsh*t and the lies, We could've saved time. They could've saved me. But instead I'm here drowning in my own fu*king mind, And I'll be damned if you're the death of me."
February 27th, 2012
Winston Churchill
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
February 26th, 2012
Kingpin (1996)
Ishmael: You really should try to quit, Mr. Munson. They say it's bad for your heart, your lungs. It quickens the aging process. Roy: Is that right. Who's done more research on the subject than the good people at the American Tobacco Industry? They say it's harmless. Why would they lie? If you're dead, you can't smoke.
February 24th, 2012
"Just" - Radiohead
Can't get the stink off He's been hanging round for days Comes like a comet Suckered you but not your friends One day he'll get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself Just you and no one else You do it to yourself
February 22nd, 2012
Edwin Markham
"There is a destiny that makes us brothers: none goes his way alone, All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own."
February 21st, 2012
Joan Didion
"To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect."
February 19th, 2012
Anchroman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Champ Kind: I will smash your face into a car windshield, and then take your mother, Dorothy Mantooth, out for a nice seafood dinner and never call her again. Wes Mantooth: Dorothy Mantooth is a Saint! Ron Burgundy: Hey, let's leave the mothers out of this.
February 16th, 2012
"We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister
Oh you're so condescending Your gall is never ending We don't want nothin', not a thing from you Your life is trite and jaded Boring and confiscated If that's your best, your best won't do
We're not gonna take it No, we ain't gonna take it We're not gonna take it, anymore!
February 15th, 2012 Albert Einstein
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
February 12th, 2012
Author Unknown
"There are no stupid questions. Just stupid people."
February 9th, 2012
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room." - President Merkin Muffley
February 8th, 2012
James Lalropui Keivom
"It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments that added together, don't even amount to a couple of hours."
February 5th, 2012
The Imitation of Christ, c.1420 - Thomas à Kempis
"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."