Favourite Quote?

[moonbeam]

What is your favourite quote??

[sddsddean]

I am an IK Brunel fan. I expect most people have seen the photo of him standing in front of a drum with a large diameter chain on it. This was one of the braking drums to slow the 'Great Eastern' as it went down the slipway. Anyway, IKB wrote on the back of the photo "I asked Mr. Russell (The ship yard owner) to stand with me, but he would not. So I alone am hung in chains"

[xyzzyplugh]

Currently 'The moving finger' from Omar Khayyam, which writes and having writ moves on.. but tomorrow who knows; 'To sleep perchance to dream..' maybe. 'ay but there's the rub, so many beautiful quotations, how could you choose?

[andy hughes]

'You can call an ass a horse, but it doesn't shorten its ears!'

[woodpam]

"Everything passes".It's part of a quote from St Teresa of Avila and in relation to everyday life it's comforting to know that in the midst of chaos and pain we know that the chaos will sort itself into some sort of order and that the pain will fade away. In the dark times in the middle of the night, the dawn will always come. That's as philosophical as I'm going to get but it's a simple, optimistic thought that can keep you going through bleak times and for two words, that's amazing.

[FredPuli]

' A fool and his money are soon married' !

[RCP]

"I hate quotations" - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

[rekstout]

"Don't sweat the petty things - and don't pet the sweaty things" - Can't remember the origins.

[ipek]

As a traditional 'quote' an old favourite that caught my imagination when I was a mere teenager....

Where my caravan has rested, flowers I leave you on the grass

As a modern 'one-liner' that made me smile in appreciation of the writing.......

You're so far in the closet, you're almost in Narnia!

[RCP]

And one from Woody Allen something along the lines of "when I die I want to come back as Warren Beatty's fingertips".

[Jonathan R]

'There is no try - only do' - Mr Miagi, Karate Kid.

[hal]

"sex is ok but you can't beat the real thing" Woody Allen

[The Rut]

Another Woody Allen "I`m not afraid of my death.....I just dont want to be there when it happens"