Famous Quotes

[Hellion]

"America is like a melting pot.The people at the bottom get burned,and the scum floats to the top."-Charlie King

"Never let them make you crawl."

John Dillinger

[Destroit]

"It's funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there's always someone who's eager to help you destroy yourself." - James St. James

[The_Dark]

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

Ronald Reagan

[Onyx]

I don't believe men and women were meant to live together. I think perhaps they should just live next door.

If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.

Never complain. Never explain.

~ all attributed to Katharine Hepburn

[The_Dark]

she was crazy

[torn asunder]

these are a few of my faves - i've been collecting quotes for some time, and have over 5 pages, so i'll spare you from that!

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. - Tim McMahon 

He who angers you conquers you. - Elizabeth Kenny 

How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.  - Emo Philips 

Marrying for sex is like buying a tiger for transportation - Emo Phillips

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. - Galileo

[kellygrrrrrl]

Fuck Off

-Me

:laughing

[torn asunder]

no, that goes in *non* famous quotes!! :laughing

[LadyWindstone]

"I hate to waste a really good threat" Anita in Guilty Pleasures

"Everyone has their weaknesses. Some people smoke. I collect stuffed penguins. If you won't tell, I won't." Anita in Guilty Pleasures

"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Anita in Guilty Pleasure s

"If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone just shoot me." Anita Blake in The Laughing Corpse

"You are such a badass, Blake." Zerbrowski in the Laughing Corpse

"Turnabout it fair play. Payback is a bitch." Anita in Circus of the Damned

"You can criticize a lot about Jean-Claude, but he gives good phone" Anita in Bloody Bones

"Never get friendly with the sacrifices. Makes it hard to kill them." Anita in Bloody Bones

"People are supposed to fear he unknown, but ignorance is a bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening." - Anita in The Laughing Corpse

"My life was a cross between a preternatural soap opera and an action movie. Sort of As The Casket Turns meets Rambo." Anita in The Killing Dance

"Worrying about your bodyguard is not good." Anita in The Killing Dance

"It's not the fur or the fangs that make you a monster, not always. Sometimes, it's just where you draw the line." Dolph in Burnt Offerings

"Mercy will get you killed, but sometimes it's all that makes us human." Anita in Burnt Offerings

"Why is it when you have a sure thing to bet on, there's never anyone around to take your money?" Anita in Obsidian Butterfly

"It was amazing how much menace he could put into an ordinary word." Anita speaking about Edward in Obsidian Butterfly

"Sometimes love makes you selfish. Sometimes it makes you stupid. Sometimes it reminds you why you love your gun." Anita in Cerulean Sins

"Guarantees are for appliances, not for murder." Anita in Incubus Dreams

Yeah I like Laurell K. Hamilton. So sue me.

[EvilEve]

Worrying is like a rocking chair, gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere - Van Wilder

[phee]

"Marrying for sex is like buying a 747 for the free peanuts" - Jef Foxworthy (in the spirit of Emo Philips)

[EvilEve]

Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive - from the movie National Lampoon's Van Wilder

[phee]

"I am not a Republican, but I am saving up to be one" - Emo Philips

[torn asunder]

I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."

Emo Philips

I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks.

Emo Philips

I was pulled over in Massachusetts for reckless driving. When brought before the judge, I was asked if I knew what the punishment for drunk driving in that state was. I said, "I don't know... reelection to the Senate?"

Emo Philips

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

Emo Philips

:grin

[phee]

"I am a great lover I'll bet" - Emo Philips

[EvilEve]

i could calculate your chances of survival, but you won't like it. - Marvin, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

[The Rod]

I think it's wrong that the game Monopoly is made by only one company.

I was reading the dictionary; I thought it was a poem about everything.

I went to a general store, but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific.

I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas. I just think about it.

If God dropped acid, would he see people?

Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.

-Steven Wright

[torn asunder]

i have an existential map - it has "you are here" written all over it...

when i die, i want to donate my body to science-fiction...

i once bought powdered water, but i didn't know what to add...

i like to reminisce with people i don't know...

the other day i... wait, that wasn't me...

- steven wright

:laughing

[phee]

"The Only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once" -Buckeroo Banzai