Quotations to Live (Or Laugh by)
Writers love quotes. This is why these are here….
For Dreamers Everywhere
"There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not." Bobby Kennedy
Never give up! Never Surrender! Capt. Taggart (Galaxy Quest)
Just what you want to be- you will be in the end. ("Nights in White Satin" Moody Blues)
Dreams are portable. I carry mine with me.
Captain Jonathan Archer (Enterprise)
Don’t follow in any footprints; make your own prints. Because you are the future of tomorrow.”
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Q: “What if I never get anywhere? What if I spend my whole life chasing some stupid dream?”
A: “Would it really be so bad to spend your whole life in pursuit of a dream? Is that any worse than giving up – like most people do—and resigning yourself to a life, a career you neither like nor believe in?
Which would be the greater waste?”
(Source? Some book!)
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
Be yourself: no matter what they say.
Sting “An Englishman in NY”
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It’s not the size of the dog in the fight…It’s the size of the fight in the dog.
No source. Anyone know?
Change is not only inevitable—it is necessary.
Frank Zappa
If you’re falling off a cliff, You might as well try to fly.
John Sheridan Babylon V (SciFi TV Series)
Don’t surrender to pain. Try and turn it into something positive.
John Sheridan Babylon V
You’ll come to a fork in the road—Take it.
Yogi Berra
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.
Yogi Berra
Life is a series of exceptions.
Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek)
Sometimes the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many.
James McCoy (Star Trek)
Never stop seeking what seems unattainable.
Captain Jonathan Archer (Enterprise)
Do or Do Not. There is no Try.
Yoda (Star Wars)
There are no victims, only volunteers.
Faith (Third Watch TV Series)
You are not to blame for the situation. You are responsible for trying to get yourself out of it.
Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek)
Responsibility implies action. If you don’t like your life, it’s up to you to change it. You may not be able to actually change something, but sitting in a helpless huddle feeling guilty never changes anything.
(Barbara Michaels Stitches in Time.)
Gimme an “L”, gimme an “I”, gimme a “V”, gimme an “E”!
L*I*V*E!!!! Live. Otherwise , ya got nothin’ to talk about in the locker room.
Maude (Harold &Maude)
LIVE!!!! Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death.
Mame (Auntie Mame)
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Fran (Strictly Ballroom)
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©2004-2008 Flo Fitzpatrick