Quote Collector
I am a quote collector. Most people collect something....whether it be movies, McDonald's Happy Meal toys, cars, stamps...whatever. I collect quotes. Well, actually I collect bits of ideas, thoughts, introspective observations, etc. I will collect song lyrics, lines from tv shows and movies, blurbs from books, speeches and any other form of communication media I have access to.
Quotes really are all about packing in as much meaning into as few words as possible. And that is what is so cool about them. Because, really, brevity is underrated.
Since I was a child, I have kept a journal. My journal is not just a place for me to write....it is also a clearing house for a large selection of snips and bits I have stumbled across that have resonated with me. I am not so rabid that I actively seek quotes out.....they sort of jump out at me as I see or read them.
Usually it is feeling...a feeling that grabs my attention. And it is the feeling that somehow, the author of whatever quote I have stumbled upon, has stepped right inside my head and summed up in one or two sentences, a feeling or emotion that would take me a short novel to express.
My collection also serves as a insight into myself. The quotes that move me at a particular moment in time reflect my desires, insecurities, state of mind......they can pinpoint a specific part of my life journey.
A few of my favs of the moment:
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi
Jealousy is mental cancer. -BC Forbes
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
~Andre Gide
Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool
Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. -Coco Chanel
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you've been up to.
If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic.
People who stand in the middle of the road get run over.
The optimist sees the doughnut...The pessimist sees the hole in the doughnut...The realist eats the doughnut.
Do not go gentle into that good night . . . go naked. -Sherri Daley
I don't necessarily think God put us here to be sober all the time. -Courtney Love
Cheese is milk, striving for immortality
Don't sweat petty things...or pet sweaty things
Lick: Eat shrimp, rice, salad, pudding, watermelon with your fingers, and then lick them clean. Thoroughly enjoy yourself, especially if it leaves others aghast. Lick the salt off your lover's sweaty body. Better yet, lick it off your own. At least once in you life, let a dog lick your face. (Actually, once may be enough.) Lick ice cream as provocatively as you want to no matter who's watching. Get a big lollipop with swirls of different colors and lick it for old times sake. (Stop the lick before you get sick.) . . . If you can't join 'em, lick 'em! Lick your lips if they're dry or for no reason whatsoever. Lick the bowl clean of every last bit of chocolate icing. Lick anything that comes to mind. Yes, anything. -Unknown
Quotes really are all about packing in as much meaning into as few words as possible. And that is what is so cool about them. Because, really, brevity is underrated.
Since I was a child, I have kept a journal. My journal is not just a place for me to write....it is also a clearing house for a large selection of snips and bits I have stumbled across that have resonated with me. I am not so rabid that I actively seek quotes out.....they sort of jump out at me as I see or read them.
Usually it is feeling...a feeling that grabs my attention. And it is the feeling that somehow, the author of whatever quote I have stumbled upon, has stepped right inside my head and summed up in one or two sentences, a feeling or emotion that would take me a short novel to express.
My collection also serves as a insight into myself. The quotes that move me at a particular moment in time reflect my desires, insecurities, state of mind......they can pinpoint a specific part of my life journey.
A few of my favs of the moment:
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi
Jealousy is mental cancer. -BC Forbes
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
~Andre Gide
Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool
Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. -Coco Chanel
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you've been up to.
If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic.
People who stand in the middle of the road get run over.
The optimist sees the doughnut...The pessimist sees the hole in the doughnut...The realist eats the doughnut.
Do not go gentle into that good night . . . go naked. -Sherri Daley
I don't necessarily think God put us here to be sober all the time. -Courtney Love
Cheese is milk, striving for immortality
Don't sweat petty things...or pet sweaty things
Lick: Eat shrimp, rice, salad, pudding, watermelon with your fingers, and then lick them clean. Thoroughly enjoy yourself, especially if it leaves others aghast. Lick the salt off your lover's sweaty body. Better yet, lick it off your own. At least once in you life, let a dog lick your face. (Actually, once may be enough.) Lick ice cream as provocatively as you want to no matter who's watching. Get a big lollipop with swirls of different colors and lick it for old times sake. (Stop the lick before you get sick.) . . . If you can't join 'em, lick 'em! Lick your lips if they're dry or for no reason whatsoever. Lick the bowl clean of every last bit of chocolate icing. Lick anything that comes to mind. Yes, anything. -Unknown