Quotations

By sealegs on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 17:45

...of the day. Or from famous people and literature. Or just something someone said to you.

Tags: Literature

My all time favourite!

Submitted by Embla on January 22, 2009 - 13:49.

"There is no spoon"

from The Matrix :)

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Love the life you live, live the life you love...

One of my favourite quotes...

Submitted by MeL on January 26, 2009 - 15:04.

...and - totally unlike me - not from a movie:

"Beruhigende Worte sind keine Versicherung gegen böse Überraschungen" ("Comforting words are no insurance against nasty surprises.")

It's a quote from a German newspaper from last year, when the financial markets crisis was already foreseeable, but the managers were still trying to tell us that everything was fine.

Mel's blog: MeL... and more

"The surface of the earth is

Submitted by Bente (not verified) on February 1, 2009 - 20:08.

"The surface of the earth is the coastline of the air"

Giulio Douhet Italian air power theorist. It's just a nice way to think about the earths surface.

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Oh, yes. Did you ever go to a place - I think it was called Norway?
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

elizabeth wurtzel

Submitted by absent on February 1, 2009 - 21:19.

"I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. I don’t know. Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don’t know the answer, I know only that I can’t. I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.”

@ sealegs: is that last quote from 'conspiracy theory'? It's probably been mentioned in several movies/books, but at least that's the movie I associate with that expression:)

Nirvana

Submitted by sealegs on February 4, 2009 - 17:43.

Well, I actually have it from the song 'Territorial Pissings'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UDGIM66EwE&feature=related

embarrassed

Submitted by absent on February 4, 2009 - 22:11.

Okay, now I'm just embarrassed They're just one of my favorite ever bands... Damn, well, absentmindedness and confusing Kurt Cobain for Mel Gibson. And I do think they say it in the movie as well.. But of course the song is the only thing in my head right now.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Conspiracy-Theory-Mel-Gibson/dp/B00004CX89

(oh, and perhaps the coolest part about the film is Lauryn Hill's version of 'Can't take my eyes off of you'

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5BXfXUYwM )

To continue, some more Kurt:

"Teenage angst has paid off well
Now I'm bored and old
Self-Appointed judges judge
More than they have sold
"

Oh!

Submitted by sealegs on February 5, 2009 - 02:10.

I think it is not that easy to recognize the line in this song. It´s a kind of screaming all the time. But at least there is a great melody Nirvana was one of my favorite bands, when I was a teenager. I learnt all lyrics by heart.

I have never heart about the film, which you mentioned. But I do like the song of Lauryn Hill. I loved her as a part of 'The Fugees' as well.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Submitted by Cole Harris (not verified) on January 23, 2010 - 22:11.

I love Elizabeth Wurtzel, i've only read Prozac Nation, havent been able to make myself read More, Now, Again yet. Is it any good do you know? and what did you think of the film version of Prozac Nation, with Christina Ricci, if you've seen it?

fast horse

Submitted by sealegs on February 4, 2009 - 17:45.

Who says the truth, needs a fast horse.

(Buffalo Bill)