Quote of The Day (our way!)

kdnxdr · Nov 12, 2011

As a poet, I believe quotes hold their own in the field of poetry. They have an internal rhythm, a sense of beauty and often a tremendous sense of power. With that thought, I started this thread to give us an opportunity to express our own quotes, coming from our own personal thoughts and beliefs. Hopefully, they will inspire, cause us to think and maybe just give us a much needed good laugh for the day!

If I'm in the wrong spot, mod me Scotty, to where I need to be!

poetinahat · Nov 13, 2011

Are they meant to be from poems?

If not, I offer this bit of wisdom (one of many) from my guitar tutor:

Don't confuse 'soft' with 'weak'.

StephenD · Nov 13, 2011

intelligence is how well one is able to manipulate his brain.

Ambrosia · Nov 13, 2011

poetinahat said:
Are they meant to be from poems?

If not, I offer this bit of wisdom (one of many) from my guitar tutor:

Don't confuse 'soft' with 'weak'.

Excellent quote.

I have been sick for a week and a half. I have nothing. :tongue

shakeysix · Nov 13, 2011

Reading the current political news and views this one from Yeats "Prayer for My Daughter" constantly comes to my mind-- "an old bellows full of angry wind." --s6

kdnxdr · Nov 13, 2011

Yeah! Quotes!

Thanks, guys/girls.

What I'm really hoping is that we all think, think, think and come up with our own superdedooper spectacular profound words that others will want to jot down and carry with them so that they can someday speak the very same with great esteem. (you know what I mean.)

I'm still thinking to come up with my very own profound quote of the day.....

JimmyB27 · Nov 13, 2011

I'm particularly fond of the one in my sig (obviously). I'm not sure it has all that much rhythm or beauty, but I think it can teach us a lot.

Steppe · Nov 14, 2011

If you think it is art, it is art. If you think it is a poem, it is a poem. Folk can argue forever about how good it is, but without a definition that satisfies all, it is still art, still a poem.

B.D. Eyeslie · Nov 14, 2011

I love this quote from Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. When Marius first gets up the nerve to speak to Cosette, he goes on and on, but this pretty much sums up his feelings.
"... My heart is bursting, I could not live as I was, I have come."

SWest · Nov 14, 2011

We simply are what we suspect we are.

kborsden · Nov 15, 2011

A man with one watch knows the time; a man with two is confused.

Ambrosia · Nov 16, 2011

My love is a fading stain in the middle of your life's road.

Blarg · Nov 16, 2011

My love is a shy nose goblin tucked under your couch.

HarryHoskins · Nov 16, 2011

I can't understand why they call me homophobic -- after all, some of my best lovers are gay.

kdnxdr · Nov 16, 2011

Alot is just a bunch of little stuck together.

Norman D Gutter · Nov 17, 2011

Oops, you wanted our own quotes. Deleted the one I put of another writer, and will have to think.

think think

Here's one I use sometimes: Today is Tomorrow's Past.

Debbie V · Nov 21, 2011

Everywhere else that June, everything was coming up roses. For me, the roses were black.

kdnxdr · Nov 25, 2011

Ignorance is not your best friend.

Billytwice · Nov 25, 2011

I like quotes,
e.g.
'Failure is not an option.' from the movie Apollo 13.

I like to add my own personal touch....'it's a way of life.' which sounds to me very Homer Simpson-ish, a character with whom I have great empathy ...

Teena · Nov 25, 2011

Time is the true equalizer - turning all to dust. ~ me

Teena · Nov 25, 2011

One more of my own, if you'll permit me....

'Death holds no power over those who have nothing to lose.'

Magdalen · Nov 26, 2011

All the traffic signals are broken at the intersection of war & peace.

kborsden · Nov 26, 2011

It's not what you know that gets you places, it's what you don't and then discover when you get there.

Blarg · Nov 26, 2011

"Never quote yourself. It lacks humility."

kdnxdr · Nov 26, 2011

A second can be a New York second or a Texas second, the first one happened yesterday and the other can take as long as it wants.

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