so i notice that i see, hear, and read the coolest quotes all the time, but i always forget them 2 seconds later... so this is going to be devoted entirely to quotes which i think are neat...
suggestions are welcome...

-an act is not, as young men think, like a rock that one picks up and throws, and it hits or misses, and thats the end of it. when the rock is lifted, the earth is lighter; the hand that bears it heavier. when it is thrown, the circuits of the stars respond, and where it strikes or falls the universe is changed. on every act the balance of the whole depends. the winds and seas, the powers of water and earth and light, all that these do, and all that the beasts and green things do, is well done, and rightly done. all these act within the Equilibrium. from the hurricane and the great whales sounding to the fall of a dry leaf and the gnats flight, all they do is done within the balance of the whole. but we, insofar as we have power over the world and over one another, we must learn to do what the leaf and the whale and the wind do of their own nature. we must learn to keep the balance. having intelligence, we must not act with ignorance. having choice, we must not act without responsibilty-

-do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way-

ged, the farthest shore, ursula k. le guin


-love makes a man great;
tears make him greater.

offenbach, les contes d'hoffman (the tales of hoffman)


-sorry im fucked up inside-

skinny puppy

-it was real, just like on tv-

-we aint gonna tolerate no wierdness around here-

-some people got a mighty strange notion of what entertainment is-

various quotes from the friday the 13th movies


-if i told you that you had a beatiful body would you take off your pants and dance around a little-

-have i ever told you that i find the most sensual part of a woman to be the boobies-

kip, futurama

-Come the millennium, month 12,
In the home of greatest power,
The village idiot will come forth
To be  acclaimed the leader.

nostradamus


-whatever satisfies your soul is truth-

walt whitman


-i certainly find the hypocritical cant and derisive dogmas of organized religion grotesque and oftentimes inhumane. plainly the vatican, for instance, cares more for its own authority than for the planet and the flock that grazes upon it. but the mythology that is barely visible beneath centuries-old encrustation of power plays and rituals--the story of jesus the crucified and resurrected; the shaman healer who walked on water and raised lazarus--is as moving to me as any story i have ever heard.

-i was further motivated by a desire to snatch this most complex and contradictory mystery from the clammy hands of the men who have claimed it for their own in recent years, especially here in america. the falwells and the robertsons, who, mouthing piety and sowing hatred, use the bible to justify their plots against our self-discovery. jesus does not belong to them. and it pains me that many imaginative people are so persuaded by these claims to posession that they turn their backs on the body of western mysticism instead of reclaiming christ for themselves. i said in an interview once (and i meant it) that the pope, or falwell, or a thousand others, may announce that god talks to them, instructs them, shows them the grand plan, but that the creator talks to me just as loudly, just as cogently, through the images and ideas he, she, or it has seeded in my imagination.

clive barker, (from the introduction (explanation?) to book two of imajica)


-whats that funny smell?
it wasnt so funny when it happened, but it is a great story-

daria's dad and trent

-ever have a feeling that you knew no shower, no matter the duration or temperature would cleanse you of-

daria, daria


-good, bad, im the guy with the gun-

-first you wanna kiss me, now you wanna kill me... blow-

ash, army of darkness


-im sick of being your spider-eating-man-bitch-

xander, buffy the vampire slayer


-life sucks, buy a helmet-

unknown

-we are the dreamers that dream and we are the music makers-

gene wilder as willy wonka


-time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like banana-

-outside of a dog a book is a mans best friend.
inside of a dog its too dark to read-

groucho marx


-creativity is more important than intelligence-

albert einstein


-keep your roasaries off my ovaries-

-against abortion?
dont have one-

-sterilize the stupid-

-i dream of a day when schools have all the money they need and the navy has to hold a bake sale to buy a battleship-

-what fuck wrong you?-

-your mother is a whore-

various bumper stickers, buttons, and t-shirts