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What is your favourite quote?

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isitisitwicked · 22/01/2019 14:43

I love a good quote! Send me some inspiration!

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ReaganSomerset · 22/01/2019 14:47

My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.

  • Newt Scamander
KlutzyDraconequus · 22/01/2019 14:49

"You get born, you keep you're head down and then you die, if you're lucky" - Edward Hitler.

ReaganSomerset · 22/01/2019 14:49

If you need inspiration, Faith of the Heart, Russel Watson, is a beautiful song with powerful lyrics.

longwayoff · 22/01/2019 15:03

He who steals my purse steals trash

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.

Thanks to Mr Shakespeare, a quote for every situation.

BooksAreMyOnlyFriends · 22/01/2019 15:26

You can't argue with stupid.

Not sure who said it.

HelmutFrontbut · 22/01/2019 15:27

Be kind to the inarticulate and tolerant of the verbose.

theredjellybean · 22/01/2019 15:28

Exit stage left chased by a bear..

not a quote, a stage direction from A Winter's Tale.

we say it a lot in our house....as a jokey way to either get out of something ...or to get teens to leave the room ..

WhatNow40 · 22/01/2019 15:28

Believe in yourself and believe in your dreams, and you'll be all you dreamed you could be.

I love you, little monster - Giles Andreae

RiverTam · 22/01/2019 15:29

'we came on holiday by mistake!'

from Withnail and I

SweetestThing · 22/01/2019 16:07

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men (people) to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

AnnieRich · 22/01/2019 16:08

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver

Only connect
E M Forster

With great power comes great responsibility.
Spiderman’s Uncle Ben

ImaginaryFriends · 22/01/2019 16:24

Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you’ve never been hurt.
Dance like nobody’s watching,
and live like it’s heaven on earth.

Attributed to various people ... I'll go with Anon

amusedbush · 22/01/2019 16:25

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it's not real?"

  • Dumbledore
mirren3 · 22/01/2019 16:32

One of my favourites is one a Nurse told me when DFIL was very I'll.
Everybody is different and every body is different.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 22/01/2019 16:33

'Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.'”

Imnotswallowingthat · 22/01/2019 16:37

I'd rather have a bottle in front o' me than a frontal lobotomy.....

MiceSqueakCatsMeow · 22/01/2019 17:01

You alone are enough. You don't have to prove yourself to anybody. Maya Angelou.

There are so many quotes that I love, but you asked for one. Sorry couldn't help it...

Me and dh love this one:
'No one wants to look at your giant shit Lou.'
From Hot Tub Time Machine. We use it in a situation where no one wants to do something.

'So what are you telling me?' From Priscilla Queen of the Desert. If we're incredulous.
It's an ABBA turd in a small glass vial that's worn as a necklace.

'Her real names Ralph!' And 'have you swapped the name labels again Ralph?' This is about the trans woman Bernadette.
If we hear the name Ralph.

I like the prayer from AA.
From Fraiser:
'The desk folds out?'
If something is confusing. It's when Niles is incredulous that Fraiser and his boss had sex at work.

MiceSqueakCatsMeow · 22/01/2019 17:04

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I believe this.
I thought it was from a film but I've just googled it and it's from Animal Farm. It also came up on my predictive text!

halfwitpicker · 22/01/2019 17:05

Don't let the bastards get you down

2dogsandPG · 22/01/2019 17:07

Fairytales don't teach children that dragons exist, they teach us that dragons can be beaten.

Rodenhide · 22/01/2019 17:07

"Then the fucker shall rue the day.". - Withnail and I

Rodenhide · 22/01/2019 17:10

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Both Oscar Wilde

isitisitwicked · 24/01/2019 17:16

Consider me inspired!

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AnneElliott · 24/01/2019 17:22

There is only one Jesus Chris and the rest is a dispute about trifles.

Elizabeth I

AnneElliott · 24/01/2019 17:22

Jesus Christ!

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