*pokes head from the mountain of dirty diapers and blow an errant strand of hair away from face* Almost everyone is at RT. POUT! But that’s no reason for me not to get back into my Thursday Thirteen habit. So, here it is….
Thirteen of my favorite quotes:
1. “I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.” – Forrest Gump
2. “I know I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything…” – Lloyd Dobber in ‘Say Anything’
3. “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. Andthe human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
– Professor Keating (Robin Williams) in ‘Dead Poet’s Society’
4. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
5. You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Ghandi
6. “Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods”
~Japanese Proverb
7. “The world is full of people who missed their destiny because they were afraid to take a chance.”
8. “It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.” – Eric Hoffer
9. “Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.” – Princess Bride
10. “Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.”
~Unknown
11. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great”
~Mark Twain
12. “Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.”
– Bill Cosby
13. “To the world you may be somebody, but to somebody you may be the world.”
Links to other Thursday Thirteens!
1. Rhian
3. Tilly Greene
4. Carol
5. Kristin
6. Sarah
7. Jen
8. Tink
9. Sparky Duck
10. miladyinsanity
11. RED
12. Shiloh Walker
13. Ann(ie)
14. Summer
15. Kuanyin
16. Charlene Teglia
17. Christine
Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
oh yeah – number 3!!! these are all awesome by the way. number 7 speaks to the world conqueror in me. heh.
by Rhian April 26th, 2007 at 12:39 pmI love the quote from Dead Poets Society. That movie makes me cry everytime I see it! I haven’t heard the Bill Cosby quote before, but it’s so true.
by Christine d'Abo April 26th, 2007 at 1:08 pmThose were fabulous! Love Lloyd Dobber [this was good but the boombox above the head], but in days like these, Mahatma Ghandi’s was very powerful.
by Tilly Greene April 26th, 2007 at 1:11 pmThat is an excellent list! I hadn’t heard some of those, but I do love the Dead Poets Society one. There’s a lot of good ones in that movie.
by Kristin April 26th, 2007 at 1:41 pmI love the quotes!! I have only heard about half of them. The Cosby quote is new to me but ohh so true. I love the forest gump quote!!
by Jen April 26th, 2007 at 1:54 pmI love quotes and these are really great!
by Tink April 26th, 2007 at 2:01 pmThanks for visiting my TT!
great little list
I always forget how good Dead Poets was.
by Sparky Duck April 26th, 2007 at 2:15 pmNumber 3 and 7!
Great TT, Anya!
by miladyinsanity April 26th, 2007 at 4:31 pmJust joined the fab THURSDAY THIRTEEN! Will try to do justice to all other THURSDAY THIRTEEN bloggers!
Red G.
by RED April 26th, 2007 at 5:14 pmoh, anya… I’m not at RT either and I’m totally cool with it. I got work to do and the money I would have spent at RT I’ll spend this summer at the beach.
and i’m already plotting a way to set a book there, so viola… research trip AND vacation…
😉 Have fun with the dirty diapers!
by Shiloh Walker April 26th, 2007 at 5:57 pmI’m not there either, Anya. You have a GREAT reason for not being there this year, I don’t. So, Next year….it is. (I hope)
by Daun Ann April 26th, 2007 at 7:56 pmI had to smile at the Princess Bride quote. I love that movie. 🙂
by Summer April 26th, 2007 at 8:02 pmGreat quotes! I did quotes this week, too.
by Carol April 26th, 2007 at 1:16 pmExcellent list. Now I have some new quotes to add to my email tag. 🙂
by Sarah April 26th, 2007 at 1:53 pmGreat quotes! My TT today is quotes by the Dalai Lama.
by Kuanyin April 26th, 2007 at 8:53 pmI’m home, too, and I was looking for an excerpt or cover or both for Whisper of the Blade! Where are you hiding your Torrid Tarot info?
by Charlene Teglia April 27th, 2007 at 12:46 amLoved your selection of quotes, in particular the Japanese Proverb and the one from Dead Poets. Great idea for a TT.
by Christine April 27th, 2007 at 1:17 amKuanyin — Hey Kuan Yin! Goood name. I’ll check out your quotes, definitely.
Charlene — I don’t have a cover yet. POUT! But the book releases on May 16th.
by anyabastblog April 27th, 2007 at 1:25 amAwesome quotes. Love the Princess Bride.
by Ann(ie) April 26th, 2007 at 6:33 pmI love the Princess Bride one!
by Seeley deBorn April 29th, 2007 at 2:13 am#1 for me too. I love that quote in Forrest Gump. Recognize so many of these.
by Annalee April 29th, 2007 at 10:12 pm