[SWalker]

Hey, so I put one of these up in my native forum (ENTP) and got to wondering what kind of quotes other personality types might choose so I decided to find out. I'm going to start with a few of mine that I've posted on the ENTP forum. It'll be interesting to see what people choose to put here and what comments people might have on other peoples quotes.

freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you ought- author unkown



A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. -Trumen Capote

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise. -Victor Hugo

When ones body cannot walk and ones soul is broken, the mind must remake the two. -author unknown

[Seeker99]

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. - Touchstone, William Shakespeare's As You Like It

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. - Abraham Lincoln

To live's to love, or live in fear. - Rent

No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

And here's a long one, but a good one from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams:

It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons.

[SWalker]

No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

And here's a long one, but a good one from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams:

It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons.

It amazes me on how many of the forums have actually posted the quote by Eleanor Roosevelt. I think it has appeared in at least 4 or 5 of them lol and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the whole book series was awesome. I have a few of my favorite quotes from the series

Arthur looked up. "Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out."

"The chances of finding out what's really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied. Look at me, I design fjords. I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
"And are you?"
"No, that's where it all falls apart I'm afraid."
"Pity, it sounded like quite a nice lifestyle otherwise."

"How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?"

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

I could go on but those are my favs

[AquaColum]

Oh my goodness, H2G2 for the win ^^ I'd quote, but I've temporarily mind-blanked :S

'Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.' ~Author Unknown

'By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.' ~Winston Churchill

'The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.' ~E E Cummings

'If everything seems to be going right, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.' ~Author Unknown

'Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.' ~Author Unknown

[hpr]

Hi, upping this thread from page 4... :) I love quotes!

One that is spot on for me:
It's better to be hated for what you are, than be loved for what you aren't.

I read this many years ago from some forum, and it just struck me. When ever I feel insecure or am afraid that people will think I'm weird/something negative, I say to myself that I'll rather have everyone hate me, as being a weirdo, than pretending to be something I am not (extravert, popular, social etc).

I am me, take it or leave it.

Oh, and I googled this and found out that the author seems to be Andre Gide, but also similar quote is in one of Van Zants lyrics.

[Liminality]

"To each their own"

Something like "When all the street lights are dead and gone, can you find your way home?" - A production of Dom Jon (an adaptation of Don Quixote I believe)

"Will the summer make good for all of our sins?" ~ Múm - Will the summer make good for all of our sins

"At the gates...does Thomas...ask to see my hands?" ~ Brand new - Jesus Christ

Something like - "You can never really know what's taken another person to their actions" - anger and assumptions are bad, essentially.

"Le vent nous portera" - The wind will carry us on. ~ Noir Desir - Le vent nous portera

"You go, and I'll be okay, it's just a little touch of fate it will be okay." ~ Lisa Mitchel - Neopolitan dreams.

"With rain falling fast on the sea
While she was swimming away, she'd be winking at me
Telling me it would all be okay
Out on the horizon and fading away" ~ Ryan Adams - Sylvia PLath

"Be near me when my light is low,
When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick
And tingle; and the heart is sick,
And all the wheels of Being slow. " ~ Tennyson in memoriam, the first stanza of L

"La nuit vient, et puis...rien" - The night comes, and then...nothing ~ Les chansons d'amour - Au Parc

"Life isn't every breath you take, it's the moments that take your breath away." ~ Hitch

"Treat others as you wish to be treated"

"I haven't treated myself very well" ~ Seven pounds, That line made me start crying

"I think we'll be okay here Leon" ~ Leon, it made me cry too.