Quotes!

Here are a bunch of my favorite quotes that I've found in absolutely random places; the first set is listed by what I believe to be best to worst (not that any are bad; heck if they were they wouldn't be here!).

Somewhat serious quotes

Music isn't about who has the fastest chromatic scale. But just to ruin your day, I do. (~Robert Dick, 1999 NFA convention)
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
You can destroy today by worrying about tomorrow.
Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
There's too much said for the sake of argument and too little said for the sake of agreement.
Some things are true whether you believe them or not.
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
One of the best ways to lose a friend is to tell him something for his own good.
If you love someone, set them free, if they come back to you, it was meant to be.
None are as empty as those who are full of themselves.
Don't expect mangoes (hee hee!) when you plant papayas.
Imagination is more important than knowledge
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Try not to always think of the future - it will come soon enough.
The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you're done.
There's nothing so dangerous for manipulators as people who think for themselves.
If you don't have a goal, any road will get you there.
Souvenirs are perishable; fortunately, memories are not.
You have to be first, best, or different.
What is in a vision? It is a compelling image of an acheivable future.
I don't regret the things I've done; only the ones I haven't.
All i want to be is who i already am.
Be happy, never satisfied.
Families are like magic mirrors--through them you can see the past, present, and the future.

Quotes from RENT!

Forget regret or life is yours to miss
There is no future, there is no past, I live each moment as my last
No other road, No other way, No day but today
How do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day?
How do you leave the past behind when it keeps finding ways to get to your heart?
What binds the fabric together when the raging, shifting winds of change keep ripping away?
Today for you--tomorrow for me
The heart may freeze or it can burn
It's like I'm being tied to the hood of a yellow rental truck, being packed in with fertilizer and fuel oil, pushed over a cliff by a suicidal Mickey Mouse! (had to put that in)
To being an us--for once--instead of a them
Celebrate remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love
Friendship is thicker than blood
How do you measure a year? In seasons of Love.
Take me for what I am; who I was meant to be; and if you give a damn; take me baby; or leave me
Why are entire years strewn on the cutting floor or memory when single frames from one magic night forever flicker in close-up on the 3-D IMAX of my mind?
Love's not a three-way street
You'll never share real love until you love yourself
When you're living in America at the end of the millennium, you're what you own
Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?

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Dave Matthews Band Song Quotes!

I can't believe we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well and what we might have been. (Lie In Our Graves)
Could I have been anyone other than me? (Dancing Nancies)
Why concern what we cannot see? (Pig)
Just love will open our eyes, put hope in our minds; more than we could ever know. (Pig)
Don't burn the day away. (Pig)
If hate's the gate to peace, this is the last stop. (The Last Stop)
(sarcasticly) I live with the notion that I don't need anyone but me. (Don't Drink the Water)
Let the hours roll by, doing nothing for the fun...a little taste of the good life... (Stay)
I'm a long way from that fool's mistake and now forever pay...(The Stone)
Crazy how you make it all alright (Crush)
Forgive you? Why? You hung me out to dry! (Spoon)
Laughing out loud makes the pain pass by. (Spoon)
(This does not necessarily express my personal opinion I just kinda like the quote) Love is hell! (Halloween)
Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die (Tripping Billies)
People stare and we just ignore them and they go away. Let their eyes do the the worrying about. (Recently)
Everything good needs replacing (Satelite)
So much we take for granted...take all that we can get (One Sweet World)
I'm not going to change my ways just to please you or appease you (Seek Up)
Forget about the reasons and treasons we are seeking; forget about the notion that your emotions can be swept away, kept at bay; forget about being guilty, I am innocent instead; for soon we will soon find our lives swept away. (Seek Up)
Everyday things change...basically they stay the same. (Seek Up)
Would you say you're feeling low? A good idea would be to get it off your mind. (The Best of What's Around)
Make the best of what's around. (The Best of What's Around)
If you hold on tight to what you think is your thing, you may find you're missing all the rest (The Best of What's Around)
Turns out not where or who you're with, but what you think that really matters. (The Best of What's Around)
Drink a hope to happy years and you may find a lifetime's passed you by. (What Would You Say?)
Every day has its way of being forgotten. (What Would You Say?)
(sarcasticly) Why are you different? Why are you that way? If you don't get in line we'll lock you away. (Typical Situation)
Whats the use in worrying? What's the use in hurrying? (Dancing Nancies)
Dark clouds may hang over me sometimes but I'll work it out. (Dancing Nancies)
What I want is what I've not got and what I need is all around me. (Jimi Thing)
I had a clue now it's gone forever (Warehouse)
You pay for what you get (Pay For What You Get)
I find sometimes it's easy to be myself...sometimes I find better to be somebody else. (So Much To Say)
Celebrate we will for life is short but sweet for certain. (Two Step)
I will go in this way and find my own way out. (#41)
I'm only this far and only tomorrow leads my way. (#41)
Hell has a place for everyone, it's here: alone. (Drive In Drive Out)
I let you down...let me climb up you to the top so I can see the view from up there. (Let You Down)
The future is no place to place your better days. (Cry Freedom)
Let this flag burn to dust, and a fair design be raised. (Cry Freedom)
Cry freedom cry from deep inside where we are all confined (Cry Freedom)

Somewhat humorous quotes (some from bumper stickers)

When I was crazy, I thought you were great...
College is a fountain of knowledge...and the students are there to drink.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
The lottery is just a tax on people who are bad at math.
All generalizations are false.
If Milli Vanilli falls in the forest, does somebody else make a sound?
Politics. From the Greek word, poly, meaning many; and ticks: small, annoying bloodsuckers.
Well, sometimes I punch myself as hard as I can, yelling nobody cares, hoping someone will tell me how wrong I am.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn!
No ma'am, we are NOT here for your (bachelorette) party, your house is on fire...
Dyslexics of the world, untie!
I am an insomniac, agnostic, dyslexic: I lie awake nights wondering whether or not there really is a dog. Or...I am an insomniac agnostic egotist: I lie awake nights wondering whether or not I believe that I am as great as I think I am.
Duct tape (NICK!) is like the Force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools
Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them
If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat? (hee hee just thought that one was funny...no offense to my veggie friends)
I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
Learn from your parents mistakes - use birth control!
Lead me not into temptation; I can find it myself.
So many pedestrians... so little time
My kid had sex with your honor student
Your child may be an honor student but you're still an idiot.
I couldn't go to work today because the voices told me to stay home and clean my guns
I still miss my ex, but my aim is improving
Stop repeat offenders; Don't re-elect them!
Jesus loves you; But everyone else thinks you're an asshole
Jesus, Save me from your followers
I can only please one person per day. This is not your day. Tomorrow does not look good either.
Fight crime; Shoot back
Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
Guns don't kill people, postal workers do.
Keep honking, I'm reloading.
If you can read this, I can hit my brakes and sue you.
My boyfriend keeps complaining I never listen to him...
...or something like that.
If we are what we eat; I'm cheap, fast, and easy.