*shrugs* I like quotes... from
movies, from songs, from people far more philosophical than me. Here are just a
few of my favourites! Some of these I just like because I like the way the
sound, or because they are from a movie or something that I like, so don't
expect them all the be deep and meaningful. *g*
Quotes from Movies:: Song Lyrics::
Other quotes
"We set out to change the
world and ended up...just changing ourselves."
"What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, if you don't look at the world."
"The world has changed because
you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history."
"Man is least himself when he
talks in his own person! Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth!"
"It's funny how beautiful
people are when they're walking out the door."
Velvet Goldmine
"The greatest trick the devil
ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist."
The Usual Suspects
"Days turned into weeks. Weeks
turned into months. And then, one not so very special day, I sat down, and I wrote our story. A
story about a time. A story about a place. A story about the people. But above
all things, a story about love. A love that would live... forever."
"The
Moulin Rouge. A nightclub, a dance hall and a bordello. A kingdom of night time
pleasures, where the rich and powerful came to mingle with the young and
beautiful creatures of the underworld. The most beautiful of all these was the
woman I loved. Satine. A courtesan, she sold her love to men. They called her
the sparkling diamond, and she was the star...of the Moulin Rouge."
Christian: "I...I can't write the play for the Moulin Rouge! I'm not even sure I am a true
Bohemian Revolutionary!
Toulouse: Do you believe in truth?
C: Yes.
T: Beauty?
C: Yes
T: Freedom?
C: Yes, of course!
T: Love?
C: Love? Above all things I believe in love. Love is like oxygen, love lifts us up where we belong, all we need is love!"
T: See, you can't fool us! You're the voice of the children of the revolution!
"Today's the day when dreaming
ends..."
"Inside my heart is breaking,
my makeup may be flaking, but my smile still stays on."
"We're creatures of the
underworld. We can't afford to love."
"You may see me as a
drunken, vice-ridden gnome whose friends are just pimps and girls from the brothels. But I know about art
and love, if only because I long for it with every fibre of my being. She loves
you, Christian. I know it."
"I owe you nothing-and you are
nothing to me. Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with
love."
Moulin Rouge
"But now you know there was a
man named Jack Dawson, and that he saved me. In every way a person can be saved.
I don't even have a picture of him. He exists now, only in my memory."
Titanic
"I feel like I've been in a
coma for the past twenty years. And I'm just now waking up."
It was one of those days when it's
a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can
almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid
begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there
was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force,
that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor
excuse. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's
so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going
to cave in.
American Beauty
"Choose life. Choose a job.
Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a big f***ing television, choose
washing machines, cars, compact disk players and electrical tin openers...
choose DIY and wondering who the f**k you are on a Sunday morning. Choose
sitting on the couch, watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows,
stuffing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pushing
your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the
selfish, f**ked-up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future.
Choose life. But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose
life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons
when you've got heroin?"
"Do you find this approach
usually works? Or, let me guess, you've never tried it before. In fact, you
don't usually approach girls- am I right? The truth is that you're a quiet,
sensitive type, but if I'm prepared to take a chance, I just might get to know
the inner you. A little bit crazy, a little bit bad. But, hey! Don't us girls
just love that?
Trainspotting
"A life lived in fear is a
life half lived."
Strictly Ballroom
Song Lyrics
"There's a battle ahead,
Many battles are lost,
But you'll never see the end of the road while you're travelling with me"
"When the world comes, to
build a wall between us,
You know that they won't win."
Crowded House, Don't Dream it's over
"Could he paint a
picture, and get them all to fit?"
Paul Kelly, To Her Door.
"There's no aphrodisiac like
loneliness, truth, beauty, and a picture of you."
The Whitlams, No Aphrodisiac.
"If I should die this very
moment, I wouldn't fear
For I've never known completeness like being here.
Wrapped in the warmth of you,
Loving every breath of you.
Be still my heart this moment,
Or it might burst.
Could we stay right here until the end of time,
Until the earth stops turning?
I want to love you until the seas run dry."
Lamb, Gorecki
Other things
"Life is far too important to
be taken seriously."
Oscar Wilde
"I was in my mid-teens when I discovered that I was a
writer. Notice that I didn't say 'wanted to be a writer'. Want has almost
nothing to do with it. It's either there or it isn't. If you happen to be one,
you're stuck with it. You'll write whether you get paid for it or not. You won't
be able to help yourself. When it's going well, it's like reaching up into
heaven and pulling down fire. It's better than
any dope you can buy."
David Eddings.
"How many of our daydreams
would darken into nightmares, were there any danger of their coming true."
