Quote List

I often set my skype status, my description box, etc, to a quote or whatever. I figured I should document some of the ones I've used, and some of the ones I like, because they might be interesting at some point.

RANDOM QUOTES

"If reason is priceless, there's no reason to pay for it." -Queens of the Stone Age

"y’all jackin off physically but neglecting to jack off mentally and spiritually" -Some dude on tumblr

"Dressing well is a form of good manners." -Tom Ford

“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.” -Machiavelli

The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.” -Machiavelli

“People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.” -Max Barry

"You’ve delegated the ability to make up your mind.” -Max Barry

"Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless." -Gone with the Wind

OSCAR WILDE QUOTES

"If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want."

“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”

“The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.”

“She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.”

“One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.”

“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”

HARUKI MURAKAMI QUOTES

“Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”

“Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.”

"Only the dead stay seventeen forever."

"Self-styled honest and open people, without realizing what they're doing, blithely use some self-serving excuse to get what they want. And those "good at sensing others' true feelings" are duped by the most transparent flattery."

"Violence does not always take a visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.”

CHUCK PALAHNIUK QUOTES

“When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?”

“Find out what you're afraid of and go live there.”

“The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly.”

“I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.”

“On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.”

https://twitter.com/tinynietzsche

this is a quote mine

I argue with the clouds.

Our deeds have traveled far.

I am thankful for my struggle because without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled upon my strength.
Alexandra Elle, Words from a Wanderer

So... Rush. Yeah. You know. I just got into it and I'm gushing like a hopeless fangirl. What I like a lot about this band is that their choruses aren't, uh, annoying. And don't make me want to skip the song. Here's my favorite lyrics so far, most of them from choruses:

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill
-"Freewill"

It's a far cry from the world we thought we'd inherit
It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it
You can almost feel the current flowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing
-"Far Cry"

Growing up it all seems so one-sided
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone
-"Subdivisions"

Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation
The underlying theme
-"Limelight"

What would touch me deeper...
Tears that fall from eyes that only cry?
Would it touch you deeper
Than tears that fall from eyes that know why?
-"Tears"

Because he was human
Because he had goodness
Because he was moral
They called him insane
Delusions of grandeur
Visions of splendor
A manic depressive
He walks in the rain

Sun dogs fire on the horizon
Meteor rain stars across the night
This moment may be brief
But it can be so bright

if your waifu was real she would date chad thundercock

Drowning has less to do with having lungs and more to do with not having gills.

courtesy of a reddit thread explaining how insects drown
I thought that, taken out of context, it makes for an excellent quote about... things. A good metaphor.

Different eyes see different things
Different hearts beat on different strings
But there are times
For you and me, when all such things agree

"The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who does not love you. blind to the rest who do." -Warsan Shire

"I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone."

"You care and it’s all over the place."