March 21, 2008
1) What is your favorite movie quote?
2) What is your favorite song lyric?
3) Do you have a favorite political quote? If so, what is it?
4) Favorite personal quote and/or tagline.
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One time I was playing Pictionary and my partner and I won an all play when he drew quotation marks and I yelled “parentheses!” which was actually the word, but he was all wasted on Scotch and I was just stupid.
I was playing with my husband and Father-in-Law and they both still make fun of me for that.
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March 21st, 2008 at 4:00 am, Kait Says:
Hey Sarah I’m a lurker.
Figured now was as good of a time as any to let you know I’m here.
1) “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.” – Shawshank Redemption
2) Off the top of my head, “I need your grace to remind me to find my own” from Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol or “…And when you’re deepest thoughts are broken, keep on dreaming boy ’cause when you stop dreaming it’s time to die” from Change by Blind Melon, but it changes by the day.
3) “…In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.” Barack Obama’s Yes We Can speech.
4) Either “Is it possible to feel so enriched and so hollowed out at the same time?” (Anthony Bourdain) or “Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.” (Bono)
March 21st, 2008 at 6:26 am, Kate Says:
Fav Movie Quote: From an old comedy, The Kentucky Fried Movie, they do a news parody with a point/counter-point section. The lady doing counter-point says to the other guy “and for good measure, why don’t you sit on THIS (puts up middle finger).
Fav Song Lyric: How can I pick just one? Tool – “I have found some kind of temporary sanity in this shit, blood, and #$@ on my hands.”
Fav Political Quote: I like when Bush said he thinks GYN’s should be able to “practice their love on our women.”
Fav Personal Quote: Tact is for people who aren’t witty enough to be sarcastic. (I follow this to a T.)
March 21st, 2008 at 6:35 am, Momo Fali Says:
I have tons of movie quotes…mostly from Dirty Dancing and Dumb and Dumber (I’m an intellectual, classy chick). If I had to pick just one, it would be:
1) “He wouldn’t know a good idea if it hit him in the pachenga.”
2) “Don’t you lock up something, that you wanted to see fly.” — Fell on Black Days (Soundgarden)
3) “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me…you can’t get fooled again.” — Classic Richard Pryor, I mean George Bush
4) “Everything happens for a reason.”
March 21st, 2008 at 8:27 am, js Says:
1) Movie quote (so hard to pick!): How about the first one that comes to mind from Pulp Fiction: “English Motherfu*ker, do you SPEAK IT?!”
2) Lyric quote (dang, again, so hard): The one that’s stuck in my head is part of “Everything” by Buckcherry: “If I had everything, would I want to be alive?”
3) Political quote, does “Rarely is the questioned ask, is our children educated?” By “W” Lord….
4) Favorite quote of all time, easy: “Believe nothing, no matter where you have read it, or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
March 21st, 2008 at 9:43 am, mp Says:
AWESOME…I love a good challange. I’ll get back to you on this one, google will be in overdrive.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:48 am, Suniverse Says:
1. Movie? Right now it’s from Clueless: Cher: Would you call me selfish?
Dionne: No, not to your face.
2. Song? Must be “I start fucking Posh like Dave Beckham” from Fatboy Slim’s Wonderful Night.
3. Politics? “Vote early and vote often.”
4. Self? “You can get through this, it’s only [insert horrible/boring/mind-numbingly tedious thing here] and it will only last [insert specific time period here].”
March 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am, You can call me, 'Sir' Says:
1. ‘He’ll regret it till his dying day, if ever he lives that long.’ -The Quiet Man
2. ‘See my shadow changing, stretching up and over me. Soften this old armor. Hoping I can clear the way by stepping through my shadow, coming out the other side. Step into the shadow.’ -Tool (Forty Six And Two)
3. ‘The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.’ – Franklin P. Adams
4. ‘Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.’
March 21st, 2008 at 11:09 am, Emily Says:
Movie: “Ah, it’s GREAT to be young and insane” – The Dream Team (1989). OKish movie, awesome quote.
Song: “It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s aaaaaalright / She moves in mysterious ways” U2, Mysterious Ways (love love love the entire song.)OH! And “Thatthatthat that don’t kill me can only make me stronger”
Political: I’ll have to get back to you on that – I need to sort through them all.
Personal: You do NOT want my undivided attention.
March 21st, 2008 at 12:30 pm, Jessica Says:
favorite movie quote: There’s no basement at the Alamo! – PeeWee’s Big Adventure
favorite song lyrics:
Do you know what it’s like to fall on the floor/
Cry your guts out til you got no more?/
Hey man, now you’re really living! – E, Mark Oliver Everett
favorite (sort-of political) quote:
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. – Anna Quindlen
favorite personal quote and/or tagline: Voices tell me I’m the shit. – E, Mark Oliver Everett
March 21st, 2008 at 1:06 pm, Barbara Says:
Movie:
“Every man dies: not every man really lives .”
- Mel Gibson as William Wallace in ‘Braveheart’
Lyric: (lyrics are too hard, too many favorites to choose from)
“she hopes to open shadowed eyes
on a different world
come to me
scared princess
charlotte sometimes”
-The Cure “Charlotte Sometimes”
Political:
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
- Winston Churchill
Personal:
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you did do.
So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
-Mark Twain
All time favorite quote: (BONUS)
“Television is the first truly democratic culture – the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.”
-Clive Barnes
March 21st, 2008 at 1:40 pm, croutonboy Says:
Movie Quote: “You’re all bastard people, and I’m to go home and bite my pillow!” (Waiting for Guffman)
Song Lyric: “My time has neither come nor gone / it just slips out when I yawn” (Soul Asylum, “Hopes Up”)
Political Quote: “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is” (I miss you, Bill Clinton)
Favorite Personal Quote: “If you don’t care where you are, you ain’t lost.”
Proposed new favorite for everyone: yelling “PARENTHESES” at the top of your voice, randomly like you have Tourrettes or something
March 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm, Liz Says:
1) What is your favorite movie quote?
Oh, there are so many. M and I can have entire conversations in movie quotes. For tonight, I will go with:
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” (Inigo Montoya, “The Princess Bride”)
2) What is your favorite song lyric?
“You think you’re so smart, but I’ve seen you naked.” (Barenaked Ladies, “Blame it on Me”)
3) Do you have a favorite political quote? If so, what is it? “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” (Benjamin Franklin)
And, of course, YES WE CAN!
4) Favorite personal quote and/or tagline.
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)
March 21st, 2008 at 8:15 pm, M.A. Smith Says:
Movie Quote: “Pain make men think. Thought make men wise. Wisdom make life endurable.” – Okinawan saying, Teahouse of the August Moon
Song Lyric: All the lyrics of The Dance by Garth Brooks. And no, I won’t type them out.
No favorite political quote (I try to avoid politics).
Personal Quote/Tagline: “Just be yourself. That is all you can be.”
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 am, Christoph Says:
1) “There’s more to life than a little money, you know. Don’t you know that?” – Frances McDormand in Fargo
2) “Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial; Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while; But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues; You can tell by the way she smiles” – Visions of Johanna by Bob Dylan
3)
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm, chantel Says:
Personal quote: “High heels are the answer to low self-esteem.”
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm, Assertagirl Says:
1. “You’re saying I’m having sex with these men without my knowledge?” (Meg Ryan as Sally, in When Harry Met Sally) or “The heart is a very resilient little muscle.” (Woody Allen as Mickey Sachs in Hannah and her Sisters)
2. “I just believe in me.”
3. “I have a dream.”
4. “All you can do is the best you can do.”
March 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 am, Hank Says:
Movie Quote:
“Who the hell is kicking me in the butt? [Sees that it's a general] “Uh Sorry, uh Sir.”
“What are you doing down there, soldier?”
“Sleeping, sir”
“Well, get back down there. You’re the only sonofabitch in this entire HQ who knows what he’s tryin’ to do.”
Song Lyric:
“You kiss me and in your kiss my life begins.” Nina Simone, Wild is the Wind
Political Quote:
“How’d I sleep the night after I lost the election? I slept like a baby. I woke up several times during the night, crying.”
Personal:
“No matter where you go…there you are.” Buckaroo Bonzai.
March 23rd, 2008 at 8:50 am, superblondgirl Says:
Favorite movie quote: I don’t know that I really have one, but I’ve always been partial to quoting Dazed & Confused: “That’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.” I guess that brands me as sort of a mysognistic woman, huh? But it’s too funny.
Favorite song lyric: I have hundreds. But one that really sticks out is a Decemberists line from Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect: “But you my soiled teenage girlfriend, while you furrow like a lioness, we are vagabonds, we travel without seatbelts on, we live this close to death”
No political quote, I’m not good with those.
And my current favorite personal quote is Apollinaire: “Now and then it’s good to pause in the pursuit of happiness and just be happy”. That’s talked me off the ledge of Crazy more than once.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:22 am, molly chase Says:
My favorite political quote is from “The West Wing,” sadly enough:
Leo: There’s two things you never want to let people see how you make ‘em: laws and sausages.
My favorite personal quote is the reason I have a big crush on Edward Norton: “Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.”
March 24th, 2008 at 12:56 pm, Lisse Says:
Late to the party, but:
Movie: “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Star Wars, Part (take your pick).
Song: “Domination’s the name of the game
In bed or in life
They’re both just the same
Except in one you’re fulfilled
At the end of the day
Let’s play master and servant” -Depeche Mode (right up my cynical alley)
Political: “Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.” Franklin D. Roosevelt AND “If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven’t done much today.” -Mikhail Gorbachev
Personal: “Travel changes you.” -Anthony Bourdain
March 26th, 2008 at 11:00 am, Chuck Foxtrot Says:
Movie: “To know life, Otto, you must first f*ck death in the gall bladder” (extra points if you’ve ever seen the movie and double extra points if you can name it off the top of your head)
Song (The Black Rider by Tom Waits):
Come on a long with the Black Rider
We’ll have a gay old time
Lay down in the web of the black spider
I’ll drink your blood like wine
.
.
.
I’ll have the veal
A lovely meal
That’s how I feel
May I use your skull for a bowl
Political: I am not a crook
Other: My greatest creation will be poop tomorrow – Mario Batali
March 26th, 2008 at 11:00 am, mp Says:
I’ve been wanting to do this!
Movie: We’re not in Kansas anymore.
Song:
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I’d buy you a green dress (but not a real green dress, that’s cruel)
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I’d buy you some art (a Picasso or a Garfunkel)
If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000)
I’d buy you a monkey (haven’t you always wanted a monkey?)
If I Had $1000000 I’d buy your love
Political – Ronald Reagan
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Personal: I have a couple.
No Regrets
You Only Live Once