Recommendations for my senior quote in the yearbook?

[Dehumanizer]

Come on DU, give me some good ones.

On one hand, I don't want to go for shock value, but on the other, I don't want a boring and predictable one like the rest of the lamers in my grade. I prefer it not to be political, but ah, it doesn't matter. I'll see what you all can come up with.

[dwmcqueen]

1. Mine was..

"he who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

Aeschylus

[JohnKleeb]

8. Didnt Bobby Kennedy use that

in his speech for MLK. That said I loved it.
My suggestion would be to think of your own quote, I make my own quotes :)

[dwmcqueen]

10. Yeah..on RFK's tomb.

Funny thing was, my yearbook editted out the last sentence.

[JohnKleeb]

11. well I love it, its beautiful

welcome and RFK was great. I actually may have that speech on MP3. Bobby spoke very beautifullly.

[newyawker99]

23. Hi dwmcqueen!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Colin Ex]

2. To paraphrase Family Guy

"I always tell my kids, work hard. And don't trust Whitey."

-C

[democracyindanger]

3. 2 of my all time favorites

"Ignorance is not the problem in the world. It's the things people 'know' that aren't so." - Will Rogers

"Take away the right to say 'fuck' and you take away the right to say 'fuck the government.'" - Lenny Bruce

Extra credit if you get the Bruce quote in there.

[trof]

18. variation on your first one

I had a journalism professor who quoted his Negro (the PC/polite term at the time) maid to us neophyte journalists.
"It ain't what you DON'T know that gets you in trouble. It's what you DO know that ain't so."
The moral : Don't automatically accept conventional wisdom. Don't depend on hearsay. Don't pass along gossip. Check your "facts". Get it straight from the horse's mouth. Research, research, research.

It's a maxim that has saved me from a lot of problems and embarrassment for over 40 years.

[Superfly]

4. hsuB kcuF

(backwards)

[bunk76]

5. perhaps....

"We seek a free flow of information...we are not afraid to entrust the american people with unpleasant facts,foreign idea's, alien philosiphies,and competative values...for a nation that is afraid to let it's people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of it's people."

J.F.K.

[Ramsey]

6. This was mine

From Apollinaire, the French Surrealist poet, from his poem Alcools:

Voici ma vie renouvlee
Ses Flammes sont immenses
Il n'y a plus rein de commun entre moi
Et ceux qui craignent les brulures

Basically translated:

This is my reincarnation
It's flames are immense
There is no longer anything in common between me
And those who fear the flames

Or if that is too heavy, my other senior quote was from David Bowie:

"Ain't there one damn song that can make me break down and cry"

Similar message I think.

:evilgrin:

[Kenneth ken]

7. how 'bout

"If you want to survive in life, you've got to know where your towel is."

- Douglas Adams

[SlavesandBulldozers]

9. how about

Forever means all is not seen
Never means forever brings everything
-Kim Thayil

[Peachhead22]

12. some quotes

My favorite:
"Sacred cows make tasty burgers if you know how to cook 'em right."--Rev. Billy C. Wirtz


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"If you can get rid of those ugly ol' skeletons in your closet, at least teach 'em to dance funny."--Rev. Billy C. Wirtz

"Don't sweat the petty stuff, but always pet the sweaty stuff."--Rev. Billy C. Wirtz

"A bird in the hand is fixin' to peck the hell out of you stupid."--Rev. Billy C. Wirtz

And to be serious for a moment:
"Never forget that a small numbers of dedicated people can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that has."--Matin Sheen as Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing

[northzax]

25. for the record

your last quote is actually a variation of a Margaret Mead quote, not Aaron sorkin's work.

[HEyHEY]

13. Find a good qoute you like...use that or...just keep your mind on

Writing down good ones you think of just no of that

"Had Lot's of fun with A.M. And B.G. Your the best!
Hey C.L. DOn't go swimming..... snookes!"

None of that shit please!

[JohnKleeb]

14. Yes good point hey

Make it unique.

[northzax]

26. hey know-

using the initials can be fun, especially if you just make things up..hey AB, no more cow-tipping! JD: watch out for that cue-ball. and the like.

[Dehumanizer]

30. Hahaha..

yeah, those suck so much.

Anyway thanks for the suggestions everyone, I've considered them.

[Rowdyboy]

15. "Reality is nothing but a collective hunch..."

Lily Tomlin...my hero...

[OneBlueSky]

16. "Only two things are infinite . . .

the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein

or

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein

or

"We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe."
Johann von Goethe

[tsakshaug]

17. I had two

We all can't be heros because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they walk by- Will Rogers

" " - Harpo Marx

[trof]

19. We were DEEP thinkers in the 50s.

(class of '59)
Typical:
2 sweet
2b
4gotten
:shrug:

[goobergunch]

20. I'm planning to work into my senior quote...

Volume 4, Number 1 (or 2) of the Political Report.

:evilgrin:

[bbernardini]

21. "Just a man (woman) who's circumstances went beyond his (her) control."

Thank you, Styx. :)

[ACK]

22. Dig my sig ...

It is a good one I think.

[LynneSin]

24. "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently ......

sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

Most famous 16 words out there!!!

[Robb]

27. Mine was

"No, no, don't worry. I mean, they can't arrest all 50 of us."

...You probably had to be there. :evilgrin:

[catpower2000]

28. I like the one in my sig line.

:)

[northzax]

29. some i used (and some I wished I had)

I don't mean to start any blasphemous rumours,
but I think that God's got a sick sense of humour,
and when I die, I expect to find him laughing. -Depeche Mode

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
everybody rolls with their fingers crossed. -Leonard Cohen.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. -Aristotle

If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. -Aristotle Onassis

If you want to rule the world, you must keep it amused. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The cynic, a parasite of civilisation, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail. -Jose Ortega y Gasset

[Kamika]

31. the one i would have used if i had been allowed.

Luv' on me boo

My parents didnt allow it

[Jack The Tab]

32. "What a scam that was."

LOL. I'm gonna use that on my tombstone.

[Richardo]

33. So you DON'T want "Stay cool this summer - don't ever change"?

:D

[proud patriot]

34. Keep it Simple "Support The Constitution Impeach Bush"

or

"Endless War , Not In My Name"

or if you want humor

"Somewhere in Texas A village is Missing it's Idiot"

"No matter where you go there you are"