A liar's ambition waits like a king. Every day in every way we are getting weaker.

[uberreiniger]

I am at work now and have been thinking for a long time about quotes. You know quotes - not the type that tell you how various stocks are doing, but those little nuggets of wisdom ripped out of context and presented as cosmic truisim like something from a fortune cookie only without the absurd lucky numbers and the shitty sweet cookie. Quotes are a big part of my life. I have a lot of favorites. They have defined who I am in many ways. And now they shall define you too! Here are just a few of my recent favorites.

"I used to be a human being. Now I'm just like everybody else."

-Chris Keller, from Arthur Miller's All My Sons

"Are you going to die, Pyle!? Are you going to fucking die on me!? Jesus Christ, Pyle! I think you've got a hard-on!"

-Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket

"Porn stars don't like their jobs. Why should you?"

-donkeyjon

"If you're going to eat poison, remember to lick the dish."

-John Wick, Way of the Dragon

"Never fear an enemy. Only a friend can betray you."

-John Wick, Way of the Scorpion

"You are so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence."

-Evil, Time Bandits

On a side note, the great thing about quotes is that they are a noble and easy thing to aspire to. Coming up with a stylish soundbyte is one of the cheapest and most surefire ways to secure immortallity. Not many people probably know a great deal about the philosophies of Niezche, but a lot of people do know that he once said something really kick-ass sounding about staring into abysses and them staring back at you. And if I can be like Niezche when I grow up (i.e., an insane, misanthropic jerk with a big goofy mustache who's remembered for some badass-sounding snippets,) I think I will have done pretty good :)

"How many elephants had to die to build that ivory tower you live in?"

-Me

Comments

[donkeyjon.livejournal.com]

"That stinks like Richard Simmons' fist on a Sunday morning!" - Tyree

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

"Dude, there are kids here!"

-Goose

[equusk.livejournal.com]

I love quotes. I am a horrific collector of phrases and statements that strike my fancy. ("Everything the old woman learned, she wrote in a book. And, when the pages were black with ink, she took out white ink and began again.")

(I don't think I need to share the lemony-boob quote again.)

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot." -dream

"It is a fool's perogative to utter truths that no one else will speak."- dream

"When the first living thing existed, I was there, waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave." -death

"You shouldn't trust the story-teller; only trust the story."

"I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But, from here, I can pretend... I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. World's don't last, and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend."- destruction

"Can I have more water, please? My hair drank most of it." -lyta hall

"Me? Lady, I'm your worst nightmare-- a pumpkin with a gun." -mervyn

"They say I'm a bastard, and I'll tell you what. I am a bastard. A hard, tough bastard. A tough, hard bastard with a pumpkin for a head." - mervyn

[batchix.livejournal.com]

Since you're qouting Sandman I felt the need to also qoute the Last Unicorn(they go together IMHO).

"She will remember you when rabbits write books and men are fairy tales."

"I'm a cat and no cat out of it's first fur was ever decieved by appearances, unlike humans who seem to enjoy it."

On that note I also have to add that sometimes when I have a new coat on my cat doesn't recognize me.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

"I am a bearer. I am a vessel. I am a dwelling-"

"-You are an IDIOT!"

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I actually only didn't include the lemonboob quote because I forgot about it :) Here's one for all you Sandfans out there:

"It seems like some kind of bad joke. And like all things in Hell, it is deadly serious."

-Dream, "A Hope In Hell"

[etan.livejournal.com]

perhaps my favorite, a gem from The Onion:
That which does not kill me only makes me whinier.

and it took 17 elephants. it's a pretty small tower.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

More of a really vertical shed, by the sound of it :)

Quotes from your friends~

[batchix.livejournal.com]

"Someone needs to get her a child-proof cap, she's too easy to open."
-Me

"What did I come over here for? I came over here to get a HARD ON."
-Dave

"Burn victem porn!"
-Jon Thornley

"Big stiff THUNDER COCK!"
-You

"You're cruising for a beating."
-my mom

Favorites from movies include but are not limited to:

"Me Grimlock need new strategy."
-Transformers the Movie

"I require the services of several small boys."
-Scrooge, the musical

"I'm HUGE... dig me."
-MST3k cave dwellers(well, just about anything from there...)

Re: Quotes from your friends~

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

"Did I mention I'm HUGE!!!???"

"Whoa... He really is... huge..."

Re: Quotes from your friends~

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I wish you guys still had the tape of "I'm Getting On With My Life." Such a magnum opus, now sadly lost :(