Memorable quotes?

[Jim]

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." Charles Babbage (1791-1871) Inventor of the first Computer

As a computing student ( or anyone who works in tech support ), you just have to love this one.

[Tharkun]

Babbage didn't invent the first computer, he designed the first computer. He did, however, find the route to decode the Vigenere cipher. And he was a lovable grumpy old codger, like Ray Bradbury.

And Divine, would I pass up the chance to quote Harry Potter when I could? In fact, two of the quotes you cited are from Harry Potter.

[_jade_em_]

"If there's one thing that I learnt from my father, it's to never insult someone unintentionally. So if I insult you, you can be pretty damn sure I did it intentionally."

Well, it was something along those lines anyway xD

[Asthaloth]

The pain of existance is the knowing that no matter what you do. you will still falter and die.
That no matter how strong you are. you will still die like all others before and after you.
the knowledge that you are not unique. but one in a long line of weak fools whoe believed themselves greater than the void.

that was me, in one of my less lucid moments.

and on a light side.

Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken. Lord, its hard to be humble when your as great as i am.

and the qoute that i remember above all others
you underestimate me

[DM was on fire!]

Creeeepy! My wall calendar has an inspirational quote for every month, and that was July's. Exact quote, with credit:

"Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder." -- Henry David Thoreau

Ah yes, she says that was the exact quote. My friend sort of forgot it, actually =P.

I actually have that on a plaque near my computer room, too.

[Lilac~The Fainting Queen]

i'm a recovering quote-a-holic.

"Her mother told her once that when you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you knew you really loved them." -The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 3rd book, by Ann Brashares

"What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life." -Walt Whitman

"There is no remedy for love but to love more." -Henry David Thoreau

also, here are some quotes from TV movies. my friend and I get a kick out of watching/making fun of disaster movies. here are two of our favorites from 10.5, a really cheesy earthquake movie (particularly funny because I'm a Californian). i hope we weren't only supposed to post serious quotes...

"Mr. President, there's been an earthquake." -some guy in the white house

"I am authorizing the evacuation of the entire west coast." -the president

also, a priceless quote from a TV movie my friend and I just happened to catch one day when we were bored (twas lucky, too, 'cause I almost never watch TV). The movie was called Homeland Security: The Docu-Drama.

"We're talking about the security in the homeland."-some random official

okay, so i thought they were funny!

i also have about thirteen pages of typed quotes from my junior and senior year of high school, things i wrote down that friends/teachers/random people said. mostly on the funny side. but I won't plague with any of those.

[Divine]

i'm a recovering quote-a-holic.

"Her mother told her once that when you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you knew you really loved them." -The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 3rd book, by Ann Brashares

"What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life." -Walt Whitman

"There is no remedy for love but to love more." -Henry David Thoreau

Those are beautiful...

And I thought so, Tharkun =P.

And with the happiness quote, I don't agree with it, actually.

[Bangel]

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." -Joe Lewis

[Maureen]

I love this group. It's like, everyone's a different piece of a puzzle, and we're all forced together, but somehow, we all fit.
-One of my real life friends