And I Say, Quote...

So here I am, bored on Friday. I hate being alone because thoughts pop into my head; big thoughts. Like...what am I going to do with my life? What inspires me? What's the answer to life, the universe, and everything? (By the way, it's 42. Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.) These thoughts fester and linger forever, so I thought I'd answer the one that's been bugging me the most: What defines my life? Below are some quotes that I think define who I am, what I feel, and what I really want.


Randy Pausch: The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

Michael Crichton: Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

Anonymous: You can't have everything, where would you put it?

Vincent van Gogh: What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Private Reiben: You know what that song reminds me of? It reminds me of Mrs. Rachel Troubowitz and what she said to me the day I left for basic.
Mellish: What, don't touch me?
(Saving Private Ryan)

Anonymous: Sure God created man before woman. But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece.

Coleman McCarthy: Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

U2: You've got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice. (Running to Stand Still)

Reliant k: I gotta get outta here, I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake.
(Be My Escape)

Meredith Brooks: I'm nothing in between, you know you wouldn't want it any other way. I'm a little bit of everything, all rolled into one.
(Bitch)

John Stuart Mill: War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Albert Einstein: Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.