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[thejunipertree]

Ok, every other week at work, I have to print out all of the full-time employees' paid time records. This is included with their paycheck. Before, when Angel used to do it, she would include some small message that was appropriate to whatever time of the year it was, but I really can't be bothered to do all that. I did it once, during National Women's History Week, and I never want to do it again. Writing motivational letters is really not my thing. So instead, I've been picking out good quotes to include on the print-out. They vary wildly from week to week and really only have no rhyme or reason to why I picked them.

This week, however, I'm coming up a bit short and I can't settle on a quote. I think it's the weather and the fact that Project Runway is on tonight, I can't concentrate and all I want to do is clock out.

Therefore, I am asking of my friends list: What's your favourite quote? (please include who said it.)

Comments

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

"Pain is the sensation of weakness leaving your body." - My Dad

[scottcrawford.livejournal.com]

I'm partial to "Either fuck me, die, or leave me alone.", which I said while on acid in 1990, but that's probably cheating.

[flemco.livejournal.com]

"Women should be obscene and not be heard." - Groucho Marx

these likely won't work for ya.

[bifemmefatale.livejournal.com]

This is my email sig:
"Love withers under constraint: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear: it is there most pure, perfect, and unlimited, where its votaries live in confidence, equality, and unreserve." - Percy Bysshe Shelley

This is the one I use on the forums:
"We all enter this world the same way: naked, screaming, and covered in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there." Dana Gould

Here are some others I like:
“When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” Audre Lorde

"Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot."
Ani DiFranco

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." Patti Smith

"But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782

Re: these likely won't work for ya.

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Percy could work. The Dana Gould quote probably wouldn't be good, since it's vaguely about birth and I work for an abortion provider. Audre Lorde's quote could also be good. I'm against Ani DiFranco, just in general (this is an unpopular opinion, I know). The other two quotes, I'm a little unsure of, though I am quite fond of the Jefferson one.

Thanks!

Re: these likely won't work for ya.

[bifemmefatale.livejournal.com]

Might I ask why you're against Ani? *is puzzled*

Re: these likely won't work for ya.

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Might I ask why you're against Ani? *is puzzled*

heh. I knew this was coming. ;)

Her music itself is just really not my thing and the uber-rapid fans (like the absolutely batshit insane ones) really chafe my ass.

Much like my feelings on Tori Amos, who I used to actually like (first album, that's it).

[babyraven.livejournal.com]

I can't think of any quotes because my brain is fried. However, I must say OMG I'm psyched about Runway tonight!! Only I won't be able to watch it until tomorrow, which is just tragic.

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Only I won't be able to watch it until tomorrow, which is just tragic.

This is completely tragic!!

My boyfriend is absolutely disgusted with me and my liking of this show.

[babyraven.livejournal.com]

Well, he's just wrong. It's perfect entertainment, IMO. Not only do we get to see pretty dresses, we get to engage in a ridiculous amount of schadenfreud.

Also, I want my own personal Tim Gunn. That is all.

[vivaemptiness.livejournal.com]

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein

there's another one that would be perfect but I can't think of it exactly and I can't find it online. It's some male comedian and it's something like, "They say money can't buy happiness but I wouldn't mind giving it a shot."

"I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart." e e cummings

"Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy." Groucho Marx

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Oscar Wilde

"Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?" Edgar Bergen

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

"Giving a ninja something black is like giving crazy to Angelina Jolie." - Ask A Ninja

[prgrmr.livejournal.com]

I wrote about quotes yesterday (http://prgrmr.livejournal.com/115037.html). I hope you find something helpful in there.

[evilbalddago.livejournal.com]

"The leaf blowers... is there anything more futile?" ~William Shatner

"If you're going to drive an urban assault vehicle then get off the phone and keep your eyes on the road!" ~Henry Rollins

[rowan-1958.livejournal.com]

"Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond."
-Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
And I'm hooked on PRW, too...last night was killer!

[madamewoselle.livejournal.com]

"I am glad to have dined on flan and synthetic lemonade. It enlarges one's experience." - Lord Peter Wimsey in Dorothy L. Sayers' "Gaudy Night" (great for summer...)