Be sure to read as many of the quotes as you can everybody! There might be just one that sparks your motivation to go out and change the world! (or maybe start by changing yourself?)
- Justin
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Boondawg Member
Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
Be sure to read as many of the quotes as you can everybody! There might be just one that sparks your motivation to go out and change the world! (or maybe start by changing yourself?)
The end of the world occurred pretty much as we had predicted. Too many humans, not enough space or resources to go around. The details are trivial and pointless, the reasons, as always, purely human ones.
The earth was nearly wiped clean of life. A great cleansing, an atomic spark struck by human hands, quickly raged out of control. Spears of nuclear fire rained from the skies. Continents were swallowed in flames and fell beneath the boiling oceans. Humanity was almost extinguished, their spirits becoming part of the background radiation that blanketed the earth.
A quiet darkness fell across the planet, lasting many years. Few survived the devastation. Some had been fortunate enough to reach safety, taking shelter in great underground vaults. When the great darkness passed, these vaults opened, and their inhabitants emerged to begin their lives again.
One of the northern tribes claims they are descended from one such Vault. They hold that their founder and ancestor, one known as the "Vault Dweller," once saved the world from a great evil. According to their legend, this evil arose in the far south. It corrupted all it touched, twisting men inside, turning them into beasts. Only through the bravery of this Vault Dweller was the evil destroyed. But in so doing, he lost many of his friends and suffered greatly, sacrificing much of himself to save the world.
When at last he returned to the home he had fought so hard to protect, he was cast out. Exiled. In confronting that which they feared, he had become something else in their eyes...and no longer their champion.
Forsaken by his people, he strode into the wasteland. He traveled far to the north, until he came to the great canyons. There, he founded a small village, Arroyo, where he lived out the rest of his years. And so, for a generation since its founding, Arroyo has lived in peace, its canyons sheltering it from the outside world. It is home. Your home.
But the scars left by the war have not yet healed. And the Earth has not forgotten. -Ron Perlman
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Khw Member
Posts: 11139 From: South Weber, UT. U.S.A. Registered: Jun 2008
He wished he was banned. Be careful what you wish for.
I miss him.
That was right about the time I started posting in ot. Him and I got into a debate in one or two threads right before he asked to be banned and he literally did ask to be banned.
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NoMoreRicers Member
Posts: 2192 From: Spokane, WA Registered: Mar 2009
That was right about the time I started posting in ot. Him and I got into a debate in one or two threads right before he asked to be banned and he literally did ask to be banned.
Seems so pointless to me. Why not just voluntarily quit posting...
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Boondawg Member
Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning". ~ Henry Ford
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DeV8er Member
Posts: 747 From: Oak Ridge MO Registered: Oct 2004
Thomas Jefferson; during the debate on creating the Electoral College, "...such an institution must be established so as to if necessary, keep the choice of such an important individual out of the hands of the common man.".
Don't forget to vote.
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Jul 29th, 2013
Kitskaboodle Member
Posts: 3012 From: San Jose, Ca. Registered: Nov 2004
Ok.....here is a few more: "None of us is as good as all of us" (A quote from Ray Kroc who was the main investor/business mgr of McDonald's) He was referring to the key ingredient in fast, speedy service that helped to make McDonalds a world leader in hamburger fast food. Translation? TEAMWORK!
"Whenever there is a threat of international communism, bicycle repairman is there to help". "It is a deceased Parrot. It is no more. It has moved on. It has ceased to exist. Oh no, he's just sleeping". "Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...say no more." "Look...I just cut your arms off! Nah, it's just a flesh wound." Ok, so I like Monty Python.
He leans across the table and says, "lady, there's only so many shopping days left till Christmas." Jack Nicholson speaking to Shirley McClain (who had been playing "hard to get " ) in Terms of Endearment. Kit
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spark1 Member
Posts: 11159 From: Benton County, OR Registered: Dec 2002
This may or may not resonate with some, but I think it's pretty universal.
One of my favorite quotes is from my dad, and requires a rather lengthy explanation-
A few years after divorcing from my mom, my dad remarried. But this woman was a very mousy insecure person who spent a great deal of time seeking my dad's approval. Really, to the point of being extremely annoying. My dad and I would talk about it often, and how she would drive him crazy. But at the same time, he would relish that in so many other ways, she was a really good woman who took good care of him and loved him a lot. He told me this story of how every morning she would make him a delicious omelet. She would bring it to the table and stand there while he ate. He would take a bite and and she'd ask, "Is it OK?" My dad would reply, "Yes dear, it's delicious!" He'd take another bite, and she'd ask, "Is it hot enough?" " I can heat it up some more if it's not!" And he'd calmly reply, "Yes honey, it's just perfect." Another bite, "Are you sure it's OK? I can make another one if you don't like it," He'd say, "It's perfect honey, even better than the one you made yesterday." "Are you sure it's OK?" "Is the cheese melted enough?" Nodding through a mouthful he would say, "Fantastic omelet sweetie, thank you." And on it would go until he finished the whole thing. He said at first when she did this it would drive him nuts, and he would get so frustrated. But then he said he realized, that this woman just wanted nothing more than to make him happy. That every morning with no effort on his part whatsoever, as if by magic, this delicious omelet would appear before him.
He said when he thought about it, her behavior became far less annoying;
He said he decided, "That's just the price of an omelet".
Glad this helped you. 
