Friday, May 4, 2012

Favorite quotes of all time - or at least right now

So my brother asked me for my top 10 favorite quotes - of course, I couldn't narrow them down to just 10. But here they are, upon request of a friend, (not in any order, either - because they would mean I'd have to make decisions.)
- “after we obtain knowledge of the elements of art, such as color, form, andunity, ‘we may trust our emotional nature or spirit to create, and then uponcomparison, we find them like nature.’ … - my very own RAB :)
-Write Drunk, Edit Sober - Ernest Hemingway
- Never mistake motion for Action - Hemingway
- In order to write about life, first you must live it. - Hemingway
- A man can be destroyed, but not defeated - Hemingway
- There is no friend as loyal as a book - Hemingway
- Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The best amumunition against lies is the truth - Hemingway
- You must never be mundane! - Kim Barnes
- Words can leave deeper wounds than any weapen.
-“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” - Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
-“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living. And above all, those who live without love.” -Dumbledore
- "I solemly swear that I am up to no good."-- HP

2 comments:

  1. Hahahaha.

    6 out of 14 quotes from Hemingway, 4 from Harry Potter.

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  2. 4.5 from HP - the one about words is from HP also but I think it's thoughts instead of words - when Ron is in the hospital wing after getting attacked by the brains. It's not an exact quote - but close enough to count it as at least a half HP quote.

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