Favourite Quotations and Leaver's Books
I apologise if this thread has been done many times before... but just starting to think about leaver's books and other such sad collections of memories and wondering what people's favourite quotations are? I've spent far too much time googling phrases but it takes hours to find a quality quote amongst the thousands of not so good ones.
I think my favourite so far is:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine glass in the other, body thoroughly used up, and screaming WOO HOO! What a ride!"
I think my favourite so far is:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine glass in the other, body thoroughly used up, and screaming WOO HOO! What a ride!"
I know one guy who had long hair and at the start of his last year he fell of a cliff and his legs were quite messed up and his was "longest hair, longest ****, longest recovery". I doubt you could use that for your own one though.
'go out and show the world'
"he was reminded all too soon that journeying is not necessarily in the right direction" i think thats rs thomas
call me sad but i have written many many leaving books in my time
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you'll land among the stars.
A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
We do not remember days, we remember moments.
Some people come into our hearts and leave footprints, and we are never the same.
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
Three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is the right temperature, comes in attractive containers and the cat can't get it
don't regret doing things, regret getting caught
"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams."
"We didn’t lose.....we just ran out of time"~unknown
I am convinced that life in a physical body is meant to be an ecstatic experience.
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900),
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
It’s the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter.
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ~Confucius
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. ~Richard Halliburton
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises." Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. ~Orrin Hatch
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. ~Wendy Wasserstein
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings, 1955
Put your future in good hands - your own. ~Author Unknown
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle
Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. ~From the television show The Wonder Years
When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch. ~Author unknown, from a television commercial
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it. ~From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off
God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. ~J.M. Barrie, Courage, 1922
How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
~Dr. Seuss
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. ~John Lennon
The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do. ~Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, 1996
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The ColleBlue Book
What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. ~Seneca
Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~Author Unknown
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~Mark Twain
There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship. ~Author Unknown
A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. ~Author Unknown
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. ~David Frost
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. ~James Dean
Time goes, you say? Ah no!
Alas, Time stays, we go.
~Henry Austin Dobson
Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~Author Unknown
Friends are relatives you make for yourself. ~Eustache Deschamps
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. ~Elisabeth Foley
Don't let anyone steal your dream. It's your dream, not theirs. ~Dan Zadra
If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you. ~Author Unknown
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools. ~Author Unknown
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~Henry David Thoreau
It takes a long time to grow an old friend. ~John Leonard
It doesn't make much difference what you study, as long as you don't like it. ~Finley Peter Dunne
We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.
~Caroline Sheridan Norton
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ~Nelson Henderson
May the sun shine, all day long,
everything go right, and nothing wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true!
~Irish Blessing
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you'll land among the stars.
A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
We do not remember days, we remember moments.
Some people come into our hearts and leave footprints, and we are never the same.
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
Three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is the right temperature, comes in attractive containers and the cat can't get it
don't regret doing things, regret getting caught
"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams."
"We didn’t lose.....we just ran out of time"~unknown
I am convinced that life in a physical body is meant to be an ecstatic experience.
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900),
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
It’s the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter.
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ~Confucius
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. ~Richard Halliburton
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises." Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. ~Orrin Hatch
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. ~Wendy Wasserstein
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings, 1955
Put your future in good hands - your own. ~Author Unknown
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle
Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. ~From the television show The Wonder Years
When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch. ~Author unknown, from a television commercial
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it. ~From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off
God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. ~J.M. Barrie, Courage, 1922
How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
~Dr. Seuss
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. ~John Lennon
The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do. ~Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, 1996
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The ColleBlue Book
What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. ~Seneca
Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~Author Unknown
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~Mark Twain
There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship. ~Author Unknown
A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. ~Author Unknown
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. ~David Frost
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. ~James Dean
Time goes, you say? Ah no!
Alas, Time stays, we go.
~Henry Austin Dobson
Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~Author Unknown
Friends are relatives you make for yourself. ~Eustache Deschamps
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. ~Elisabeth Foley
Don't let anyone steal your dream. It's your dream, not theirs. ~Dan Zadra
If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you. ~Author Unknown
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools. ~Author Unknown
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~Henry David Thoreau
It takes a long time to grow an old friend. ~John Leonard
It doesn't make much difference what you study, as long as you don't like it. ~Finley Peter Dunne
We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.
~Caroline Sheridan Norton
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ~Nelson Henderson
May the sun shine, all day long,
everything go right, and nothing wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true!
~Irish Blessing
My entry got f***ed over by the spell checker. It was mangled and totally incoherent, so I don't particuarly good memories of Leavers books 
Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look at that word itself. MANKIND. Basically, it's made up of two separate words "mank"and "ind." What do these words mean? It's a mystery and that's why so is mankind.
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