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quotes from I-can't-remember-who

Wake up and smell the decade. - unknown

That's a whole other After School Special. - unknown comedian

Chateau Bubba - the wine for sophisticated rednecks. - unknown

True adventure has no guidebook. - unknown

Grab 'em by the belt and their hearts and minds will follow. - unknown

None of us gets out of here alive. - unknown (paraphrased by Oprah)

The harder the fall, the harder the fall. - unknown (perhaps Mr. Obvious?)

Fear not tomorrow, God is already there. - unknown

At age 16, we have the face nature gave us; at 70, we have the face we have given ourselves. - unknown

Do unto others before they do unto you. - NYC motto, summer 1991

Size is a matter of opinion. - unknown

I'm going to chase you til you catch me. - unknown

For evil to triumph, good men must do nothing. - unknown

Life is like a dog sled team; if you're not the lead dog, the scenery never changes. - unknown

Scott me up, Beamie. - Land of the Lounge Lizards computer game

Maturity is overrated. - unknown

Style isn't a display of wealth, but of imagination. - unknown (Martha Stewart?)

Are you a Christian or do you party? - asked of me by some strange guy in college

You can't get horse manure out of polyester. - unknown (movie?)

Some people march to a different drummer, and some people polka. - L.A. Times Syndicate

Far away is only far away if you don't go there. - unknown

A drunk man speaks a sober man's mind. - unknown

Guy=Dead Flowers - unknown

A goal is a dream with a deadline. - unknown

This is a Kodak moment. - unknown

Competition is a weed in the garden of love. - unknown

You don't have to eat shit to know that it tastes bad. - unknown

Too much self-love makes you jealous of the people that envy you. - unknown

When you come on something good, first thing to do is share it with whoever you can find. - unknown

Life is a series of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. - unknown

Segues are my life. - unknown

Sunlight harbors our necessities - air, water, food. But moonlight and starlight are extras. - unknown

I believe in cowboys. - unknown

Sometimes it's better to have someone than no one even if the someone IS no one. - unknown

Just as soon as you brag about something, it becomes unworthy of bragging. - unknown

Blow the man down. - punchline to a forgotten joke

Buzzard Roost Creek
Coon Dog Cemetery - places in Alabama

Your body language is music to my ears. - unknown country song

Life begins when you start minding your own business. - unknown

My beak is chilled. - unknown

I need to replace my unit. - unknown

Nerd on a Bull. - misread painting title in the lobby of a hotel in Charlotte NC

You're not Bubba. - somewhere in Atlanta

Frozen pudding pop of passion. - unknown

I look like a lampshade. - unknown

A man who straddles the fence gets a sore crotch. - unknown

Follow your dreams. That's the way to your heart. - unknown

It ain't over, it's just over HERE. - unknown

...stuck in emotional mud. - unknown

Friends with potential. - unknown

...crippled with privalege. - unknown

If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through. - unknown

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. - unknown

Judge each day, not by the harvest, but by the seeds you plant. - unknown

You have three names; the name you inherit, the name your parents gave you, and the name you make for yourself. - unknown

Create a life you love to look at. - unknown

Your work is a portrait of yourself. - unknown

The vegetation's too fast... - unknown

Ham grenades. - unknown

I know I was rich in a previous life because I'm still spending money like I have it. - unknown

Attitude is the mind's paintbrush. It can color any situation. - poster on the wall of a math classroom at Pike High School

About the only thing you can do on a shoestring these days is trip. - unknown

It's like calling Rand McNally for directions. - unknown

If a woman doesn't get the man she wants, God help the man she gets. - old Vaudeville joke

No topic is closed to an open mind. - unknown

Statistics show a lot of injuries are jubilation related. - radio commercial

It's a low-motivation Monday. - unknown

I ain't no sad-eyed puppy. - someone somewhere

Retention knobs are an option and must be ordered separately. - industrial supply catalog

Who needs whips and chains? I've got a good vocabulary. - unknown

I call you Casper because I see right through you. - unknown

Nobody's born homophobic. I think it's a choice. They could change if they wanted. - overheard online

I am the center of my universe. Everyone else is either a star, a blackhole, or an insignificant speck of useless matter. - somewhere online

San Francisco: Surrounded by water, protected by dykes, serviced by ferries. - online

The best thing about having Pagan friends? They worship the ground you walk on. - on AOL

It's always wise not to look back too closely on what one says to rock stars. - "Lynx" in Def Leppard chat 8.13.95

They grow 'em big and dumb in Texas. - "Def MD" in Def Leppard chat 8.13.95

The road is just a place where you don't have rocks. - someone talking about Nevada

Trotty's on the piano. - Trotty Heck Trio playing at Rick's Cafe American 12.8.95

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. - radio 2.26.96

How far under the trailer park did we have to dig? - unknown

I'm home, take me drunk. - unknown

...psychogenic fugue... - someone online

This is the no-weirdo channel. - online

The real people have profiles, the imaginary computer-generated people don't. - on AOL in 1995

Been there, done that, had him. - online in 1995

Give your feline quiet-tude with Kitty Lewds. - unknown

I have pickles in my hair. - line from a Dwight Yoakam song as told by Barb 7.10.96

Dig deep. You could uncover a fortune. - online ad

The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. - unknown poet

Throw a rock through the window of your mind. - radio commercial

Your rules don't apply here. - online ad for Obsidian

They say full speed ahead, damn the torpedos. You want to make sure you're not running into a destroyer. - unknown

Moon Over My Hammy - a dish at Denny's 11.7.99

That was the most beautifully directed beheading I've ever seen. - unknown about the movie Anna and the King

I need arms. Everybody's gotta have arms. - Mac Boot Camp at IDG Books 1.24.00

I don't have a lifestyle, I have a life. - line from a poem on Queer writers list

I fear fate worse than sinking. - radio communication on the disappearance of the Cyclops

I'm not a democrat. I'm a Canadian. - in a chat room online

Its themes of existential alienation and paranoia have often been read as signs of postwar malaise and Cold War anxiete. - online notes about Film Noir

Rug Burns in Paris - fake porn movie title

spinning port holes - washing machines

Amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. - mentioned at the bottom of a forwarded email

Windows 98: A 32 bit graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system that was originally coded on a 4 bit processor. Currently published by a 2 bit company that cannot stand 1 bit of competition. - written on a piece of scrap paper

When your expectations keep running into unyielding obstacles, embrace detour. - credited to the name "Adam"

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - unknown

I am having an out of money experience. - unknown

A day without sunshine is like night. - unknown

Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and it's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, the police are German, and it's all organized by the Italians. - anonymous from the Devil's Dictionary website

No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. - at the end of an email

Men are like a fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have at the dinner table. - in a forwarded email

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. - in an email 4.30.03

When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt. - in an email 1.24.04

You can make dust or eat dust. - country music quote

Unhappiness is no excuse for misery. - from an online story

Heaven is under our feet and not just over our heads. - unknown

How many dead heads do you think woke up in microbuses and said, "Whoa! What do we do now?" - unknown on the death of Jerry Garcia

I bet there are traffic jams all over the U.S. cause they have no direction now. - unknown on Dead Heads after the death of Jerry Garcia

The skill of baseball, the agility and athleticism of basketball, the power and strength of football — and played on a slippery surface. - unknown about hockey

It's all fun and games until someone opens a portal into Hell. - from a font website

People can be divided into three groups:
Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. - unknown

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - unknown

I am having an out of money experience. - unknown

A day without sunshine is like night. - unknown

Drugs lead nowhere, but it's the scenic route. - on a t-shirt at Zazzle.com

A procrastinator's work is never done. - email newsletter

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." - unknown

I have not yet begun to shop. - unknown

I could show you in a word if I wanted to. - song lyric

America offers freedom of religion, but hardly freedom FROM it. - unknown

If you have any poo, fling it now. - unknown