Famous Quotes Game - Page 16

Ladybugsmom · 06-16-2011, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Future MDPilot

You guys are having so much fun here by yourselves. I think I'll join.

The creator of this quote had a 'religion' characterized by his virtuous life and it happened to be that it was also named after him, Confucius, but not contrived by him.

I'll start with an easy one.

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading them."

The more the merrier! Welcome!

Ray Bradbury.

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become"

Ivas · 06-16-2011, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

The more the merrier! Welcome!

Ray Bradbury.

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become"

Hmm, that sounds like a philosopher of the extreme idealist school like Bishop Berkeley, or perhaps that self-help "teacher" of the 1920's who advised folks to say to themselves, "Everyday, in every way, I am getting better and better". His name escapes me at the moment... Hey, maybe it's that positive thinking promoter of the 1950's and 60's who said,"Right thinking can overcome the greatest problems." He claimed to have cured his own cancer in this way. I'll have to think on it to come up with his name. Am I on the right track?

Ladybugsmom · 06-16-2011, 11:44 PM

Philosopher??? Some might think so - think more religious....

Ivas · 06-17-2011, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Philosopher??? Some might think so - think more religious....

Okay, the religious thinker par excellence of the idealist school would be Saint Augustine of Hippo. A few centuries later, Saint Thomas Aquinas fell into the same approach in attempting a reconciliation of man's consciousness with the seeming randomness of the Universe.

Am I gettin' closer?

Future MDPilot · 06-17-2011, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

The more the merrier! Welcome!

Ray Bradbury.

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become"

Since the last quote comes from Confucius, I'd have to say that this relates to Buddhism and therefore Siddhartha Gautama (better known as Buddha) states this.

"My cockiness is you falling short of confidence" (if I'm correct)

Ladybugsmom · 06-17-2011, 10:42 PM

Yes, Buddha... You have me stumped - hints???

Future MDPilot · 06-18-2011, 08:07 AM

He is a bodybuilder whose initials, excluding middle name, are N.W.

It's a fairly well known quote despite being from somebody you would not expect, which surprises me.

Ivas · 06-18-2011, 01:06 PM

Hmm, let's see. Could the quote be one coined by Future MDPilot himself?

Future MDPilot · 06-18-2011, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivas

Hmm, let's see. Could the quote be one coined by Future MDPilot himself?

No sire, 'tis one created by a gentleman who goes by the name of Nick Wright.

Your turn

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Ivas · 06-18-2011, 03:15 PM

"It's better to marry than to burn."

csjcsj · 06-19-2011, 07:54 AM

Paul

“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do."

Ladybugsmom · 06-19-2011, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by csjcsj

Paul

“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do."

The way that it's phrased here - Shaquille O'Neill. But he was paraphrasing Aristotle: "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

One of my favorite quotes:

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something"

Ivas · 06-19-2011, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

The way that it's phrased here - Shaquille O'Neill. But he was paraphrasing Aristotle: "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

One of my favorite quotes:

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something"

It sounds like something Mark Twain would say, yet the wording doesn't seem to be his style...

Ladybugsmom · 06-19-2011, 03:19 PM

Mark Twain is much too recent... try again.

06-16-2011, 11:44 PM	#213
Ladybugsmom Older than I look.... Drives: 2010 VR Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 6,481 View My Garage	Philosopher??? Some might think so - think more religious.... __________________ High Heels and Fast Wheels!!

06-17-2011, 10:42 PM	#216
Ladybugsmom Older than I look.... Drives: 2010 VR Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 6,481 View My Garage	Yes, Buddha... You have me stumped - hints??? __________________ High Heels and Fast Wheels!!

06-18-2011, 08:07 AM	#217
Future MDPilot Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Join Date: May 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 967	He is a bodybuilder whose initials, excluding middle name, are N.W. It's a fairly well known quote despite being from somebody you would not expect, which surprises me. __________________ My Cockiness is YOU falling short of Confidence

06-19-2011, 07:54 AM	#221
csjcsj Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS 6spd Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Jefferson, Ga Posts: 4,399 View My Garage	Paul “Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do." __________________

06-19-2011, 03:19 PM	#224
Ladybugsmom Older than I look.... Drives: 2010 VR Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 6,481 View My Garage	Mark Twain is much too recent... try again. __________________ High Heels and Fast Wheels!!

06-18-2011, 01:06 PM	#218
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Hmm, let's see. Could the quote be one coined by Future MDPilot himself?

06-18-2011, 03:15 PM	#220
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	"It's better to marry than to burn."

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