Saturday, February 21, 2009

Eeeeeeerie.

I was supposed to do this to an iPod shuffle, but ran across the 'random quote' option on this site and decided to see what would happen if I shuffled quotes instead of songs. The results were spooky - especially that funeral one! and the motto one too - and only three don't really make sense. Can you guess which three?

IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. Lord Acton, Letter to Mary Gladstone, 1881

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world. Real Live Preacher weblog, 05-01-05

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself. Christine Bovee

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
A doctor saves lives - it's up to people to create lives that are worth saving. Philip Gold, Doctors: Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes 2005 Calendar

WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. Earl Warren (1891 - 1974)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive. Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954), Letter to Nickolas Muray, 12-18-1939

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. Jane Goodall (1934 - )

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. Thomas Sowell (1930 - ), Is Reality Optional?, 1993

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
A person's abilities are tested best when defending rather than attacking. Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting. Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. Arnold Toynbee (1889 - 1975)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
They can conquer who believe they can. Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience. Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
I am just going outside and may be some time. Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 - 1912), last words

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Before he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel. George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), 'On Giving,' The Prophet, 1923

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors. Mary Catherine Bateson

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love, and to long life. Alexander A. Bogomoletz

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