tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post115131882832604586..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: QuotationDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151436555136218032006-06-27T12:29:00.000-07:002006-06-27T12:29:00.000-07:00I answered these comments this morning, curse you ...I answered these comments this morning, curse you Blogger!<BR/><BR/>Not misquoted, VI, sublimated.<BR/><BR/>Well done, Puppybrose.<BR/><BR/>Karma, that's a great definition. You and Ariel share the crown today.<BR/><BR/>Shayna, you're welcome whenever you get here.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151379825638666152006-06-26T20:43:00.000-07:002006-06-26T20:43:00.000-07:00I am late as usual... Please forgive... I had to w...I am late as usual... Please forgive... I had to work late tonight...<BR/><BR/><BR/>"I think of mankind in quotation marks <BR/>Ever since i took a drink from you <BR/>This is for all the headless acrobats <BR/>Faces crushed in the circus dust <BR/>All in the name of gravity <BR/>And the price of admission <BR/><BR/>Beautiful loser while eyes have let you now <BR/>Beautiful loser while eyes have let you now <BR/>Cause you're beautiful <BR/><BR/>I think of mankind in quotation marks <BR/>Ever since I took a drink of you"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151371146544283222006-06-26T18:19:00.000-07:002006-06-26T18:19:00.000-07:00Quote. Borrowed feathers.Unquote.See plagiarismyyt...Quote. Borrowed feathers.Unquote.<BR/><BR/>See <I>plagiarism</I><BR/><BR/>yytovr: why oh why do i hafta verify?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190480692312079052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151363740609477432006-06-26T16:15:00.000-07:002006-06-26T16:15:00.000-07:00oooh! that *was* sublime!oooh! that *was* sublime!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151363684284961182006-06-26T16:14:00.000-07:002006-06-26T16:14:00.000-07:00VI: doesn't matter. for, with that dizzying intell...VI: doesn't matter. for, with that dizzying intellect, clearly i cannot choose the cup in front of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151363079379588122006-06-26T16:04:00.000-07:002006-06-26T16:04:00.000-07:00AhhhTo mis-quote is humanTo quote, sublime..Wait, ...Ahhh<BR/><BR/>To mis-quote is human<BR/>To quote, sublime..<BR/><BR/>Wait, thats misquoted isnt itThe Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643534117010031075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151362636670337952006-06-26T15:57:00.000-07:002006-06-26T15:57:00.000-07:00Puppybrose, usually wallet-sized by design.G, we d...Puppybrose, usually wallet-sized by design.<BR/><BR/>G, we don't think less of you.<BR/><BR/>Den sweet den, Jenna?<BR/><BR/>Just because I'm curious, Sar: That wasn't their last album was it?<BR/><BR/>Well done, Logo. As Orson Welles once told Lloyd Bridges, "I like Dietrich's best"<BR/><BR/>Gotcha, Brian. If you hadn't guessed, I'm not cool.<BR/><BR/>Kyahgirl, "Just because I'm up on my desk not saying anything doesn't mean I'm not thinking hard."-William Jefferson Clinton.<BR/><BR/>Funny, Puppy. About time someone picked on G. That quote should rightly be unattributed.<BR/><BR/>Logo, I agree.<BR/><BR/>Snuppybrose, I think that was "citations."<BR/><BR/>Hahaha, Actonbell. Any particular blog jump to your mind just now?<BR/><BR/>O Ceallaigh, you just dotted my Q.E.D. <I>(Did I do that right?</I>Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151358756235843252006-06-26T14:52:00.000-07:002006-06-26T14:52:00.000-07:00O Ceallaigh, in company with Bullwinkle J. Moose a...O Ceallaigh, in company with Bullwinkle J. Moose and Google, wish they could set you a merry chase. But the weaknesses are too obvious. For example: miniskirts. If and when The Amoeba manages to catch and hold one, we'll talk. Until then, dude, it's open season. (Please note the quotation of a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy" REL="nofollow">metonymy</A>.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151352015692484832006-06-26T13:00:00.000-07:002006-06-26T13:00:00.000-07:00Logophile: ah... now see, i thought it was "great ...Logophile: ah... now see, i thought it was "great minds think alike". but, maybe they just think they do... good company indeed! <BR/><BR/>"Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted." ~Hesketh PearsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151351670394667362006-06-26T12:54:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:54:00.000-07:00Puppytoes, I heard it this way,"Great minds, but w...Puppytoes, I heard it this way,<BR/>"Great minds, but with only a single thought between them."<BR/>:p<BR/>At least I am in good companyLogophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791617221187190709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151351312931223812006-06-26T12:48:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:48:00.000-07:00D'oh! Logophile... you've been reading my mind aga...D'oh! Logophile... you've been reading my mind again, for i was planning to do the exact same thing! (what's that quote about "great minds" again?)<BR/><BR/>"Most collectors collect tangibles. As a quotation collector, I collect wisdom, life, invisible beauty, souls alive in ink." ~Terri Guillemets<BR/><BR/>G: next to the soups. and i'm sorry about the pillows, but you and i both know what the first step to recovery is...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151351214453756642006-06-26T12:46:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:46:00.000-07:00Hi Doug, I'd like to quote Ariel but I'm too lazy ...Hi Doug, I'd like to quote Ariel but I'm too lazy so I'll just put 'what she said'.Kyahgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496268340516243071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151350830508076232006-06-26T12:40:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:40:00.000-07:00"I always have a quotation for everything - it sav..."I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking." Dorothy Sayers<BR/><BR/>“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself.” <BR/> Marlene Dietrich <BR/><BR/>"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.” <BR/> William Somerset Maugham<BR/><BR/>To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound” <BR/> Christian Nevell Bovee<BR/><BR/>“He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors” <BR/> Rudyard Kipling<BR/> <BR/>“A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.” <BR/> Joseph Roux quotes<BR/> <BR/><BR/><BR/>And I'm spent...Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791617221187190709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151350208226353472006-06-26T12:30:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:30:00.000-07:00Quotations are great fodder for inspiration, humor...<STRONG>Quotations</STRONG> are great fodder for inspiration, humor, and ridicule. Though Dubya provides copious examples of the latter, it's actually the former that my favorite quotation applies to.<BR/><BR/>"It's not over 'till it's over." <BR/><BR/>Starship recorded a song (yes in the '80s) under the same title and it's this series of lyrics that resonate on so many levels with the Belle in me:<BR/><BR/><EM>The odds are against us<BR/>They say we don't stand a chance<BR/>But there's no giving up, no giving in<BR/>When push comes to shove<BR/>You got to fight for what you love<BR/>You do what you must, do what you can<BR/><BR/>(Passion speaks) Let them hear you speak<BR/>(Play for keeps) They play to win, we play for keeps<BR/><BR/>It's not over 'til it's over (It's not over)<BR/>It's not over 'til we get it right<BR/>It's not over 'til it's over (Don't go giving in)<BR/>It's not over 'til we get it right</EM>Sarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898887379236020609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151349949149224532006-06-26T12:25:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:25:00.000-07:00I was going to get my aunt to put a quote on a pil...I was going to get my aunt to put a quote on a pillow for me but I can't remember where I saw the quote...or what it was. All I remember was that it was raunchy. I don't even recall who I was with when I said "That would rock on a pillow!" Sigh. No "Home Sweet Home" in my den of iniquity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151349556882587092006-06-26T12:19:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:19:00.000-07:00Puppytoes - would that be in the frozen section? T...Puppytoes - would that be in the frozen section? <BR/><BR/>That is so unfair - outing me in this manner!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151349155627522062006-06-26T12:12:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:12:00.000-07:00Quotation: Prepackaged phrase.tell the truth g... ...<B>Quotation</B>: Prepackaged phrase.<BR/><BR/>tell the truth g... you know you have <A HREF="http://www.cherrylanecollection.com/man_wordpillows0.html" REL="nofollow">this page</A> bookmarked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151348962901361692006-06-26T12:09:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:09:00.000-07:00Freakin' Mammoths, Brian. Freakin' Mammoths.Masil...Freakin' Mammoths, Brian. Freakin' Mammoths.<BR/><BR/>Masil, it's amazing how much wisdom and nuance there is in an encyclopedia when you have 12 pages to fill. "That should just about do it"-Augeas, King of Elis<BR/><BR/>a4g, if you haven't browsed O Ceallaigh's New Millenium Devil's Dictionary you ought to check it out if only for his "All wrongs deplored" caveat.<BR/><BR/>"I hate those pillows" -G, June 26, 2006<BR/><BR/>Brian, you mean rifles?<BR/><BR/>Minka, ineffability just begs for assistance, doesn't it? "You need a hand with that?" Lizzie Borden's step-father.<BR/><BR/>TLP, I wish I'd said that!<BR/><BR/>O Ceallaigh, I just know there's something you don't know about and I am to find it and ridicule you with it.<BR/><BR/>Mireille, I bet that gets quoted a lot, I wonder if it's ever quoted without an ironic smirk.<BR/><BR/>G, jinx!Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151348016305819712006-06-26T11:53:00.000-07:002006-06-26T11:53:00.000-07:00TLP: I do wish I'd said that!OC: For a number of...TLP: I do wish I'd said that!<BR/><BR/>OC: For a number of reasons - no. But the "pillow" which contains said tefillin has only ornamental embroidery. I speak of those cruel(int. mis.) pillows that have a snappy little quotations on them placed ever so casually on couches across America.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151347016098580972006-06-26T11:36:00.000-07:002006-06-26T11:36:00.000-07:00"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are ..."Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." Oscar Wilde xoxomireillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012296353550408831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151346506660914992006-06-26T11:28:00.000-07:002006-06-26T11:28:00.000-07:00Hmmm ... means we won't be seeing you with tefilli...Hmmm ... means we won't be seeing you with <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin" REL="nofollow">tefillin</A>, then, g?<BR/><BR/>:)The amoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997830489035965913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151346391651269422006-06-26T11:26:00.000-07:002006-06-26T11:26:00.000-07:00Quotation: Speaking someone else's quip. Also se...Quotation: Speaking someone else's quip. Also see, <I>Wish I'd said that.</I>TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151346263010554532006-06-26T11:24:00.000-07:002006-06-26T11:24:00.000-07:00quotation: wordy amunition for the uninspriedI wou...quotation: wordy amunition for the uninspried<BR/><BR/>I would like to seize this moment and quote a quote about quoting (try to sya that ten time sin a row- I did. it made me smile!)<BR/><BR/>"I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffible idea I seek to express." (Caldwell O'Keefe)Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151345558257303592006-06-26T11:12:00.000-07:002006-06-26T11:12:00.000-07:00Something suitable for embroidery on a pillow. I ...Something suitable for embroidery on a pillow. I hate those pillows - and you can quote me on that!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1151343338369447612006-06-26T10:35:00.000-07:002006-06-26T10:35:00.000-07:00quotation-the best way to take up several pages in...quotation-the best way to take up several pages in a paper.LeMas.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15069218070988779302noreply@blogger.com