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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:12 pm
by Dixie
illusion wrote:"What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."


"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
I love a quotation from Hamlet. I will look for it.

EDIT: Can't find it! Anyway it's the one that starts with Gertrude saying something like: "Hamlet, you have thy father much offended"...

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:38 pm
by Bambang
Dixie wrote:
illusion wrote:"What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."


"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
I love a quotation from Hamlet. I will look for it.

Once upon a time, there was a nice curious uncle. He wanted to know about Hamlet. Then he bought a DVD entitled "Hamlet". It contained 3 compact discs. Then he watched the movie. He almost cried in the middle of the movie. Not because of the story but .... he needed more than 4 hours to watch it through. Finally he just watched the first 20 minutes, then 20 minutes in the middle, and 10 minutes at the end.

After that he put the DVD under his cupboard in the hope that he would never find it.

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:41 pm
by Dixie
bambang wrote: Once upon a time, there was a nice curious uncle. He wanted to know about Hamlet. Then he bought a DVD entitled "Hamlet". It contained 3 compact discs. Then he watched the movie. He almost cried in the middle of the movie. Not because of the story but .... he needed more than 4 hours to watch it through. Finally he just watched the first 20 minutes, then 20 minutes in the middle, and 10 minutes at the end.

After that he put the DVD under his cupboard in the hope that he would never find it.
OH my dog! Please read the book.

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:43 pm
by Dixie
Found it!

Act 3, Scene 4

HAMLET

Now, mother, what's the matter?

QUEEN GERTRUDE

Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.

HAMLET

Mother, you have my father much offended.

QUEEN GERTRUDE

Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue.

HAMLET

Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue.


I just loved this part. Note that when Gertrude says "thy father" she means Claudius, and when Hamlet says "my father" he means his real father.

source

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:49 pm
by Bambang
Dixie wrote:
bambang wrote: Once upon a time, there was a nice curious uncle. He wanted to know about Hamlet. Then he bought a DVD entitled "Hamlet". It contained 3 compact discs. Then he watched the movie. He almost cried in the middle of the movie. Not because of the story but .... he needed more than 4 hours to watch it through. Finally he just watched the first 20 minutes, then 20 minutes in the middle, and 10 minutes at the end.

After that he put the DVD under his cupboard in the hope that he would never find it.
OH my dog! Please read the book.

I don't even like dogs.

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:52 pm
by Dixie
bambang wrote:
I don't even like dogs.
How about books? ;)

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:31 am
by Bambang
Dixie wrote:
bambang wrote:
I don't even like dogs.
How about books? ;)

C'mon Dixie. I don't like books on dogs.

It's not Shakespeare's era any more.

It's Steven Spielberg's and Steven Hawking's.

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:28 pm
by illusion
Dixie wrote:Found it!

Act 3, Scene 4

HAMLET

Now, mother, what's the matter?

QUEEN GERTRUDE

Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.

HAMLET

Mother, you have my father much offended.

QUEEN GERTRUDE

Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue.

HAMLET

Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue.


I just loved this part. Note that when Gertrude says "thy father" she means Claudius, and when Hamlet says "my father" he means his real father.

source



yeah, I know what you mean. I've read Hamlet more than 10 times. I nearly know it by heart in English. It's the best tragedy that Shakespeare has ever created...I am so in love with Hamlet, his intelligence and wicked sense of humour. He was a very sensitive character and I couldn't stop crying when I read the scene of his death... "the rest is silence"

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:35 pm
by illusion
bambang wrote:
Dixie wrote:
bambang wrote:
I don't even like dogs.
How about books? ;)

C'mon Dixie. I don't like books on dogs.

It's not Shakespeare's era any more.

It's Steven Spielberg's and Steven Hawking's.

For Shame! Shakespeare's era was, is and will be forever because the truths contained in his works are immortal and despite the huge amount of time that has passed since he wrote, the things he wrote about and emotions he exposed are simply timeless!

about ...Sheakspeare.

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:00 pm
by LadyMacbeth
Hello :)
For Shame! Shakespeare's era was, is and will be forever because the truths contained in his works are immortal and despite the huge amount of time that has passed since he wrote, the things he wrote about and emotions he exposed are simply timeless!
I would like to suggest one thing. My nickname is what it is but I would never ever tried to ...overestimate meaining of Sheakspeare in the world of biggest world's literature.

During his lifetime he was a successful author/actor in times where theatre was extremely popular. Many reasons of it.
Then he was forgotten for long, long times as far as I know.
Finally his compatriots found him to have someone who could beat all what ancient Rome has left till today.
Doth Brits have always been sure they happened to be the best people in the world.

Well... did they really beat all ancient big poets with one Sheakspeare? :roll:

But... but... they did the best business on his plays. That is rather no doubt to me. Rome's poets performances must have been not half as expensive as Sheakspeare's have always been! :(

LM

Re: about ...Sheakspeare.

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:43 am
by illusion
LadyMacbeth wrote:Hello :)
For Shame! Shakespeare's era was, is and will be forever because the truths contained in his works are immortal and despite the huge amount of time that has passed since he wrote, the things he wrote about and emotions he exposed are simply timeless!
I would like to suggest one thing. My nickname is what it is but I would never ever tried to ...overestimate meaining of Sheakspeare in the world of biggest world's literature.

During his lifetime he was a successful author/actor in times where theatre was extremely popular. Many reasons of it.
Then he was forgotten for long, long times as far as I know.
Finally his compatriots found him to have someone who could beat all what ancient Rome has left till today.
Doth Brits have always been sure they happened to be the best people in the world.

Well... did they really beat all ancient big poets with one Sheakspeare? :roll:

But... but... they did the best business on his plays. That is rather no doubt to me. Rome's poets performances must have been not half as expensive as Sheakspeare's have always been! :(

LM

oh yeah, why did you ever choose that nickname? Do you want to follow your nickname's character's path?

hello illusion :)

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:05 pm
by LadyMacbeth
Hello all Sheakespeare's fans :)

Well... I would never ever tell anyone from Warsaw what should be done! Never ever indeed!!!

But what I like much more than my own gory personality are - for example - nice, fresh and sound Celtic poems...

I would rather cite them than my own words here or there (still not a single word about my deeds )! :ups:

So one of my favourite cites if anyone cares... :)

A Celtic Blessing

May the road rise up
To meet you.

May the wind be always
At your back.

May the sun shine warm
upon your face.

May the rain fall soft
upon your field,

And until we meet again.
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

A Celtic Prayer

Deep peace of the
running waves to you.

Deep peace of the
flowing air to you.

Deep peace of the
quiet earth to you.

Deep peace of the
shining stars to you.

Deep peace of the
Son of Peace to you.

LM

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:50 pm
by Bambang
I didn't mean to let the Shakespeare's fans down. However, let's analyse one of his "spectacular" work of art namely Romeo and Juliet.

At the end of the drama, we could see that finally the couple commit suicide in the name of love.

What kind of lesson can you give to the next generations? Commiting suicide is the best solution?
I would say that it's stupid instead of dramatic and touching ending.

Today's generation thinks that loving the opposite sex is everything. Life will be empty without that love. In some extent it's correct. But it's not totally correct.

Why not watch or read movies or books which can encourage us to face this life optimistically.

This is good advice:

DARE TO LIVE

instead of

LET'S DIE.



Ohhh... more advice:

Watch FEAR FACTOR or SURVIVAL. You'll be more realistic and optimistic in facing this beautiful life.

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:59 pm
by MissLT
"If you can't change your fate, change your attitude." (Amy Tan)

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:49 pm
by Krisi
Proverb:

"A great man is always willing to be little."

by: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:51 am
by Bambang
krisi wrote:Proverb:

"A great man is always willing to be little."

by: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yes, be a humble person.

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:42 am
by Krisi
The best index to a person's character is
(a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and
(b) how he treats people who can't fight back.


- Abigail van Buren -

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:47 am
by Tora
bambang wrote:
krisi wrote:Proverb:

"A great man is always willing to be little."

by: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yes, be a humble person.
Since I have read "David Copperfield" I can consider an attitude of "humble" as mean, disgusting, cunning slimy Uriah Heep only... it is more a negative characteristic of a person for me now

but I love krisi's posted quote :wink:

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:41 am
by Krisi
Tora wrote:
Proverb:

"A great man is always willing to be little."

by: Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love krisi's posted quote :wink:


Thanks. (I find you one among the great! :wink:)

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:06 am
by Krisi
I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains.
- Anne Frank -
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:43 pm
by Krisi
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming a false notions of things and persons.

-Abigail Adams-

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:52 pm
by Krisi
Happiness is a direction, not a place.
-Syndey J. Harris-
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:44 pm
by Krisi
Never take away hope from any human being.

By: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:18 am
by Krisi
Happiness is a perfume, you can't pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:15 am
by Vega
Ех nihilo nihil

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:22 pm
by Krisi
Each day is a little life.

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:56 am
by Krisi
Don't be afraid to fail, don't waist energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK.
If you're not failing, you're not growing.


H. Stanley Judd

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:18 pm
by Krisi
There are many things in life that will catch your eye. But only a few will catch your heart...

-Ben Crenshaw
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:55 am
by Krisi
Believe you can and you're halfway there.

-Theodore Roosevelt

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:01 am
by Bambang
Just enough is not enough.

-Uncle B-[/i]

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:20 am
by Krisi
Never explain yourself. Your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe it...

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:26 pm
by Krisi
I love the man who can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

-Thomas Paine-

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:19 am
by Krisi
All learning begins with the simple phrase, "I don't know."

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:53 pm
by Krisi
Winners are loosers who got up and gave it one more try...

-Dennis Young-

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:15 pm
by ashgore
[quote="Miss. Ladybird"]Don't you sometimes feel "stuck" to a problem or a no-win situation and you find yourself very depressed and unable to do anything? It even gets worse when you find nobody to talk to.

Well, I had gone through this a lot. One of the things that helped me is reading these lines every time I feel depressed. They're a part of a novel called" Robinson Crusoe" written by Daniel Defoe. It's a story of a sailor who was desolated in an island alone and with nothing to help him survive. Believe me! It will help you to see the bright side of any problem.


[b][i] "I had now brought my State of Life to be much easier in it self than it was at first, and much easier to my Mind, as well as to my Body. I frequently sat down to my Meat with Thankfulness, and admir'd the Hand of God's providence, which had thus spread my Table in the Wilderness. I learn'd to look more upon the bright Side of my Condition, and less upon the dark Side; and to consider what I enjoy'd, rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret Comforts, that I cannot express them; and which I take Notice of here, to put those discontented People in Mind of it, who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them; because they see, and covet something that he has not given them; All our Discontents about what we want, appear'd to me, to spring from the Want of Thankfulness for what we have." [/i] [/b]

From "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe[/quote]



I like this quote too. It teaches us to be thankful for what we have rather than to covet others' possessions. Looking to the bright side of anything is definitely good. It is our human nature though to keep looking for more and more. If someone just got an old car instead of his bicycle, this person would be really happy. But then, he'll want a newer car. If someone got an average salary, then later he would want a bigger one and so forth. Unless we reach this resolution of being thankful, this 'want' process could be indefinite.

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:26 pm
by Krisi
Five great enemies of peace inhibit us:
avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride.


-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:43 am
by Krisi
Three Rules of Work:

1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2. From discord, find harmony.
3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.


-Albert Einstein-

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:01 pm
by Krisi
Commitment is a line you must cross... it is the difference between dreaming and doing...

SMILE

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:21 am
by gem
Keep SMILING . It makes everyone wonder what you've been up to.


Progress is nothing but the victory of SMILE over anger.


Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of hero and the SMILE of a conqueror.

SMILE is a slight curve which can set all things straight.

What's the use of worrying?
It never was worthwhile,
So, pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
and SMILE, SMILE, SMILE....

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:35 am
by Krisi
When you get into a tight place, and it seems you can't go on, hold on, for that's just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:59 am
by Krisi
"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:06 am
by Miss. Ladybird
krisi wrote:"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."
How creepy! I read this sentence this morning, somewhere, and now at the end of the day! :roll:

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:51 am
by Bambang
krisi wrote:"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."
I like this.

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:00 am
by Krisi
bambang wrote:
krisi wrote:"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."
I like this.
Thanks, Uncle Bambang... ( This really struck a vibrating chord in my heart.)

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:13 am
by Krisi
Miss. Ladybird wrote:
krisi wrote:"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."
How creepy! I read this sentence this morning, somewhere, and now at the end of the day! :roll:
I know the feelings, Miss. Ladybird... (I really cried when I had no shoes! :oops: But, this pierced my heart when I ran an eye over this quotation in a book... :cry: )

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:15 am
by faithfulman
hi! i was having a lot of probleme and i was very sad
but when i have been remebering this quote i feel so happy
after any distress there is an affluence
allah

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:24 am
by Ms.A.Z
My two most favorite quots are:

"Life is not measured by the breath you take but rather by the moments that take your breath away" un-known

&

"What gose around comes around"


:roll:

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:46 am
by Krisi
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:28 am
by Krisi
"Most of the good that is done in this world is the direct result of somebody's sensitivity."

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:39 pm
by Krisi
If you were given a lemon, make a lemonade. :P