Quotes from books, movies, etc. that have stuck with you.

HunterST

HunterST

Hall of Fame
There are several quotes from books and movies that occur to me pretty often in every day life. Something will happen, and these quotes just pop into my brain as the perfect way to explain the situation. Here area few:

The light that burns twice as brightly also burns half as long. (This is often related to tennis. Nadal, polyester strings, etc.)
Blade Runner

Too good to last, he thought. . . Might as well have been a dream, he thought.
The Old Man and the Sea

(Referencing how things might be better if a missed opportunity had been taken) Maybe not. But maybe so.
The Kite Runner

What are some that occur to you in life? Not necessarily your favorite quotes, but ones that pop into your head.
 
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Sirius Black

Guest
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.
 
ojo rojo

ojo rojo

Legend
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Legend
"Wise men know that foolish legislation is like sand, which perishes in the twisting." Emerson.
 
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Legend
sorry, too quick with typing there, he says it's like a ROPE of sand. . . which perishes in the twisting.
 
SpinToWin

SpinToWin

Talk Tennis Guru
Gotta say, it's rare that a quote from a movie or a book will spring to my head...

I'll ponder over it a bit and come back.

Edit: One that comes to my mind occasionally is from Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil
"Suppose that truth is a woman..."

That's enough, says it all really :p
 
kramer woodie

kramer woodie

Professional
An interview of Clint Eastwood I saw and heard. When asked at his advance age (at the time 85) how he had so much energy. His answer I will
never forget. Per Eastwood, " When the old man knocks on your door, don't, do not answer the door".

About fell off my chair with that common sense approach.

Aloha
 
Harry_Wild

Harry_Wild

G.O.A.T.
A book titled: "On Love" by Alan de Botton

page 74:

"In the end, I've found that it doesn't matter who you marry. If you like them at the beginning, you probably won't like them at the end. And if you start off hating them, there's always the chance you'll end up thinking they're all right."
 
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70sHollywood

Guest
A couple of movie quotes -

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer"

and

"I haven't got time for this mickey mouse b*******"


Pretty much every day at work and whenever I watch or read the news. I'll let others decide if they apply to Talk Tennis. :D
 
Steady Eddy

Steady Eddy

Legend
Instead of building newer and larger weapons of mass destruction, I think mankind should try to get more use out of the one we have.

Jack Handy
 
Harry_Wild

Harry_Wild

G.O.A.T.
From WSJ -"The Right Kind of Reckless—and a French Open Title"
by Jason Gay:

"PARIS—One of the most entertaining things in tennis is watching a talented player totally go for it -- as in, throw out every trace of fear or trepidation or caution, snuggle up to risk and recklessness, and let the racket and the aggression fly."
 
Harry_Wild

Harry_Wild

G.O.A.T.
Midaso240 said:
...and the book says we may be through with the past,but past AIN'T done with us
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Especially if you have a checkered past! Always stays with you! That what the TV show that Chuck Connor starring in theme was all about, called "Branded".
 
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Sysyphus

Sysyphus

Talk Tennis Guru
(on getting a drug intervention)

Eli: I wish you'd've done this for me when I was a kid.

Richie: But you didn't have a drug problem then.

Eli: Yeah, but it still would've meant a lot to me.

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K-H

K-H

Hall of Fame
'Now let's see his f*****g cards'

Not inspiring but memorable. I doubt many people will know where it's from.
 
SpinToWin

SpinToWin

Talk Tennis Guru
Let's bring some anime into this :p

"The country? The skies? You can have them. I’m busy just protecting what’s right in front of me. I don’t know what’ll happen to me in the future, but if something has fallen at my feet, then the least I can do is pick it up." - Gintama

"When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart by the bullet of a pistol? No. When they are ravaged by an incurable disease? No. When they drink a soup made from a poisonous mushroom!? No! It’s when they are forgotten." - One Piece

"Whatever you lose, you'll find it again. But what you throw away you'll never get back." - Rurouni Kenshin: Meihi Kenkaku Romantan

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Vcore89

Vcore89

Talk Tennis Guru
We have very strong physical and chemical evidence for a large impact; this is the most firmly established part of the whole story. There is an unquestionable mass extinction at this time, and in the fossil groups for which we have the best record, the extinction coincides with the impact to a precision of a centimeter or better in the stratigraphic record. This exact coincidence in timing strongly argues for a causal relationship.
— Walter Alvarez
 
donquijote

donquijote

G.O.A.T.
Vcore89 said:
I love Franz Kafka...

''Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.''
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He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.
Franz Kafka (The Blue Octavo Notebooks, 1917-1919)
 
Sysyphus

Sysyphus

Talk Tennis Guru
"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd"

— Alexander Poap
 
Sudacafan

Sudacafan

Bionic Poster
Quotes from books, movies, etc. that have stuck with you.

“Have you seen the Drop Volley(TM) lately?”
Joel Dali
 
Turbo-87

Turbo-87

G.O.A.T.
"I have something to say! It's better to burn out than to fade away!" - Kurgan to the church crowd in Highlander
 
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"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying." - Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
 
acintya

acintya

Legend
(Childe Harold, Canto iii. Stanzas 113, 114.)

I HAVE not loved the world, nor the world me;
I have not flatter’d its rank breath, nor bow’d
To its idolatries a patient knee,—
Nor coin’d my cheek to smiles,—nor cried aloud
In worship of an echo; in the crowd
They could not deem me one of such; I stood
Among them, but not of them; in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts, and still could,
Had I not filed my mind, which thus itself subdued.

I have not loved the world, nor the world me,—
But let us part fair foes; I do believe,
Though I have found them not, that there may be
Words which are things,—hopes which will not deceive,
And virtues which are merciful, nor weave
Snares for the failing: I would also deem
O’er others’ griefs that some sincerely grieve;
That two, or one, are almost what they seem,—
That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.


never seen anything more beautiful written down.
o my Lord Byron - you are the best.
 
BeatlesFan

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
"It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” --
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
 
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