tragically unhip | quotes

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~ Joseph Campbell

"For the first time, the main sermon was delivered by a woman, the Rev. Sharon E. Watkins, general minister and president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She related an oft-told Cherokee tale about a grandfather who explains to his grandson that within every person are two wolves fighting — one the wolf of anger, resentment and fear, the other of compassion, hope and love. The grandson asks which wolf wins, and the grandfather answers, 'The one you feed.' ” [ via ]

"it has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. but the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor. ~Neil Gaiman

"a friend is one whom i may think aloud." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"it would be easier to peel off a three-day-old Band-Aid from a hairy kneecap than to remove the patina of Baptist upbringing that coats my psyche." {Mary Ellen Snodgrass}

"i'm optimistic about the future, but not about the future of this civilization. i'm optimistic about the civilization which will replace this one." {James Baldwin}

"even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings." {Antoine de Saint-Exupery}

"i've used up all my sick days so i'm calling in dead." {Tom and Ray, Cartalk }

"i get up every morning determined both to change the world and to have one hell of a good time. sometimes this makes planning the day difficult." {E.B. White}

"he envied them all that they did not know." {oscar wilde}

"so rise up above it now, oh because you'll stand up somehow if you see... that this boy fell down, and now he's upstanding oh...this boy broke down and now he's got himself going 'cause we all fall down, yeah we all fall down, and we all stand up somehow...you too!" { this boy , tom baxter}

"in the midst of the shadows, i found there was within me, an invincible light." {quinn sutton}

"we can only hope to have enough patience to see the light at the end of the tunnel. everything works out, it aways does, we just forget." {wayne noffsinger}

some mornings it just doesn't pay to gnaw through the leather straps. {emo philips}

"I can say I've had a great run at all of my Olympics. You have to be tough, and if you set a goal for yourself and keep the dream alive, nobody can stop you. It does not mean you have to be No. 1. That's what excellence is. That doesn't always mean you'll get to what other people think is excellent . That's the gold medal that everybody says has eluded me. Do I think I'm a failure? I'm nowhere near being a failure because what God has blessed me with is endurance and mental strength. And regardless of obstacles I'm faced with, I'm going to conquer them.'' {gayle devers, Athens 2004 Olympian}

It seems someone else knows the concept of team. Michael Phelps could have opted to swim the 4x100 Medley Relay tomorrow, but instead wants Crocker to have the chance and a medal as well: "We came into this meet as a team and we're going to leave it as a team," Phelps said. "It's the right thing to do." { scott goldblatt , Athens 2004 Gold Medalist}

" PAUL HAMM'S fall and rise are what make the Olympics so much more than a sports event. The US gymnast who spun despair into gold on Wednesday gives hope to the whole human endeavor by defusing the word loser ." {Boston Globe, Paul Hamm's Example }

Please sir you would not understand, What's going on Is magical, can't you see That some of us do more than dream Every time I try to leave this place Something inside says, "Keep on keeping, on and on...." Around here {george michael, Patience }

“Every dollar I have saved Every winter I have braved Every road that I have paved Leads to somewhere” {ari hest}

"Here's what I know about the realm of possibility. It is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was once deemed impossible. From the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choir girl putting her arm around the metalhead. As hard as it is for us to see sometimes, we all exist within the realm of possibility. Most of the limits are of our own world's devising. And yet, every day we each do so many things that were once impossible to us." {david levithan}