I've been wanting to edit my Facebook profile for a while now but whenever I go through the categories that need filling out, I realize that I still can't decide what my favorite books, movies, or TV shows are. I can't even fill out the "About Me" section without a sarcastic comment wedging it's way through.
I can, however, fill in my favorite quotes part with great ease. Whenever I am friends with someone new on Facebook, the first I do is check out their favorite quotes. I've realized that you can tell a lot about someone just by looking at what type of quotations they've picked as the "chosen ones", sort of the ones that represent them, that speak for them. Which brings me to my next point; the quotes that I have chosen to define me. I'm not quite sure why I picked these quotes but I do know that they serve the same purpose that the "About Me" section does. Anyway, here goes, you be the judge:
"Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies."
This quotation is attributed to the Irish playwright, Oliver Goldsmith. The original form of the quote is actually "If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer." Luckily, for me, it has been altered and modified so that it no longer sounds like a pompous British fruit-cake with a broomstick for a butt-plug.
"For you, a thousand times over." - Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the book/movie you can find the plot synopsis here for the book, and here for the movie - or check out the movie's page on IMDB here.
Everything I read after this book seemed so bland. I needed etched-in-stone facts and not hormonal menopausal women going on and on about finding "The One". I know this is beginning to sound like a book review, but I just cannot begin to express how much this book has affected my perception of everything around me. The world of love, desire, and fantasy no longer interested me.
Anyway, this line basically sums up the whole plot; the power of eternal love, admiration, and mutual respect that no war nor distance can defy.
"Not all those who wander are lost." - J. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
I am going to be completely honest and say that I have attempted to read the Lord of the Rings series, and failed miserably. It was just too bleak and detailed: plain torture for someone with mild ADD. The movies, however, managed to grab my attention and keep it. I think this quote is self explanatory; Frodo leaves the Shire to destroy the Ring hence the "wandering" but since he is on a mission, he's not exactly lost. I'm not quite sure how this relates to me, I think I sometimes feel like I'm on a lost trail, or on a path that leads to nowhere... but if I don't really have a defined destination I can't exactly be lost, right?
"God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another." - Shakespeare - Hamlet
I'm not sure if this really needs an explanation, it speaks for itself really. We're all born with one face, and as we grow older we're exposed to more people outside our household. People in our society. People with different opinions than ours. People who don't necessarily agree with our opinions. Enter second face. I don't know what it is, but we all have this unfulfilled need to be liked by everyone. It's quite annoying, but it's there and there's no denying it.
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." - Shakespeare - Macbeth
These are actually words I live by. I know it kind of encourages us to be hypocrites and two faced. I think it's more of a necessity, we currently live in kill or be killed world. I guess the road to hell really is paved with good intentions...
"Peter Griffin: Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits. It says, 'Oooooo.'
Brian Griffin: Peter, those are Cheerios." - Family Guy
What can I say. I like to laugh!
I can, however, fill in my favorite quotes part with great ease. Whenever I am friends with someone new on Facebook, the first I do is check out their favorite quotes. I've realized that you can tell a lot about someone just by looking at what type of quotations they've picked as the "chosen ones", sort of the ones that represent them, that speak for them. Which brings me to my next point; the quotes that I have chosen to define me. I'm not quite sure why I picked these quotes but I do know that they serve the same purpose that the "About Me" section does. Anyway, here goes, you be the judge:
"Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies."
This quotation is attributed to the Irish playwright, Oliver Goldsmith. The original form of the quote is actually "If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer." Luckily, for me, it has been altered and modified so that it no longer sounds like a pompous British fruit-cake with a broomstick for a butt-plug.
"For you, a thousand times over." - Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the book/movie you can find the plot synopsis here for the book, and here for the movie - or check out the movie's page on IMDB here.
Everything I read after this book seemed so bland. I needed etched-in-stone facts and not hormonal menopausal women going on and on about finding "The One". I know this is beginning to sound like a book review, but I just cannot begin to express how much this book has affected my perception of everything around me. The world of love, desire, and fantasy no longer interested me.
Anyway, this line basically sums up the whole plot; the power of eternal love, admiration, and mutual respect that no war nor distance can defy.
"Not all those who wander are lost." - J. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
I am going to be completely honest and say that I have attempted to read the Lord of the Rings series, and failed miserably. It was just too bleak and detailed: plain torture for someone with mild ADD. The movies, however, managed to grab my attention and keep it. I think this quote is self explanatory; Frodo leaves the Shire to destroy the Ring hence the "wandering" but since he is on a mission, he's not exactly lost. I'm not quite sure how this relates to me, I think I sometimes feel like I'm on a lost trail, or on a path that leads to nowhere... but if I don't really have a defined destination I can't exactly be lost, right?
"God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another." - Shakespeare - Hamlet
I'm not sure if this really needs an explanation, it speaks for itself really. We're all born with one face, and as we grow older we're exposed to more people outside our household. People in our society. People with different opinions than ours. People who don't necessarily agree with our opinions. Enter second face. I don't know what it is, but we all have this unfulfilled need to be liked by everyone. It's quite annoying, but it's there and there's no denying it.
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." - Shakespeare - Macbeth
These are actually words I live by. I know it kind of encourages us to be hypocrites and two faced. I think it's more of a necessity, we currently live in kill or be killed world. I guess the road to hell really is paved with good intentions...
"Peter Griffin: Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits. It says, 'Oooooo.'
Brian Griffin: Peter, those are Cheerios." - Family Guy
What can I say. I like to laugh!
