Give me quotes or give me death!

Yeah, Survivors.... That's what we are, survivors.

Would make an interesting thread - stories of near death experiences and other harrowing tales.

 

Sh*t Ali.. glad you're ok.. .. I did much the same thing on black ice one time..

Once skidded to a stop with the hood halfway under a semi trailer.. yay me.

 

When we come to the last moment of this lifetime and we look back across it, the only thing that's going to matter is .. What is the quality of our love? ~ Richard Bach

 

"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H. L. Mencken

 

"That erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else." ~ H. L. Mencken

 

Accept fate, and move on. Don't yield to the seductive pull of self-pity. Acting like a victim threatens your future. ~ Source Unknown


Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it. ~ Virgil

 

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~ Wayne Dyer


Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~ Proverb


Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. ~ Edwin Hubbel Chapin


My karma ran over your dogma. ~ Author Unknown

 

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. ~ Jawaharial Nehru

 

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. ~ Wayne Dyer



'Tis better to buy a small bouquet
And give to your friend this very day,
Than a bushel of roses white and red
To lay on his coffin after he's dead. ~ Author Unknown

 

holy cow woman... I didn't see your ditch story until just now. Glad you came out of it okay!

I've got a tons of sliding on ice/ending up in ditches stories. I drove a firebird for 5 years (not exactly a snowbird vehicle ).

One time, I did a series of 360's down the middle of a 2 lane highway while the car in front of me and the one behind me did the same thing. It was kind of like a ballet in it's beauty... especially considering none of us plowed into each other or ended up wrapped around a light pole. I think I did say "Jesus, take the wheel!" for that one... I let go and just "enjoyed" the ride.

 

Someone finds salvation in everyone, another only pain
Someone tries to hide himself, down inside himself he prays
Someone swears his true love until the end of time
Another runs away, separate or united, healthy or insane
And to be yourself is all that you can do, yeah ~ Chris Cornell

 

I am a sinner who does not expect forgiveness. But I am not a government official.

-RO

 

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. ~ Og Mandino



Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.~ Carl Jung

 

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. ~ Buddha

 

There are only 3 types of people in this world - Those who can add up and those who can't !

 

7 out of 5 people don't understand fractions. ~ Unknown

 

there are 10 kinds of people in the world.


Those that understand binary, and those that don't.

 

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. ~ Cynthia Heimel


A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned ~ Arabian Proverb

 

"Get thee behind me Satan " My Granny now long gone !

 

It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president -- except me!

- Barry Goldwater