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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

For my whole life is a tall order. Probably "what goes around comes around".

[–] SuperRecording@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

"you can stick your well-laid plan up your well-laid ass"

Been almost 30 years, what a dumb quote to come to mind so often. I never say it, haven't seen Die Hard 3 since the '90s, no idea why it's stuck so hard

[–] Nikki@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"i have d cups grandma, the waitress thinks you have dementia"

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[–] lingh0e@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So much of the dialog is Deadwood is absolutely brilliant, but one scene really stuck with me.

"Pain or damage don’t end the world, or despair or fuckin’ beatin’s. The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man — and give some back."

Ian McShane deserved an Emmy for his work as Al Swearengen. That slow stare at the end of the scene alway kills me. I know it's supposed to be a drama, but they really go for some laughs.

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[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This one is from my previous boss: “you gotta do what’s good for you, and nobody else”

Taught me to prioritize things that are important to me and not to live for the sake of others

Another was “you can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves”

Taught me that some efforts are futile because unwillingness from others will result in deterioration to the status quo unless they’re willing to participate to move things forward

[–] CuriousBeagle@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else.

[–] danie10@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

"be careful of what you wish for, as you may just get it"

[–] OldManGenghis@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Now that your worry has proved such an unlucrative business, why not find a better job?

[–] randoom@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

"Love is the only rational act." -Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie.

[–] vd1n@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

A bit long, but charlie Chaplins speech in the dicktater. I mean dictator...

https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/29-the-final-speech-from-the-great-dictator-

[–] ZuriMuri@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

„Old habits die hard“

&

"Anything that can go wrong will (eventually) go wrong."

  • Added the eventually for Murphy’s law because in its original version it kinda implies that everything that can will go wrong right away
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've seen "and at the worst possible time" added to the end of Murphy's Law. Right away might not be the worst possible time.

[–] RomanRoy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"Better say sorry than ask for permission"

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression"

[–] DeskP1loti@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Everytime you eat a steak, a hippie's hacky sack falls in the gutter.

-Patton Oswalt

[–] quantumfoam@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Given enough time, Hydrogen starts to wonder where it came from, and where its going."

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[–] C4d@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Look after your equipment and your equipment will look after you.

-and-

There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

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[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 3 points 1 year ago

I only concern myself with 'how'. 'Why' is a question for philosophers and cowards, of which I am neither.

[–] Kyoyeou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"The only thing to abuse is moderation" - A song quoting Sénèque, but I never found the original sentence from Sénèque (apparently he was talking about Sex in it but I think it applies to anything in life)

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See I was always partial to: "Moderation in everything, but don't over do it!"

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

The version I heard was "everything in moderation, including moderation."

[–] MashPTater@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

"If worms had machine guns, then birds wouldn't fuck with them." A quote from my TI in basic from 85'.

[–] burgundymyr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

"If you are racist, I will attack you with the North"

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