Quotes that help in the real world.

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Pause when agitated

First thought Wrong

Is this the right thing to say
Is this the right time to say it
Am I the one to say it

Cast your anxiety to The Lord

What words help you?

Uh uh. I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?

Movie quotes are great and have been of help to this writer.

I just found a similar thread in arts writers...

Yes I had posted there and forgot.

"Do or do not, there is not try." - Yoda, Empire Strikes Back

"Be mindful of your surroundings." - Qui-Gon Jinn, Phatom Menance

"Minimum Effort" - Deadpool, Deadpool

"I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant; it's what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are." - Mewtwo, Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back

"No power in the 'verse can stop me." - River Tam, Firefly

there are plenty others, I just can not recall them at the moment. These are the big ones currently.

"Stay alert! Trust no one! Keep your laser handy!" -- from the RPG "Paranoia", by Steve Jackson Games

"The Computer is your friend!" -- from the RPG "Paranoia", by Steve Jackson Games

"You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't even get out of the game." -- Ginsberg's Theorem

"Life is an endless knife-fight in a dark alley on a stormy night against overwhelming odds. Insert Ginsberg's Theorem here." -- Me

life is about giving yourself the best possible chance over and over. sooner or later something will go right. Dr. Robert Kunkel's corollary to Muphy's law.

"If something seems too good to be true, then it probably is." -- Anonymous Classic

On the topic of Political Correctness:

"Political Correctness is the absolute double standard of 'Free Speech for Me, and None for Thee'."

"Political Correctness is the most pervasive form of censorship."

"Political Correctness is Fascism disguised as good manners."

"Political Correctness is Political Cowardice."

"All life is suffering"

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

"Stop and think about what, realistically, is the worst possible outcome."

I find myself saying this to myself a lot when I have doubts about something, or if I start over evaluating or making a problem out to be worse than what it really is. It helps to keep things in perspective.

"I’ve learned that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead" - Homer Simpson

"What we do in life echoes in eternity" - Maximus Aurelius

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.