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Some of my favorite quotations


Well done is better than well said.





You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.





This isn't the original proof. It's slicker. Of course, we've had two hundred and fifty years to slickify it.





Though you may have to make a metaphorical "deal with the devil". And by "devil", I mean the robot devil, and by "metaphorically" I mean get your coat.





Shaggy: We're gonna die!
Daphne: Think positive!
Shaggy: We're gonna die quickly!





Shaggy: This is tied for the most terrifying day of my life!
Velma: Tied with what?
Shaggy: Every other freaking day of my life!





Shaggy: [Scooby slaps him] I needed that.
[Scooby slaps him again]
Shaggy: I needed that too.
[Scooby punches him]
Shaggy: [shouts] You're pushin' your luck, Scoob.





... it ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward ...





It's supposed to be a challenge, it's a shortcut! If it were easy it would just be the way.

from Road Trip




Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.





"Tenser," said the Tensor; "tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun."





To have joy one must share it.
Happiness was born a twin.

Lord Byron
Bester