Originally Posted by psili (Post 12327188)

This post made me wonder:

Would any of the quotes posted in this thread have the same "meaning" to those who posted it if the person saying the quote was something abhorrent?

Such as the Tyler Durden quote above: What if, in the movie, it was a slobby, fat-ass stinky actor sitting in his underwear on a couch with a bag of chips and chip pieces laying scattered on his fat belly?

Does the person and context make the quote? Or are the words spoken / written what makes the quote? Or is it a case-by-case basis?

I posted a William Blake quote - a fucking nut-ball who thinks he saw angels and shit. I still like the quote, though. However, if the Fight Club quotes above were spoken by a different actor in a different way, I'd call bullshit, even though they're pretty good sayings. *shrug*

Originally Posted by WarChild (Post 12327198)

I suppose this would have more meaning if Fight Club wasn't a book, first. :)

Originally Posted by psili (Post 12327188)

This post made me wonder:

Would any of the quotes posted in this thread have the same "meaning" to those who posted it if the person saying the quote was something abhorrent?

Such as the Tyler Durden quote above: What if, in the movie, it was a slobby, fat-ass stinky actor sitting in his underwear on a couch with a bag of chips and chip pieces laying scattered on his fat belly?

Does the person and context make the quote? Or are the words spoken / written what makes the quote? Or is it a case-by-case basis?

I posted a William Blake quote - a fucking nut-ball who thinks he saw angels and shit. I still like the quote, though. However, if the Fight Club quotes above were spoken by a different actor in a different way, I'd call bullshit, even though they're pretty good sayings. *shrug*

Originally Posted by Profits of Doom (Post 12316868)

No list of famous quotes is ever complete without everyone's favorite quote from Uncle Teddy (and I'm not talking about Nugent you sot)...

"It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."

-Theodore Roosevelt

Originally Posted by Sly (Post 12328077)

In order for a quote to really have meaning, you must place some sort of internal significance with the quote. I could show those quotes to a few of my friends and it wouldn't do anything for them. I could show them to my brother and he would start spouting off how their fascist and I'm an evil greedy person.

I liked the Fight Club quote before I realized it was from Fight Club.

Originally Posted by psili (Post 12328109)

I'm pretty much with you on that.

It's just, after re-reading this thread a few times, the thought came to me: "is it the quote" or "is it the person saying the quote" or "is it the person listening to the person saying the quote" type thing. Or does it really even matter?

Obviously, people posting in this thread are posting a quote that's worth their time to post. Just curious why, I guess.

Originally Posted by Sly (Post 12328124)

I think its a combination of the speaker and the listener.

Originally Posted by psili (Post 12328133)

Maybe it's because it's Saturday and I don't want to mow the lawn but....

You ever wonder what other serendipitous "quotes" you've missed because of not "listening" ?

.... yea, yea, yea... It's one of those strange, metaphysical questions, but I just had to ask. All apologies :)

Anyway... nice thread, Sly. Thanks.