Morgan’s Run: B’day 2k6

When my classy older bro turned 30, he had a Logan’s Run theme party.
I, on the other hand, am marking the occasion the same way I did the last couple of years. I’d appreciate it very much if you would please throw a quote of some description into the comments section. It can be anything, from any source. Yes, you can make it up, or quote yourself. It can be a Bible verse or something someone said in a film or a knock knock joke. Anything. You don’t need to justify yourself. Give me some quotey goodness in the comments, please – I’m only gonna turn 30 once after all.
Mostly I just like to hear from people. The existence of good people in this world is something to be endlessly celebrated. Yay.
(And do it now. If you decide to come back later you might forget, and if you forget I’ll be a Sad Panda.)
(Lurkers who never comment are particularly invited to comment this time. You can do it anonymoosely.)
(Last year Chuck’s quote made him internet famous! Which is nice because he’s saying nice things about me on his blog. Read the last comment of last year’s post to see.)
Previous birthday quotefests: 2005 2004

54 thoughts on “Morgan’s Run: B’day 2k6”

  2. I’ll hit you with two.
    It never gets easier, you just go faster.
    – Greg LeMond (on cycling)
    The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.
    – Ann Strong, Minneapolis Tribune, 1895

  4. Two quotes and a link, to round out my 10% effort in celebration of your 30th. None will achieve internet fame (sadly my 15milliseconds have passed) but I like them just the same.
    Truth:
    “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”
    ‘The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet’ – A C Doyle
    Crack-Smoking:
    “I supppose, Watson, that you imagine that I have added opium-smoking to cocaine injections, and all the other little weaknesses on which you have favored me with your medical views.”
    ‘The Man with the Twisted Lip’ – A C Doyle
    Fun:
    The Simpsons – Intro

  6. “Are you pondering what I’m pondering Pinky?”
    “I think so Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?”
    “Never look a dive bomber in the face, Bill, cos if you do you can bet your sweet life things are going to hum soon, but pray and pray hard, and run, run like hell for the nearest ditches and dive into them. I got quite used to diving in the end, one could make a flat dive from the middle of the road, or a power dive from a lorry in one motion.”
    -A British army private writing to his cousin after being evacuated from France during the early part of World War two. I love how the tone changes from terror to nonchalance and even humour in the space of a sentence.
    “The polaroids that hold us together, will surely fade away, like the love that we spoke of forever, on St Swithins Day”
    -St Swithins Day, Billy Bragg
    “Sign says ‘Next sign 40 miles'”
    -Buzzbomb by The Dead Kennedys. Just had that in my head after singing it the shower this morning, for no particular reason.
    “If this ain’t enough, well its safe to say we’re smoked”
    -Ohio, Elemenop
    “It was a day like this one, when I realised I didn’t care, about the things by now I should have had, could have had.”
    -Burn, Elemenop
    “Just wait til he sees those goddamn bats!”
    And the entire section about high speed pursuits from ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’.
    Happy Birthday (for the second time today!)

  7. “It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”
    David Attenborough
    “To me, being an intellectual doesn’t mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.”
    Jacob Bronowski
    “But I play with fire to break the ice, and I play with a nuclear device.”
    Blink 182 ‘Wendy Clear’
    (Blink 182 just happened to be on while I was writing this)
    Happy birthday bro.
    Cheers
    Malc

  8. Monica: Derek, did you do that?
    Me: (carelessy) Yes.
    Monica: Why?
    Me: Because I can.
    That’s how most of our conversations go. She’d probably hurt me if we lived closer than 200 miles apart.
    Life is good. Live in it.

  9. “No piece of information is superior to any other. Power lies in having them all on file and then finding the connections. There are always connections; you have only to want to find them.”
    -Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum
    Yum, conspiracy theory…
    04+02+1+9+7+6=29
    2+9=11
    1+1=2
    Which means you must be the anti-Buddha!
    Happy birthday anti-Buddha!!
    Love
    Kathleen

  10. “182 Eating Atmosphere
    … we have already pointed out how vitally important all kinds of communal eating are in helping to maintain a bond among a group of people…; and we have given some idea of how the common eating may be placed as part of the kitchen itself…. This pattern gives some details of the eating atmosphere.
    When people eat together, they may actually be together in spirit – or they may be far apart. Some rooms invite people to eat leisurely and comfortably and feel together, while others force people to eat as quickly as possible so they can go somewhere else to relax.
    Above all, when the table has the same light all over it, and has the same light level on the walls around it, the light does nothing to hold people together; the intensity of feeling is quite likely to dissolve; there is little sense that there is any special kind of gathering. But when there is a soft light, hung low over the table, with dark walls around so that this one point of light lights up people’s faces and is a focal point for the whole group, then a meal can become a special thing indeed, a bond, communion.
    Therefore:
    Put a heavy table in the center of the eating space – large enough for the whole family or the group of people using it. Put a light over the table to create a pool of light over the group, and enclose the space with walls or with contrasting darkness. Make the space large enough so the chairs can be pulled back comfortably, and provide shelves and counters close at hand for things related to the meal.”
    — Christopher Alexander, _A Pattern Language_
    Happy Birthday!

  11. The world is like a ride in an amusement park and when you choose to go on it you think it’s real, because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and around and around and it has thrills and chills and it’s very brightly coloured and it’s very loud. And it’s fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, and they say, “Hey, don’t worry, don’t be afraid, ever, because… this is just a ride.”
    Bill Hicks RIP
    “Our great country is in a terrible downward spiral. We’re outsourcing jobs, bankrupting social security, and losing lives at war. We need to focus on what’s important– paying attention to our children, our citizens, our future. We need to think about improving our failing educational system, making better use of our resources, and helping to promote a stable, safe, and tolerant global society. It’s time to be smart about our politics. It’s time to get America back on track.”
    Christopher Walken in his speech on running for President of the USA http://www.walken2008.com/
    “Whilst the Wizard is crouching to pick up the gold I want my Dwarf Barbarian to run and vault over him with my Battle Axe towards the oncoming Ogre.” Me at GenCon UK 2005 at 1am.
    “Uhuh?!?” Crap DM at GenCon UK 2005 at 1:01am.
    “You are going to do what?” Annoying Wizard Player at GenCon UK 2005 at 1:02am
    GRINS – Me at GenCon UK 2005 at 1:03am and then rolls a 1…

  12. “Do not eat the moment of bitter fingered music, it conceits to beauty.” – Stephanie Pegg
    (Yes, me, I said that. I love fridge magnet poetry, it’s so very dada-esque.)
    Happy Birthday!

  14. “I’ve been doing what I’m told
    I’ve been busy growing old
    And the days are getting cold but that’s alright with me”
    Bic Runga

  15. ‘Everyone has the right to make an ass of themselves, Harold. You can’t let the world judge you too much.’
    Ruth Gordon, Harold and Maude

  16. “I didn’t ask for the anal probe.”
    – “Passion Fish”
    “The small businessman always gets it in the ass!”
    – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
    Happy birthday!

  18. We’ve gained notoriety and caused much anxiety
    In the Audubon Society with our games
    They call it impiety and lack of propriety
    And quite a variety of unpleasant names
    But it’s not against any religion
    To want to dispose of a pigeon…
    …When we’re poisoning pigeons in the park
    La la, dum de da da da doo deedeedee
    — Tom Lehrer

  20. Two from R.A. the Rugged Man, one from Talib Kweli.
    “Everybody says that my mind’s twisted
    Plus when I’m homeless my phone number’s unlisted
    I ate your bitch pussy ’til my tongue blistered
    John L. Sullivan, street fighter bare fisted”
    – 4 Days In Cali
    “When you hear the ill voice stick the mad bass in
    Rip your bitch drawers off
    Put my face in it
    Fingerfuckin, ’till the worm breakdance in it
    When I’m done leave the crib
    Shake hands with it”
    – Da Girlz, They Luv Me
    “From open mics to solutions I got a collage of answers
    and a ten point program, just like the Black Panthers
    One: First respect yourself as an artist
    If you don’t respect yourself then your rhymes is garbage
    Two: Make sure your crew is as tight as you
    cause when them niggaz fallin off they gonna bring you down too
    Three: Understand the meaning of MC
    The power to Move the Crowd like Moses split the seas
    Four: Know your shit and don’t ever be blunted
    If you don’t know what your words mean then your rhymes mean nothin
    Five: Kick facts in the raps, and curse with clarity
    What’s a curse when language is immersed in vulgarity
    Six: We gonna fix industrial poli-tricks
    Shit they made an artform out of ridin dicks
    Seven: We soldiers for God needin new recruits
    So if you rhymin for the loot then youse a prostitute
    but Eight: Acknowledge that you need food on your plate
    In order to say your grace make sure your business is straight
    Nine: We buildin black minds with intelligence
    and when you freestyle, keep the subject matter relevant
    Ten: Every MC grab a pen
    and write some concious lyrics to tell the children
    I’ll say it again, every MC find you a pen
    And drop some concious shit for our children”
    — The Manifesto

  21. “Reading a strangers blog is like looking in the window of their life – that’s why its important not to close the blinds too often”
    Make sure you plant something to celebrate your birthday, preferably be a hebe but whatever is right for you – life is about nature and nuture.

  22. “I have three rules which I live by: Never get less than 12 hours sleep, never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city, and never go near a lady with a tattoo of a dagger on her hand. Now you stick with that, and everything else is cream cheese.”
    — The basketball coach in “Teen Wolf”
    “Ho-ho-homicide.”
    — Munch answers phone at Christmas, “Homicide:Life on the Street”

  23. Happy birthday to you
    – Marilyn Monroe
    Nobody: Did you kill the white man who killed you?
    William Blake: I’m not dead. Am I?
    – Dead Man

  24. “I don’t like crooks. And if I did like ’em, I wouldn’t like crooks that are stool pigeons. And if I did like crooks that are stool pigeons, I still wouldn’t like you.” — a stool-pigeon’s girlfriend, The Thin Man.
    Have a good birthday, ya lousy mug. 🙂

  25. Looking towards your 31st year:
    “Cheer up! The Worst Is Yet To Come”
    – Mark Twain
    Looking back:
    “In those days he was wiser than he is now–he used frequently to take my advice.”
    – Winston Churchill
    On the nature of the excersise:
    “It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.”
    – Winston Churchill

  26. “There are both affirmative and opposing intent in relation to this theme, which are divulged through the film, from genuine life situations, and media coverage.” – anonymous student (with a thesaurus?)
    May you have many more genuine life situations!

  27. Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
    -Oscar Wilde
    A sad panda in the hand is worth two value happy meals in the bush.
    -Shakespeare

  28. And I’m ready, to start now,
    this is what I waited for,
    And the vision it brings such a beautiful thing
    that I’m brought to my knees as I finally learn to breathe
    Shihad- Get Up

  29. one of my favourite quotes of all time came from some guy that cazza knows. it was said at that welsh bar at the end of courtenay place. i have forgotten this man’s name temporarily:
    every text message is really saying “i want to sleep with you but am insecure about my body”.
    i am looking up other quotes besides. i tried to find something insightful from bell hooks and this came up. it wasn’t what i expected but i’ll take it:
    Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
    then i looked up my other favourite feminist, winona ryder:
    People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they – at least the ones that I know personally – have been waiting for something that doesn’t completely insult them.
    she’s wrong though. pretty woman didn’t insult me at all.
    happy birthday again.

  30. Proverbs: 3: 1-4, 13-18 & 21-35.
    (You might recognise this from my wedding!)
    It is one of my favourite passages:
    “My son, do not forget my teaching, let your heart keep my principles, for these will give you lengthier days, longer years of life, and greater happiness. Let kindliness and loyalty never leave you; tie them round your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. So shall you enjoy favour and good repute in the sight of God and man.
    “Happy the man who discovers wisdom, the man who gains discernement; gaining her is more rewarding than silver, more profitble than gold. She is beyond the price of pearls, nothing you could covert is her equal. In her right hand is length of days; in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are delightful ways, her paths all lead to contentment. She is a tree of life for those who hold her fast, those who cling to her live happy lives.
    “Do not refuse a kindness to anyone who begs it, if it is in your power to perform it. Do not say to your neightbour, ‘Go away! Come another time! I will give it to you tomorrow’, if you can do it now.
    “Do not plot harm against your neighbour as he lives unsuspecting next door.
    “Do not pick a groundless quarrel with a man who has done you no harm.
    “Do not emulate the man of violence, never model your conduct on his; for the wilful wrong-dooer is abhorrent to God, who confides only in honest men.
    “God’s curse lies on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the virtuous. He mocks those who mock, but accords his favour to the humble.
    “Honour is the portion of the wise, all that fools inherit is disgrace”
    Happy Birthday Moose!

  31. “We barely remember what came before this precious moment,
    Choosing to be here right now. Hold on, stay inside…
    This body holding me, reminding me that I am not alone in
    This body makes me feel eternal. All this pain is an illusion.”
    Parabol – Tool

  32. Happy Birthday. Just don’t forget to “roll with your shit off safety!”

  33. “There is nothing quite so civilised as to be recognised in public places as the author of books no one has read.”
    – Neal Stephenson, “The System Of The World.”

  34. “We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don’t know.”
    W.H. Auden

  35. Did you see that thing about Jessica Simpson? Man she’s so dumb… what was it? She thought tuna was chicken of the sea… yeah, she didn’t know if it was chicken or fish! Ha, how could tuna be chicken! … Come to think of it, what is chicken? Cos, like it’s not a mammal…
    – Mate of mine called Damian a year or so ago. Never let him forget.

  36. People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
    -Anton Chekhov-
    Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.
    (and)
    In memory everything seems to happen to music.
    -Tennessee Williams-
    Quotes are awsum, I could do this all day!
    Yay Birthday!

  38. I am not sure if this is my quote to give, but it comes from a former workmate’s friend describing his job in the public service:
    “just another day as a flunky in the palace of lies”

  40. you’ve got one phone call to make before you die. who do you make it to? and what does that tell you?
    why not make it now?
    Kai Ross Coach

  42. Personally I think birthdays and anniversaries are like menstrual cramps, a regular pain in the ass that’s somehow connected to birth.
    –Hugh Elliott Standing Room Only weblog
    However, as you asked…
    The unexamined life is not worth living.
    –Socrates in Plato, Dialogues, Apology
    [the Vogon ships] hung in the air in exactly the way that bricks don’t.
    –Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
    You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
    –Michael Pritchard
    Hope it was great, hon.
    x

  43. It may be a little belated, but there you go, I’m on the opposite side of the planet now, I have an excuse!
    The traveller who drags his feet only raises dust.
    How peaceful life would be without love, how safe, how tranquil, how dull.
    (Umberto Ecco, name of the rose)
    Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
    (Kirkegaard)
    and of course, do not forget rule one: Do not act incautiously when confrontin litte bald, wrinkly smiling men.
    (Puts away little book of life)
    Hope you had a great one!
    Dx

  44. You’re right, I did forget to come back and actually leave a quote.
    Well, here’s one from my Tuesday night roleplaying boyz:
    “When the bananas start screaming, I’ll sneak around the back.” – Seraph.
    and
    “Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen. It’s not going to happen!!” – Regina George, Mean Girls.
    and
    “That is SO cockney!” – Debz, Queen of Bees.

  45. I haven’t left a quote till now as I’ve been trying to think of the perfect one and realising that there isn’t, that sometimes the words fail and you are left with only the silence of friendship and that is all that is necessary; to be silent within one another.

  47. only the second time I look at your blog and I find you have a birthday – and no quote crosses my mind – so this is what the other website is saying to me:
    “commonly called hammerheads through out the galaxy”
    ed

  49. “There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.”
    -James Joyce
    “What is to be real in the future is borne today in us…Man must indeed become a creator, must form of himself that which will be his future world.”
    -Rudolf Steiner
    “Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America.”
    -James Joyce

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