"Leave the gun, take the canoles." -The Godfather
"If it was easy, everybody would do it. The hard is what makes it great." -A League of their Own
"I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request... means no." -POTC
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having heard it. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul." -Billy Madison
Em: "I just want to go somewhere so I can get a salad"
Seany: "Emily, this is Schroon Lake. They practically invented the salad"
Seany: "Ya know, pretty soon, McDonalds is gonna buy the US and its gonna be McAmerica"
Sarah: "Wow, we're like one big fat person"
Joanna: "Hey guys, I wonder how much the Lil' Hooker costs"
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer
-Mark Twain
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I. -- Bill Murray (What about Bob)
Harry: Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention."
-Dumb and Dumber
Dave: If you want to be the best, you must... lose... your... mind.
-Ski School
"Allow me to give you the buffalo herd example, a buffalo herd can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. The lions kill and eat the slowest of the herd when they attack. Thus, allowing the herd to move faster as a whole. Marijuana attacks the slowest brain cells first killing them off, thus allowing the brain to function faster. You probably are thinking, what the fuck is he talking about? There aren't any lions around the buffalo I've seen. Well, that's because your thinking about the American bison, I was refering to the water buffalo of Africa. So HA!" -Jamie, 3/12/03
"Sometimes there is so much beauty in the world, I can't take it all." -American Beauty
yankee25520: the only problem is that the security guards can run really fast too
yankee25520: i've gotta join track or something to get faster
yankee25520: so i can reach my lover
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - jimi hendrix
"have fun guys! its all about the fun!" -fella
"look guys! the red hand is moving slowly! SHUT UP ELLA, no, not you joei, SHUT UP ELLA!" -nick
"No what I'm saying is that you are a club totting, raw meat eating, me Tarzan you Jan, big bald bubble head who can only count to ten when he's barefoot or wearing sandals." -Sanka
Coach: bobsled is a simple thing. Random guy: Yea so is a toilet. Coach: Thank you.
Yule: "How 'bout I beat your butt right now?"
Sanka: "How 'bout I draw a line down the middle of your head to make it look like a butt?"
"Im feelin' very Olympic today. How about you?" -Sanka
Ule Brenne: Whatever it is that is wrong with you is no little thing.
"Yea but you never see the Swiss smiling neither, I bet if one of them ever came across a pretty girl he say Eins, Svie, Drie, and try to push her down some ice." -Sanka
"it is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves"
- sir edmund hilary
"the greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it." --david hume
"the soul is dyed the color of its spots. think only of those things that one can bear the full light of day. the content of your character is your choice. day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. your integrity is your destiny. it is the light that guides your way." -unknown
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
~Orison Swett Marden
"One good thing about music, When it hits you, You feel no pain, So hit me with music, Hit me with music ah yeah"
"First, the never ending questioning of authority should be just that. Remember that what you read, see, or hear may not be the truth, and that everyone has an agenda. Remember also that most things are not what they seem, depending on the point of view. The more points of view considered, the better the vista."
"This is really only all we have: day time, twilight, pitch black, night light. Gag and destroy me babe. I have a large collection of thunder that I stole from your windowsill." ~Adelleda
"It's not that I'm lazy, its that I just dont care" -Ferris Bueller
"nothing is impossible, we are only limited by fear and even that we can overcome." -Seth Morrison
kindness in words creates confidence. kindness in thinking creates profoundness. kindness in giving creates love. -tao te ching
IN SOCCER,
THERE ARE NO TIME OUTS.
THERE ARE NO HELMETS,
NO SHOULDER PADS,
NO COMMERCIAL BREAKS,
NO WARM DUGOUTS,
NO HALF TIME EXTRAVAGANZAS.
SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED,
PLAY ANOTHER SPORT.
YOU BIG WUSS.
---LANZERA
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The only cure for fear of falling is to jump."
~Carl Jung
"you don't die from the fall, you die from hitting the ground" ~unknown
"Short is the little time which remains to you of life. Live as on a mountain." ~Marcus Aurelius
"Climb high...
Climb far...
Your goal: the sky
Your aim: the star." -inscription on Williams College steps
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing" -Helen Keller
"Behind every man, theres a woman rolling her eyes." -Bruce Almighty
"When you get to the summit of the mountain, keep climbing" -Tibetan saying
"What we do in life echoes in eternity." - the Gladiator
"pain is weakness leaving the body" -unknown
"Were only gonna die from moron arrogance.. thats why we might as well take our time."
-Sublime
Walk softly, and carry a big stick." Harry S. Truman
"In this short span between my fingertips and the smooth edge and these tense feet cramped to a crystal ledge, I hold the life of a man."
-Geoffrey Winthrop Young
"Why stand on a silent platform ??? Fight the war, fuck the norm !!!" -Rage Against The Machine
"it's a big world out there. If you don't look around once and a while...you could miss it" -Ferris Bueller
"Saturn ascends, choose one or ten. Hang on or be humbled again." -TOOL
"cant just live that negative way, make way for a positive day!" -bob marley
"i like bunnies, they are soft and cuddly" -ashton
"lets go watch my BALLS drop" -Mr. H---New Years 1999
"I'm more afraid of living
than I am scared to die
I'm more afraid of falling
than I am of flying high
Every moral has a story
every story has an end
every battle has its glory
and its consequence..." ~ben harper.
Tears are often the telescope thru which we see far into heaven ~Harriet Ward Beecher
"The world comes to those who get it!" - my Grandpa
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. I will face my fear. I will let it pass through me. When the fear is gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
-Paul Atreides 'Dune'
"Conquer yourself rather than the world"
~Descartes
"I'm looking through a window at a mirror"
~anonymous
"Top 10 Ways to Make School More Interesting For Teenagers
10. In Biology class, dissect the least popular student.
9. Automatic "A" in Spanish if you've ever eaten at Taco Bell.
8. Everyday at 2 PM: schoolwide booty call
7. Instead of "Father of Our Country," refer to Washington as the "Puff Daddy of Our Country.
6. When handing out condoms, throw in a free motel room.
5. Give 10 points extra credit for each body piercing.
4. New curriculum: reading, writing, and wrecking stuff.
3. Simplify geography to "America" and "them foreign bastards".
2. Sex ed. includes weekly field trip to Hooters.
1. Fail a test, win a dirt bike."
-David Letterman
"the gun fired, but it didnt go as far as we wanted, so dad and i are off the local liquor store, we're gonna get some alcohol." -john
"you know what i learned today? Joanna's great...wait, wait, I mean, I'm great." -John
"Joanna, I love you and all of your clothes." -Rachel
"Yea, she walks around like the human ghettoblaster." -Azzie
"She's my filly, I'm her stud... Her bean is bigger than my pud, it's like feeding a tick tac to a whale... That's why I love her." ---NOFX
"So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one -- big hitter, the Lama -- long, into a ten-thousand foot crevice, right at the base of this glacier. And do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga...gunga -- gunga galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consiousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."
---Carl Spackler (CaddyShack)
Let you imagination take wing. Find your secret desires. Watch them dance, grow become amusing, scary, passionate. Now, put them away. You have been on a magic adventure... ~Stafford Whiteaker
"Next time, do it the same, but better." ~Bop-It Extreme Game
"That which does not kill you, makes you stronger." --Niche
"When you are right, no one remembers; when you are wrong, no one forgets." - Irish proverb
"What's living if you never pull down your shorts and slide around on the ice" -Louis from Even Stevens
"Far away there in the sky are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and follow where they lead."
- Louisa May Alcott
"Step out of the box." (And think differently.)
~Anonymous
"ski today, work tomorrow" -alpine shop bumper sticker
"There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those."
~~Mother Theresa
"I'm emphatic about not being static"
-Incubus
"I created the internet..." -Al Gore
"I am pink, therefore, I am SPAM!" -bumper sticker
"are you gellin? Im gellin like a fellen!" -commercial
"qu'est ce que vous etes?" "We are americans!" "Americans? ohhhhhh, AMERICANS!" "THE AMERICANS" -cousin and I talking to some french chicks
"Joanna, you know that alcohol called Maaaarajoannica?" "Oh, girls, thats a drug, its called marijuana." "No! its a alcohol and its bad for you!...do you do it?" "Yes!" "Maaaarajoannica gives you herpes!!!!" -Conversation between me and the two little girls I babysit
"Maxwell Smart!" - my dad
"joanna, life sucks...do the dog..." -My brother
John walks out door with dog leash....Me: "John! forgeting something?" John: "Oh yea, the dog!" -6am in the morning
"More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly" -Brad Holmes
"Most of the time the question is moot and the rest of the time moot is the question. 'Yes, I'm completely sober. I just can't take this seriously right now'" -Kent Kreitler
"Don't think your the best. There is always someone better. Work your ass off and you'll get what you want or where you want to be. Bottom line everything sucks."
-Seth Morrison
"Fun like shit!"-Per Lundstam USST Coach
"Don't be a dumbass! Do a speed check before you hit that tabletop, kid!" -Mike Douglas
"What's the use of getting sober...you're just going to get drunk again!!??"-Dave Swanwick
"You only live once. If you live it right, once is enough."-Micah Black
"Rock out with your cock out!" -Nick Mercon
"Fast is good, faster is better" -Chris Davenport
"I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it" - unknown
"lifes short, eat dessert first" -unknown
"whats the point in living, if you're not living on the edge?" -unknown
"a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest of men." -willy wonka
"if i had to live my life over again, I'd be a plumber" -Albert Einstein
"Don't be so humble - you aren't that great." -Golda Meir
"go fork yourself..." -witt foster
"be who you are and say what you feel, cause people who mind don't matter, and people who matter don't mind." -Dr. Suess
"Reality continues to ruin my life..." -Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes
"All you need in life is charm, brains don't mean shit." -Capt. Lou
"No one can shake my inner most calm, while to that rock i'm clinging..." -enya
"be strong, be wrong" -unknown
"not all that wander are lost..." J.R.. Tolkien
"why turn, if you don't have to?" -t-shirt
"sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug." -Mark Knopfler
"life is hard; compared to what?" -fortune cookie
"if you feel like you're in control, you just aren't going fast enough." -unknown
"i've learned what all girls need to learn, you can fight to win and you should never be ashamed of it. don't let anything slow you down." -Picabo Street
"if all else fails, one can be assured of immortality through spectacular failure." -unknown
"relax, we're not curing cancer here, we're teaching kids how to slide down hills with sticks on their feet." -from the movie, Aspen Extreme
"uf you can't tuck it, huck it and if that doesnt work, well fuck it." -unknown
"dude, we're sick! I mean, he's pretty sick, but his muscles aren't as big as mine, so yea, ya know." -C.R.. Johnson
"before you criticize someone you should walk a mile in their shoes, that way, when you criticize them, you have their shoes and you're a mile away!" -from the book Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
"first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Gandhi
"whenever i climb, im followed by a dog named 'Ego'"- Friedrich Nietzsche
"theres a difference between being booksmart and actually being intelligent." -Andy
"...ride away clean and smiling and taunt the rail by waving around your middle finger at it. (note: if you have mittens on, then its important to take them off before performing this procedure.)" -Boyd Easley on rail sliding
"i am not young enough to know everything..." -oscar wilde
"being irish, I guess I should resent the Notre Dame nickname of 'The Fighting Irish', After all, how long do you think nicknames like 'The Bargaining Jews' or 'The Murdering Italians' would last? Only the Ironic Irish could be so naively honest. I get the feeling that Notre Dame came real close to naming itself 'The Fuckin, Drunkin, Thick-Skulled, Brawling, Short-Dicked Irish." -Murph
"Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or doubt, or gravity...stomp his ass you motha fucker!" -unknown
"hit it big outback" - my dad
"i have the most fun skiing with people im comfortable with. we're like a family. it doesnt matter when you screw up and they're there to give you props when you throw down." -charley
"its not how well you ski, its how good you look in the liftline." -unknown
"skiing isnt about everyone else. Its about you, the snow, and your skis, enough said." ~mike
"life isnt a dress rehersal, its opening night!" -unknown
"its all like a big show! A big show..." - Mr. H
"the way your eyes sparkle in the moonlight just makes my heart lose blood to my penis.." - mercer while @ camp to me
"if people don't like what ive created, fuck 'em, cause someone else does. If they don;t have respect for my skiing, its not my problem. -tanner hall
"man or woman, you have the mental characteristics, the ability to concentrate, to focus, the flexibility, where women have the advantage, and strength to weight ratio. it all depends on raw power. -lynn hill
"you cannot learn to fly by flying, first you must learn to walk, and to run, and to climb and to dance." -Friedreich Nietzsche
"A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is no the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visiable to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?" -Khalil Gibran
"what we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." -unknown
"yea, those skis that have a big ass...hole in them." -Alie
"through the storm we reach the shore, you give it all but I want more and I am waiting for you" -U2
"he comes out of no where...I couldn't see him, I tried shooting hium, but i couldn't hit him, all i could see was trees." -Phil Dion, drunk
"oh my God! It happened again! I just got better looking!" -Boyd Easley
Q: so what's up with tanner? why is he so good?
A: tanner doesnt know the difference between reality and video games and when hes skiing, hes in a video game" -Evan Raps
"Boyds not sure if hes a pro skier or an 80s rock star." -vincent dorian
Me: if you give me those m and ms i won;'t hug and kiss you and pinch your cheeks and say i love you in front of all your friends
John: You never do that, and i dont have friends
"it was sick like malaria!" -Jon fay
"when life hands you lemons, say 'oh yea, i like lemons, what else ya got?" -henry rollins
"the problem is not the problem. the problem is your attitude about the problem." -unknown
"the air never hurt anyone, its the landing where bad things can happen." -warren miller
"do i frighten you?"..."no..."..."do you want me to?" -some guy from waynes world
"you have like beavis and butthead seizures when you get pissed." -zach
"party hardy, rock and roll, drink bacardi, smoke a bowl, lots of sex, and we love dicks, we're the class of 2006..."
"they're on you fucker!" -Aime
"where do you get plotonium?" "at your local drugstore..." -Joe
"wait...Saddam has his own tunnels? Hes like a fuckin mole!" -Peter Edwards
"Waiting, watching the clock, it's four o'clock, tell him. Take no more she practices her speech as she opens the door... She lies and says she's in love with him. Cant find a better man." -Pearl Jam
"We'll correct collegiate mistakes. A shower of formal ideals. Completely soused. The hearts on our sleeves, as they drowned we could hear them screaming, "oh, what a tragic way to see our final days." - Deathcab for Cutie
"the marytr is meaningless" - dashboard confessional
"i don't want to be perserved the way i am, i want to be preserved the way i am." -relient k
"Am I correct to defend the fist that holds this pen?
It's ink that lies,
the pen, the page, the paper.
I live, I learn.
You will always take what I have earned.
And so aid my end while I believe I'm winning."
-Brand New
"the bottle is waiting, the cap is twisted begging to be used, and so are you"
"Live life to the fullest, you arent going to get out of it alive anyways." -Warren Miller
'OVER TIME, MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCE LIFE INVOLVING LOVE, SUFFERING, COMPASSION, THE UNSPEAKABLE DRIVE FOR SOMETHING NEW...FOR ME THATS SKIING, NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS, IT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING EVERYTIME I AM OUT THERE'- PEP FUJAS
"Look, I've never had a dream in my life
Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued
I knew what I wanted and did it till it was done
So i've been the dream that I wanted to be since day one!"
- Aesop Rock "No Regrets"
