That one quote which embodies all of your work... (1 Viewer)

[Giant Lobster]

Where do people find these cool quotes? uno them quotes ppl put at the top of their first page to create an impression, then include it somewhere near the end for some kind of effect.( ) I find that common places like historical figures' witty sayings are overused and not perfectly applicable to what I'm doing... And although I would imagine lyrics is a good place to get such quotes, but unfortunately im not into music... with words argh! Poetry is a good one, but I know jack all about poetry, so i dunno where to look. Nuts.

Any good sources? My work reflects strongly the paradigms of nihilism, and ive lately been looking for quotes on death and futility of life etc. kinda dark but yeh

 

[:: dreami ::]

dem quotes books...

der'll prob b a copy in the library sumwhere...

 

[aud]

Find a book called Epigrams - which is what you're after - libraries should have a copy, its just a whole book of epigrams categorised - should help you

 

[Grey Council]

worry about the quotes later.

 

[Giant Lobster]

heh later is now. i finished the writing of the draft... need the icing on the cake so to speak

yeah epigrams are a good idea
hmmm

 

[Saul]

you got like 6 months to find a quote. you don't need icing till the night before

 

[MiuMiu]

I think hes talking about for a proposal (correct me if Im wrong).

I pulled mine out of writing books.

 

[glycerine]

i got mine out of a magazine article. ie,

Television is a crucible a bubbling cauldron of conflicting ideas that mobilize a series of struggles over meaning.
-Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Male Defeat
By Leanne McRae
Bad Subjects Magazine, #61, Sept 2002


it wasn't the embodiment of every single idea i wrote down, but it was definitely 'the quote'-i just knew when i saw it, that that would look best on my title page, and give my teacher a vague idea what was going on

 

[Saul]

i got mine from alice in wonderland

 

[KarmaKitten]

a writing book..i forgot which

 

[Giant Lobster]

Originally posted by Ms 12
I think hes talking about for a proposal (correct me if Im wrong).

I pulled mine out of writing books.

Nah im talkin about my actual work,
and im also thinking of a name for it as well

maybe i shud carry on with life for the moment and the quote / name wud suddenly strike me while in showering or eating or w/e hmm

 

[Giant Lobster]

Originally posted by Saul
i got mine from alice in wonderland

yeh i remember urs, quoted from that guy... St Antoine something something or something

 

[Saul]

ah shit, you're right... wasn't alice in wonderland, was the little prince

 

[Grey Council]

lol, the little prince.

we had to watch a play last year, and my friend bought two tickets of The Little Prince. We went there, and we were the oldest in the whole cinema. lol, it was full of kids.

ahahahha

 

[clerisy]

Where was there a play of the little prince??? Why didn't I know about it??? Why didn't I get to go???

 

[fuckfoot]

Originally posted by clerisy
Where was there a play of the little prince??? Why didn't I know about it??? Why didn't I get to go???

i believe you were attending to your sense of pride

 

[cleopatra]

Im still not sure but maybe the one 4 a Jaguar ad campaign...
"The car is the closest we can get to creating a human being"r somethin like that. It works...cos my story is bout cars and the creation of image/persona. i'll have to find the exact wording.

 

[fuckfoot]

is it possible to put a quote in that was ssaid by yourself or another student (and you'd quote by student number)
i mean, i think if anything, my own quotes are the most relevant... or you know what would be cool?a quote from a teacher, like...
"you'll never amount to anything more than a humble statistic in the census"- my year x teacher
i'd love to put something like that in
(NB: that was never said to me but i do suspect my year nine english teacher thought this a fair few times)

 

[AsyLum]

Just put it down as - anon ?

 

[AsyLum]

my quote : "BANG."

If you've read it you know its so true