Six Word Memoirs on Life Stories

Larry_D._Smith says,

I can get you a toe.
- Walter in The Big Lebowski

Larry_D._Smith says,

Wherever you go, there you are.
- Buckaroo Bonzai

Larry_D._Smith says,

Every artist was first an amateur. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bullitt says,

We're gonna need a bigger boat.

Bullitt says,

A Jedi craves not these things.

Undermom says,

Poets remember our dreams for us. ~ Tom Robbins from Still Life With Woodpecker

Undermom says,

Come on baby
Don't say maybe

Bullitt says,

Ok, ok, make that,
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." --Brody, Jaws.
And of course, ... --Yoda, Empire Strikes Back.

sisterpoet says,

I am wanted...dead or alive. Bon Jovi

sisterpoet says,

Share some breeze tea with me......Morrissey

catsmeow says,

See what the tide brings in. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
(but I cheat...the full quote, which is more powerful, is "Keep breathing and see what the tide brings in.)

notjustagirlintheworld says,

Does anybody really care about time.

Elisa_Shevitz says,

"All the world is a stage." William Shakespeare

notjustagirlintheworld says,

Wherever you go, there you are.

Bevvie says,

Brevity is the soul of lingerie. - Dorothy Parker

I really like Parker's quote "What fresh hell is this?" but it's five words which should not be held against it!

tonyglim says,

"Arrange whatever pieces come your way." -- Virginia Woolf

Believe says,

Life's an occasion. Rise to it. Mr. Magorium's Magic Emporium

Believe says,

To Steelpony: I proudly display an I Love Jet Noise bumper sticker. When I travel I get asked "what on earth does that mean?" quite often.

jebcrg says,

Nobody puts Baby in a corner. OK experts. What film, who said it?

scribbling_scribe says,

@jebcrg: Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing.

scribbling_scribe says,

"Wendy’s shakes ring McDonald’s Taco Bell." By BanjomanDan in Six-Word Memoirs

Contemplative says,

"Just be in the present moment" - my psychologist (and many other versions), and adapted from Belleruth Naparstek's Guided Imagery and Affirmations.

JAD says,

"After all, tomorrow is another day" --Scarlett O'Hara

tonyglim says,

"People find life entirely too time-consuming." -- Stanislaw J. Lec

butterflyxxx says,

"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art Thou, Romeo?" - William Shakespeare

tonyglim says,

"Life is full of obstacle illusions." -- Grant Frazier

skyrocketjones says,

"If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill (yep, it's seven.)

oopsalittle says,

"I can do, therefore I can." - by me LOL

oopsalittle says,

‘I’m scared of who I am’ – Baby in Dirty Dancing

butterflyxxx says,

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt. (I know but it's such a great quote)

tonyglim says,

"Silence is as free as speech." -- e.towhee in Six-Word Memoirs

Larry_D._Smith says,

"Integrity has no need of rules." - Albert Camus

Larry_D._Smith says,

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner." - Baby in Dirty Dancing

madkin says,

"You think you know a story, but you only know how it ends. To get to the heart of the story you have to go back to the beginning." - Tudors Series ( I know, way more than six.)

three-monkeys says,

"Bend over and I'll show ya." Clark Griswold, Christmas Vacation.

three-monkeys says,

"Merry Christmas, the shitter was full!" Cousin Eddie, Christmas Vacation

SkinnyDomicile says,

"I hope you are joyful frequently..." -- Emily Dickinson

tonyglim says,

"All happiness is in the mind." -- English proverb

tonyglim says,

"War is the unfolding of miscalculations." -- Barbara Tuchman, American historian (1912-1989)

Mitzi says,

"Your mother sucks cocks in Hell". The Exorcist

SkinnyDomicile says,

"I had hoped to express more." -- From a letter by Emily Dickinson

Wench says,

"I'm working on a Shit List." - my grandmother, on all the people she hated and planned to tell, about four months before she died.

Wench says,

"It finally happened. I'm slightly mad." - Freddie Mercury

Wench says,

"So much scope for the imagination." - Anne of Green Gables

Wench says,

"I take away his weapons. Both of them." - Sin City. Worth the extra two words.

TeaTopper says,

"Why limit happy to an hour?" - On cocktail napkins and coasters sold at Pier One Imports.

ba_miracle says,

“shut my mouth and just believe”....

A line in the song Pure by the Lightning Seeds. Actually the song contains a few good sixes and one of my favorite lines...”Don’t sell the dreams you should be keeping, pure and simple every time”




“All warfare is based on deception.”
“Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.”
“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”
Sun Tzo

I understand that when Sun Tzo states “All warfare is based on deception.” he is referring to a strategy within war but I feel strongly that it would be better applied to the waging of wars in the first place.

ba_miracle says,

Many great sixer quotes in The Tao Te Ching (or the Dao)

“He who is contented is rich.”
“He who knows himself is enlightened”
“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.”
“Silence is a source of great strength.”


Also many great sixes in The Bible

ba_miracle says,

“Don't find fault, find a remedy.”
Henry Ford

“Life is the foundation for abundance”
Eckhart Tolle

ba_miracle says,

“Be the change you wish to see” (ok I cheated..........“in the world”)

“Be the change you wish to see in the world”
Gandhi

That was one of the most life changing quotes I ever heard. Because I knew of so many wrongs and instead of being moved to action I had for many years let the ills of the world justify and feed my anger. As the outrage grew I was bitching instead of doing Until the day I took those words to heart.

so maybe a good way to put it for those of us who have manners but still a bit of an edge...


Please, do more and bitch less.

canadafreeze says,

I'm too sexy for my shirt, Right, Said Fred.
Originally sung from the point of view of a very self-satisfied male model. It works on so many levels ...

accidentaltourist says,

Don't tell me not to live. From "Don't Rain on My Parade,"

violetheart1 says,

"I have just one more question..." Columbo T.V. Series
"Lost time is never found again." Benjamin Franklin
"Don't find fault. Find a remedy." Henry Ford
"Not all who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien
"All you need is love." The Beatles

K.Rose says,

"Only the suppressed word is dangerous." - Ludwig Borne

e.towhee says,

"One joy scatters a hundred griefs." -- Chinese proverb

tonyglim says,

"Friday's child is loving and giving." -- From a traditional rhyme about birthdays (I was born on a Friday.)

TawnyPort says,

In response to a question with an obvious answer, "Does a cat have an ass?
-my college mentor

Dhani says,

'HATE quotations/ say what you mean!' (Paraphrasing Wordsworth...)

Dhani says,

or....'tell me what you know!'

DynamicDbytheC says,

I advise people never give advice.

I shortened it to six, real quote.
I always advise people never to give advice.
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)

DynamicDbytheC says,

But when I'm bad I'm better.
A hard man... good to find. Mae West

Full quote. When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better.
A hard man... is good to find

DynamicDbytheC says,

My last one.
Genius vs stupidity, genius has limits.

"The difference between genius and stupidity is genius has its limits."~Albert Einstein

SkinnyDomicile says,

"Beauty be not caused. It is." -- Emily Dickinson

e.towhee says,

"Saying nothing sometimes says the most." -- Emily Dickinson