Facebook apparently introduced an update recently that streamlines some of the info displayed on profiles. Unfortunately, it seems that the “Quotes” section was removed.
I don’t think many people used it (or viewed it), but I liked having a space for some words from inspiring people, like Asimov, Fey and Lincoln.
I also put one of my favorite lines on the space — “Curling is a game of sportsmanship and honor. Like golf … minus the cheating.”
Here are some of my favorite quotes that I used to have on the since-removed quotes page on Facebook —
“Curling is a game of sportsmanship and honor. Like golf … minus the cheating.” — Me
“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — George Orwell (Unpublished preface to “Animal Farm”)
“So here’s some advice I wish I would have got when I was your age … Live every week, like it’s shark week.” — Tracy Jordan (“30 Rock”)
“Compromises are for lesser souls. Die, werewolf-zombie.” — Liz Lemon (“30 Rock”)
“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.” — Abraham Lincoln (Second Inaugural Address)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover!” — H. Jackson Brown (and NOT Mark Twain)
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent” — Salvor Hardin (“Foundation”)
“It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people. Justice cannot be divided.” — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Spock, I’ve found that evil usually triumphs – unless good is very, very careful.” — Dr. Leonard McCoy (“Star Trek”)
“Never be cruel, never be cowardly. And never ever eat pears! Remember – hate is always foolish … and love is always wise. Always try to be nice and never fail to be kind.” — The Doctor (“Doctor Who”)
“Life is brief; fall in love, maidens” — translated lyric from “Gondola no Uta” (or “The Gondola Song”)
