what is your favorite quote of all time?

Sandman is a good source for favourite quotes, some of mine

Little one, I would like to see anyone — prophet, king or God — persuade a thousand cats to do anything at the same time.
A cynical cat, in Sandman #18: "A Dream of a Thousand Cats"

I know how gods begin, Roger. We start as dreams. Then we walk out of dreams into the land. We are worshipped and loved, and take power to ourselves. And then one day there's no one left to worship us. And in the end, each little god and goddess takes its last journey back into dreams … and what comes after, not even we know.
Ishtar, in Sandman #45: "Brief Lives: 5"

You need help, matey. You and that there young lady. That red stuff, that's blood that is. Meant to be on the inside, it is. Bad sign if it's not on the inside, that's what I says.
Hedgehog, Sandman #51: "A Tale of Two Cities"

"They never liked us, did they?"
"Gods don't 'like'. They love and they hate and they ignore … "
Stheno and Euryale, in Sandman #61: "The Kindly Ones: 5"

He was a very clever doggy. He said things like … like … "I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options."
Delirium describes her dog Barnabas (given to her by Destruction), in Sandman #63: "The Kindly Ones: 7"

"There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats" (Ratty)

"There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simply messing about on dry land" (Wells)

"You want to make God laugh? Tell him your plans" (anonymous)

Was that one of dys? HE was a desert ratty after all.

"you want to make god cry? tell him your plans" (me)

that is my favorite book series of almost all time! its just amazingly profound, huh.

If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink.

in my humble opinion it's the best comic book series ever written

i like neil's novels and short stories as well

from Neil Gamain's novel American Gods

What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore, it knows it's not fooling a soul.

DIGITAL HIGH FIVE!

oh, and happy fourth of july!

I don't have an all time favorite quote, just like I don't have an all time favorite meal - I have some years, as they say in other languages than english, and memories are too rich to parse that way.

But here's one I like, by Dante Alighieri in the Inferno section of the Divine Comedy -

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita,
Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
Che la diritta via era smarrita.
When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.

Admittedly I like it for the sound and meaning in italian more than in translation. (often written as 'in a dark wood')

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

By Marianne Williamson

that is a very good one.

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."

Yogi Berra.

i like that!

A favorite (not THE favorite) quote is from the philosopher-psychologist William James.
"A good man is one who no matter how bad he has been is getting better; a bad man is one who no matter how good he has been is getting worse. Direction is all."

"two rights turn you around. two wrongs dont. do wrong"