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What are your thoughts on this Quote

tin22tin22 Member Posts: 731 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2002 in General Discussion
The possibility of death helps us to live our lives in a more meanful way!
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  • Gordian BladeGordian Blade Member Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What if death only occurred by accident or homicide? Wouldn't we all become risk-averse recluses and live boring lives? And wouldn't the older generations refuse to make way for the younger? The clock is ticking for all of us.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sounds silly to me. No one can sustain peak experience for long and living on the razor edge of that awareness can only lead to anesthesia.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    I have friends who,live life on the edge, of wuss cliff.


    ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • Rob GreeneRob Greene Member Posts: 102 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We should always strive to make a difference. If we don't understand that we aren't guaranteed tomorrow, why should we care what we do today? We'll always feel like we could fix things tomorrow. It's best to do things like we're going to punch out when we're done.

    **It is your right to posess a firearm. In case of questions, please refer to ammendment 2, United States Constitution.**
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Death is not a possibility, it is a reality. No one gets out of here alive.
    The fact that you will die should make a people want to make a positive differance in the lives of others, that way they will be remembered after their short existance expires.
    Just my 2 cents, your milage may vary.
    ?The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.?
    Margaret Thatcher

    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
    Mark Twain
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Death and taxes...oinly two certainties. Beach
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If we really believed it and took it to heart, it would but we don't. That's why the world's in the pickle it is.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    We are meant to get used to things. It keeps us sane. As for dying, we are forced to think about it more as trips to the doctor become more frequent and problems need solving as we get older, believe me I know. Also, I used to be able to eat pizza and donuts and maintain a certain weight. I was also able to work out without the tendonitis and age-related knee deterioration I've got to work against now. So I weigh more, and date less. At least I have more time for guns, and don't have to worry about what the lady of the house thinks about the expense (small consolation). Or maybe I used up my quota of beautiful women too early in life, who knows. My attitude is good, and I'm a busy guy. But if I had to say one thing about the inevitable, I would say it's better NOT to die alone, so if you have a choice how to spend your days, make friends and try to keep them.

    - Life NRA Member
    If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If'n I kaint take it wit me I aint a goin'!

    The Almighty Himself Entrusted the Future of All Living Creatures to a Wooden Boat.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"Audemus jura nostra defendere"
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  • tin22tin22 Member Posts: 731 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I saw this piece in a magazine and wanted to see what other people thought about the quote. I don't really believe in the quote. You could have the idea that hey I'm going to die some day why not do everything I can until it happens. Does not mean you have a more meanful life? I guess in some ways it could help you look at your life in different way. Make you see what is important and what's not. When you die you don't really get take anything with you. You also do it alone. Which kind of scares me. I think being with the people you love can enrich your life even more. Then living byself alone rest your life. I don't want to offend anyone, but I know some people might like living by their self. So I'm not talking about you. I'm just saying for myself I would want to be with someone I love and my family.
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    Do your best to be a good Husband,Father,Friend,Neighbor and Chistian and accept the death of your body to free your soul.

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Live fast, die young and leave a good lookin' corpse!

    Man, I'm gonna be battin' 0 for 3
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  • rokkmannrokkmann Member Posts: 47 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Enjoy it while you can.You won't be here for ever.
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  • Jody CommanderJody Commander Member Posts: 855 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe it was the great philosopher Farren Young that said it best, "Live fast- Love hard- Die young and leave a beautiful memory"
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  • FUBARFUBAR Member Posts: 175 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Whatever you do in Life! Be comfortable with who are and what you do!

    Guns! Guns! Guns!
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  • CAndres35CAndres35 Member Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thank goodness!! i cant imagine living forever. at my age you kindof look forward to passing away,you also come to realise that the days left are growing shoter and shorter so you try to do thing that are right for you and not to please someone else. ive worked hard all my live it seems and have been knocked down several times when i thought i was finaly set. i have always managed to get back up and start over again but now at 67 i dont know if i would have the gumption to do it again. boy the changes i have seen amase me when i get to thinking about them. the post the other day about old geezers was so true. i remembered all but one of them and could have added several more. now its just trust the lord and look after the grankids. i guess i better quit before i get nostalgic. carl
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Death is inevitable. Don't let the threat of it influence your life.

    Save, research, then buy the best.Join the NRA, NOW!Teach them young, teach them safe, teach them forever, but most of all, teach them to VOTE!
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  • 96harley96harley Member Posts: 3,992 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    We are all only a heart beat away from death's door. Christ said "Take no thought for tomorrow for tomorrow will take care of itself." That quote makes me look at my own short comings and faults.
    It keeps me on track and focused for we are to occupy until he returns. If each of us knew for sure our life would be required of us at 8:00 A.M. Friday, how would we spend the long night?
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  • Bubba JoelBubba Joel Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November -1
    Prepare for tomorrow, but live like there's not one...

    http://www.tmorg-forums.com/
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  • Bubba JoelBubba Joel Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November -1
    Prepare for tomorrow, but live like there's not one...

    http://www.tmorg-forums.com/
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  • anderskandersk Member Posts: 3,627 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Similar thought from another quote: "You are not ready to live until you know what you'd like to have written on your grave stone." Sounds good to me!

    Ken
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