Favourite Quotes

[psychic_serpent <psychic_serpent@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "aaoconnor2002 
<aaoconnor2002 at y...>" <aaoconnor2002 at y...> wrote:
> My all-time favorite quote comes from the original "Rudolph the 
> Red Nosed Reindeer" Christmas special.  It is when Rudolph and 
> Hermey the elf meet for the first time and find out that they both 
> are misfits who don't fit in.  Hermey says, "Let's be independent, 
> together!"
 
> When I was a child I just thought this was funny.  It wasn't till 
> I grew up that I realized that that line is actually quite 
> profound.


That reminds me of my favorite Life of Brian quote, which takes 
place when Brian is addressing a crowd he is trying to disperse (I 
think he's trying to disperse it--memory of details are fuzzy right 
now).  He says, "You are all individuals!"  and the crowd repeats 
dutifully and in unison, "Yes!  We are all individuals!"  A lone 
hold-out, however, kicks up the irony a notch by crying out, "I'm 
not!"

It gets me every time.  I'm glad you brought up Lemony Snicket, 
Dave.  I've just begun the sixth book (I'm nicking my daughter's LS 
books from her room--they're just too funny) and I believe that's 
where the Squalors come in as characters.  I love this passage, 
speaking of funny quotes:

'But unlike this book, the dictionary also discusses words that are 
far more pleasant to contemplate.  The word "bubble" is in the 
dictionary, for instance, as is the word "peacock," the 
word "vacation," and the 
words "the" "author's" "execution" "has" "been" "canceled," which 
make up a sentence that is always pleasant to hear.'  I'm usually 
reading the Lemony Snicket books late at night in bed, and I've 
woken my husband more than once with my laughter.

I'm also busy reading the Unauthorized Autobiography, which my 
clever son knew would make a good Christmas gift for me.  Another 
thing I'm reading that offers me many chuckles is Dave Barry's Sort-
of History of the United States, which tells us that after WWII, 
President Truman wisely decided it was time to start the Postwar 
Era.  That Harry S.  Can't put one past him. <g>

--Barb