paperdoll82 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 A few weeks a year, I'm in charge of things here at the office. This is one of those weeks. One of my jobs is to find a quote each day from a famous person. Lay an Eric Carmen quote on me. It can be funny, inspiring or whatever. I need it by Thursday morning. OK ... go! Cheryl 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 (The Rs) had "a certain intellectual backdrop to the whole thing. There was an idea behind the group. There weren't too many in the U.S. at the time..." p.s. Of course E also said "Go All The Way" which can mean anything you want it to mean. Cheryl, Thanks for making me think this a.m. I've been so busy tending to Wayne's leg injury and voting for GATW, I haven't posted much recently. M.E. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwannabebymyself Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 "Love is all that matters, faithful and forever...." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I put one of my favorites on Twitter a few days ago. "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Here's another one I like. "Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way." Charles Bukowski 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theresa Conner Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I like to read the things u write Eric. You must read a lot..I read some not like I should. My mind seems to wonder a lot. Stay the same Theresa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Eric, I knew I loved you for a several reasons, not the least of which now being an interest in Charles Bukowski! I watched a Netflix documentary about CB a couple of months ago. A very interesting guy... M.E. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I put one of my favorites on Twitter a few days ago. "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer ....if genius hits a target no one else can see..... how does one even know there are geniuses if this statement is true --- since no one else "sees" the target in the first place, you then by extension cannot see that the person who hit it is a genius. At least with Talent, others can "see" the target even though they themselves cannot hit it. I only agree with the first part of that quote. AnneNR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I would take the 2nd part of the quote to mean creativity/inspiration/insight sparked inside the mind of one person and understood by another. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 To me, it means you don't see the target until genius makes it visible. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 You just said that in the most simple way - genius. (-; <3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdoll82 Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 LOVE all of those. Thanks! I used this one today: "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." — Milton Berle Never thought of him as particularly quotable per se, but that one spoke to me. Cheryl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacymom2 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Here's my quote from my favorite song. "Blowin' down some windy street Feelin' so alone and incomplete" I think we've all felt this way. At least I have. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 To me, it means you don't see the target until genius makes it visible. I wish Mr. Schopenhauer could've said it that plainly and clearly. Since YOU did just simplify that, I guess it proves you are a genius according to the Mr. Bukowski quote, and Mr. Schopenhauer is just a very smart guy --- not necessarily a genius. Well done, Mr. Carmen, good communication and thinking skills. AnneNR 6 6 __/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them. - Charles Bukowski - This is the way I feel about my pals here and I like that very much. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 “Without music, life would be a mistake.†― Friedrich Nietzsche My quote of the day for you Cheryl 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolin' Myself Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one." - John Lennon 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ― Albert Einstein 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdoll82 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Well, I was going to post a screenshot of the quote I used (it was Eric's second one; I copied and pasted it, so it's even his actual typing ) but I'm apparently too dumb to figure out how to post a photo! Anyway, it's a great quote. Even The Girl said, "Ooh, Mom, I like that one!" And she's wicked hard to impress. Thanks, Eric, and everyone else. And keep them coming — I love quotes, and I've got to be put in charge at some point again, right? Here's one of my favorites: "Change is inevitable — except from a vending machine." — Anonymous. Cheryl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdy Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Not appropriate for Paperdoll's assignment but a memorable Bukowski quote as he looked over a crowd gathered for a poetry reading: "Where the fuck were you when I was living on a candy bar a day?" Fitzgerald during his Crack Up period (paraphrase): "Writing is like trying to breathe underwater." Hemingway: "Develop a built in bullshit detector." Sorry. I'll try to come up with something more positive next time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 'Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.' Bukowski Happy Friday Y'all! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdoll82 Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Along Birdy's thought process ... There is some question as to whether he said it -- but it's a fantastic quote all the same: Y'all can go to hell. I'm going to Texas. -- Davy Crockett Cheryl 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 "If you judge people, you have no time to love them.†<3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 If you're looking for an actual quote from Eric Carmen, the simplest is perhaps the best: "Love is all that matters." —Eric Carmen Bernie 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Agree B! Think if we can all try to apply that concept daily...<3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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