There is something to be said about those people (who we all know... Charlie, Mark, etc....) who can hear something once and then commence endlessly quoting what they just heard and enjoying the experience again. I am not one of those people. I have the worst memory of anyone I know, I think. That is why Google and other resources like that are such wonderful things.

Therefore, I have used the "Google" and found a few quotes that I like, or that are following the theme this blog has taken, even though I didn't plan it that way. I won't put who said them right away (a game anyone?) and I am sure that some of the people who might read this will be able to guess them.

1. "Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so." ~ "Ford", Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

(Joel is on the right track with HHGG. Now, who said it? and when? Greg is right, Ford said this to Arthur in the pub before the Vogons destroy the Earth. Arthur is complaining about not wanting to drink three pints before lunchtime. Welcome, Greg!)

2. "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." ~John Lennon, Beautiful Boy

(Charlie was the first to correctly answer that John Lennon said this, but he also informed me that he said it in "Beautiful Boy", which I didn't know. Mark and Jessica also answered correctly.)

3. "The only reason time is so that everything does not happen at once" ~Albert Einstein

(Mark correctly answered that this was said by the really smart guy, Albert Einstein.)

4. "Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." ~John Lennon

(Yea! Charlie is right! Through process of elimination. Way to go everyone!)

Two of the quotes were said by the same person, one was written as fiction and one was said by a really smart guy.

Good luck! I will (to copy what Charlie did) post the answers as people guess. It will not be as fun as Charlie's games, but I can only be who I am, even if that means not being as cool as my friends.

I also found this last quote, which I thought was very poignant and I should take the idea to heart a bit more, but since it was an unknown person who said it, I didn't think it was fair to have in the game.

"Who plants trees although he knows he'll never sit in their shadows has at least begun to recognize the sense of life." ~ Anonymous

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