You Are Who You Quote

Via kottke.org:

Go here and look through random quotes until you find five that you think reflect who you are or what you believe.

Here are my five:

• "Everything you can imagine is real." (Pablo Picasso)
• "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." (Robert Frost)
• "Do I contradict myself?/Very well then I contradict myself/I am large, I contain multitudes." (Walt Whitman)
• "It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life." (Queen Christina, of Sweden)
• "Emergencies have always been necessary to progress." (Victor Hugo)