Favorite quotes

[Wimbo]

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
—Aristotle

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
—Oscar Wilde

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.
-W.C. Fields

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
-Douglas Adams

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
-Winston Churchill

Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Winston Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”

 

[trickblue]

I'm a quote junkie, so this thread is right up my alley...

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote
- Benjamin Franklin

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Winston Churchill

America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned-well pleased.
- P. J. O'Rourke

Lettin' the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than puttin' it back in.
- Will Rogers​

 

[bbgun]

Give me bbgun or give me death. - WG

 

[Doomsday]

Can I pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson?
A little early isn't it, Woody?
For a beer? No, for stupid questions.

 

[Khartun]

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
—Aristotle

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
—Oscar Wilde

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.
-W.C. Fields

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
-Douglas Adams

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
-Winston Churchill

Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Winston Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”

You can add most things Douglas Adams writes in here. Including my sig.

 

[ethiostar]

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
-Douglas Adams

You can add most things Douglas Adams writes in here. Including my sig.

Yep..

 

[Alumni2k11]

"I have a new, better job." - Me, on Monday.

 

[kimrose]

A woman's heart is an ocean of secrets. ~ Rose (in elder form) from movie, Titanic

 

[YosemiteSam]

"I have a new, better job." - Me, on Monday.

Gratz!

 

[Joe Realist]

I have generally found that a man who is good at excuses is usually good at nothing else.
- Benjamin Franklin

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
- Henry Ford

People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

"The will to win will beat the skill to win."

My father told me this when I got married "It is better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission." Don't know who said it but I thought it was neat quote.

I think the actual quote is "it is easier to beg for forgiveness than the ask for permission".

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

"It is better to be a hammer than an anvil." St Dominic

"Peoples will only be truly free when the last king is strangled by the bowels of the last priest" Francois Laignelot -1793

"Death is the beginning of my immortality" Maximilien Robespierre 1794

 

[YosemiteSam]

Favorite movie quotes:

"Get busy living, or get busy dying." - Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption

 

[Doomsday101]

"Men we will take care of these few indians over here and call it a day"

Gen. GEORGE A. CUSTER

:laugh2:

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. -- Mary Pickford

Very nice.

 

[Jammer]

I think the actual quote is "it is easier to beg for forgiveness than the ask for permission".

When I was in the Air Force that was one of our favorite sayings and I lived by it.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Give me bbgun or give me death. - WG

:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

 

[Doomsday101]

Women and Children 1st? Let them fend for themselves this life boat is mine.

Concordia Capt. Francesco Schettino

 

[Hoofbite]

"Crowded elevator smell different to midget"

Some Confucian puppet on Crank Yankers about a decade ago.

Had me rolling.

 

[Hoofbite]

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