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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1533 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
I have enjoyed reading the various post on this site that I find both interesting and informative, I have noticed that some of the posters like to quote. So I thought it would be cool to jot down your favorite quote and a brief explaination why you like it.
Heres one of mine: "Two things are infinte the universe and human stupidity and I am not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein I like this quote because it sort of humbles the reader a little and also because I can be a smart ass. Lets here yours group!
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Sylas Member (Idle past 5289 days) Posts: 766 From: Newcastle, Australia Joined: |
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Journal, May 1849
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.=G. K. Chesterton
As you all know, I like the Bible. Written by human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit, this book tells us of the hero...Jesus Christ! [This message has been edited by Phatboy, 02-26-2004]
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3945 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 10.0 |
No matter how high you estimate the amount of stupidity in the universe to be, you will have estimated too low - Frank Zappa (May be a bit off on the precise wording)
When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro - Raul Duke Moose Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
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Coragyps Member (Idle past 763 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: |
"Moe! Larry! Cheese!" - Curly Howard
because of its profundity
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Azure Moon Inactive Member |
Here's mine:
"I have gone out to look for myself. If I should return before I get back, hold me until I get here. Thank you." Anonymous This was given to me years ago when I was trying to be the good: mom, wife, daughter, neighbor, employee, and try to keep some sense of identity all at the same time.... It worked. The job had to go.
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Cthulhu Member (Idle past 5881 days) Posts: 273 From: Roe Dyelin Joined: |
When I was in Africa I shot an elephant in my pajamas. What it was doing in them I'll never know. -Groucho Marx
Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!
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Asgara Member (Idle past 2331 days) Posts: 1783 From: Wisconsin, USA Joined: |
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996), Contact Asgara "An unexamined life is not worth living" Socrates via Plato
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
Here's my favorite relevant one.
The moral was pointed out over and over again that "there are some things Man was not meant to know." Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the solution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at danger, rather you learned how to handle it safely. -Isaac Asimov, introduction to The Caves of Steel I don't use it in my sig because it would be horribly unfair to scroll through it every time I post. "Perhaps you should take your furs and your literal interpretations to the other side of the river." -Anya
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Mammuthus Member (Idle past 6504 days) Posts: 3085 From: Munich, Germany Joined: |
"Doh!!!" -Homer J. Simpson, most Simpsons episodes
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berberry Inactive Member |
In Hamlet, Polonious says:
quote: This is so often quoted that people sometimes come to this play expecting Polonious to be wise and prophetic. He is anything but, and this quote, in context, is a great example of linguistic irony. To my mind, some of the greatest quotes ever (outside of Shakespeare, of course) come from Winston Churchill. Here is a small sampling:
quote: In a reference to political rival Clement Atlee:
quote: Here's one I can't find at the moment, so I may not get the precise wording correct. When a liberal reporter commented (I think it was at the Potsdam conference, but I could be wrong) "Mr. Churchill, you're drunk", the response was:
quote: Regardless of your politics, you gotta love this guy.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Here are some more quotations which were attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. I will agree with berberry. The Bulldog sure knew how to spit game!
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time--a tremendous whack. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're going through hell, keep going. --------------------------------------------------------------------- A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing has happened. --------------------------------------------------------------------- He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whiskey. By diligent effort, I learned to like it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. --------------------------------------------------------------------- History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ----Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) British Statesman, Prime Minister, Author < [This message has been edited by Phatboy, 02-27-2004]
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Amlodhi Inactive Member |
Monty Python's satirical exchange between James Whistler and Oscar Wilde:
WHISTLER: "There is only one thing in the world worse than being witty, and that is not being witty." WILDE: "I wish I had said that Whistler." WHISTLER: "Oh, you will, Oscar, you will." Monty Python's Flying Circus, Oscar Wilde sketch. The Players:Terry Jones - The Prince Of Wales; Graham Chapman - Oscar Wilde; John Cleese - James McNeill Whistler; Michael Palin - George Bernard Shaw; |
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Percy Member Posts: 22504 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Was it Churchill who replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I'd drink it!"
--Percy
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wj Inactive Member |
Yes.
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