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Quotable Quotes From Famous and Possibly Dead People

rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
edited April 2007 in Social Entropy++
I bring you the latest incarnation of the quote thread!
Post your favorite quotes whether they be witty, memorable, or profound.

Q: Why make this thread?
A: I recently found an OLD (we're talking 8+ years old) .txt containing tons of quotes on my PC that has made the trip over from two previous PCs it's so old.

I'll start us off!

"I think it would be a good idea. "
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of Western civilization.

"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. "
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

"We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction."
- General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

"Wagner's music is better than it sounds."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)




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"Attention to health is life greatest hindrance. "
- Plato (427-347 B.C.)

"Plato was a bore. "
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

"Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal. "
- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

"I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy. "
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

"Hemingway was a jerk. "
- Harold Robbins
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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. "
- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut

"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. "
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

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  • tech_huntertech_hunter More SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "Do not calle up That which you can not put downe; either from dead Saltes or out of ye Spheres beyond."
    †H.P. Love Craft From the Case of Charles Dexter Ward

    I have this as my sig at work :)

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Winston Churchill has some of the best quotes ever.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2007
    "Tits or GTFO"
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  • Bob The MonkeyBob The Monkey Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Our arrows will blot out th...

    Aww, never mind.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    "Why you frontin' btich?"
    -Benjamin Franklin

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  • RedTideRedTide Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Omegasquash once told me the meaning to life.

    But I got drunk and forgot it.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    When asked about taxes, Abraham Lincoln said;

    "Give me all you got!"

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Wren wrote: »
    Winston Churchill has some of the best quotes ever.


    "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. "
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

    "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. "
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

    "When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. "
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

    "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. "
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "Never mistake activity for achievement" - Kyle Gass

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  • Bob The MonkeyBob The Monkey Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    When I die, I think I'll borrow someone else's last words. Coming up with good ones of your own is far too difficult.

    So far my top choice is Ich bin Heinrich Himmler.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    I love me some Paul Bear Bryant quotes.

    "Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!" After being asked if he had considered going for a field goal when trailing by three points.
    "I ain't never been nothing but a winner." Probably the most famous one of his.
    "Here's a twenty, bury two." After being asked to chip in ten dollars to help cover the cost of a sportswriters funeral.
    "Tough times dont last, but tough people do."
    "I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions."
    last, but not least: "It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters." I think that's extremely true.

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    #pipe wrote: »
    "Never mistake activity for achievement" - Kyle Gass


    "Never mistake motion for action. "
    - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

    When I die, I think I'll borrow someone else's last words. Coming up with good ones of your own is far too difficult.

    So far my top choice is Ich bin Heinrich Himmler.

    "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something. "
    - last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)

    edit: or on a different note.
    "Ask her to wait a moment - I am almost done. "
    - Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), while working, when informed that his wife is dying

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    Do you know how Paul Bear Bryant got his nickname? He wrestled a fucking bear.

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  • MarcusMarcus Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.
    -Benjamin Franklin

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "Failure is just success, rounded down" - T Rex

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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "If your hand touches metal I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you."
    -Capt. Malcom Reyonlds

    also


    "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

    ~Malcolm X

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  • OleubOleub Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "Die, my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do!"

    last words of Groucho Marx

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Oleub wrote: »
    "Die, my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do!"

    last words of Groucho Marx

    hahahaha are you serious? that is so goddamn cool

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Groucho, not Karl

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "Got a wig for his wig
    and a brain for his heart
    He'll kick you apart
    He'll kick you apart
    oooooh"

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  • ScrumtrulescentScrumtrulescent Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
    - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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  • SamiSami Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery" - Norman Bourlag

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  • RubberACRubberAC Sidney BC!Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
    -Albert Einstein

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  • Eastern GlowEastern Glow Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    RubberAC wrote: »
    You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
    -Albert Einstein

    Burn him, he's a witch!!

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  • CalebrosCalebros a k a TimesNewPwnin Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Hitler had the right idea, he was just an under-achiever
    -Bill Hicks



    guys i think its bad that that was the first quote that came to my mind

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  • Kane Red RobeKane Red Robe Master of Magic ArcanusRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
    -Robert Lynd

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. " - Paul Dirac (1902-1984)




    "From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. "
    - Groucho Marx (1895-1977)

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  • Abdul the TerribleAbdul the Terrible Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I'm so fucking drunk right now


    and 20 minutes ago I was so fucking close to punching a senior to the face

    that motherfucker

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I'm so fucking drunk right now


    and 20 minutes ago I was so fucking close to punching a senior to the face

    that motherfucker

    are you in high school?

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    or was it a senior as in an old person

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  • Abdul the TerribleAbdul the Terrible Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    mrpaku wrote: »
    I'm so fucking drunk right now


    and 20 minutes ago I was so fucking close to punching a senior to the face

    that motherfucker

    are you in high school?

    No.

    I was at a bar and he was an asshole.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "Peace prevails when food suffices" - Momofuku Ando, the creator of instant noodles

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  • Abdul the TerribleAbdul the Terrible Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    rockmonkey wrote: »
    or was it a senior as in an old person

    Yes.

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    rockmonkey wrote: »
    or was it a senior as in an old person

    Yes.

    okay, this is awesome

    i can relate to this

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    mrpaku wrote: »
    rockmonkey wrote: »
    or was it a senior as in an old person

    Yes.

    okay, this is awesome

    i can relate to this

    I can relate to this so hard; I work at a retirement home

    "Hey, have you heard of that Aryan Bird Flu?" - Some senile dude asking me about avian bird flu

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    my friend used to work in a nursing home too, changing diapers

    one time he had an old lady try to molest him during this

    also if you work in a grocery store for any amount of time you look at old people a little shifty for about the rest of your life

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  • Abdul the TerribleAbdul the Terrible Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    mrpaku wrote: »
    rockmonkey wrote: »
    or was it a senior as in an old person

    Yes.

    okay, this is awesome

    i can relate to this

    Sometimes just... they just know they are old and you really can't punch them right in their wrinkly fucking face... but... fuck I should've punched him!

    edit: I mean I should've hit him when he wasn't looking..

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    If you don't know history, you don't know anything.
    Edward Johnston

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Another Churchill:

    "If you're going through hell, keep going"

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Reptiles are abhorrent because of their cold body, pale color, cartilaginous skeleton, filthy skin, fierce aspect, calculating eye, offensive smell, harsh voice, squalid habitation, and terrible venom; wherefore their Creator has not exerted his powers to make many of them.
    -Linnaeus, 1797

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