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)
************************ "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 ************************
"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)
"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
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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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
edited April 2007
"Never mistake activity for achievement" - Kyle Gass
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 BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
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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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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 BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited April 2007
Do you know how Paul Bear Bryant got his nickname? He wrestled a fucking bear.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
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
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
"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)
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..
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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†H.P. Love Craft From the Case of Charles Dexter Ward
I have this as my sig at work
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Aww, never mind.
-Benjamin Franklin
But I got drunk and forgot it.
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"Give me all you got!"
"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)
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
So far my top choice is Ich bin Heinrich Himmler.
"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.
"Never mistake motion for action. "
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
"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
-Benjamin Franklin
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
-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
last words of Groucho Marx
hahahaha are you serious? that is so goddamn cool
and a brain for his heart
He'll kick you apart
He'll kick you apart
oooooh"
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
-Albert Einstein
Burn him, he's a witch!!
-Bill Hicks
guys i think its bad that that was the first quote that came to my mind
-Robert Lynd
"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)
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.
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
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
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..
Edward Johnston
"If you're going through hell, keep going"
-Linnaeus, 1797