I collect great quotes and was wondering if guys have any favorites you would like to share? I have a *bazillion* of my favorites I am adding to my webpage, but always room for more....anyone? anyone? Beuller? anyone? 
Have any great quotes?
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If you are going to criticize a man, first walk a mile in their shoes. So, when you do criticize them, you will be a mile away, and have their shoes.
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Also:
"Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy." -- Cynthia Nelms
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." -- Japanese Proverb
"Many an opporutnity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers." -- Anon.
My office is full of quotes, and those are just a handful. Cheers.
Also:
"Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy." -- Cynthia Nelms
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." -- Japanese Proverb
"Many an opporutnity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers." -- Anon.
My office is full of quotes, and those are just a handful. Cheers.
glenn1
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"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."Samuel Adams
"By the delusions of seeming good the people are often misled to desire their own ruin; and they are frequently influenced by great hopes and brave promises." Nicolo Machievelli
"By the delusions of seeming good the people are often misled to desire their own ruin; and they are frequently influenced by great hopes and brave promises." Nicolo Machievelli
"Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them."
--Thomas Jefferson on the need to challenge convention.
I used that one in my last debate arguing against the Amish premise of pulling their children out of school at the age of 14, based on religious convictions.
--Thomas Jefferson on the need to challenge convention.
I used that one in my last debate arguing against the Amish premise of pulling their children out of school at the age of 14, based on religious convictions.
"This fellow they've nominated claims he's the new Thomas Jefferson. Well, let me tell you something; I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine and Governor....You're no Thomas Jefferson!"
--Ronald Reagan, Republican National Convention, 1992
--Ronald Reagan, Republican National Convention, 1992
"Somehow or other I will be famous, and if not famous, notorious." -- Oscar Wilde
Of all authors, I'd have to say Oscar Wilde is my favorite.
Of all authors, I'd have to say Oscar Wilde is my favorite.
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine
--St. Augustine
Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
-- Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!", but "That's funny..."
-- Isaac Asimov
You can observe a lot by watching.
-- Yogi Berra
Never moon a werewolf.
-- Mike Binder
I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
-- George Bush, U.S. president, 1990
Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
-- Red Buttons
I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, "I'd like some fries." The girl at the counter said, "Would you like some fries with that?"
-- Jay Leno
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
-- Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx
I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes.
-- Richard Nixon, U.S. President
I would have made a good Pope.
-- Richard Nixon, U.S. President
Solutions are not the answer.
-- Richard Nixon
The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history...this century's history.... We all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.
-- Dan Quayle, then Indiana senator and Republican vice-presidential candidate during a news conference in which he was asked his opinion of the Holocaust
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
-- Mark Twain
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
-- Mark Twain
Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
Erik Pepke
Computer : a million morons working at the speed of light.
David Ferrier
"better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt" -Mark Twain
A pessimist is someone who has had to listen to too many optimists.
Anonymous
A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
Anonymous
"It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another."
-George Bush, US President
"I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions --but I don't always agree with them."
-George Bush, US President
"Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by itself. It is a --it is different from the other 49 states. Well, all states are different, but it's got a particularly unique situation."
-Dan Quayle, US VP
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
-Dan Quayle
"We are ready for an unforseen event that may or may not occur."
-Dan Quayle
"Potatoe"
-Dan Quayle
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
-Dan Quayle
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-Dan Quayle
"The loss of life will be irreplaceable."
-Dan Quayle
On Y2K:
"How could this be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?"
-Al Gore
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
-Dan Quayle
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
-Dan Quayle
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
-Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
"Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"
jus a few of my favourites
-- Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!", but "That's funny..."
-- Isaac Asimov
You can observe a lot by watching.
-- Yogi Berra
Never moon a werewolf.
-- Mike Binder
I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
-- George Bush, U.S. president, 1990
Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
-- Red Buttons
I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, "I'd like some fries." The girl at the counter said, "Would you like some fries with that?"
-- Jay Leno
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
-- Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx
I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes.
-- Richard Nixon, U.S. President
I would have made a good Pope.
-- Richard Nixon, U.S. President
Solutions are not the answer.
-- Richard Nixon
The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history...this century's history.... We all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.
-- Dan Quayle, then Indiana senator and Republican vice-presidential candidate during a news conference in which he was asked his opinion of the Holocaust
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
-- Mark Twain
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
-- Mark Twain
Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
Erik Pepke
Computer : a million morons working at the speed of light.
David Ferrier
"better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt" -Mark Twain
A pessimist is someone who has had to listen to too many optimists.
Anonymous
A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
Anonymous
"It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another."
-George Bush, US President
"I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions --but I don't always agree with them."
-George Bush, US President
"Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by itself. It is a --it is different from the other 49 states. Well, all states are different, but it's got a particularly unique situation."
-Dan Quayle, US VP
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
-Dan Quayle
"We are ready for an unforseen event that may or may not occur."
-Dan Quayle
"Potatoe"
-Dan Quayle
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
-Dan Quayle
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-Dan Quayle
"The loss of life will be irreplaceable."
-Dan Quayle
On Y2K:
"How could this be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?"
-Al Gore
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
-Dan Quayle
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
-Dan Quayle
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
-Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
"Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"
jus a few of my favourites
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country."
--General George Smith Patton1885-1945
No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country."
--General George Smith Patton1885-1945
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
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