The quotations thread

**Bijo** · 02-01-2007, 01:17

This thread is intended to display existing (famous/known) quotes from whoever you want/like, or generally unknown people, or anonymous people. So, let's go, eh?!

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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. -- Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. -- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. -- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. -- C. P. Snow (1905 - 1980)

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them. -- Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. -- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. -- Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. -- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered? -- Woody Allen

It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off. -- Woody Allen

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. -- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. -- James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958)

**Csargo** · 02-01-2007, 06:13

Look at the sig man

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 02-01-2007, 07:06

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"--Rapaport

**AntiochusIII** · 02-01-2007, 07:29

I can't explain how tempted I am right now to spam the whole thing with DESU. So have this balloon instead:

**Cronos Impera** · 02-01-2007, 08:12

"The ink of scholars transforms into the blood of idiots and viceversa.(see revolutions, wars and hooliganism)" Myself
"They are a mob of idiots, but neverless they are a mob" Alexandru Lapusneanul
"If you don't want me, I want you" Alexandru Lapusneanul
"Culture means power, power means money, money means survival" Myself
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**drone** · 02-01-2007, 16:59

"My advice to you, is to start drinking heavily".
John Blutarsky

**Kralizec** · 02-01-2007, 22:24

It's good for an uneducated man to read a book of quotes - Winston Churchill (paraphrased)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Bijo** · 02-02-2007, 18:26

Originally Posted by Fenring

It's good for an uneducated man to read a book of quotes - Winston Churchill (paraphrased)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Yeah, I know that one. What about an educated man who has lost inspiration? ;)

**Fisherking** · 02-03-2007, 21:14

Hay! Not a bad idea for a thread you know.

Here are a couple I have been saving…especially the first….like when someone agrees with you…

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
Sitting Bull

There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
Sitting Bull

And a few more

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935),

**dacdac** · 02-03-2007, 21:33

I love Patton (greatest general of modern times) so here we go:

A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

When a man is lying in a shell hole, if he just stays there all day, a German will get to him eventually. The hell with that idea. The hell with taking it. My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.

I don't want to get any messages saying, "I am holding my position." We are not holding a Goddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything, except the enemy's balls. We are going to twist his balls and kick the living hell out of him all of the time. Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like s*** through a tin horn!

If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

Just drive down that road until you get blown up.-Instructions to reconnaissance troops

May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

The Nazis are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood. Shoot them in the belly. When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do.

Only a New Orleans pimp would carry a pearl-handled pistol. These are ivory.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 02-04-2007, 01:27

Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business. -Dave Barry

I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care. -Dave Barry

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money. -Dave Barry

As Americans we must always remember that we all have a common enemy, an enemy that is dangerous, powerful, and relentless. I refer, of course, to the federal government. -Dave Barry

And the classic...

"Any opinion [Sasaki] gives on the matter is suspicious"--Crazed Rabbit

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