Post a favorite quote

[Wetzelbill]

I'll start.

"You can't Jim Crow a left hook." -Henry Armstrong, only boxer to hold three world championships simultaneously (He was Black and also part Iroquois Indian)

[LynzM]

1. There are harder things in life than finding a good man....

Nailing Jell-o to a tree, for instance.

[oscarguy]

Hmm ...I think you are a woman. N/T

[Wetzelbill]

26. you know I was once on the phone flirting with

this gorgeous young woman who I really had a thing for. I was making up some jell-o at the time, when I remarked to who that I was making jello. She said that she hated jell-o. Now how the hell was I to recover from that?! :)

[Benfea]

2. "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability...."

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
—Douglas Adams

Rest in peace, Doug.

[oscarguy]

22. Good One N/T

[SiobhanClancy]

3. "The basis for optimism is sheer terror"...

Oscar Wilde,of course:)

Another from Oscar:
"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything,except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this,and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands."

[RevCheesehead]

4. "A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat."

-Monty Python.

[Wetzelbill]

5. I was sure you would say "Keep your knees loose"

:)

[RevCheesehead]

9. That, too.

But around here, some are more likely to see that as an invitation. ;)

[Wetzelbill]

11. and that is a bad thing?

:evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

13. Heavens, no!

What ever gave you THAT idea?? :7

[MnFats]

6. Ben Franklin: "Any religion that makes men good is a good religion."

you don't hear the fundie/rapture right quote ol' Benjamin very often.

[flvegan]

7. I'll go with Twain...

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. ~Mark Twain


And that's the truth, and the bottom damn line.

[Wetzelbill]

12. because Stone Cold sez so?

:)


Oh that is a good quote... why is it that the old school classic writers were so effing smart? :)

[flvegan]

15. Because

Steve Austin wasn't around then.

[Wetzelbill]

16. see I couldn't resist the "bottom damn line"

part of your comment.

Wait... he wasn't? I thought he wrestled Lincoln...

[khashka]

8. "It was the gold darndest

Barnum and Bailyest fooforaw since GrandDad chased the possum down the road and lost his store teeth"

John Varley.

or


"Let water over the bridge lie where Jesus flang it"

R.A. Heinlein




Khash.

[Wetzelbill]

14. Thank Bukowski you didn't pull out my one "quote"

:)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. "Fear God and take your own part" T.R.

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[oscarguy]

17. " I was thanked in the usual manner" as in:I gave someone money...

and they always remembered me, and continued to ask for more, and on and on. Self Quote, as far as I know. Have you heard it elsewhere ? He was thanked the usual way, things like that. ...Oscar

[EstimatedProphet]

18. "The more you do, the more you are"

I forget who said that though.

[LeftyMom]

19. "Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
-Elie Wiesel

[oscarguy]

20. "There is good in this World,and it`s worth fighting for".Tolkien

Sam Wise to Frodo: LORD OF THE RINGS-THE TWO TOWERS. ...Oscar

[Katherine Brengle]

21. "The road to hell is paved with adverbs." (Stephen King, On Writing)

Sums it up for me.

[Wetzelbill]

23. haha

I like that. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear Bill.......

"The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice." The Rev. Martin Luther King.....

:cry:

[Wetzelbill]

25. nicely done my dear Peggy

:)

King quotes are always pure gold.

[mitchum]

27. "Heroes aren't born...they're cornered" Redd Foxx

[enigmatic]

28. "Don't Try"- Charles Bukowski

His line to people who came up to him "trying" to be a writer and asking him for advice.

It's on his gravestone as well:

[Wetzelbill]

29. always Bukowski....

If it isn't Chinaski you're talking about Ken Kennedy. My poor big brother... so predictable. :)

So did you catch Burchill whipping as on Regal the other day? Good stuff.

Hey, can you get the theme music for Gregory Helms? My little brother and I really like it.

So here's another Buk quote for ya: "You've got to get rid of false friends and bloodsuckers first before they destroy you" It's from the poem: "the end of an era."

[enigmatic]

30. He's absolutely right, my brother

I got rid of the false friends and bloodsuckers a long time ago, and it changed my life for the better, that's for sure:)

I love Burchill right now; I know I'm working Mr. Kennedddddyyy......


















Kennneedddyyy..............


into this, but I'd love to see them feud when he gets back, dammit!

Let me see if I can find the Helms music..

[njdemocrat106]

31. "Speak softly and carry a big stick" - Theodore Roosevelt

T.R. is one of the scant few Republicans I do respect.

On an unrelated note, I remember my first homework assignment in high school (for my freshman 1st period World History class) was to come up with a favorite quote. Guess what I chose? ;)

[Wetzelbill]

32. umm.... "Don't throw rocks at somebody who has a machine gun"

Rowdy Roddy Piper? (I gotta be way off) :)

[njdemocrat106]

33. That's Hot Rod, alright.

Man, I used to love watching wrestling.

[pokerfan]

39. I love Teddy

From my own collection of TR quotes:

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.

In short, in life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard!

[XemaSab]

34. "Ah grasshoppers,

Death's a fierce meadowlark."

[MissHoneychurch]

35. Wer dies Buch wegträgt, ...

... den sollen tausend Peitschenhiebe treffen und Lähmung und Aussatz dazu! - Joseph Viktor v. Scheffel "Ekkehard"

translation is something like that: Who carries away this book, thousand whip blows are to meet that and in addition paralysis and leprosy!!!

[elvisbear]

36. These pretzels are makin' me thirsty.

:)

[Wetzelbill]

37. Kramer? Is that you?

:)

[elvisbear]

38. damn, I'm outta the contest.

[Laelth]

40. Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.

An old favorite that bears repeating. :)

-Laelth

[Wetzelbill]

41. if that wasn't one of the most prescient quotes ever

And, from a Republican, no less. :)

[Laelth]

42. Yeah. The Republican party wasn't hijacked until Reagan.

Before Reagan, most of the party was sane. Not now. :scared:

-Laelth

[Wetzelbill]

44. oh they've gone absolutely batshit.

No doubt about that. :)

[Strong Atheist]

43. "Situation normal, Cap'n, spiraling out of control!"

Smiley Bone, in Bone:

http://www.boneville.com/cartoonbooks/aboutjeff.shtml

[achtung_circus]

45. Let your boat of life be light,

packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing. Jerome K. Jerome

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

46. Samuel Beckett -

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." - Worstward Ho

[In_The_Wind]

47. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

[Ron Mexico]

48. "Ducks hate hunchbacks."

I saw this on a television show once, don't even remember which.