Great Quotes and Words of Wisdom

[TimH]

I like this quote so much I think it should be the root of a new thread :D

Anyone have any more?



"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the tradewinds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
~Attributed to Mark Twain~

[TimH]

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."

-Einstein

[JimD]

I'd rather be dead that singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45 Mick Jagger

[TimH]

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."

"I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one."

"It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions."

"Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one."

"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid."

"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."

-Mark Twain

[TimH]

"I'm a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot of reasons. There's a practical reason, though, when it comes to hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of the hurricane." ---George W. Bush, New Orleans, March 1, 2007

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

-more Bush

[Kaa]

Reading the usual religion threads, the following comes to mind...

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices" -- William James

Kaa

[Kaa]

And as to general advice :D

"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me." -- Hunter S. Thompson

Kaa

[mmd]

Quality is like oats.
If you want good quality oats, you have to pay a fair price.
If you are willing to settle for oats that have already been through the horse,
Those come a bit cheaper.

*

There are three ways to do any job: Good, Fast, and Cheap. You can have any combination of two.

[George Ray]

Trickle down economics:

If you feed the horse enough oats the sparrow gets a warm breakfast.

[Paul Pless]

"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the--if he--if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not--that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement....Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true."


-WJC

[ishmael]

"There's a sucker born every minute."

P.T. Barnum

"I could never learn to like her, except on a raft, in the middle of the ocean, with no other provisions in sight."

Mark Twain

"Hold me closer, oh closer, hold me closer."

"If I held you any closer I'd be in back of you."

Groucho

[John of Phoenix]

Ah yes, reminds me of the time we were in the wilds of Afghanistan and lost our corkscrew. We were forced to live on food and water for several days.
--WC Fields

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
--Emo Phillips, comedian, actor

If they have to advertise it, you probably don't need it.
--anon

[RyanGillnet]

"It is easy to forget that in the main, we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs." - Jim Harrison in The Road Home

[S.V. Airlie]

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

[Hughman]

“Don't let your schooling interfere with your education."
Mark Twain




If You Change the Way You Look at Things,

The Things You Look at Change.


There are only two occasions when a craftsman rushes:
When he has made a mistake, or when he is fixing one.

[gingersnap]

My two favorite quotes are "If you're going through hell, keep going" Winston Churchill

and "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" Benjamin Franklin

[Popeye]

Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

Stephen Leacock

[S.V. Airlie]

Ah heck Popeye. He assumed the horse knew where he was going...:rolleyes:

[Chris Coose]

“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 from "Three men in a boat"

[TimH]

The Rat sculled smartly across and made fast. Then he held up his forepaw as the Mole stepped gingerly down. `Lean on that!' he said. `Now then, step lively!' and the Mole to his surprise and rapture found himself actually seated in the stern of a real boat.

`This has been a wonderful day!' said he, as the Rat shoved off and took to the sculls again. `Do you know, I`ve never been in a boat before in all my life.'

`What?' cried the Rat, open-mouthed: `Never been in a -- you never -- well I -- what have you been doing, then?'

`Is it so nice as all that?' asked the Mole shyly, though he was quite prepared to believe it as he leant back in his seat and surveyed the cushions, the oars, the rowlocks, and all the fascinating fittings, and felt the boat sway lightly under him.

`Nice? It's the only thing,' said the Water Rat solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. `Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,' he went on dreamily: `messing -- about -- in -- boats; messing -- -- '

[paladin]

woman who fly upside down have nasty crackup......

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
Abraham Maslow