Favorite or Interesting Quotes.

[Lunal_Tic]

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Whether or not what you do has the effect you want, it will have three at least you never expected, and one of those usually unpleasant.* *(Robert Jordan- The Path of Daggers)


This is one that seems to follow in the Murphy's Law tradition and since I am directly related to Murphy, I like it. ;D

-LT

[Stutoffee]

Apart from "If you like it, Do it! If you DONT like it, Do it, 'cause you might like it!", which I think was coined by comedian Steve Coogan as the character Pauline Calf, my other favourite quote, and I dunno where I heard it, is:-

"Yesterday's history, Tomorrow's a mystery, Today is a gift, That's why it's called The Present"

[pipedreams]

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

todd

[Mahachippy]

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

[gearloose]

"Well I never f***ed much with the past but I've F***ed plenty with the future"
Patti Smith

[heathah]

Mine is just below in my sig line:

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." - Samuel Johnson

[Goldtanker]

Mine is on my signature line - "They've got us surrounded again - the poor bastards". This was a response given by then LTC Creighton Abrams to a request for a sitrep from Gen Patton. Abrams was the best tank commander in the history of the world and had no less than 6 tanks shot out from under him in WWII. His positive attitude and fighting spirit is displayed in this quote. I got to meet him in Tay Ninh Province, RVN, in 1966, when I was a lowly tank platoon leader.

[VicEDC]

If it does not kill you, it will make you stronger.
Don't know who said it.

[unterhund]

"Whenever your politics cause you to speak unkindly of your brethren, know this, that you are upon dangerous ground."
--President George Albert Smith, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

This quote resonates with me because I'm particularly sick of the politics of riducule.

[Jim101]

Well, my sig line and:

" Ted Kennedy's car killed more people than Dick Cheney's gun"

Jim

[Deaths Head]

"That's not a knife!..." :laugh:

[andy]

Do unto others before they do unto me!!--- Igor, Van Helsing the movie

Man!Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that!--Better Off Dead

I want my two dollars!!!--Better Off Dead

[robertrock]

"Were not hosting an intergalactic kegger down here !" -Zed, Men In Black

[Malcontent]

You could get killed walking your doggie! ...Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino in the movie Heat.)

[gino]

"That which does not kill me had better be able to run pretty damn fast!" my daughter.
gino ;D

[Lunal_Tic]

He who tells the truth should have one foot in the stirrup. :giddyup:
-attributed to either Turk or Armenian Proverb

[G1K]

say what ya mean, mean what ya say

Chris Cooper as Bob Cody in Intersate 60

[Ors]

"Music is too important and too revolutionary to be left in the hands of professionals"

Michele Shocked

[LowWorm]

"Whenever your politics cause you to speak unkindly of your brethren, know this, that you are upon dangerous ground."
--President George Albert Smith, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

This quote resonates with me because I'm particularly sick of the politics of riducule.


O0 Excellent quote by an excellent man.

And one of my favorites:

"Discussion keeps a house alive" ~ E.M. Forster

[infrared]

"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets"-Napoleon

"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent"-Napoleon

[abrigo]

Here's a couple I've always liked:

"The best way to surpass your limits is not to know them."--Ben Franklin

"Cowards don't show and the weak will die"---Dan Bull, founder of Iditasport

[Deaths Head]

"If you were up to your neck in a vat of crap and someone threw a bucket of snot at you, would you duck?!!"
Not really a saying, but hilarious! :laugh:

[Gadget Guy]

What would you do for a Klondike bar? ;D

[echo63]

Power is nothing without control - from a tyre ad (i cant remember which company)


tractors dont have to look like ferraris - sal glesser - spyderco knives

integrity is being good even if nobody is watching - spyderco knives (back of the sharpmaker instruction booklet



my dads favorite saying "oh s**t"
and my favorite "oops"

[Jim101]

"Good guy, bad guy, I got the gun"......Ash....Army of Darkness

Jim

[Jim101]

"Build a man a fire and you keep him warm for a day, set a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life".......


Jim

[heathah]

Here are a couple more favorites of mine:

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." Matthew 7:7

And another. It reminds me how lucky we are to live in this great nation, to remember those who have fallen, and to never forget the One who fell for us all:

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13

[charlie fox]

"Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups."

"Why did you do that?" (Heard often from my Mother)

[KeyGrip]

"When an 800 pound Gorilla has you by the nipples, you listen." -This guy named DJ.

We have a lot of old quotes in Stage Crew:
"The amount of time it takes for a project to get done is directly proportional to the amount of people standing around doing nothing."
"Always be at least ten percent smarter than the tool you are working with." applies to some people as well.
"Beat it to fit, and paint it to match."

My favorite, "Do better!"

[Ors]

"You know, you try to figure it out.
Either you're exactly the same as everyone else, which is really boring,
Or you're so totallyout there that you've got nothing in common with anyone, which is scary as hell.
But there ought to be at least some way to find out the rules...

Screw the rules."

OLDMTV commericial...when MTV actually played videos, old.

[Gunfyter_6]

"Build a man a fire and you keep him warm for a day, set a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life".......


Jim



LMAO O0

[Gunfyter_6]

Here are a few...

"Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician."
-Col. Jeff Cooper

"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it."
-Col. Jeff Cooper

"Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety."
-Benjamin Franklin

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"
-Benjamin Franklin

"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about?"
-Clint Smith

"If you look like prey, you will be eaten."
-Clint Smith

"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it."
-William S. Burroughs

"“When citizens fear their government, you have tyranny; when the government fears it's citizens, you have freedom."
-Thomas Jefferson

"Anyone who is not a liberal in his youth has no heart. Anyone who remains so as he matures has no brain!"
-Sir Winston Churchill

"The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly." :knuppel2:
--Theodore Roosevelt

[pipedreams]

"Beat it to fit, and paint it to match."

I like this one!

todd

[Lunal_Tic]

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
(Edmund Burke)

[KeyGrip]

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
(Edmund Burke)


"Silence is acceptance" anon

[Perfect_Cut]

"Going to the grave without ever having a psychedelic experience is like going to the grave without ever having sex. That means you will die before even becoming an adolescent." -Terence Mckenna

That's gotta be my favorite one ever

[pipedreams]

OK...

todd

[Lunal_Tic]

Never confuse Effort with Results.

[Jim101]

"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."

"Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling"

---------Jack Handy


Jim

[parnass]

Never confuse Effort with Results.


.... nor confuse Activity with Achievement. I kept thinking of this while working with a guy who always looked busy but never actually did anything.

[pipedreams]

I have this quote, handwritten, pinned to my rather massive bookshelves:

"To buy books would be a good thing if we could also buy the time to read them; as it is, the mere act of purchasing them is often mistaken for the assimilation and mastering of their contents."

A. Schopenhauer

todd

[ADBF]

If it does not kill you, it will make you stronger.
Don't know who said it.


Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher.

Spelled Freddy's name wrong.

[traveler]

One of mine is, Im paraphrasing here so if I get it wrong, sue me: " Anger is a sinew of the soul; he who lacks it hath a maimed mind." Thomas Fuller. My brother told me about a bumpersticker he saw on a crane in a construction sight that stated: "there's never enough time to do it right, there's always enough time to do it over" How true!

[Stormdrane]

"You can observe a lot just by watchin'."
-- Yogi Berra

[gadgetjunky]

If it does not kill you, it will make you stronger.
Don't know who said it.


That is a paraphrase of :
"What does not kill me, makes me stronger."

Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1888

[unterhund]

"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."

"Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling"

---------Jack Handy

I think my favorite Jack Handy quote is:

"It saddens me to think that whole families are torn apart by something as simple as wild dogs."

[Jim101]

Unterhund,

Good one, I missed that........ O0

Jim

[traveler]

"Never get into an arguement with an idiot; onlookers won't be able to differentiate between you and the idiot."

[Gadget Guy]

" I ain't like ye, i'm stoveup and I give out". Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thorton) in Sling Blade.

[deeker]

Pain is just weakness leaving the body.

Those who say "it can't be done" should stop interupting those that are doing it.

Success comes in cans.... failure comes in can'ts.

[RoisonDubh]

My 2 favorites come from old sayings at the Vatican.

#1 - "Noli iligitima carborundum." - Don't let the b@stards get you down.


#2 About speculative theology - "If you think it, don't say it; if you say it, don't write it down; if you write it down don't sign it; and if you sign don't be surprised when the Inquisition comes calling."

[ADBF]

" I ain't like ye, i'm stoveup and I give out". Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thorton) in Sling Blade.


My favorite quote from that movie is, in that scratchy, low voice of his, "I think I'll have me some of the bigguns." Talking about french fried taters, of course! ;D And another great one from that movie,..."It's outta gas...," after three other guys couldn't figure out why the lawnmower wasn't working. Who's the dummy??? :laugh:

[scríbhneoir]

"It's Captain Jack Sparrow."

Arggghh, mateys, we need a pirate smiley.

[pipedreams]

Arggghh, mateys, we need a pirate smiley.



Here ya go!

todd

[scríbhneoir]

Here ya go!

todd


Arrrggghhh, I'll be thankin' ye, then. Now where's me rum...

[scríbhneoir]

This is not from anyone famous, but every time I think of it, I laugh.

I took up the fiddle a couple of months ago. I don't have a fancy fiddle or bow, but they are good for a beginner. My folks were here visiting, and the fiddle sits on the desk next to my laptop. My dad came in and said, "Is that your fiddle?" Picks it up and looks at it.

"Yep."

"Well," says he, "it's no Stradivarius."

"Well," says me, "I'm no Itzak Perlman."

I love to make my dad laugh.

[Lunal_Tic]

A wise hawk hides his talons.
from a Japanese proverb


-LT

[Lunal_Tic]

Better is the enemy of Good.




Was just reminded of this while working on a little project. :-X

-LT

[Gadget Guy]

Eyyyyy! Arthur Fonzarelli "Happy Days"

[JMV]

"An armed society is a polite society"

Robert Heinelin

[spocky]

"What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. It was born in the moment when we accumulated silent things within us."
-Gaston Bachelard

[Lunal_Tic]

Seen above the work bench at a place where I used to be employed:

Answers $25
Answers requiring thought $50
Correct answers $100

and

Repair Rates
Standard - $50 /hr
If you watch - $75 /hr
If you started but couldn't finish - $100 /hr
If you help - $150 /hr

-LT

[traveler]

I like that post, spocky, but did'nt Yoda say it first? :boing:

[Stormdrane]

Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. - George Orwell (1903- 1950).

[parnass]

The following passage was written by John O. Andersen, and appears on one page at his Unconventional Ideas web site: http://www.unconventionalideas.com/fivetips.html

Keep your material wants in check

"Nothing will limit your options more than out-of-control spending. It will force you to work far more hours than you need to, just to pay the bills.

Sure, you need enough money to get by, and a little extra.

But if you decide early in life to keep your material wants below your income level, you will avoid many problems and hassles.

And most importantly, you will free up your time, your mind, and your money for the things that truly make a difference in life."

I don't subscribe to many of Andersen's other ideas, but we agree on this philosophy.

[Chief-Yeah]

" Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. For when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." -Nietzsche

" You all laugh at me cause I'm different.I laugh at all of you cause you're the same"* * R.E.M.

" Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game "

"Life is a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only
spend it once."

" I'd rather shoot for the stars and miss than shoot for nothing and hit "

" Be Prepared " Boy Scout Motto

[Gadget Guy]

A wise man holds his tongue, only a fool says all he knows! :-X

GG

[Ors]

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi
Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Mahatma Gandhi
Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)

[copykat]

I become a happier man each time I suffer
-Lance Armstrong

[Ors]

My absolute favorite quote from the Bible ever! (Harper Collins Study Bible)

But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh"; God said, "Oh yes, you did laugh." Genesis 18:15

[mossyoak]

It is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion. - Thomas Paine

difficult angle? difficult bloody angle?!? its right behind you! thats what happens when you're in reverse! things come at you from behind! you bloody imbecile! -Snatch

My life's an open book, yet i decorate the cover. -my brother

[bruner]

A funny one From my dad...

Blessed are they who don't,
For they shall not,
Nor will they.


Another (more insightful) one from my dad..

If you hadn't been who you were,
You woulnd't be who you are.


From an old friend...

If you can't fix it f**k it,
If you can't f**k it, kill it,
If you can't kill it, you're f**ked.


Please, pardon my Fr*nch ;)

Dan

[0dBm]

Overwrought, over the top, and often misquoted from the 1948 Bogey film (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800129564). Still cracks me up after over a dozen viewings in the last 40 years. ;D :laugh:

From The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
An excerpt from a conversation between (a bandit in a) "Gold Hat" (Alfonso Bedoya) and Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart).

[GH] ¡Hola Señor! We are Federales. You know, the mounted police.

[FCD] If you're the police, where are your badges?

[GH] Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!

[0dBm]

Ohh, that's gonna leave mark!-Chis Farley

Jane, you ignorant sl**!-Dan Ackroyd

[Solstice]

There are enough "inspirational" quotes in this thread already, so I'll throw in a few of the opposite:

"What do you expect from a day in which you had to get up in the morning?" -anonymous quote from a response in a high school standardized test. (I used to grade them)

"Being conscious is exhausting." -Me

[Lunal_Tic]

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.

Art is knowing which ones to keep.

-Scott Adams

[thesurefire]

'bad men fail, good men die trying' Dont know who said it.

[Gadget Guy]

Is it better to be an Egghead or a Potato Head?

[Deaths Head]

Is it better to be an Egghead or a Potato Head?

Potato Head for me. I hate Eggheads! :lolhammer:

[cerbie]

"But when Muriel reads the writing on the barn wall to Clover, interestingly, the words are, "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause."" -Muriel, to Clover, altered I think by Squealer.

[Lunal_Tic]

Got this one from a guy I was emailing at Damasteel about some info and think it's interesting.


Den som inte vill se framåt och inte blickar bakåt, han får se upp

The Finnish writer Henrik Tikkanen once said:
The man who does not watch forwards and not watch backwards, he must watch up. (In Swedish, watch up = watch out, be on his guard).

[Badgerboy]

"You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little f**ked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to f**kin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"

From Goodfellas - too many quotes to pick from but I've always liked that line.

Cliff

[dougVA]

"they call it ice and it gets a little slick" -- Tom Arnold, from True Lies (MSTA)

"we're not happy 'till you're not happy" -- a coworker, on customer service

[bfm]

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.- Sign in a high school band room
The difference in a good job and a bad job is about 5 minutes.- My uncle.

[Pwallwin]

Nor really a quote as such, more a rule:

The 7 P's

'Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents P*ss Poor Performance'* * *

And then there's my sig...

[dinoadventures]

Here's one I learned from a fellow artist:

"There's never enough time to do it right; there's always enough time to do it twice."

[Lugsalot]

I wish my brain were in better shape right now, so I could recall more...here's what I can dredge up at the moment:

"What is steel without the HAND that wields it?"* -- Thulsa Doom, to Conan

"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."* --* Robert E. Howard*

"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." -- The Dalai Lama

"I wouldn't carry the sonovab*tch if it wasn't dangerous!" --* Widely attributed to a Texas Ranger, when questioned about the safety of his cocked-and-locked 1911.

"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken." -- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Anything from The Devil's Dictionary.

+1 on the Abrams quote. I laugh every time I think about it!

[Stormdrane]

Yogi Berra Quotes

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."

"Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical."

"Because it gets late early." (On why it's so tough to play left field in Yankee stadium.)

"If the people don't want to come out to the park, nobody's gonna stop them."

"It ain't over till it's over."

"It's deja vu all over again."

"No wonder nobody comes here; it's too crowded."

"We have very deep depth!"

"We made too many wrong mistakes."

"You can observe a lot by just watching."

[Buffalohump]

OK, this is from Runaway Train, one of my favourite flicks... it's by Jon Voight's character, Manny. It's Voight's greatest role IMO.

"I’ll tell you what you gonna do, you gonna get a job, a little job, some job a convict can get, like scraping off trays in the cafeteria or cleaning out toilets. And you gonna hang on to that job like gold, because it is gold, lemme tellya jack… that’s gold. And when that man comes in at the end of the day to see what you done, you’re not gonna look in his eyes, you’re gonna look at the floor, because you don’t want to see the fear in his eyes when you jump up and grab his face and slam him to the floor and make him scream and cry for his life… you gonna look at the floor – are you listening to me? - and then he’s gonna look around the room, see how you done, and he’s gonna say: “ohhh, you missed a spot over there, and look at this spot over here, and what about this itty bitty spot here?”, and you gonna suck all that pain deep inside you, and you gonna clean that spot, you gonna clean that spot, until you get it shiny clean… and come Friday, you pick up your paycheck. And if you can do that, if you could do that…you could be President of Chase Manhattan… Corporations!

Man, it gets me every time... great flick

[kkimo]

"Be yourself, up to a point."

"You are where you should be,
You are doing what you should be doing,
Otherwise;
You would be somewhere else,
Doing something else."

"When life give you lemons, cut life and squeeze the lemon in the wound."

Dave

[thegratenate]

Got one or two,
"don't force it, get a bigger hammer"
"if you don't have the time to do it right, where will you ever get the time to do it again?"

I don't know where they came from originally but I heard them both from a man named Le.

I am also fond of some lyrics that Chris Cornell sings,
" can't walk on water, yeah won't even try"
" when you wanted light, I set myself on fire"
"never to strong, friends became my enemies"

That's just whats rattlin' around in my melon this week.

[VicEDC]

Every tool is a hammer, except a screwdriver, and that's a chisel.

[traveler]

"All tools are amplifiers"
There is Hubble's Law, attributed to the Hubble Space Telescope, a variant of Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong allready has, you just don't know it yet.

[Makarov]

I got a favorite from Steve Martin in LA Story:

"I could never be a woman, 'cause <grandma wouldn't approve>."

;D

EDITED FOR CONTENT

loWWorm :ww:

[Bobby D]

"There's a man that builds bridges. He builds the strongest, most beautiful bridges anyone has ever seen. These bridges will last forever, and people who see them will admire them.

EDITED FOR CONTENT.

todd :sam:

[scríbhneoir]

"Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Author & Clergyman, 1814-1880

[justmyluck]

"We take these risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping us...dont let your fears stand in the way of your dreams..." - No Fear advertisment

"Evey passing minute is another chance to turn it all around" - From the movie Vanilla Sky

Hey...maybe I ought to put one in my sig line...hmmmm...

In addition to Traveler's post I offer O'Toole's Law: "Murphy was an optimist!"

[justmyluck]

One other, which is a poem, and long...so I won't post the text here, is the Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann.* Very interesting, very soothing...I keep a copy above my desk at work for when I get stressed out.

It can be found here at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata

[flipe8]

"There are the good sorts of days and the other sorts of days."- That's from a legend in sea kayaking, Derek Hutchinson. I don't know if he heard that somewhere else, but I liked it.

A District Chief at my work says about guys who aren't the best workers, "That dog don't hunt."

[LumenHound]

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm."

Coach Vincent T Lombardi speaking about intensity.

[Dr Jekell]

Here are a few of my favourites (That are G rated* ;D )

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity!

Those Who Do Not Learn From The Past Are Condemned To Repeat It.

Ask questions when you don't know or aren't sure. When you ask a question, make sure you listen to the answer.

Don't make the same mistake twice. Learn from your mistakes, but don't let them beat you up.

When the going gets tough adapt, improvise, and overcome

If Its worth doing its worth doing right

Assumption is the mother of all screw ups

If at first you succeed try not to look surprised


edited for content, replacing letters with #*@ in restricted words does not cut it.* -LT :gz:

Opps My Bad* :nervous:

[ajacobs]

How about some from Will Rogers"
"Things ain't what they used to be and never were"
"A fool and his money are soon elected"
"Never miss a chance to shut up"
"Be thankful that we aren't getting all the goverment we are paying for"
"Good Judgement comes from experience and alot of that comes from bad judgement"
"A remark generally hurts in proportion to it's truth"
"There's two theries to arguin' with a women. Neither one works"

"Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions-it only guarantees equality of oppertunity" - Irving Kristol
:he has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire" Winston Churchill
"I don't give a damm for a man that can only spell a word one way" Mark Twain
"be respectfull to your superious if you have any" Mark Twain
"Kids you tried your best and failed miserably. The leason is never try" Homer simpson

[flipe8]

"Either way, evolution will be satisified." I read that one somewhere in a climbing magazine with regards to risk.

[hatchetjack]

Dear Dad,

No mon, no fun,

your son.

Son,

How sad, too bad,

Love Dad...

[Lunal_Tic]

Guilt should never be experienced, only inflicted.
(from and old friend of mine)

[tvodrd]

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

todd


I cut my reading teeth on RAH in the forth grade after "judging a book by it's cover," and reading Methusla's Children. ;D I think I have everything he ever wrote, sans The Moon is a Harsh Mistress which I made the mistake of loaning, and havent replaced. TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch was coined in that novel.)

As to words to live by, I (after having read this entire thread) have to say- No good deed goes unpunished, and the beatings will continue until morale improves!

The upside of being a cynic is rarely being wrong! ;D

Larry

[VT-aroo]

Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

[Lunal_Tic]

Old age and treachery will overcome youth and talent every time.
(t-shirt wisdom from a number of years ago)


-LT

[pipedreams]

The older I get, the more I like that one! :thumbsup:

todd

[xbanker]

Age-themed wisdom seemed appropriate as I fast approach my 62nd birthday…

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. – Amos Bronson Alcott

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. – George Burns

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it. – Frank A. Clark

Old age is no place for sissies. – Bette Davis

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. – Louis Kronenberger

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory. – Friedrich Nietzsche

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. – Henry David Thoreau

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. – Mark Twain

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned. – Judith Viorst

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. – Kurt Vonnegut

I’m a 32 year-old mind in a 62 year-old body - Me

[VinnyP]

John Kenneth Galbraith:
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof"

On a sign over my desk.

[Lunal_Tic]

Progress is not made by early risers. Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. - Robert Heinlein



Snagged this one from ScarabDrowner.
-LT

[Trashman]

Compromise is always wrong if it means sacrificing ones values. -- from a fortune cookie

[Lunal_Tic]

A leader can't lead if he doesn't know where he's going.

TV series - Lost 1x05 30:30min

[ScarabDrowner]

"When birds fly in the right formation, they need only exert half the effort. Even in nature, teamwork results in collective laziness."

[Darksabre]

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his."

"I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We'd turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don't ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives."

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

"An experienced carpenter with poor tools can still build a decent house. The tools do not build the house; they only assist."

"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."

"Lose it. It means, go crazy... nuts... insane... bonzo... no longer in possessions of one´s faculties... three fries short of a Happy Meal... WACKO!!"

“Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. Your normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side. This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop-heart. Make the guy chase you. He will follow.”

"now now this is not a time to make enemies" - Voltaire. On his death bed when he was asked to denouce Satan

[pipedreams]

A leader can't lead if he doesn't know where he's going.

TV series - Lost 1x05 30:30min
Lewis & Clark would beg to differ! :laugh:

todd

[tvodrd]

A bad attitude is better than no attitude at all! ;D

Larry

[LowWorm]

A bad attitude is better than no attitude at all! ;D

Larry


Oh yeah? :goose: to Larry!!! I could get used to this bad attitude thingy. ;D



Another of my all time favorites:

No success in life can compensate for failure in the home. ~ David O. McKay

[Lunal_Tic]

Don't mistake coincidence for fate.
Lost season 2 episode 09 - 39:15m


-LT

[KeyGrip]

From The Boondocks.* During a fight between Huey's grandfather and a blind old man, right before Grandad punches him in the face the scene stops and Huey says, "You know, we could all be reading right now."

[Stutoffee]

"I NEVER apolgise & I NEVER explain, Im sorry that's just the way I feel" - Homer Simpson

[bquinlan]

Nor really a quote as such, more a rule:

The 7 P's

'Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents P*ss Poor Performance'

And then there's my sig...


Am I the only one who looked at that and thought... But I prefer my P7 to a Sig? ;)

--Bob Q

[theeric]

Yes, we have a soul, but it's made of lots of tiny robots.
- Giulio Giorelli

[saniterra]

The more I know, the less I understand.

Some people could swallow a camel and choke on a gnat.

Revenge is a dish best eaten cold.

A glass filed to half its capacity is a glass that is twice as big as it needs to be.

If guns kill people, a spoon made Rosie O'Donnell fat.

Eschew obfuscation.

[Johnny_Z]

Potato Head for me. I hate Eggheads! :lolhammer:


Funny, without 'eggheads' this board and others like it wouldn't exist...

[copykat]

The more I know, the less I understand.

If guns kill people, a spoon made Rosie O'Donnell fat.



OMG, that Rosie O'Donnel one made me LMAO. I will use copy that one a lot.
similar to your first one

As the circle of light increases, so too does the circumference of darkness around it.

also
Don't mistake Kindness for Weakness

[Lunal_Tic]

Beware the man with one gun, for he probably knows how to use it. *saw it here but don't know who said it*


When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. (unknown)

Speed's fine but accuracy is final.
Bill Jordan


-LT

[Lunal_Tic]

Parkinson's Theory:
1) Work expands to fill the time allotted. e.g. you are given a 2 hour job but you'll be at work for 8 hours so that's how long the 2 hour job will take, 8 hours.

2) Stuff expands to fill the luggage chosen. * e.g. No matter what size luggage you choose you will always fill it no matter the length of stay.* Applies to EDC bags too.


-LT

[TKC]

TIBETAN WISDOM FOR THE WESTERN WORLD

May all beings be happy, content, and fulfilled.
May all beings be healed and whole.
May all have whatever they want and need.
May all be protected from harm, and free from fear.
May all beings enjoy inner peace and ease.
May all be awakened, liberated, and free.
May there be peace in the world, and throughout the entire universe.

Watch your Thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your Habits, they become character.
Watch your Character, for it becomes your Destiny
-Unknown


Ten Commandments of Dogs

1. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years - any separation from you will be very painful.

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3. Place your trust in me - it is crucial for my well-being.

4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment...You have your work, your friends, your entertainment... I HAVE ONLY YOU!

5. Talk to me. Even if I don't understand your words, I understand your voice when you're speaking to me.

6. Be aware that however you treat me, I'll NEVER forget it.

7. Before you hit me, remember that I have teeth that could easily crush the bones in your hands but I choose NOT to bite YOU.

8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I've been out in the sun too long or my heart may be getting old and weak.

9. Take care of me when I get old. You too will grow old.

10. Go with me on difficult journeys. Never say, "I can't bear to watch it" or "Let it happen in my absence." Everything is easier for ME if you are there. Remember that I love you.

-- Author Unknown

[scríbhneoir]

Saw this on a bumper sticker, and it won't leave my mind.

"Come over to the dark side. We have cookies."

[PJ]

Doug McKenzie from the movie Strange Brew --

"I am your father, Luke. Give in to the dark side of the force, ya knob."

scríbhneoir's quote reminded me of this one.

[boomstick]

Bumper sticker- "Fat people are harder to kidnap"

"I've got a 1 1/2" Guard Rail nut looped a length of 550 cord, not wizz bang tactical but one smack in the grape and it's colouring books for Xmas time!" -the highwayman

The main reason santa is so jolly is that he know's where all the bads girls live. (see below)

Standing in Church make you a Christian as much as standing in a garage make me a car


Anything by Skippy ;D

ie:

32. Not allowed to let sock puppets take command of my post.

33. Not allowed to chew gum at formation, unless I brought enough for everybody.

34. (Next day) Not allowed to chew gum at formation even if I *did* bring enough for everybody.

and

191. Our Humvees cannot be assembled into a giant battle-robot.

http://www.skippyslist.com/skippylist.html

[pipedreams]

I love Skippy!

todd

[boomstick]

I have to avoid thinking about skippy too much or I get a stupid grin on my face whilst sitting in the office with people asking whats wrong :lolhammer:

[pipedreams]

"The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master."
Kahlil Gibran

todd

[Lugsalot]

Just got done reading the Skippy List.* :laugh:

What a riot! And to think that if I actually HAD joined the Army after high school it might have been ME crucifying those mice!
"World's First Edible Scot?"* :crackup:

[Dill]

When God made man! She was just having a bad day! ~ Betty

When all else fails, Try the truth! ~ Don

I did not have sex with that woman! ~ Bill Clinton

Don

[sandbasser]

Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
- Thomas Jefferson

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
- Samuel Johnson

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
- Abraham Lincoln

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
- Mary Wilson Little

Man sinks to the level of an animal when eating becomes his chief pleasure.
- Ludwig Von Beethoven

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
- Bertolt Brecht

[Badgerboy]

A cat looks down at man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look you in the eye and see his equal.
W. Churchill

Cliff

[Gadget Guy]

:lolhammer: Good one Cliff!

[Badgerboy]

Congrats belong to Winnie, I just found it. I love Churchill's sense of humor.

Cliff

[Stormdrane]

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
-Clarence Darrow

[scott112]

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. - Abraham Lincoln

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back. - Robert E. Lee

[VT-aroo]

Boomstick. Thank you for the skippy list.

[pipedreams]

There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure. Edward Abbey

todd

[Nightwatch]

3 of my current faves

"Where there are many words transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise."
Proverbs 10:19 (NASB)

" Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies; as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads-- they are not there accidentally."
Soviet Infantry Manual circa 1930s

"That which does not kill us makes us stranger."
Trevor Goodchild

[AH-CHANH]

Did a quick search and didn't see this one listed. I like it.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him....But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did it ourselves." - Lao Tzu

[DonShock]

"When birds fly in the right formation, they need only exert half the effort. Even in nature, teamwork results in collective laziness."


I love the Demotivators (http://www.despair.com/viewall.html) stuff. Some of my other favorites are:

Cluelessness: There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.

Despair: It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black.
(picture of a sunset)

Idiocy: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
(picture of a group of skydivers)

Irresponsibility: No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood.

Mediocrity: It takes a lot less time and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late.
(picture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa)

Meetings: None of us is as dumb as all of us.

Potential: Not everyone gets to be an astronaut when they grow up.
(picture of a box of french fries)

Retirement: Because you've given so much of yourself to the Company that you don't have anything left we can use.

Success: Some people dream of success, while other people live to crush those dreams.

[saniterra]

Never argue with stupid people. They'll pull you down to their level, then best you with experience.

[el_diabl0]

If all men were truly created equal, there wouldn't be sports. - I made that one up as a teenager.

[Kiessling]

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. -Thoreau

--

When you always do what you've always done you always get what you always got. (Unknown)

--

"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL."
Lynn Lavner

--

Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier.
-Buddha

--

If it is weak, either kill it or ignore it. Everything else will make it stronger.



bernie

[Lunal_Tic]

Hi Bernie good to see you here. Great selection of quotes. :thumbsup:

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/977/welcomerainbowii0.gif to EDCF.

-LT

[Kiessling]

Thanx LT !!!
Was about time I think ... :D

[LowWorm]

Thanx LT !!!
Was about time I think ... :D


Nice to have a doctor in the house... :stretcher: :wave:


An old favorite...

"Tastes like...burning!" ~~ Ralph, from The Simpsons

[abarnhart]

An eternal favorite (don't know the source, if someone knows, let me know, otherwise, it is blissfully anon):

Success is like peeing your pants. Everyone can see that you did it, but only you have that warm feeling.

[Stutoffee]

Another of Homer Simpson's "Oh Lisa, there's no such thing as ghosts! They're make-believe, like fairies, elves & eskimos!!" ;D

[tvodrd]

An eternal favorite (don't know the source, if someone knows, let me know, otherwise, it is blissfully anon):

Success is like peeing your pants. Everyone can see that you did it, but only you have that warm feeling.


Success is like a fart. Only your own smells good. ;D

Larry

[LowWorm]

Success is like a fart. Only your own smells good. ;D

Larry


Scatological truth at its finest! ;D

Stu, I love Simpsons quotes! Another one...


Ralph: Me fail English? That's unpossible!

[copykat]

Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

Make all your friends feel there is something in them.

Look at the sunny side of everything.

Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

Give everyone a smile.

Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others.

Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.

[Lugsalot]

Ralph: Me fail English? That's unpossible!



"Yay, sleep! That's where I'm a Viking!"

[Blazer]

Serious quotes:
"If you disgrace the uniform, you disgrace the memory of every person that has died wearing it." Police Sergeant

"Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding" Ducard from Batman Begins (Liam Neeson)

"The people who can drive themselves further once the effort gets difficult are the ones who will win", Motivational Poster "DRIVE" (picture of a golf course green and flag)

Humorous quotes:
"Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try." Homer Simpson

"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." Unknown

[knightrider]

"These are my electronic emotions, it allows me to conserve my bodies energy... for carrying all this stuff." - Master Shake, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, episode eDork

[Lugsalot]

"These are my electronic emotions, it allows me to conserve my bodies energy... for carrying all this stuff." - Master Shake, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, episode eDork


More dementia from Master Shake:

"I'll do WHATEVER I want, WHEN I want and HOW I WANT! And NO mummy--you listenin' to me, Band-Aid?--NO mummy's gonna tell me...Hu-what to DO!"

"Lemme straighten ya out here, sponge! It's give and take around here: you GIVE it to me, and I'll TAKE it..."

"I think...that the branch...will hold bu--IT'S NOT HOLDING!!!"

"Someone stole my PDA and I will RUIN THIS HOUSE WITH MY ANGER!!!"

I could go on and on about ATHF, but I don't want to get kicked out of the forum. :-X

[jtice]

I do not know how man will fight World War III, but I do know how they will fight World War IV, with sticks and stones.
~~ Albert Einstein

[Goldtanker]

No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy. — Field Marshall Helmuth Carl Bernard von Moltke - (an axiom for anyone who has been there)

[ADBF]

The credit for this one belongs to someone on another forum:

"Make no mistake, gun control isn't about guns, it's about control."

How true it is!

[rik]

"Experience is what you get just after it would have been useful." -- me

"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate".

[TKC]

JUST A LAUGH
When you laugh, it echoes around the world
and lifts up the spirit of all living things.

One pure, joyous laugh!
Like a butterfly's wings, gently but surely
change the currents of air on the planet,
your happiness alters the whole of creation.

It hightens the mood
it deepens the love
it brightens the day of the many,
it blesses the Earth
when you laugh.

~Spirit~

[Lunal_Tic]

There are those things that can not be mended with a sunny disposition.
The Unit 1x03 (TV show)

[ScarabDrowner]

saw this in a signature somewhere:

some people are like slinkies: not much good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

[Jim101]

Butcher Shop window:

"Please to meet you, meat to please you"

Jim

[Colby]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us happy"
- Ben Franklin

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
- Robert Heinlein

"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it."
--Thomas Jefferson

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.
-Robert A. Heinlein

[Stutoffee]

From 'Homer the Heretic' - Homer, "Im whizzin' with the door open & I LOVE it!"

&

When I was a little kid, if I ever coughed, my Grandmother would say "It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in!" (She always was completely loopy! :D)

[Lunal_Tic]

Those that matter don't mind.
Those that mind don't matter.

A very good friend of mine wrote this to me years ago. It's always been one of my favorite sayings.


-LT

[dowtech]

You get more with a smile and a gun than with just a smile. —Al Capone

[pipedreams]

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." Jimi Hendrix

todd

[Lunal_Tic]

Definition of Shopping:
Buying things you don't need with money you don't have. :broke:




-LT

[dowtech]

"Hünde, wollt ihr ewig leben?" -- Frederick the Great >:(

[Lunal_Tic]

dowtech, have a translation for us? ;D

-LT

[ScarabDrowner]

it has something to do with wanting to live forever I think

[dowtech]

it has something to do with wanting to live forever I think


You're right. It's

Dogs, would you live forever?

[pipedreams]

The law often allows what honor forbids. Bernard-Joseph Saurin

todd

[Lunal_Tic]

Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.
General John Stark on July 31, 1809


-LT

[TKC]

TIBETAN WISDOM FOR THE WESTERN WORLD

May all beings be happy, content, and fulfilled.
May all beings be healed and whole.
May all have whatever they want and need.
May all be protected from harm, and free from fear.
May all beings enjoy inner peace and ease.
May all be awakened, liberated, and free.
May there be peace in the world, and throughout the entire universe.

[rik]

Anything from Skippy's List is usually quotable at some point, but the one I live by is as follows:


If the thought of anything makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I must assume that I am not allowed to do it

I spend an awful lot of time laughing to myself, and then behaving (relatively) sensibly.

[Blazer]

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13



O0



Here's some other interesting sayings that have been sent to me over the years:

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Isn't it funny..

Isn’t it funny how $10.00 looks so big when we take it to church.....and so small when we take it to the store?

Isn’t it funny how big 60 minutes are when serving God, but how small when we are fishing, or playing golf or basketball?

Isn’t it funny how laborious it is to read a chapter in the Bible, but how easy to read 200 to 300 pages of a novel?

Isn’t it funny how we believe what a person or newspaper says, but question what the Bible says?

Isn’t it funny how we can’t think of anything to say when we pray, but don’t have any trouble gossiping about someone?

Isn’t it funny how we need 2 or 3 weeks to fit a church event into our schedule, but have no problem adjusting for a social event at the last minute.

Isn’t it funny how we get thrilled when a football game goes into extra-overtime, but complain when a sermon is longer that we expected.

Isn’t it funny how people scramble to get a front seat at any game, but scramble to get a back seat at Church?

Isn’t it funny how difficult it is to share the gospel with others, but how simple it is to just sit and talk about the game.

Isn’t it funny how everyone wants to go to heaven, provided they don’t have to believe....think.....say.....or do anything??

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The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it.

You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe Daylight Saving Time.

People who feel the need to tell you that they have an excellent sense of humor are telling you that they have no sense of humor.

The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

A penny saved is worthless.

They can hold all the peace talks they want, but there will never be peace in the Middle East. Billions of years from now, when Earth is hurtling toward the Sun and there is nothing left alive on the planet except a few microorganisms, the microorganisms living in the Middle East will be bitter enemies.

The most powerful force in the universe is: gossip.

The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers.

There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11.

There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness.'

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

Nobody is normal.

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be: meetings.

The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.

If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and He decides to deliver a message to humanity, He will not use, as His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle.

You should not confuse your career with your life.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.

When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.

Your friends love you anyway.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

-- Dave Berry, "25 Things I Have Learned in 50 Years"

[znapschatz]

But first, a little background:

Back in the late 1950s, IBM management had a placard displayed in every office of the corporation with a one word slogan: "THINK." When this got around, some witty guy came up with a sign that read: "THIMK." Everyone thought that was so funny, and for a brief while it became a fad, put up in offices and dorm rooms everywhere.

A friend of mine hung up a sign in his room that read: "THINK," and almost everyone who noticed it asked: say, shouldn't that be "THIMK?"

Hard to believe, but I was there. ;)

[Lugsalot]

A friend of mine hung up a sign in his room that read: "THINK," and almost everyone who noticed it asked: say, shouldn't that be "THIMK?"

Hard to believe, but I was there. ;)


"One of these days, I'm going to have to get organizized."

[sensen_no_sen]

I have been adding some of my fave quotes to my website and thought I would share them here. Many have a martial/warrior theme in keeping with the 'tactical mindset', but some are more general/philosophical, and some just amused me for no particular reason. Enjoy.

Some thoughts for the day..

There are no superior or inferior martial arts. There are only warriors and non-warriors.
-Forrest Morgan

The Way is in training.
-Miyamoto Musashi, A Book Of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho)

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
-Lance Armstrong

The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty: it's twice as big as it needs to be.
-Unknown

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
-Bruce Lee

There is evil and disorder in the world, because people have forgotten that all things emanate from one source. Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered thoughts, petty desires, and anger. Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
-Morihei Ueshiba (Founder of aikoido)

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.
-Lin Chi

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
-Mark Twain

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-Sun Tzu - the Art of War

In the ring you have to get hit, banged up, whatever..and fighters hit hard..Chavez, he hits hard. But a champion takes it, and he shakes his head, and he comes back for more. That's the way it is. You don't have to like the guy who does that, but you've got to respect him.
-Oscar de la Hoya

The more we become ourself, the less our self remains.
-Meister Eckhart

The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly.
-G.K. Chesterton

Every shot was thrown with bad intentions.
-Mike Tyson

Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.
-Choi, Hong Hi

The time to defend oneself is not when the killer's bullets have struck home, nor when he squeezes the trigger (go no sen). Nor when he has put his hand in his pocket (sen no sen). It is as he is about to put his hand in his pocket (sensen no sen).
-Henry Plee

Running is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed.
-Charles Schulz (Peanuts)

Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort.
-The three qualities necessary for training

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
-Robert Pirsig

Beat on the brat with a baseball bat Oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh.
-Ramones

It takes a long time to understand nothing.
-Edward Dahlberg

The man who would be a warrior considers it his most basic intention to keep death always in mind.
-Daidoji Yuzan

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
-Krishnamurti

Don't always think in a straight line.
-The Way of the Spear

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
-Meister Eckhart

The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
-Gichin Funakoshi

Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.
-Dave Barry

When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come? With your hands on your head, or on the trigger of your gun.
-The Clash

If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all.
-Noam Chomsky

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is a free and peaceful man.
-Krishnamurti

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little screwed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to freakin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
-Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
-Marcel Proust

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.
-Morihei Ueshiba (founder of aikido)

The proper purpose of martial arts training is training the body, cultivating the mind, so as to nurture the spirit and contribute to the welfare of the world.
-Tri Thong Dang

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
-Henry Miller

I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set - and they're both working.
-Willie Pep

It is doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make oneself invincible.
-Sun Tzu - the Art of War

Love is where the self isn't.
-Krishnamurti

[Lunal_Tic]

Do you ever feel like you are diagonally parked in a parallel universe?
heard on AFN Japan




-LT

[TKC]

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you
were to live forever.” -- Mahatma Gandhi

[Lunal_Tic]

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
-Old Spanish Proverb


We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.
-Bill Vaughn



-LT

[moeman]

Others used most of my favorites....


I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
Robert A. Heinlein

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful - just stupid).
Robert A. Heinlein

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
Robert A. Heinlein

[Lunal_Tic]

If you think there is good in everybody then you haven't met everybody.
heard on AFN Japan



-LT

[Lunal_Tic]

If you don't have anything nice to say, at least have the decency to be vague.
heard on AFN Japan



-LT

[DFiorentino]

Can I quote myself? Something I started telling myself years ago when I was confused and didn't think I mattered much to the world... "It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you do it better than anyone else."

It's made me the anal retentive, stubborn, perfectionist, driven "success" I am today. Here's some others I use to get me through my vapid life...

"Be better than yourself."

...and one from a former boss: "It's ok to make a mistake, as long as you only make it once."

All of 'em are kinda work, motivational, self perception related which if you knew me, you would understand.

:P
-DF

[Lunal_Tic]

Hey DF,

I think I may have to "borrow" a couple of those for my folks at work. ;D :thumbsup:

-LT

[DFiorentino]

By all means. :) Unfortunately, I feel like I use that last one on my employees (and other people's employees for that matter) on almost a daily basis. :uglystupid2: :idiot2:

-DF

[karlito]

I love TKC's because it is so true.

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

:iagree:

[Blazer]

"You can beat our prices, but you can't beat our meat."

From the movie "Keeping up with the Steins" it was embroidered inside the Yarmulke of Adam Fiedler (Jeremy Piven). I think someone was a butcher in his family and they paid for the Yarmulke's handed out at the bar mitzvah.

[Lunal_Tic]

Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay; and claims a halo for his dishonesty.
-Robert A. Heinlein



-LT

[wykeite]

"There is no such thing as gravity, the earth sucks"

[Safety1st]

Having been a cop for 10 years, and a soldier previously for 6 years... I'm very much into the honour / duty thing...

Two of my favourites are:

"To suffer in silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men"

"The world isn't a dangerous place because of the evil than men do, but because many of the others are willing to stand by and do nothing"



I also particularly like the Jack Nicholson line in A Few Good Men;

"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom shareholder returns that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way,"

[cave dave]

"You work in a job you hate, to buy stuff that you don't need, to impress people that you don't like."- Unknown

"I briefly considered a career in global domination when I was in college but didn’t pursue it. The pay is good but the hours suck and I need my “me” time to take naps and read comic strips." - Hermit

and somebody on EDCF posted this on international Towel day:

"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

[dowtech]

A new favorite from "Casino Royale":

Bond: "You're not my type."

Vesper: "Smart?"

Bond: "Single."

:evilgrin:

[Lunal_Tic]

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919)


-LT

[TKC]

One other, which is a poem, and long...so I won't post the text here, is the Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann. Very interesting, very soothing...I keep a copy above my desk at work for when I get stressed out.

It can be found here at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata


Thank you for that!! I like that very much!!

[Lunal_Tic]

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein


-LT

[dowtech]

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein


-LT


Good one, LT. (I'm also a great TR fan!)

[rik]

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein


cf.

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -- Antoine de Saint-Exuper

I quote this a lot when talking about software engineering, and why my code comes in early and working, and does the job, whereas other people's comes in late, overly complex and buggy.

[Blazer]

Recently in Toronto, Ontario, Canada there was some debate as to whether the yellow "Support Our Troops" magnetic ribbons would be ordered removed from Fire and Ambulance vehicles by City Council. A local columnist wrote an article saying how asinine that would be and one of the e-mails he received from a reader included the following quote, but he didn't credit the author by name. I liked the quote.

"If you're not going to stand behind our soldiers, try standing in front of them."
Author Unknown

[fod]

This one has always struck a chord with me:

"I have no possessions that are truly my own. I am like a stranger at a rich man's gate. What I have is borrowed, and even my knowledge is nothing but hand-me-downs, and an occasional oddity I pick up by chance. I pass it on to others like me."

-- Erich Harth

[fod]

"they call it ice and it gets a little slick" -- Tom Arnold, from True Lies (MSTA)

"we're not happy 'till you're not happy" -- a coworker, on customer service




At work we say:

"We're not satisfied until you're not satisfied"

[znapschatz]

If it does not kill you, it will make you stronger.
Don't know who said it.


That was 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

IMHO, that's one of those sayings that appears to be profound but is in reality a pantsload. Nothing about serious illness or injury does anyone real good. Usually, survivors are the worse for wear, mentally and physically. There are better ways to build character.

[medic]

Religion is for those who are afraid of Hell.
Spirituality is for those who have been there.
~~ Mark Cohn

[Lunal_Tic]

Nothing is more dangerous in the wrong hands than faith.
TV show - Mutant X episode 3x20


-LT

[LowWorm]

A new favorite from "Casino Royale":

Bond: "You're not my type."

Vesper: "Smart?"

Bond: "Single."

:evilgrin:


HOTTT movie, that. My favorite lines:

Vesper: "I'm the money."

Bond: "Every penny of it."

[evanlocc]

Nothing is impossible !


Nothing new under the sun.



Yes! :iagree: there are nothing but the same!

:hug: ... it is all possible !

[geoffchan]

"Never eat anything bigger than your head. Never shoot pool at a place called pap's. Never eat food at a place called mom's."

Capt. Gideon from Babylon 5: Crusade

[chmsam]

"Please don't fire me! I'm only a major stroke away from a comfortable retirement." - Al Bundy

"You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons." - from "Blazing Saddles"

[KG2V]

You are what you do when it counts - Tha Maso

[walkabout_xl]

"Life is like an ice cream cone... You have to learn to lick it."-Charley Brown :shrug:

[tvodrd]

There are five stages to a Project:

1. Enthusiasm.
2. Disillusionment.
3. Search for the guilty.
4. Punishment of the innocent.
5. Praise and reward for the non participants.

(Yes, I am a major fan of Dilbert! ;D )

Larry

[Lugsalot]

From South Park's infamous Underpants Gnomes:

"Step One: steal underpants. Step Two: ... Step Three: PROFIT!" :laugh:

Edit:

“The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters.”

--Ghengis Khan

The above quote inspired another of my favorites (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo9buo9Mtos&mode=related&search=)...

[walkabout_xl]

From the Wing Chun..."Fight nose to nose, not nose to fist."

[ironraven]

"Look left. Look right. Look down. Two of the three people you just looked at will not be here after this semester."

One of my professors, first thing of the first morning was freshman orientation. Did wonders for morale. (Between the end of the first semester and graduation about half of the remainder didn't make it either.)


"I’ll explain and I’ll use small words so that you’ll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon. ‘To the pain’ means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right. Your ears you keep and I’ll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, “Dear God! What is that thing,” will echo in your perfect ears. That is what ‘to the pain’ means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever. It’s possible, Pig, I might be bluffing. It’s conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I’m only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. But, then again… perhaps I have the strength after all. Drop your sword!"

"When I was your age, television was called books."

Princess Bride


"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Everything they've ever "known" has been proven to be wrong. A thousand years ago everybody knew as a fact, that the earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on it. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."

"There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they Do... Not... Know about it!"

Men in Black


"English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results."

H Beam Piper


"Specialization is for insects"

Robert A Heinlein


""Something tells me they'll be very determined people," he added. "We had better be polite to them. After all, we only outnumber them about a thousand million to one."

...

Twenty years afterward, the remark didn't seem funny."

Aurhter C Clark, Rescue Party, non-humans discussing humans after first contact

[Valolammas]

Lots of excellent quotes here, keep them coming folks! I'm happy to see so many Heinlein quotes, because when I was younger, I read everything by him that I could get my hands on. Don't remember that one about lazy men making progress, though, which book is it in?

Here are some of the ones I've accumulated over the years (in random order). Any errors in grammar and/or spelling are my fault.

Stephen R. Donaldson:
"Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?"
Absently, he replied, "I was once."
"And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt."

Terry Pratchett:
"Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought."
"The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy."
"Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is."
"The past tense, it creeps in already. Not long past, but already very tense."
"Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees."

Homer Simpson:
"When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle, they're on TV."
"It takes two to lie: one to lie and one to listen."
"If something's hard to do, it's not worth doing."

"Lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves." –Terry Goodkind

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working." –Kenneth Grahame

"If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can find fault with, you will not do much." –Lewis Carroll

"Reality isn't what is used to be." –In the Mouth of Madness (a film by John Carpenter)

"We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away." –Moore & Gibbons (Watchmen)

"No. Not even in the face of armageddon. Never compromise." –Moore & Gibbons (Watchmen)

"Never before had he been so aware of how fragile civilization is, that it floats like oil on the black ocean of men's minds." –Katharine Kerr

"Sanity is not truth, sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not." –Robert Pirsig

"Insanity isn't supposed to be a communicable disease. If one other person believes him, or maybe two or three, then it's a religion." –Robert Pirsig

"This is what we laughingly refer to as a plan, right?" –Strange Days (movie by Kathryn Bigelow)

"Sometimes sarcasm helps us think more clearly." –Dilbert

[Blackhat]

"Never bring a knife to a gunfight, never show up emptyhanded at a knife fight, and never let the other guy think he almost beat you."
USMC weapons instructor, Quantico, Va June, 1970.

[Lunal_Tic]

. . . someone borrowed it (Delica) and cut himself badly very quickly... and said knives were dangerous . . .

.... so are idiots, but you don't see people lobbying to ban them.
senoBDEC on EDCF


-LT

[parnass]

Here is my response when a user on another forum said that he was given multitool as a gift that looked so beautiful that he wasn't using it:

The true beauty of a tool is in its use.

[Lugsalot]

"Enjoy every sandwich."
--Warren Zevon

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
--Hunter S. Thompson

"I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?"
--Frank Zappa

[rik]

"I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?"
--Frank Zappa


My favourite quote so far is also by Frank Zappa.

"The mind is like a parachute - it only works when it's open"

[dowtech]

"Enjoy every sandwich."
--Warren Zevon


Zevon -- Yeah!!

"Don't knock on my door/If you don't know my Rottweiler's name" (with kudos to Carl Hiaasen, my favorite Florida author)

"Send lawyers, guns, and money/Dad, get me out of this.!"

[Lugsalot]

Zevon -- Yeah!!

"Don't knock on my door/If you don't know my Rottweiler's name" (with kudos to Carl Hiaasen, my favorite Florida author)

"Send lawyers, guns, and money/Dad, get me out of this.!"


I grew up listening to the "Excitable Boy" album, and I'm surprised I turned out okay, in retrospect. Back then, my favorites were "Werewolves of London" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," for obvious reasons; what young boy wouldn't love THOSE songs!? :laugh:


To bring this back to quotes, I submit a few from Benjamin Disraeli:

"The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end."

"Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life."

"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."

[klewlessnoob]

This phrase has stuck with me since I first read it about a decade ago. The exact wording escapes me but during a conversation between two characters, one turns to the other and says:

"....just remember, there is always one person in every situation should not be underestimated."

[Stormdrane]

"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather--who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." Author Unknown

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/Stormdrane/ahhh.gif

[znapschatz]

It's all in the mind (I think).

[VicEDC]

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone. But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted- and you create a nation of lawbreakers- and then you cash in on guilt." Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

[Ronin Six]

Right now I'm really liking some of the phrases in recent VW's ads:

Jaded is so overrated. Cynicism is so last year. Misery has enough company. Dare to be happy. :D

[chavez]

I love Science Fiction. Here a couple of my favorites.

The Bene Gesserit Littainy against Fear
Pg 19 of Dune by Frank Herbert

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

Some quotes from the movie THX 1138 by George Lucas:

Thou art a subject of the divine, created in the image of man, by the masses, for the masses.

Take four red capsules. In 10 minutes, take two more. Help is on the way.

That accident over in Red Sector L destroyed another 63 personnel, giving them a total of 242 lost to our 195. Keep up the good work and prevent accidents. This shift is concluded.

[EODtech]

"When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow" - Charles Colson, Counsel to Richard Nixon

[Diesel]

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups!

[Lunal_Tic]

“The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
~George Bernard Shaw

“The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.”
~Stephen King

With lies you may get ahead in the world - but you can never go back.
~Russian proverb

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
~Edgar J. Mohn

Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
~Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard

Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships.
~Author Unknown

[klock]

"It's better to keep your mouth shut and have everyone assume you are stupid than to open your mouth and erase all doubt." Samuel Clements

[rdb]

Hi, great thread. Here's a few of mine. . .

~Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggy!" until you can find a stick. - unknown
~Tact is the art of telling someone "Go to Hell!" and making them look forward to the trip. - unknown
~Anger not they systems administrator, for he can become you and make your life interesting. - unknown
~Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
~A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. - Benjamin Franklin
~An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. - Benjamin Franklin
~Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. - Benjamin Franklin
~Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin
~A child miseducated is a child lost. - John F. Kennedy
~I'm an idealist without illusions. - John F. Kennedy
~Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
~Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein
~Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times. - Mark Twain
~I never let schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
~Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. - Steven Wright
~I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly. - Steven Wright
~Men MUST behave! Gentleman will. - seen on a sign in a bar

so many good ones out there, sorry if any were already posted

Cheers

[Chief-Yeah]

whatever you are,be a good one. A.Lincoln

The true worth of your travels lies not in where you come to be at journeys end,
but in who you come to be along the way

[WillCAD]

All of my favorite quotes come from movies:

Well, double dumb-a** on you! - William Shatner, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Look at those snappers, Ralph! - Zack Norman, Romancing the Stone

It's bigger than an orange, Colton! - Danny DeVito, Jewel of the Nile

It's a beautiful day and we're out killling drug dealers. Do you have any in the house? - Arnold, Last Action Hero

STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE! - Delroy Lindo, Congo

Light Speed to Endor! - PeeWee Herman, Star Tours

Without Truth, how can there be Justice?
Without Justice, how can anyone be truly free?
And without Freedom, how can the Truth be known?
- WillCAD

Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES! - Ernie Hudson, Ghostbusters

And the monkey pushes the button - Joey Tribiani, Lost in Space

Seargent, does this mean we're through for the day? - John Candy, Stripes

We're gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess - Paul Gleason, Die Hard

Those !#$ers you can shoot! - George Clooney, The Peacemaker

Don't @#$#@% with the babysitter! - Elizabeth Shue, Adventures in Babysitting

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Whataya think, breakfast? Yeah, two breakfasts, please. - Joe Pesci, My Cousin Vinnie

It is Bruce Lee! It is Bruce Lee! I found that karate @*$)*er! - Charlie Barnett, DC Cab

Oh, this is the worst lookin' hat I ever saw! Ya buy a hat like this, I betcha get a free bowl of soup, huh! Oh, it looks good on YOU though! - Rodney Dangerfield, Caddyshack

Thank God, the police. - Chevy Chase, Fletch

It's all in the reflexes. - Kurt Russel, Big Trouble in Little China

You elected? No, but I got nominated real good. - Steve McQueen and Yul Brynner, The Magnificent Seven

They are EVERYWHERE, El Guapo! - Jefe, The Three Amigos!

Things that are round... things that are square... things that are being electrocuted! - Chevy Chase, Spies Like Us

What knockers! Oh, thank you, Doctor. - Gene Wilder and Teri Garr, Young Frankenstien (that's FRAHNK-en-steen!)

That's a knife! - Paul Hogan, Croccodile Dundee

Better to be a smart-a** than a dumb-a** – WillCAD

Must go faster… Must go faster… Must go faster! Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park

Must go faster… Must go faster… Must go faster! Jeff Goldblum, Independence Day

Yeah, it’s a 50-caliber. They used to use it for hunting buffalo… up close. It’s only legal in two state – and this isn’t one of ‘em. – John Candy, Armed and Dangerous

Here Billy, you don’t have one of these yet, do ya? – John Ashton, Beverly Hills Cop II

And THAT’S… kickin’ your *****! – Drew Barrymore, Charlie’s Angels

It’s blue light. What does it do? It turns blue. – Sylvester Stallone and Joe, Rambo III

BACKPRESSURE!!!! – Corey Feldman, The Goonies

To read a writer is for me, not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him, and travel in his company. - Andre Gide

[M-14]

"Never let a lack of knowledge get in your way." -- Michael Caine in Peeper

[Lunal_Tic]

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?
Paul Harvey

-LT