Favorite quotes

[was_jlh]

If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. Stephen Wright

"Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." Matt. 10:16

 

[MaxaBaker]

"Why do I need to know English? I'm not going to England!" ---Homer Simpson

"Ich bin ein Berliner" ---JFK

"If A equals success, then the formula is _ A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." -- Albert Einstein

"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."--- Albert Einstein

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

 

[Flying Turtle]

Wherever you go, there you are--Mel Gibson

Geoff

 

[Frangible]

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
~ Lao Tzu

 

[FlashlightOCD]

"Ever notice that anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, while anyone
who drives faster than you is a maniac?" --- George Carlin [I think].

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." --- Unknown

 

[Phaserburn]

"and a doughnut without a hole is a danish" - Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) - Caddyshack

 

[Empath]

Thank you for creating such a thread.

I'm not yet providing an entry, but I am enjoying observing which are drawn to quotes of negativity, and which are drawn to positive quotes.

 

[Makarov]

A friend of mine has this quote as a favorite, and I kinda like it too.

"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
George Orwell

And a quote from my father, when we had the father-to-son-conversation;
"There's a lot idiots in the world, and there's NO WAY you can avoid them"

And of course, the quote in my signature:

"Det skal en kugle til ein Trønder"
Tordenskiold

Trønder= a person from one of two countys called South- and North-Trøndelag
Tordenskiold=Peter Wessel, an Admiral in the Danish fleet, originally from Trøndelag.

IN english, something like "it has to be a bullet for a Trønder"

Sometimes quoted as: "It has to be more than a bullet for a Trønder"

The essense is that Trønder's are really hard to kill...

 

[Zackerty]

"I'd rather be a man of paradox, than a man of prejudice."

Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU II

 

[Zackerty]

I'd give each one of 'em a stick and, one for each one of 'em, then I'd say, 'You break that.' Course they could real easy. Then I'd say, 'Tie them sticks in a bundle and try to break that.' Course they couldn't. Then I'd say, "That bundle... that's family."


The worst part of being old, is remembering when you were young.

 

[Reaper]

When illusion becomes reality,
Then reality becomes illusion

 

[PhotonWrangler]

"You usually don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance."
Bill Murray, Ghostbusters

"I've got a photographic memory but I don't have any film."
Various sources

"Golf is men in ugly pants, walking."
Rosie O'Donnell

"Documentation is like sex. When it's good, it's great. And when it's bad, you're still glad you have some."
Some engineer

"To explain radio, think of a very large cat. You pull it's tail in New York and it's head is meowing in California. Radio is just like that, except that there is no cat."
Albert Einstein

 

[Kiessling]

When you always do what you've always done you always get what you always got

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

Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

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

"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there is a light shining somewhere nearby."


Most favourite quotes are those in my sig however. They are me.

 

[Size15's]

"Don't Panic" - Douglas Adams

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'" - Jedi Master Yoda

 

[was_jlh]

Thanks Kiessling, I like this :
Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier.
-Buddha

I'm surprised at the large number of quotes attributed to Einstein.

 

[IlluminatingBikr]

"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible."

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."

-Both Einstein quotes

 

[LifeNRA]

Thank you Empath, or I should say your welcome.

Okay here are a few more of my favorites.

"There are two types of people in life. Those who work and those who take credit for the work done." - Ghandi

"Those who cannot remember the past are comdemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

"Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill

"If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to parish than to live as slaves." - Winston Churchill

 

[Sixpointone]

"Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome." - Arthur Ashe (Tennis Hall of Famer and World Class Humanitarian)

 

[LifeNRA]

Here are a couple more but I cannot be sure of the authors.

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own". - Disraeli ????

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out".

 

[gadget_lover]

I can't attribute all of them....


Stupidity is its own reward. - various


No good deed goes unpunished. - My friend Daryll.


Youth is a difficult time... it gets tougher the longer you draw it out. - me


Nothing is ever really fool proof. The fools are far too ingenious.

If you want the job done as efficiently as possible, give the task to a lazy man.

Daniel