Favorite quotes

LifeNRA

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What are some of your favorite quotes?
Here are a few of mine.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever shall believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." - John 3:16

"When the Government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the Government, there is tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." - Teddy Roosevelt

"Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - Ronald Reagan

"Molon Labe". - King of Sparta
 

elgarak

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Here are some interesting and funny quotes by the late physics Nobel prize laureate Richard P. Feynman:

"Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."

(I think for our community, you could replace "physics" with "flashlights".)

"Physics is to math what sex is to masturbation."

Regarding our addiction, this one here is good:

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."
 
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The simple fact of the matter is that a PROFESSIONAL makes what he/she
does look easy. We only see the smooth golf swing of Tiger Woods followed
by the ball landing withing six feet of the cup; or the caress of David
Sanborn's hands on the sax as he cajoles virtuoso passages from his
instrument with seemingly effortless precision; or the stockcar drivers
whizzing around the track within inches of each other at 200 mph with the
appearance of a synchronized swim team.

What we don't see is the countless hours of practice, study, paying of
dues, more practice, more study, more paying of dues. We don't see the
hundreds of mental calculations occuring virtually instantaneously through
the wealth of knowledge drawn from that pool of experience comprised from
the hours of practice, study, and paying of dues.

-- http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27908

:bow: :bow: :bow:

Chalk one up for the under-appreciated. "Oh it's so easy, why do we pay you so much...."



And from our very own forums:

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure, sure. The doctor told me there's no nutritional
value to bourbon, and the pastor told me it's evil, but my personal
experiments continue.

All in the name of science, of course.

Experience beats theory two times out of three."

-- Doug Owen
 

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Never memorize anything that can be referred to -- Albert Einstein

An idle mind is a devil's playground...and mine has monkey bars -- Me

An expert is a person that knows one more thing about a subject than everyone else -- My brother

Buy both! -- CPF

Never underestimate the power of idiots in large groups -- Unknown

Guns are for people that are afraid to use high explosives -- Unknown

Sleep is a poor excuse for good coffee -- Unknown

Zip ties hold the world together -- Me

Mission Accomplished! -- George W Bush

I was told having a magnetic personality is good...they never told me butt holes are high in iron -- Me

What kind of idiot would write a two page justification with pictures to purchase a flashlight?! -- Logistics folks at work

Cats are smooth brained creatures--you must of been a cat in your present life -- Me

I could keep going but I have to get some work done....
 

Lunal_Tic

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The Law of Unintended Consequences - Whether or not what you do has the effect you want, it will have at least three you never expected, and one of those usually unpleasant. - Robert Jordan


This is one of my favorites.
-LT
 

Malpaso

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Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains. - Winston Churchill

Edit: I had recently read this quote, and after posting it here I checked it's authenticity. It appears that there is no verification that Churchill ever said it. I still like it.
 
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C4LED

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Here are some good Benjamin Franklin Quotes:

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When the well's dry, we know the worth of water.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

A good lawyer, a bad neighbour.

People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.

We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
 

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"If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea." Churchill's response: "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours." ~ Bob Dylan

"If I have but one life to live, let me live it as a blonde." ~ Lady Clarol commercial

"It is what it is" ~ unknown

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein

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

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" ~ Albert Einstein


Very irate, angry and unreasonable customer: " [rant]..[rant]..[rant]..I am through wasting my valuable time with you people, someone call me a taxi."

me: "OK, you are a taxi. :) "
 

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"I came, I saw, she conquered (the origional Latin seems to have been garbled)"

"Everybody lies about sex!"

"Never try to outsubborn a cat!"

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."

"Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get."

"Little girls, like flowers, need no excuse."


All the above from the "Notebooks of Lazarus Long" by Robert A Heinlein
 
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raggie33

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well mine are from people who have a ahigher iq then the pople you all quote a course homer simpson and peter griffin
here is peter i cut and paste it
Peter: Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits. It says, 'Oooooo.'
Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.
 

LifeNRA

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Great job guys, keep them coming. :)

I have a few more but I will have to make sure I get them right before I post them.
 

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-If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
-If you can't be part of the solution, at least try to avoid being part of the problem.
-Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

And one of my all time favorites..."Nonsense! They couldn't hit an elephant at that range" - Last words of a US Civil War General John Sedgewick
 

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Meg: I just want to kill myself I'm gonna go upstairs and eat a whole bowl of peanuts.
(Lois and Peter stare in silence)
Meg: I'm allergic to peanuts.
(Peter and Lois keep staring)
Meg: You dont know anything about me. (runs upstairs)
Peter: Who was that guy?
 

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Mark Twain
"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."
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An Optimist sees the glass as half full, a Pessimist sees it as half empty, I say if there is something in the damn glass...drink it! I am a Realist.
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Underneath this flabby exterior is a tremendous lack of character.
-- Oscar Levant

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that
corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only
because they cannot actually masturbate. ... The federal government is
basically one enormous, ongoing Meeting From Hell.
-- Dave Barry

As leader, you should never forget those who are
loyal to you. You should hold parties for them
regularly and have lots of whiskey (free) for them.
That way, they get drunk and reveal themselves as
the disloyal vermin they all are in reality."
-- Unknown

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its
periodical fits of morality.
-- Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay
^^ One of my faves, though I apply it to the American public!
 
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