Quote? What is your favorite quote?

[cwbullet]

"Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision."
~Dick Arney

 

[KenECoyote]

 

[hobie1dog]

"anger is the low end of insanity in Buddhist terms"

 

[Cape Byron]

 

[Pickles McRocketPants]

"Build it? Oh hell no, it's a tiny turbo and we're only pushing 10#. It'll be fine."

-Lots of "smart" people

 

[hobie1dog]

military grade- made by the lowest bidder,
medical grade- good enough to be used once, then thrown away

 

[OverTheTop]

“A canter is the cure for all evil.”: Benjamin Disraeli

As a keen horse-rider I can definitely vouch for this one.

 

[hobie1dog]

a man's treasure is marked by his friends memories.

 

[Lugnut56]

"I fart in your general direction"

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

[hobie1dog]

we have a natural tendency to be bewitched by Wonder and mystery, which gives us a strong desire to believe tails of the extraordinary- David Hulme

 

[DaHabes]

"Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak." - Winston Churchill

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

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.” - Mark Twain

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretsky

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” - Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” - Albert Einstein

“If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.” - Mark Twain

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. “ - Ellen Parr

 

[hobie1dog]

"amazing how a brain can be so damaged by religion"

 

[kuririn]

"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been the minding of my own business."

-Calvin Coolidge

Very underrated president.

An oft told joke is that a woman was at a White House reception and remarked to President Coolidge (AKA "Silent Cal"):
"Oh, Mr. President, I have a bet with my neighbor that I can get you to say more than two words in a conversation".
Pres. Coolidge:
"You lose".

One more favorite:
"Failure is not an option".
Often attributed to Gene Kranz but actually a paraphrase of Kranzs' words by Apollo 13 screenwriter Bill Broyles.

 

[Grog6]

"My Balls itch! Scratch my balls" !! Cheech Marin, Cheech & chong, next movie.

 

[Tech 68]

I apologize if this is a repost... I couldn't face 193 posts.

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, "Beyond This Horizon"

 

[les]

Just another FINE day is Paradise!

 

[goose_in_co]

 

[Pickles McRocketPants]

"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.”

J. Robert Oppenheimer

 

[Sandy H.]

Not necessarily a favorite, but it seems to be true: "Age has a hand on the pen that writes the story." - Some guy narrating "Time Stand Still" (documentary about the band Rush).

Sandy.

 

[R. S. Galileo]

"Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak." - Winston Churchill

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

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.” - Mark Twain

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretsky

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” - Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” - Albert Einstein

“If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.” - Mark Twain

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. “ - Ellen Parr

The quote about the newspapers is actually Thomas Jefferson

 

[Cape Byron]

 

[Cape Byron]

 

[Peartree]

"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been the minding of my own business."

-Calvin Coolidge

Very underrated president.

Also known for saying, in response to criticism that he was a "do nothing" president, "America wanted nothing done, so I done it."

 

[Peartree]

Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.

John Wesley

 

[green dragon]

Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy !

 

[RocketDestroyer]

 

[John Kemker]

Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy !

There are monkey-boys in the compound!

 

[Huxter]

(para phrasing a bit)

"Your unique, just like everyone else!"

 

[jbsommerfeldt]

"I said Bud Lite not, Butt Light"

 

[jbsommerfeldt]

"I said Bud Light not, Butt Light"

I said "lunch not LAUNCH! You idiot!"