Favourite quotes?

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  1. Rico

    Rico Registered Member

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    Hi All,

    "Youth is wasted on the young." George Bernard Shaw

    I like the line from Dean Koontz. see sig.

    Take care
    rico
     
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  2. Rico

    Rico Registered Member

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    Hi

    "Envy is mental theft. If you covet another mans possessions, then you should be willing to take on his responsibilities, heartaches, and troubles, along with his money." D. Koontz


    rico
     
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  3. Peter2150

    Peter2150 Global Moderator

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    Two of my favorites:

    "If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging" anonymous

    This is a close paraphrase of a Will Rogers quote:

    "They say money talks, I heard it once, it said goodbye"
     
    Peter2150, Feb 1, 2006
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  4. big ed

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    Time wounds all heels!! Groucho
     
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    snowbound Retired Moderator

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    The only sure things in life are death and taxes.



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  6. eyes-open

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    Printed on the back of a matchbox some years ago:-

    A sign in a hotel lobby read

    "In the event of fire - please inform an ember of staff"
     
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  7. sweater

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    Here are my favorite Quotes…

    “You cannot teach a man anything; You can only help him to find it within himself.”
    -Galileo

    “Essence, Chi, and Spirit are the three jewels of life.”
    -Master Ni Hua Ching

    “God is a Number endowed with motion, which is felt but not demonstrated.”
    -Balzac

    “There is no Chance, no destiny, no fate Can circumvent, or hinder or control The firm resolve of a determined soul.”
    -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    Genius: A person who aims at something no one else can see and hits it.
    -Bits & pieces magazine

    “When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, for and against are forgotten.”
    -Zhuang Zi

    “I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.”
    -Anthony Hays Sulzberger

    “There’s no thief like a bad movie.”
    -Sam Ewing

    ;) :cool:
     
    sweater, Feb 2, 2006
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  8. big ed

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    Who say all those things they say I say?......Confucius
     
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  9. MikeBCda

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    One of my favorites, from Mae West:

    I used to be Snow White, but then I drifted ...
     
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  10. stapp

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    you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
     
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  11. big ed

    big ed Registered Member

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    From one of "Baked Bean Man's" political campaigns....."I choose not the runs"
     
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  12. Bob D

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    I'm not an alcoholic, I'm a drunk.....
    (Alcoholics have to go to meetings)
     
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  13. manOFpeace

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    Listen twice as much as you talk. :)

    A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. ;)
     
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  14. big ed

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    First thing we do, is kill all the lawyers....Dirk the Butcher
     
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  15. ronjor

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    An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
     
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  16. ~*Nat*~

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    "There can't be another crisis this week, my schedule is completely full".
     
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  17. big ed

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    I think it was Ceasar Romero, in a Donut Shop, who was qouted as saying to his companion whilst munchin; "et two Brutus"!
     
    big ed, Feb 3, 2006
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    "I once thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken".
     
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  20. big ed

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    "Beep Beep" ......The Road Runner
     
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  21. big ed

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    "Hi Ho Sliver, Awaaaaay (ouch)!!"....Ronnie Ranger
     
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  22. ~*Nat*~

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    "If a man is 'older than dirt', one can still judge his maturity by his words and actions"

    ( ~Me )


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    JUST TEASIN', EDDY ! :D ;)
     
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  23. stapp

    stapp Global Moderator

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    under communism man exploits man, under capitalism it's the other way round
     
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  24. big ed

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    You betcha!! Just use the same criteria to determine the credibility of our Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches!

    Skewed taxes w/representation is tyranny!.....corrected version

    Bailing out in Bellview, Bonked ed
     
    big ed, Feb 4, 2006
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  25. ~*Nat*~

    ~*Nat*~ Registered Member

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    Seems like everything is dandy between us two again...



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