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mg357
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those quotes definitly gave me chills
Some good ones in there
Aticus
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Oh Sip, you've done it again! I particularly like the Cree Indian prophecy.
LVSteve
Member
Couple of real zingers in that list. Some of those quotes may have been made 50+ years ago, but they apply 100% even today. I find the Goering quote particularly, topical, insightful and applicable.
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Jack Flash
SWCA Member
I loved the Oscar Wilde quote. His were often amazingly funny while being incredibly insightful.
Here's one that is not funny. It great advice for young folks in particular if they would only heed it:
Well, he should know!
Here's one that is not funny. It great advice for young folks in particular if they would only heed it:
"If you habitually give in to temptation, some day you will go further than you ever intended, and you will be punished far more than you ever deserved."
Well, he should know!
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Philosophers
~ John Glenn...
As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.
~ Desmond Tutu...
When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
~ David Letterman...
America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.
~ Howard Hughes...
I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. I'm a billionaire.
~ Old Italian proverb...
After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box.
~ Betsy Salkind...
Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for thirty years.
~ Jean Kerr...
The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.
~ Zsa Zsa Gabor...
I've been married to a communist and a fascist, and neither would take out the garbage.
~ Jeff Foxworthy...
You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.
~ Prince Philip...
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
~ Emo Philips...
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.
~ Harrison Ford...
Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.
~ Spike Milligan...
The best cure for Sea Sickness, is to sit under a tree.
~ Robin Hall...
Lawyers believe a person is innocent until proven broke.
~ Jean Rostand...
Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Having more money doesn't make you happier. I have 50 million dollars but I'm just as happy as when I had 48 million.
~ WH Auden...
We are here on earth to do good unto others. What the others are here for, I have no idea.
~ Jonathan Katz...
In hotel rooms I worry. I can't be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked
~ Johnny Carson...
If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead.
~ Warren Tantum... (School photo album).
I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very skeptical
~ Steve Martin...
Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap
~ Jimmy Durante...
Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.
. ~ Doug Hanwell...
America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric.
~ George Roberts...
The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone
~ Jonathan Winters...
If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to get to the airport.
~ Robert Benchley... I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something
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Philosophers
~ John Glenn...
As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.
~ Desmond Tutu...
When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
~ David Letterman...
America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.
~ Howard Hughes...
I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. I'm a billionaire.
~ Old Italian proverb...
After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box.
~ Betsy Salkind...
Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for thirty years.
~ Jean Kerr...
The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.
~ Zsa Zsa Gabor...
I've been married to a communist and a fascist, and neither would take out the garbage.
~ Jeff Foxworthy...
You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.
~ Prince Philip...
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
~ Emo Philips...
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.
~ Harrison Ford...
Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.
~ Spike Milligan...
The best cure for Sea Sickness, is to sit under a tree.
~ Robin Hall...
Lawyers believe a person is innocent until proven broke.
~ Jean Rostand...
Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Having more money doesn't make you happier. I have 50 million dollars but I'm just as happy as when I had 48 million.
~ WH Auden...
We are here on earth to do good unto others. What the others are here for, I have no idea.
~ Jonathan Katz...
In hotel rooms I worry. I can't be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked
~ Johnny Carson...
If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead.
~ Warren Tantum... (School photo album).
I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very skeptical
~ Steve Martin...
Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap
~ Jimmy Durante...
Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.
. ~ Doug Hanwell...
America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric.
~ George Roberts...
The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone
~ Jonathan Winters...
If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to get to the airport.
~ Robert Benchley... I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something
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Here's a few more:
On the lighter side from famous Cubs broadcaster Jack Brickhouse: "Anybody can have a bad Century".
In a more inspirational view: "Never, never, never NEVER give in!!!" Sir Winston Churchill, 1939.
We need more guys like Jack and Winnie.
Jim
On the lighter side from famous Cubs broadcaster Jack Brickhouse: "Anybody can have a bad Century".
In a more inspirational view: "Never, never, never NEVER give in!!!" Sir Winston Churchill, 1939.
We need more guys like Jack and Winnie.
Jim
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Powerful, Sip.
Fat Frank
US Veteran
A couple of my favorites from C.S.Lewis:
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
Grayfox
US Veteran
One of my favorites from C.S. Lewis that fits right into today's world.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be
the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than
under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes
sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us
for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the
approval of their own conscience."
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be
the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than
under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes
sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us
for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the
approval of their own conscience."
Good stuff! Ya had me at Calvin & Hobbes.
williamlayton
Member
Powerful and meaningful sayings of men.
The most powerful of all comes from the book of John.
"If you do not believe I AM who I say I AM you will die in your sin"
Blessings
The most powerful of all comes from the book of John.
"If you do not believe I AM who I say I AM you will die in your sin"
Blessings
indiandave
Member
I aspire to be the great person my dogs think I am.
Jack Flash
SWCA Member
Or George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde!
vonn
US Veteran
If I could just apply all the wisdom!
My favorite
"To LAUGH often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the WORLD a bit BETTER, wether by a healthy child, a garden patch.... to know even one life has BREATHED easier because you have lived.
This is to have SUCCEEDED!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To LAUGH often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the WORLD a bit BETTER, wether by a healthy child, a garden patch.... to know even one life has BREATHED easier because you have lived.
This is to have SUCCEEDED!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
vigil617
US Veteran
All fine, fine quotations. Yet all simply reflected the world; none changed it.
Only this one, from the Gospel of John, Third Chapter:
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Only this one, from the Gospel of John, Third Chapter:
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Merry Christmas, everyone.
