'Can't we all just get along?' Rodney King, 1991 (Can you believe it has been 30 years?)
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"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
– Thucydides, "History of the Peloponnesian War" (431-404 B.C.)
– Thucydides, "History of the Peloponnesian War" (431-404 B.C.)
Another one from her:
"If you have to resort to vulgarities in an argument then you have failed at communicating."
TennTony
US Veteran
A man who owns a gun can rob a bank.
A man who owns a bank can rob everyone.
A man who owns a bank can rob everyone.
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Who also (allegedly) said, "Don't believe everything you read on the internet."
The version I know reads, "... and those who can't, administrate.""....and those who can't teach, teach teachers."
My favorite remains, "Belief resists information," attributed to the German philosopher GWF Hegel around 1799-1800.
michael1000
US Veteran
you have two ears and one mouth; use in proportion.
Kim's Convenience.
If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed.
Curly Howard
Curly Howard
I've often told my wife she" only married me to put a fork in the family tree." Does that count?
Don't eat yellow snow.
An Eskimo's mother.
An Eskimo's mother.
"It's so crowded nobody goes there anymore"
Yogi Berra about a NYC restaurant.
Yogi Berra about a NYC restaurant.
"I cannot imagine creation without a Creator."
Werner Von Braun
Werner Von Braun
outta_ammo
Member
I don't mind dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Woody Allen
Tom Lehrer has said of his musical career, "If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while."
"The dawn of Bose created the "Man Cave" and reduced testosterone levels worldwide by 18.5 per cent"
Peteleoni
Woody Allen
Tom Lehrer has said of his musical career, "If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while."
"The dawn of Bose created the "Man Cave" and reduced testosterone levels worldwide by 18.5 per cent"
Peteleoni
That which you come by too easily, you value too lightly.
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
And from my tag line - "your other right….." is what I use to say to student pilots who go left after I tell them to go right………..
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
And from my tag line - "your other right….." is what I use to say to student pilots who go left after I tell them to go right………..
"Inflation has gone up over a dollar a quart."
W. C. Fields
W. C. Fields
Dad's Quote
"If you watch how it comes apart you can always put it back together."
"If you watch how it comes apart you can always put it back together."
"Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement."
OP
The difference between a politician and taxes, you can always get rid of a politician. (IIRC Will Rogers)
"Yes, I voted. NO, I didn't vote for him. He got elected because there were only two people voting and he cheated." (me)
"Yes, I voted. NO, I didn't vote for him. He got elected because there were only two people voting and he cheated." (me)
It ain't the years that got , it's miles.
Simson-Suhl
US Veteran
Two people you never want to lie to, your Doctor or your Lawyer. My Father.
Ole Joe Clark
Absent Comrade
"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks." Winston Churchill
If you don't care where you are going, any road will do.
"Spread the gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words" St. Francis of Assisi
"I'm resting up from the past, and storing up for the future." The Old Man
"If I had known I was gonna live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."
Have a blessed day,
Leon
If you don't care where you are going, any road will do.
"Spread the gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words" St. Francis of Assisi
"I'm resting up from the past, and storing up for the future." The Old Man
"If I had known I was gonna live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."
Have a blessed day,
Leon
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Deuce Caboose
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It's not about wanting what you don't have,
It's about wanting what you do have.
It's not how many years you get,
It's how many good years you get.
Therefore watch, for you no not the day, nor the hour.
Tomorrow is promised to no one.
Question with boldness
Hold to the truth
Speak without fear.
The price for success is always paid in advance.
It's about wanting what you do have.
It's not how many years you get,
It's how many good years you get.
Therefore watch, for you no not the day, nor the hour.
Tomorrow is promised to no one.
Question with boldness
Hold to the truth
Speak without fear.
The price for success is always paid in advance.
From my grandfather, "If you want to be stupid, you gotta be tough"
My favorite mixed metaphor, occasionally accomplished:
"We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."
"We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."
Inusuit
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