What's Your Favorite Quote....

[jrm53]

I believe this was from Mark Twain " They asked me a question, I was gratified to be able to answer quickly which I did, I said I didnt know". Jeff

 

[jkc]

From Cops: "I aint done nuthin, man..."

 

[Sprefix]

"No good deed goes unpunished...."- Don't know, but they were smart. Here is one from Lowell on "Wings"........,"If you drink milk from a coffee cup, is it still a coffee cup?"

 

[parts]

The most unsure thing in the world is a sure thing.

David

 

[Onomea]

Attributed to the guy who invented Porsche cars, Porsche, and probably a paraphrase, but I like this a lot:

"if you don't fail occasionally, you aren't trying hard enough."

 

[Andy Griffith]

Overall:

"In God we trust, all others cash!"

The British car enthusiasts will know this one:
"The Lucas motto: Get home before dark."

 

[p0838]

" for its age , it's in great condition"

What will the condition be if made yesterday?

 

[Strato]

From a sign in a resteraunt

"Helen Waite is our credit manager. If you want credit you can go to Helen Waite"

 

[Bullseye 2620]

"You wanna know how you do it? Here's how: they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way."

Chicago cop Jim Malone to Treasury agent Eliot Ness in "The Untouchables"

 

[wheelgun610]

"T'is the arrogance of a man which causes him to over-think his own importance"

 

[NE450No2]

From the Movies:

"Only two things scare me, Women and the Police."

"All I wanted was a Mission... And for my sins they gave me one".

"I WILL KILL all of you".

And from Oscar Wilde...

"I have the simplest of tastes, I am always satisfied with the best".

 

[BruceM]

"maybe you won't even twitch"- Sonny Crockett, Miami Vice



Bruce

 

[old bear]

"Hell I'm making this up as we go along." Indiana Jones, "Raiders Of The Lost Ark."

 

[old tanker]

After 3000 years, the numbers still hold true.

"Of every 100 men, 10 shouldn't even be there, 80 are nothing but targets, nine are real fighters... We are lucky to have them...They make the battle.

Ah, but the One, One of them is a Warrior... and He will bring the others back."

— Heraclitus, Greek philosopher

 

[jframe]

Six pages and not even a mention of John Wayne! "Life is tough, it's tougher when you're stupid".

 

[4330Inroute]

Post #18 a quote from the 'Shootist'

Angel and the Badman: 'And whom might you be when you're at home?'

Tall in the Saddle: Old biddy: 'I saw you, you hit that poor man!' Wayne; 'Yes ma'am just as hard as I could.'
Same movie: Gabby Hayes 'Boy Howdy has somebody come to town!'

 

[safearm]

Yul Brenner as Ramses in "The Ten Commandments," "So it shall be written, so it shall be done."

Modern bureaucrat, "So it shall be written, so it shall be waived."

 

[walnutred]

"We do what soldiers always do in this situation Private, we adapt or we die."

1st Sgt Keller, (RIP)

 

[semperfi71]

I believe from G. K. Chesterson..."It is no small wonder that more politicians are not found hanged."

 

[Bullseye 2620]

"America has only one native criminal class: the United States Congress."

-- Mark Twain