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Okay, this has nothing to do with SCs...but then neither does the joke page. In one thread Lilith rattled off som good Mark Twain quotes. I thought it would be nice to have a thread devoted to your favorite quotes. This one kinda hit home when I saw it. Some things never change. ::) ::)
"The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." --Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 B.C.
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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what "fiction" means. -- Oscar Wilde
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."
-- George Eliot
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the
unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. -- Joseph Stalin
"Question with boldness even the existence of God; because if there be one, He must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfold fear."
- Thomas Jefferson
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I have never seen
a wild thing feel sorry for itself.
A bird will fall dead
frozen from its bough
without ever feeling sorry for itself.
Self-Pity, by DH Lawrence
"I'm going to piss you off, I'm going to say some bad words and you'll just have to deal with that." The Sopranos.
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Can't believe I didn't think of this! I love quotes! A few of these are mine.
True loneliness is not missing the one you had; but having the one you wouldn't. ~Naomi_Tx
Beware the temptation to swim with the sharks. You may avoid being devoured; but sooner or later, you will drown. ~Naomi_Tx
Your body is your home, be sure of whom you let inside. ~Naomi_Tx
Grief is like food, the less you swallow the lighter you are on your feet. ~Naomi_Tx
The grass that grows in the shadows isn't green. ~Naomi_Tx
I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
Henry James
A man can't ride your back unless it's bent. ~
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.~
Arnold Tautain
A truly free man is one who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.~
Jules Renard
The time is always right to do what is right.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.~
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Some people will believe anything if it is whispered to them.~
Pierre De Marivaux
Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be. ~
Clementine Paddleford
The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch.
Michael Friedman
The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run. ~ John Barrymore
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. ~ William Pitt the Younger
A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.
~Rhonda Hansome
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
~Ronald Reagan
Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
There is no saint without a past- no sinner without a future. ~Persian
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. ~Malcome X
A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. ~ Benazir Bhutto
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business. Betty Davis
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
~Marie Ebner Von Eschenbach
Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference. ~can't remember
A hard man is good to find. ~Mae West
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Quotes that have meaning and bearing in my life -
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just: It Shall Not Deter Me - Abraham Lincoln
A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight for is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept free by the exertions and blood of better men than himself. - John Stuart Mill
Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. --Flannery O'Connor
We cannot learn without pain. --Aristotle
He who will not reason is a Bigot; he who cannot is a Fool; he who dares not is a Slave - William Drummond
I can sum up everything I have learned about life in three words: It Goes On - Robert Frost
Quotes that Speak Volumes -
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. --William Pitt
We are all born mad. Some remain so. --Samuel Beckett
I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.
I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. - Dr. Seuss The Lorax
Aint it sad to know that Life is More than who we are? - Goo Goo Dolls "Name"
We learn from History that we learn nothing from History - George Bernard Shaw
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius
Quotes I Like :D
Ihave come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that 2 are called a law firm; and that 3 or more become a Congress.- John Adams
I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them. - Steve Martin
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. --G. K.Chesterton
Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do - Isaac Asimov
Every normal man at times must be tempted to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - H.L. Mencken
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. --Will Rogers
I shall be a sinful man to the end, and think upon my deathbed of all the nights I wasted in my youth. - William Butler Yeats
Prester John Quotes -
The Right thing to do is rarely the easiest or the least painful - Me
Try to be the person you always were - Me
How about if I think about it, then say no? - Me
Be the change you want to see - Me
Always try to have well planned out spontaneity - Me
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"You've got more rules to live by than I do. I can sit down and relax. Can you?"
-Charles Manson, to a reporter covering his parole hearing
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Alright everyone.......
Mae West is my all time, at the top favorite actress...
She was the first to really enjoy and understand sexuallity for the fun it is !!!!!!!
Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault.
The curve is more powerful then the sword.....
I've been in more laps then a napkin....
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day, and another one in case it doesn't...
Between 2 evils I pick the one I like best.....
There is so many more, and I'll be posting them......
Licks Cyn
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All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
The score never interested me, only the game.
Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
Women with "pasts" interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.
There is no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
I didn't discover curves, I uncovered them.
When I'm good I'm good, when I'm bad I'm better.
And many more to come from my mentor Mae West.......
Licks Cyn
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Ok, just a few more...... and then I'll stop.....
The only way to behave is misbehave...
Don't come crawling after a man, he likes a run for his money...
Virtue has its own reward, but has no sale at the box office.
Goodness, what lovely diamonds.
Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
It takes two to get one in trouble.
I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately.
You must be awful tired.
I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
Licks Cyn
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"Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private -- and public virtue is the only foundation of republics." --John Adams
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God, I could literally go on forever with these.
"Pick Your Friends, But Not To Pieces" - unknown. I saw it outside a Catholic High School once and it kind of stuck.
"First impressions are overrated. Second impressions are what really matter." - myself, although someone came up with something along those lines earlier.
"Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God." - Lenny Bruce
"You know "that look" women get when they want sex?....................Me neither." - Steve Martin
"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." - Henry Louis Mencken
"By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher." - Socrates
"When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence." – Gary Lloyd
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws." – Ayn Rand
"The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic." - Henry Louis Mencken
"Modern professional women cannot stand the thought that their hardwon achievements can be outweighed in an instant by a young hussy flashing a little tits and ass." - Camille Paglia
"Gun control is the ability to put two bullets in one hole." - Ted Nugent
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." - Benjamin Franklin
"A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses." - Henry Louis Mencken
"Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn people." - Heinrich Heine
And ones that I've seen on bumper stickers:
"Don't steal. The government hates competition."
"God favors no group, only religions do that."
"24 hours in a day. 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?"
"Horn broken. Watch for finger."
"My karma ran over your dogma "
"Not all women are fools. Some are single." ;)
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"Help! i've lost my wallet!" (in reply to a persistent dancer) - someone on the board...
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"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair." - Bertrand Russell
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The pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts... nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.
~H. W. Westermayer
God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends.
~Ethel Watts Mumford
Holidays are an expensive trial of strength. The only satisfaction comes from survival.
~Jonathan Miller
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. ~Jay Leno
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"Women: Can't live with them, can't bury them in the back yard without the neighbours seeing."
Sean Williamson.
"If a woman insists on being called Ms, ask her if it stands for miserable."
Russell Bell.
"Women should be obscene and not heard."
Groucho Marx.
"Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love."
Woody Allen.
"Love is the answer - but while you're waiting for the answer sex raises some pretty good questions."
Woody Allen.
"I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it's fantastic."
Woody Allen.
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"If you don't live for something, you'll die for nothing" Hatebreed
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I can't believe that none of you SCJ's thought of this one:
"A fool and his money are soon parted."
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Thank You, may I have another.
unknown..
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A minute's success pays the failure of years.
Robert Browning
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
Mark Twain
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein
I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
Charles M. Schulz
Anyone game for movie quotes???
Real Genius (1985)
Chris Knight: Self-realization. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, when he said, "I drank what?"
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"women, cant live with them, pass the beer nuts" norm on cheers
"how can you trust something that bleeds for seven days and wont die?" unknown
"when god gave man opposible thumbs he made women obsolete" unknown
"all women should be put on a shelf, kept in a jar marked -seeds- " unknown
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WILL JAMES: To my way of thinking there's something wrong, or missing, with any person who hasn't got a soft spot in their heart for an animal of some kind.
JOSEPH JOUBERT: Children have more need of [role] models than of critics.
OSCAR WILDE: When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.
DISRAELI: It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
ARISTOPHANES: Wise men learn much from their enemies.
GEORGE ELIOT: Animals are such agreeable friends -- they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
WILL ROGERS: Everybody is ignorant only on different subjects.
MARK TWAIN: If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
:) Just some from my weekly diary where I keep appointments etc. :)
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"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." Benjamin Franklin
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Thanks Fishnet, I love that one! [clap]
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Your welcome Naomi. :) Amazing how the same things are argued over and over through hundreds of years.
Some more...
"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be." --Thomas a Kempis
"The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it." --John Ruskin
"Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." --George Washington Carver
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." --Henry David Thoreau
"Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped." --Calvin Coolidge
"Personally, I'm for foreign aid. And the sooner we get it, the better." --Bob Hope
"Democrats have spilled more oratory and convinced less voters than any party I know of, outside the Socialists." --Will Rogers