Quotable Quotes

[TonyHancock]

"Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious."

PG Wodehouse

 

[JohnK]

"I don't rely on my parents for anything other than money and a house to live in."

- Anonymous (read it in MX today)

 

[Major]

By all means marry.
If you get a good wife, you'll be happy.
If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.�

Socrates

 

[amaroo]

I do not know what weapons WWIII will be fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks & stones.

Albert Einstein

 

[Major]

Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."

Babe Ruth

 

[CharlieDog]

"Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure"

I've used it numerous times. Usually when I'm advising my clients that their website is terrible and that they need to start over,

 

[JessicaTam]

"Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure"

I've used it numerous times. Usually when I'm advising my clients that their website is terrible and that they need to start over,

Can you remember the source/movie?

 

[medhead]

Can you remember the source/movie?

I'd guess aliens.


Sent from the Throne

 

[JessicaTam]

I'd guess aliens.


Sent from the Throne

Now that you mention it, that does sound familiar. And I assume you mean the second in the Alien series.

 

[amaroo]

Now that you mention it, that does sound familiar. And I assume you mean the second in the Alien series.

I'm guessing the same.... Supercut: Private William Hudson in Aliens - YouTube

 

[Foreigner]

"I'm now a legend. I'm also the greatest athlete to live."

- USAIN BOLT, the first sprinter to win the 100 meters and 200 meters at consecutive Olympics.

 

[Foreigner]

"Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home."

- David Frost, quoted in The Washington Post, from The Week, 3-9 August, 2012.

 

[Major]

As we get older we sometimes begin to doubt our ability to "make a difference" in the world.
It is at these times that our hopes are boosted by the remarkable achievements of other "seniors" who have found the courage to take on challenges that would make many of us wither.

Harold Schlumberg is such a person:



THIS IS QUOTED FROM HAROLD:

"I've often been asked, 'What do you do now that you're retired?'

Well...I'm fortunate to have a chemical engineering background and one of the things I enjoy most is converting beer, wine and whisky into urine.
It's rewarding, uplifting, satisfying and fulfilling. I do it every day and I really enjoy it."

 

[drron]

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Charles Bukowski.[/TD]
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[Foreigner]

"Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough."

"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."

- Lord Chesterfield

 

[drron]

'The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of someone else's money.'

Margaret Thatcher.

 

[drron]

"They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work."
Russian worker,1960s.

 

[drron]

An old one but still so relevant today-
'Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it.'
Mark Twain.

 

[drron]

My favourite lines from the goons.

Neddy Seagoon-"I am as sane as the next fellow."

Eccles-"Little does he know that I am the next fellow."

 

[Foreigner]

Worthy advice:


"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."

- William Shakespeare, from "All's Well That Ends Well"