Quotable Quotes

[Foreigner]

"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."

- Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company

 

[Deleted member]

Have any of these exchanges had an airing?

Sir Humphrey Appleby: To put it simply, Prime Minister, certain informal discussions took place, involving a full and frank exchange of views, out of which there arose a series of proposals which on examination proved to indicate certain promising lines of enquiry which when pursued led to the realization that the alternative courses of action might in fact, in certain circumstances, be susceptible of discreet modification, leading to a reappraisal of the original areas of difference and pointing the way to encouraging possibilities of compromise and cooperation which if bilaterally implemented with appropriate give and take on both sides might if the climate were right have a reasonable possibility at the end of the day of leading, rightly or wrongly, to a mutually satisfactory resolution.
James Hacker: What the hell are you talking about?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: We did a deal.

 

[Warks]

Love a good Yes Minister quote!


One from George Orwell from Down and Out in Paris and London:

"The most bitter insult one can offer to a Londoner is "cough" — which, taken for what it means, is hardly an insult at all."

 

[Foreigner]

To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others; this is true morality

- Nicolas Chamfort

 

[Foreigner]

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

– Bruce Lee

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

A few from the " 50 most memorable travel quotes" in the SMH this weekend.


"I'm leaving on a jet plane; Don't know when I'll be back again." – John Denver, Leaving on a Jet Plane


"Plane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo." – Al Gore



"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." – St Augustine of Hippo




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[anat0l]

Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.

- Indian proverb

 

[drron]

Given where I came from and given my personal history,why the hell was I taught about the Battle of Hastings?

Clive Lloyd.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

 

[paxman]

"I used to want to change the world. Now I just want to leave the room with a little dignity"

Justin Vivian Bond

 

[drron]

Dickie you're so crooked if you swallowed a nail you would **** a corkscrew.

Sir Gerald Templar to Lord Louis Mountbatten.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

 

[codash1099]

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[cambriamarsh]

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Sad but oh so often true

 

[Major]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

When angry, count to 4

When very angry, swear

Mark Twain

 

[drron]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Obviously too many drinks

drron 1/16

 

[codash1099]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Just survived our longest Y flight for 20+ years.
Settling down with a few drinks.

Can I quote you on that? (this is the quotes thread after all!)

 

[qkslvr]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Studies show that 99% of all statistics are made up...

 

[JessicaTam]

Re: The totally off-topic thread

Studies show that 99% of all statistics are made up...

Benjamin Franklin wrote that 90% of everything you read on the internet is inaccurate.