Quotable Quotes

[Peabody]

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live." - Martin Luther King Jr

 

[Foreigner]

An idiom:

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

 

[amaroo]

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live." - Martin Luther King Jr

Just noticed your signature:shock: That is a dead set, super achievement.....if any one deserves CL, it has to be you

 

[Peabody]

Just noticed your signature:shock: That is a dead set, super achievement.....if any one deserves CL, it has to be you

Thanks, Got QFF Membership in 1999 and have been Gold or Platinum every year since (In fact I have only had about 5 years of Platinum if I remember correctly)

 

[codash1099]

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
-- Douglas Adams

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.--Lin Yutang

"Stupidity got us into this mess, so let's wait until it gets us out of it."
- John Macdonald -

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe. Sometimes I think we're not. In both cases the thought is equally shocking.”
- Arthur C. Clarke, Science-fiction author

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.
-Robert Heller

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
-Douglas Adams -

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
- William Wordsworth

Sometimes a majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.

To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will. - Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

 

[Foreigner]

"Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age."

- Pope John XXIII

 

[Foreigner]

"One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results."

"Governments never learn. Only people learn."

"There's no such thing as a free lunch."

― Milton Friedman

 

[JohnM]

If it has t!ts or tyres it will cause you problems.

Now ducking for cover :mrgreen:...

 

[sutho58]

If you want something good, for nothing..
Chances are you'll end up with something good for nothing..

 

[anat0l]

"What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind." -- Homer Simpson

also related, "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." -- Mark Twain


"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put." -- commonly attributed mistakenly to Winston Churchill


"It takes two to lie: one to lie and one to listen." -- Homer Simpson


"A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds." -- Mark Twain


"Do'h!" -- Homer Simpson (one of the most commonly cited cultural impacts of The Simpsons)


"I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians." -- Pauline Hanson


"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet." -- Napolean Bonaparte


"For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America." -- George W. Bush


"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance" -- John Philpot Curran


"A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man." -- Lana Turner


"A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it." -- Jerry Seinfeld


"Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry." -- Bill Cosby


"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes." -- Jim Carrey


"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." -- Mark Twain


"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." -- Winston Churchill

 

[Foreigner]

Saw this ad on a Sydney bus...maybe there's something in it which I miss:

"A crisp white shirt will hide a hangover."

 

[Foreigner]

"The difference between mediocrity and excellence is attention to detail."

- Sebastian J. Barbarito

 

[Foreigner]

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad."

- Salvador Dali

 

[Foreigner]

Abraham Lincoln:

"It has been my experience that folks with no vices have very few virtues."

 

[Foreigner]

George Bernard Shaw:

"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."

 

[amaroo]

Taken in Singapore. From memory, waiting for a ferry to take us to Pulau Ubin.

 

[drron]

"Why do people say to be tough you need to grow balls.Balls are soft and sensitive.To be really tough you should grow a cough.They can take a lot of pounding."
Betty White.

 

[Foreigner]

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

 

[Foreigner]

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don't quit."

- Conrad Hilton

 

[Foreigner]

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That''s why we recommend it daily."

- Zig Ziglar