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So hard to pick one favourite.
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And here is one that seems to become more appropriate these days Quote:
One could do a find/replace and make this up to date. :yep: |
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To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
Abraham Maslow |
"Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War"
by George Santayana - 1922 Many think it was Plato but no one can find that he ever said it. |
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“It's a universal law – intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.”
– Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Or, to put it in simpler terms: “Education doesn't make you smarter.” – Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn |
A couple from Flann O'Brien
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Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. Lao-Tze |
You can't pour syrup on (feces) and call it pancakes.
Even if Dennis Rodman is a great friend to the feces. :D |
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers |
Eventually everybody has to die, except Elvis" Dave Barry
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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. Both by Aristotle. |
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Norm Crosby |
Stealhead's second Aristotle quote put me in mind of an old favorite:
"Never insult anyone by accident." -Robert A. Heinlein |
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.
But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." Hermie Goering. |
“I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.”
Dan Quayle |
I just stumbled on this.
“Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.” -William Bennett |
At any one time, 2/3rds of the world is awake and some of them are up to no good -- attributed to a Marine General Officer.
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“When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.” - Sergeant Leonard Matlovich
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"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." Thomas Jefferson
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