Your Favorite Quotes - Page 44

Eisenwurst · 04-03-14, 07:51 AM

"I'm just going out for cigarettes."

Anonymous.

Kremmen · 04-03-14, 02:33 PM

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW--What a ride!!!"
-Stuart Wilde-

Platapus · 04-03-14, 06:22 PM

A friend will come out at 0300 to bail you out of jail
A best friend will be sitting next to you saying "man that was so cool!"

Jimbuna · 04-04-14, 05:55 AM

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 04-04-14, 08:41 AM

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it."
—H. L. Mencken

Aktungbby · 04-04-14, 12:20 PM

Winston Churchill: "Enemy submarines are to be called U-boats. The term "submarine" is to be reserved for Allied underwater vessels. U-boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs."

STEED · 04-04-14, 02:26 PM

Berlin is the testicle of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin....Nikita Khrushchev

Eisenwurst · 04-04-14, 08:12 PM

"The thicker the hay, the easier the mowing."

Alaric the Goth* circa 410 AD, responding to Roman attempts to intimidate him by boasting of the size of their army.

* Sacked Rome twice, and believed by some academics to be the basis for the "King Arthur" legends.

@ STEED - Great quote by Khrushchev, I remember him banging on the table with his shoe at the U.N.

Friscobay · 04-04-14, 11:30 PM

''There's only two things more beautiful than a good gun..A Swiss watch, or a woman from anywhere''..........

Cherry Valance [ John Ireland ] ''Red River'', 1948.

Sailor Steve · 04-05-14, 09:01 AM

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
—H. L. Mencken

Jimbuna · 04-05-14, 09:34 AM

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 04-07-14, 10:45 AM

“There is always an easy solution to every human problem – neat, plausible and wrong.”
—H. L. Mencken

Jimbuna · 04-08-14, 01:52 PM

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 04-08-14, 03:44 PM

"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right."
—H. L. Mencken

Jimbuna · 04-09-14, 07:26 AM

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.

Winston Churchill

04-03-14, 07:51 AM	#646
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,809 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	"I'm just going out for cigarettes." Anonymous. __________________

04-03-14, 02:33 PM	#647
Kremmen Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 116 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW--What a ride!!!" -Stuart Wilde- __________________ Never be afraid to try something new. Remember amateurs built the ark.....Professionals built the Titanic.

04-03-14, 06:22 PM	#648
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,439 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	A friend will come out at 0300 to bail you out of jail A best friend will be sitting next to you saying "man that was so cool!" __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-04-14, 05:55 AM	#649
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,424 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-04-14, 08:41 AM	#650
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it." —H. L. Mencken __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-04-14, 12:20 PM	#651
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,151 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	the ultimate grasp of submersible propaganda! Winston Churchill: "Enemy submarines are to be called U-boats. The term "submarine" is to be reserved for Allied underwater vessels. U-boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

04-04-14, 02:26 PM	#652
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Berlin is the testicle of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin....Nikita Khrushchev __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-04-14, 08:12 PM	#653
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,809 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	"The thicker the hay, the easier the mowing." Alaric the Goth* circa 410 AD, responding to Roman attempts to intimidate him by boasting of the size of their army. * Sacked Rome twice, and believed by some academics to be the basis for the "King Arthur" legends. @ STEED - Great quote by Khrushchev, I remember him banging on the table with his shoe at the U.N. __________________

04-04-14, 11:30 PM	#654
Friscobay Mate Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 54 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	''There's only two things more beautiful than a good gun..A Swiss watch, or a woman from anywhere''.......... Cherry Valance [ John Ireland ] ''Red River'', 1948.

04-05-14, 09:01 AM	#655
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." —H. L. Mencken __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-05-14, 09:34 AM	#656
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,424 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-07-14, 10:45 AM	#657
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	“There is always an easy solution to every human problem – neat, plausible and wrong.” —H. L. Mencken __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-08-14, 01:52 PM	#658
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,424 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-08-14, 03:44 PM	#659
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right." —H. L. Mencken __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-09-14, 07:26 AM	#660
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,424 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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