Your Favorite Quotes - Page 6

Platapus · 05-09-13, 05:04 PM

"I've found that evil usually triumphs...unless good is very, very careful" - Dr. Leonard McCoy.

u crank · 05-09-13, 05:42 PM

“Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines.”

Alvin Plantinga

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 05-09-13, 05:53 PM

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”

“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.”

“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”

WernherVonTrapp · 05-09-13, 05:56 PM

"A man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind."
-James Truslow Adams

Jimbuna · 05-10-13, 08:51 AM

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

ExFishermanBob · 10-18-13, 03:37 PM

Apropos of nothing at all, other than a pleasant evening sinking allied shipping and drinking Frascati, what are your favourite sayings, quotes?

One of mine would be (translation from Gaidhlig):

No knowledge have the men of the land, of how the men of the sea live. (naturally "men" = "adult human")

Dread Knot · 10-18-13, 04:09 PM

"Only a fool fights in a burning house."

--Captain Kang

TarJak · 10-18-13, 04:09 PM

Sláinte!

Tchocky · 10-18-13, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

Sláinte!

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

Platapus · 10-18-13, 06:41 PM

To be wise, observe for observation is the source of all wisdom.

Admiral Halsey · 10-18-13, 06:48 PM

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis

"This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years" - Ferdinand Foch on the Treaty of Versailles.

"Of all the machines mankind has ever made the steam engine was the only one to ever have a soul." - Me.

fireftr18 · 10-18-13, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dread Knot

"Only a fool fights in a burning house."

--Captain Kang

Hey, I resemble that remark!

"Who's the bigger fool? The fool or the one that follows him?" Obi-Wan Kenobe

Herr-Berbunch · 10-18-13, 06:52 PM

You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think.

Mike Leigh (from Naked)

antikristuseke · 10-18-13, 07:05 PM

Semper in merda sumus
altitudo solum variat

Should roughly translate to we are always in ****, only the depth varies.
And there is a Estonian phrase to go with it

Kui oled kaelani sitas, ära lase pead norgu

Which would be if you are up to your neck in ****, don't let your head drop

Sailor Steve · 10-18-13, 08:23 PM

"The search function is your friend."
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05-09-13, 05:04 PM	#76
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,388 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	"I've found that evil usually triumphs...unless good is very, very careful" - Dr. Leonard McCoy. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-09-13, 05:42 PM	#77
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,747 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	“Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines.” Alvin Plantinga __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

05-09-13, 05:53 PM	#78
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Five favorite Twain quotes “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” “Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.” “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.” “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

05-09-13, 05:56 PM	#79
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	"A man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind." -James Truslow Adams __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

05-10-13, 08:51 AM	#80
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-18-13, 03:37 PM	#81
ExFishermanBob Difficulties Numbing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: AN19 Posts: 470 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Favourite Sayings / quotes Apropos of nothing at all, other than a pleasant evening sinking allied shipping and drinking Frascati, what are your favourite sayings, quotes? One of mine would be (translation from Gaidhlig): No knowledge have the men of the land, of how the men of the sea live. (naturally "men" = "adult human")

10-18-13, 04:09 PM	#82
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	"Only a fool fights in a burning house." --Captain Kang

10-18-13, 04:09 PM	#83
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Sláinte!

10-18-13, 06:41 PM	#85
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,388 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	To be wise, observe for observation is the source of all wisdom. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

10-18-13, 06:48 PM	#86
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years" - Ferdinand Foch on the Treaty of Versailles. "Of all the machines mankind has ever made the steam engine was the only one to ever have a soul." - Me.

10-18-13, 06:52 PM	#88
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think. Mike Leigh (from Naked) __________________

10-18-13, 07:05 PM	#89
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Semper in merda sumus altitudo solum variat Should roughly translate to we are always in **, only the depth varies. And there is a Estonian phrase to go with it Kui oled kaelani sitas, ära lase pead norgu Which would be if you are up to your neck in **, don't let your head drop

10-18-13, 08:23 PM	#90
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"The search function is your friend." http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...avorite+quotes http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...avorite+quotes __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo