Your Favorite Quotes - Page 36

mapuc · 02-22-14, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

But is it a quote? Who said it first?

Yep it is my own quote

I Had it for years. It was when I saw and heard a Swedish reporter commentating the second war in Iraq 2003.

Sometimes the Peace is harder to fight then the war itself.

Markus

Sailor Steve · 02-22-14, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

Yep it is my own quote

Cool.

Jimbuna · 02-23-14, 04:35 AM

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Winston Churchill

fireftr18 · 02-23-14, 10:28 AM

Tis better to sound stupid and be smart, than trying to sound smart and end up being stupid.

Sailor Steve · 02-23-14, 10:30 AM

One of yours? I like it.

Sailor Steve · 02-23-14, 10:32 AM

"When only cops have guns, it's called a 'Police State'."
-Robert A. Heinlein

Jimbuna · 02-23-14, 02:53 PM

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 02-24-14, 10:46 AM

"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once."
-Robert A. Heinlein

Jimbuna · 02-24-14, 01:17 PM

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Winston Churchill

STEED · 02-24-14, 01:27 PM

Get your rocks off man.

I made this one up that means nothing but within three days in the 1990's it caught on around here for a while.

Sailor Steve · 02-24-14, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED

Get your rocks off man.

I made this one up that means nothing but within three days in the 1990's it caught on around here for a while.

You made it up? In the '90s? It was a common phrase here 20 years before that. In fact in one of the skits in the movie The Groove Tube (1974) there was a Russian astronaut character called Vladimir Getchuroksov.

Jimbuna · 02-25-14, 02:32 PM

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 02-25-14, 02:35 PM

"I am not well versed in history, but I will submit to your recollection, whether liberty has been destroyed most often by the licentiousness of the people, or by the tyranny of the rulers."
-Patrick Henry, speaking against the Constitution at the Virginia Ratification Convention.

joe cool · 02-25-14, 07:12 PM

So ungrateful after all the times I've saved your life..
-The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Jimbuna · 02-26-14, 06:07 AM

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

Winston Churchill

02-23-14, 04:35 AM	#528
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-23-14, 10:28 AM	#529
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Tis better to sound stupid and be smart, than trying to sound smart and end up being stupid. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

02-23-14, 10:30 AM	#530
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	One of yours? I like it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-23-14, 10:32 AM	#531
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"When only cops have guns, it's called a 'Police State'." -Robert A. Heinlein __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-23-14, 02:53 PM	#532
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-24-14, 10:46 AM	#533
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once." -Robert A. Heinlein __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-24-14, 01:17 PM	#534
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-24-14, 01:27 PM	#535
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Get your rocks off man. I made this one up that means nothing but within three days in the 1990's it caught on around here for a while. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

02-25-14, 02:32 PM	#537
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-25-14, 02:35 PM	#538
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"I am not well versed in history, but I will submit to your recollection, whether liberty has been destroyed most often by the licentiousness of the people, or by the tyranny of the rulers." -Patrick Henry, speaking against the Constitution at the Virginia Ratification Convention. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-25-14, 07:12 PM	#539
joe cool Nub Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So ungrateful after all the times I've saved your life.. -The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

02-26-14, 06:07 AM	#540
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!