Your Favorite Quotes - Page 42

Sailor Steve · 03-22-14, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mush Martin

"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated".
Leonid Brezhnev

If he said that, he stole it from Mark Twain. But then, Twain was misquoted. What Samuel L. Clemens actually said was "The report of my death was an exaggeration."

Mush Martin · 03-22-14, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

If he said that, he stole it from Mark Twain. But then, Twain was misquoted. What Samuel L. Clemens actually said was "The report of my death was an exaggeration."

Golf is the best way to ruin a perfectly good walk

Sailor Steve · 03-23-14, 07:30 AM

"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."
—Andre Maurois

Jimbuna · 03-23-14, 09:46 AM

'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 03-24-14, 11:41 AM

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
—Margaret Mead

Jimbuna · 03-24-14, 12:01 PM

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

Winston Churchill

STEED · 03-24-14, 01:48 PM

If jim could post 1000 posts a day the rest of us need not bother and off to the pub we go.

Copyrights STEED Plc

TarJak · 03-24-14, 03:10 PM

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

Margaret Thatcher

STEED · 03-25-14, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

Margaret Thatcher

And if you want your country run into the ground look what Thatcher did.

BossMark.

Jimbuna · 03-25-14, 10:10 AM

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

Marilyn Monroe

Sailor Steve · 03-25-14, 12:48 PM

“An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.”
—Bryant H. McGill

Platapus · 03-25-14, 06:25 PM

"We can only have a victory in the fight against terror if we don't undermine our common values. It can never be a victory, a credible victory, over terrorists if we give up our values: Democracy, rule of law, and individual rights." Wolfgang Schuessel

TarJak · 03-25-14, 08:01 PM

We're not searching for a needle in a haystack, we're trying to determine where the haystack is - Air Marshall Mark Binskin talking about the search for the wreckage of MH370

Jimbuna · 03-26-14, 06:38 AM

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 03-26-14, 06:53 AM

"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
-Robert McCloskey

03-23-14, 07:30 AM	#618
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know." —Andre Maurois __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-23-14, 09:46 AM	#619
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-24-14, 11:41 AM	#620
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." —Margaret Mead __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-24-14, 12:01 PM	#621
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-24-14, 01:48 PM	#622
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	If jim could post 1000 posts a day the rest of us need not bother and off to the pub we go. Copyrights STEED Plc __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

03-24-14, 03:10 PM	#623
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher

03-25-14, 10:10 AM	#625
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course. Marilyn Monroe __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-25-14, 12:48 PM	#626
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	“An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.” —Bryant H. McGill __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-25-14, 06:25 PM	#627
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,427 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	"We can only have a victory in the fight against terror if we don't undermine our common values. It can never be a victory, a credible victory, over terrorists if we give up our values: Democracy, rule of law, and individual rights." Wolfgang Schuessel __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-25-14, 08:01 PM	#628
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	We're not searching for a needle in a haystack, we're trying to determine where the haystack is - Air Marshall Mark Binskin talking about the search for the wreckage of MH370

03-26-14, 06:38 AM	#629
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-26-14, 06:53 AM	#630
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." -Robert McCloskey __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo