Your Favorite Quotes - Page 45

Sailor Steve · 04-09-14, 08:52 AM

“Well a ship will always be safe in the harbor...But that is not what ships are for.”
—Merc4ulfate, Subsim member

04-10-14, 08:04 AM

"Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my Opinion be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious." -Benjamin Franklin Regarding German immigrants 1753.

Sounds familiar to some arguments these days.

Sailor Steve · 04-10-14, 09:10 AM

"If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind."
—John Stuart Mill

Jimbuna · 04-10-14, 12:38 PM

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Winston Churchill

TarJak · 04-10-14, 04:05 PM

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

William S. Burroughs

Jimbuna · 04-11-14, 05:44 AM

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 04-11-14, 11:08 AM

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
—William Morrow

fireftr18 · 04-11-14, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
—William Morrow

I'm usually told I'm full of something.

Jimbuna · 04-12-14, 08:56 AM

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.

Winston Churchill

Sailor Steve · 04-12-14, 10:07 AM

"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know."
—Michel de Montaigne

fireftr18 · 04-12-14, 08:37 PM

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. 'Ernest Hemingway'

Platapus · 04-13-14, 07:06 AM

"I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life.... and that is why I succeed.? - Michael Jordan

Jimbuna · 04-13-14, 07:12 AM

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

Winston Churchill

Platapus · 04-13-14, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

“Well a ship will always be safe in the harbor...But that is not what ships are for.”
—Merc4ulfate, Subsim member

(clearing my throat in that oh so annoying manner of mine)

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for" William Shedd 1820-1894

Sailor Steve · 04-13-14, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for" William Shedd 1820-1894

Thank you for the correction. I was unaware of the original quote (obviously). Now updated in my personal Quotes collection.

On the other hand, yet again there is not positive attribution, as in when he said it, what the ocassion was, or where he wrote it. I hate that.

04-09-14, 08:52 AM	#661
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	“Well a ship will always be safe in the harbor...But that is not what ships are for.” —Merc4ulfate, Subsim member __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-10-14, 09:10 AM	#663
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind." —John Stuart Mill __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-10-14, 12:38 PM	#664
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-11-14, 05:44 AM	#666
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-11-14, 11:08 AM	#667
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” —William Morrow __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-10-14, 08:04 AM	#662
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	"Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my Opinion be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious." -Benjamin Franklin Regarding German immigrants 1753. Sounds familiar to some arguments these days.

04-10-14, 04:05 PM	#665
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm? William S. Burroughs

04-12-14, 08:56 AM	#669
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-12-14, 10:07 AM	#670
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know." —Michel de Montaigne __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-12-14, 08:37 PM	#671
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. 'Ernest Hemingway'

04-13-14, 07:06 AM	#672
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,400 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	"I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life.... and that is why I succeed.? - Michael Jordan __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-13-14, 07:12 AM	#673
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. Winston Churchill __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!