Your Favorite Quotes - Page 50

Platapus · 05-02-14, 06:21 AM

Way before we had Rumsfield's known unknowns, we had Danforth

We are not ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur. - Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President

TarJak · 05-02-14, 06:38 AM

Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. -Unknown but attributed frequently to Mark Twain

Sailor Steve · 05-02-14, 09:09 AM

"A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer."
—Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Letter 87.

Jimbuna · 05-03-14, 06:33 AM

You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is.

Ellen DeGeners.

BossMark · 05-04-14, 03:13 AM

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Sailor Steve · 05-04-14, 08:50 AM

“Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.”
—George Bernard Shaw, The World, November 15, 1893

Jimbuna · 05-04-14, 09:01 AM

The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Jimbuna · 05-07-14, 07:09 AM

Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

Sailor Steve · 05-07-14, 11:51 AM

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
—Beverly Sills

u crank · 05-07-14, 01:02 PM

"So many chances to die, so many interesting stories for our grandchildren."

Betonov, SubSim member.

Platapus · 05-07-14, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BossMark

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Who are you kidding. Leonard Nimoy said that!

Platapus · 05-07-14, 05:23 PM

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word I say."

Oscar Wilde

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 05-07-14, 05:50 PM

“He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.” Groucho Marx

“I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30.” Groucho Marx

"Politics is like an oil spill, it makes a huge mess of everything. It gets cleaned up eventually but there's always some residue left over sometimes for years to come." ~Me

Jimbuna · 05-08-14, 05:56 AM

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)

Sailor Steve · 05-08-14, 10:02 AM

"Knowledge someone believes he has is no knowledge, but 100% belief. Knowledge must be not believed, but known."
—Skybird, Subsim member

05-02-14, 06:21 AM	#736
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Way before we had Rumsfield's known unknowns, we had Danforth We are not ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur. - Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-02-14, 09:09 AM	#738
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer." —Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Letter 87. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-03-14, 06:33 AM	#739
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is. Ellen DeGeners. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-04-14, 03:13 AM	#740
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

05-04-14, 08:50 AM	#741
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	“Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.” —George Bernard Shaw, The World, November 15, 1893 __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-02-14, 06:38 AM	#737
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. -Unknown but attributed frequently to Mark Twain

05-04-14, 09:01 AM	#742
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-07-14, 07:09 AM	#743
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Maybe this world is another planet's Hell. Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-07-14, 11:51 AM	#744
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” —Beverly Sills __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-07-14, 01:02 PM	#745
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,747 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	"So many chances to die, so many interesting stories for our grandchildren." Betonov, SubSim member. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

05-07-14, 05:23 PM	#747
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word I say." Oscar Wilde __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-07-14, 05:50 PM	#748
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	“He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.” Groucho Marx “I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30.” Groucho Marx "Politics is like an oil spill, it makes a huge mess of everything. It gets cleaned up eventually but there's always some residue left over sometimes for years to come." ~Me __________________ "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

05-08-14, 05:56 AM	#749
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959) __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-08-14, 10:02 AM	#750
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"Knowledge someone believes he has is no knowledge, but 100% belief. Knowledge must be not believed, but known." —Skybird, Subsim member __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo