Your Favorite Quotes - Page 55

Jimbuna · 05-29-14, 05:27 AM

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 05-29-14, 06:52 AM

"Say not always what you know, but always know what you say" Claudius

CCIP · 05-29-14, 06:59 AM

Sailor Steve · 05-29-14, 12:03 PM

"That whereas the battleship sea monster we are imitating has been named the Dreadnought - an archaic name - this man o' war is hereby named the Skeered o' Nothin' as an expression of our true American spirit..."
—Congressman John S. Williams of Mississippi, arguing against appropriations for USS Michigan

Aktungbby · 05-29-14, 12:06 PM

"Well, George, we've knocked the bastard off!" Sir Edmond Hillary on summiting Everest 5/29

u crank · 05-29-14, 04:22 PM

In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.

Rudolf Arnheim

Platapus · 05-29-14, 05:35 PM

"I freed the what?!" Abe Lincoln the next morning after a bender.

Sailor Steve · 05-29-14, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

"I freed the what?!" Abe Lincoln the next morning after a bender.

That's as bad as Val Kilmer's line from Real Genius: "In the words of the immortal Socrates...'I drank what?'."

Jimbuna · 05-30-14, 04:55 AM

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Sailor Steve · 05-30-14, 04:35 PM

"The most common way for people to give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
—Alice Walker

Jimbuna · 05-31-14, 11:23 AM

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.

Bjarne Stroustrup

Mittelwaechter · 05-31-14, 11:27 AM

Happiness means to realize you have everything you need.

Sailor Steve · 06-01-14, 12:32 PM

"People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.”
—Rebecca West

Jimbuna · 06-02-14, 04:14 AM

Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.

Paul Erdos

Platapus · 06-02-14, 06:35 PM

"The best way to get along [in life] is to learn all you can, then do your best and don't worry - especially about things over which you have no control." Charles Henry Nimitz. Chet's Grand-dad.

05-29-14, 05:27 AM	#811
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. Ludwig Wittgenstein __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-29-14, 06:52 AM	#812
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,282 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	"Say not always what you know, but always know what you say" Claudius __________________ "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

05-29-14, 06:59 AM	#813
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	__________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

05-29-14, 12:03 PM	#814
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"That whereas the battleship sea monster we are imitating has been named the Dreadnought - an archaic name - this man o' war is hereby named the Skeered o' Nothin' as an expression of our true American spirit..." —Congressman John S. Williams of Mississippi, arguing against appropriations for USS Michigan __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-29-14, 12:06 PM	#815
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,137 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	"Well, George, we've knocked the bastard off!" Sir Edmond Hillary on summiting Everest 5/29 __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-29-14, 04:22 PM	#816
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,749 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival. Rudolf Arnheim __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

05-29-14, 05:35 PM	#817
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,426 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	"I freed the what?!" Abe Lincoln the next morning after a bender. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-30-14, 04:55 AM	#819
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King Jr. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-30-14, 04:35 PM	#820
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"The most common way for people to give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." —Alice Walker __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-31-14, 11:23 AM	#821
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. Bjarne Stroustrup __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-31-14, 11:27 AM	#822
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Happiness means to realize you have everything you need. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

06-01-14, 12:32 PM	#823
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.” —Rebecca West __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-02-14, 04:14 AM	#824
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back. Paul Erdos __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-02-14, 06:35 PM	#825
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,426 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	"The best way to get along [in life] is to learn all you can, then do your best and don't worry - especially about things over which you have no control." Charles Henry Nimitz. Chet's Grand-dad. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.