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Great Quotes - Got Any?

It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Marcus Aurelius

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
Marcus Aurelius

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Marcus Aurelius

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Marcus Aurelius

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Chinese Proverb

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
Elsa Maxwell
 
From the restaurant kitchen pertaining to soup with no meat on fridays:

"Hold that chicken and make it pea..."
 
A quote by Thomas Paine my Dad used in his unpublished book about his experiences as a member of a US Army anti-aircraft gun crew in Europe during WWII.

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

Thomas Paine

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Ye shall only have enemies to be hated, but not enemies to be despised. Ye must be proud of your enemies; then, the successes of your enemies are also your successes.

There is no salvation for him who thus suffereth from himself, unless it be speedy death.

Many die too late, and some die too early. Yet strange soundeth the precept: "Die at the right time!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
 
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Douglas Adams
 
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

Douglas Adams
 
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

Douglas Adams
 
A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams
 
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad. Thomas Carlyle

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish puposes.
. . . Every man is equally entitled to protection by the law; but when the laws undertake to add . . . artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privledges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society - the farmers, mechanics, and laborers - who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government. Andrew Jackson
 
My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefor excused from saving Universes.

It is known that there is an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination.

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.

What to do if you find yourself stuck with no hope of rescue: Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your present circumstances seems more likely, consider yourself lucky that it won't be troubling you much longer.

Douglas Adams
 
A friend once asked another friend when he entered the bar with his girlfriend, "So Jeff, who's the puss?". Gary Marty

It still makes me laugh everytime I think about it. :lmao:
 
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The best quotes ever..IMO

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin

"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." - Benjamin Franklin

"Never confuse motion with action." - Benjamin Franklin

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Benjamin Franklin

"Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature." - Benjamin Franklin

A couple of his more humorous quotes.

"He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with fleas." - Benjamin Franklin

"To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girl friends." - Benjamin Franklin
 
"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more."

-Mark Twain-

I like this one.
 
Sir, if you were my husband, I would pour poison in your tea

Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it!

Sir Winston Churchill

you gotta love the guy....
 
Winner of a "Life" magazine contest:
The question was "What is Life?"
The winning answer (and therefore my favorite quote) was "Life is one damn thing after another."
Tom
 
Anbother of Churchill's gems was when Countess Whatsherface said to him;
"Sir, you are drunk."

and he replied;

"And you Madam are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober."
 
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