Great Quotes

[tuold]

One I find particularly appropriate for our times is:
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
C. S. Lewis

 

[brian64]

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

 

[crazypipe]

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Buddha :D

 

[crazypipe]

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
- Khalil Gibran - :worship:

 

[scrapyardape]

"Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."
~Steve Martin :mrgreen:

 

[irish]

Now remember , when things look bad and it looks like your not going to make it , then you gotta get mean . I mean plumb , mad dog mean . ' Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win . That's just the way it is . -- Josey Whales

 

[keith929]

Never leave a bar with a woman before closing time when the lights go on.

_my Dad :rofl:

 

[keith929]

"I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few;

My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new."
-Robert Service

 

[keith929]

I smoke a pipe abroad, because

To all cigars I much prefer it,

And as I scorn you social laws,

My choice has nothing to deter it.
-Robert Lewis Stevenson

 

[sablebrush52]

Several of my favorites:
Dying is easy, comedy is difficult. - Edmund Gwenn
Life is one damned thing after another. - Elbert Hubbard
Shrouds are made without pockets. - folk saying

 

[crazypipe]

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is, and remains, immortal.
- Albert Pine -

 

[crazypipe]

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

 

[sfsteves]

Bueller? ... Bueller? ... Bueller?

 

[Bulldog]

Power is like being a lady... If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. - Margaret Thatcher

 

[Bulldog]

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. - W.C. Fields

 

[crazypipe]

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
- Melody Beattie -

 

[lqjones]

"Socailism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy: its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.- George Orwell

 

[brian64]

“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” – George Orwell

 

[brian64]

“The desire to understand is obviously not confined to philosophy, but if it is given free play it inevitably leads to philosophy and even to metaphysics.” – F.C. Copleston from the introductory chapter of his book on Thomas Aquinas.

 

[scrapyardape]