Favorite Quotes

[SamBrown]

At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it?-- Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!--All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

"It is a bad sign when people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group.
A racial group...
Or a religion...
Or a language...
Anything , as long as it isn't the whole population."
Robert A. Heinlein.

Andy

 

[jbett98]

My favorite G.K. Chesterton quotes:

"There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less."

"Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously."

"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."

"To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it."

 

[Capn Jack]

Philosophy is fine but, more pertaining to the real world:

If the sign says , HOT, WET PAINT, Fresh Oil, or Wet Cement,
BELIEVE IT !

 

[jbett98]

More quotes from G.K. Chesterton:


"The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man."

"Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable."
"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."

 

[Mrmerlinn]

"I am what I am and that's all that I am"

Popeye the sailor man.

 

[Capn Jack]

If you borrow something of mine, return it looking like it's never been used.

If you have to borrow it twice, buy one.

 

[Spitpatch]

If you borrow something of mine, return it looking like it's never been used.

If you have to borrow it twice, buy one.

The restoration effort is more involved than I had planned, but I swear you'll get back the toilet paper you loaned me last hunting season.

 

[Capn Jack]

The restoration effort is more involved than I had planned, but I swear you'll get back the toilet paper you loaned me last hunting season.

No, that was actually a gift.
The instructions are on the wrapper.

 

[Capn Jack]

"Better to leave foot prints in the sands of time than a butt print."

By Me

 

[jbett98]

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." -Oscar Wilde

 

[bpyycpyy]

Margaret Thatcher widely recognized quote: "The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money".

Cohen's Corollary (or O'Toole's): "Murphy was an optimist".

Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA): "My fear is that the island (Guam) will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize" -

View: https://youtu.be/X5dkqUy7mUk?si=52itQp_nQM77QCqm

 

[Alexx1401]

Margaret Thatcher widely recognized quote: "The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money".

Cohen's Corollary (or O'Toole's): "Murphy was an optimist".

Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA): "My fear is that the island (Guam) will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize" -

View: https://youtu.be/X5dkqUy7mUk?si=52itQp_nQM77QCqm

It is often scary how stupid many of the people who get elected as law makers really are.

 

[Jim Horn]

Decades ago, a nominee for the Supreme Court resulted in one critic proclaiming that it was a mediocre choice. To which an Administration wag observed that there are a many mediocre people and they deserve representation in the Supreme Court as well.

 

[bradsteen]

Churchill had some good ones. "If you destroy a free market you create a black market" couldn't be more true, and similar to what happens with gun regulations - guns are still accessible, just under the table.

One that always cracks me up, a female politician called him drunk. He replied, "But tomorrow I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly." I have to wonder if anyone spat their drink out at that one.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Two from The Who....

I don't need to fight to prove I'm right...I don't need to be forgiven.

Meet the new boss....same as the old boss...

Andy

 

[jbett98]

 

[JTK1791]

"Democracy basically means: Government by the people, of the people, for the people.... but the people are retarded"
-Osho

 

[2A_allday_1776]

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing". - Theodore Roosevelt

 

[Jim Horn]

H.L. Mencken's well-known aphorism: "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."