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I think we all have some favorites; I know I have a bunch.
Here is one which is, some might say, typical of me, although I attribute it to William F. Buckley, Jr.:
A society that seduces the conscience by sweet reason is one thing, but ours is developing into a society that harpoons the conscience and tows it right into the maws of the mother vessel, there to be macerated and stuffed into a faceless can."
How about some others? I have many more....... ;)
Biggles
10-13-2003, 04:21 PM
Indeed
"It doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in" is a favourite of mine.
A close second is
"Whoever said change is inevitable doesn't use our office vending machine"
I think the first is Gramsci and I suspect the latter is Dilbert.
B)
Biggles-
That first is universal, eh?
Well done. :)
noname12
10-13-2003, 05:17 PM
look to the left, under my avatar, thats from Stalin.
And Look under my sig, Stalin aswell.
sharedholder
10-13-2003, 05:19 PM
http://www.uploadit.org/files/131003-28d-new140x.jpg
Illuminati
10-13-2003, 05:20 PM
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving really isn't for you.
clocker
10-13-2003, 05:24 PM
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
Dorothy Parker, my current favorite source of pithy sayings.
Biggles
10-13-2003, 05:28 PM
J2K4
Yes, I usually find that after the first flush of enthusiasm it is a law that kicks in with monotonous regularity.
Noname
The one under your avatar always made my blood run cold - not least because it was demonstrably true.
Mr. Mulder
10-13-2003, 05:32 PM
If I have Seen Further, It Is By Standing On The Sholders Of Giants - Sir Isaac Newton
I pitty the fool - Mr T
Billy_Dean
10-13-2003, 05:36 PM
"If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands."
Douglas Adams
:)
Lamsey
10-13-2003, 05:41 PM
"A truly lazy person never finishes anyth
- Garfield
As I discern the avoidance of moral judgement to be a main thrust in criminal matters these days, this one is near and dear to me 'eart:
The greatest punishment is to be despised by your neighbors, the world, and the members of your family." Edgar Watson Howe
On the other hand, I believe it was Adam West who said, To the Bat Cave, Robin!! :D
Originally posted by Lamsey@13 October 2003 - 12:41
"A truly lazy person never finishes anyth
- Garfield
Liam-
I believe you used to describe yourself as "A truly lazy person", eh? :D
thewizeard
10-13-2003, 05:43 PM
It's not in the same field but this little tit-bit from Churchill I find very amusing!
Lady Astor: "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee."
Winston: "Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."
This exchange is sometimes attributed to Winston's good friend F.E. Smith, but in Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's The Glitter and the Gold she writes that the exchange occurred at Blenheim when her son was host. See also the American edition of Martin Gilbert's In Search of Churchill (not in the British edition). In Nancy: The Life of Lady Astor, Christopher Sykes confirms Consuelo Balsan's account. "It sounds like an invention but is well authenticated. [Churchill] and the Astors were staying with Churchill's cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, at Blenheim Palace. Nancy and Churchill argued ferociously throughout the weekend."
Billy_Dean
10-13-2003, 05:48 PM
"Those are my principles, if you don't like them I have others."
Groucho Marx
:)
thewizeard
10-13-2003, 05:51 PM
"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."
Jerome K. Jerome.
Rat Faced
10-13-2003, 06:04 PM
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein
or
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
- Sir Winston Churchill
and
"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it."
- George Bernard Shaw
Again, OT here, but I recall (dimly) another Churchillian anecdote:
Society Maven: "Why, Sir Winston-YOU ARE DRUNK!"
Churchill: "And you, Madam, are ugly, but in the morning, I shall be sober!
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
10-13-2003, 07:17 PM
"I have to take a Shit"
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@13 October 2003 - 14:17
"I have to take a Shit"
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
Compelling depth, there. ;)
Lamsey
10-13-2003, 07:22 PM
Wasn't it "Need to take a shit... brb!"?
Illuminati
10-13-2003, 08:22 PM
Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@13 October 2003 - 20:17
"I have to take a Shit"
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
Hey - You ripped that off my show last Saturday! Right before I played the phone prank. :o
I demand royalties - Where's the damn RIAA when you need them? :lol: ;)
Rat Faced
10-13-2003, 08:24 PM
"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time."
- Robin Williams
"Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame."
- Benjamin Franklin
Lamsey
10-13-2003, 08:24 PM
Originally posted by Illuminati+13 October 2003 - 20:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Illuminati @ 13 October 2003 - 20:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@13 October 2003 - 20:17
"I have to take a Shit"
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
Hey - You ripped that off my show last Saturday! Right before I played the phone prank. :o
I demand royalties - Where's the damn RIAA when you need them? :lol: ;) [/b][/quote]
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=15880
I think you'll find FC was there first mate ;)
Illuminati
10-13-2003, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by Lamsey+13 October 2003 - 21:24--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lamsey @ 13 October 2003 - 21:24)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Illuminati@13 October 2003 - 20:22
<!--QuoteBegin-FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@13 October 2003 - 20:17
"I have to take a Shit"
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
Hey - You ripped that off my show last Saturday! Right before I played the phone prank. :o
I demand royalties - Where's the damn RIAA when you need them? :lol: ;)
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=15880
I think you'll find FC was there first mate ;) [/b][/quote]
Damn :(
Well you can't blame me for trying to pry some money out of FC ;)
I don't think he would have minded anyway - My plan was to splash out on some Colt 45 :w00t:
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