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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:18 AM Original message |
Post some of the best quotes you've ever read |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. One of my favorite Vonnegut quotes: |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've always loved this one. Someone sent it to me because they believed I live this way... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. "It is easier to apologize than to get permission" |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I asked god to get me a bike. |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Is this why computer programmers never adequately test |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. "I can’t prove it, but I can say it." |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Question with boldness the very existence of God." Thomas Jefferson |
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cyberswede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend... |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. OOPS! Posted this too before reading. Love that man. |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Robert F. Kennedy, 1966....still brings tears to my eyes: |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Oh how I love and miss him. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. "You don't even live once." |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. War is God's way of teaching Americans geography |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I have a globe! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. Redd Foxx: "Heroes are not born, they are cornered" |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm re reading "Wealth of Nations" |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
57. I'll add to that: |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. the current sig line of FirstLight |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. MLK: ... |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Simplicity is a virtue that will hide almost anything." |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. On a lighter note: |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. An unexamined life is not worth living--Socrates. Know thyself--debated. |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Two of my own favorites right there-- |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. I may be drunk but you're crazy. I'll be sober tomorrow but you'll be crazy the rest of your life. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. - Napoleon |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Terry Pratchett quote |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Stupidity is the only universal capital crime |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Delete |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Aarrgh!! |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. Fuck em if they can't take a joke.... |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. In side of a dog it's too dark to read." |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. "There are two types of people in the world; those who think there are only two types |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. "The truth is rarely pure and never simple" (Oscar Wilde from "The Importance of Being Earnest") |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. from Marcus Aurelius - |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. You forgot the third thing... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. lord, joby |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. "You are the God you do not believe in".....me |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. "I am not a crook" Richard M. Nixon. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. "If elected, I will win." - Pat Paulsen |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. And if I were your husband |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. If you were my husband... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Lady Nancy Astor |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Thanks! I could not remember... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. See if you like this one |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. That's my new favorite! |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Whoa yeah! |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
43. Never whistle while you're pissing. |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. I simply love this one.. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Oh, that is beautiful! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
48. "My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating" |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
50. Mark Twain: |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
51. Oscar Wilde, etal. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
52. If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. - GB Shaw |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
54. Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. Murphy's Law and O'Toole's Amendment |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
58. "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has, and it never will." |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
60. Ken Kesey... |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. One from Emo Philips |
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