Favorite Quote thread

[95benzman]

Inscripton on Isaac Newton Tomb.

Let Mortals rejoice That so Great an Ornament to the Human race has existed.

That's awsome.

Here's one.

Dying ain't much of a living boy. Josey Wales

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

[KirkVining]

"Rush Limbaugh is an Oxy Moron"

-Bill Maher

[KirkVining]

Originally posted by Botnst
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"It is better to burn out than to fade away" Kurt Cobain

Misquote. Neil Young 1979 Cobain wasn't even born yet

ARTIST: Neil Young
TITLE: My My, Hey Hey
Lyrics and Chords

My my, hey hey

Rock and roll is here to stay
It's better to burn out than to fade away
My my, hey hey

Out of the blue and into the black
They give you this, but you pay for that
And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black

The king is gone but he's not forgotten
This is the story of Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out than it is to rust
The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my

Whe asked what the song meant, Young said, "its kind of like a commercial, with no toothpaste".

[KirkVining]

quote:
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Originally posted by mikemover
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." [H. L. Mencken]
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Originally posted by G-Benz
Sounds like Bush and the need to invade Iraq, doesn't it?

It's the whole point of Mike Moore's film, Farhenheit 911. Its also the reason Bush and his neo-con cabal has to go. The quote above is their philosophy of government. Remember Ashcroft's "terrorist alert" two weeks ago? See ya at the movies.

[KirkVining]

Originally posted by mikemover
hahaha...Steven Wright is an endless supply of great quotes and one-liners! More examples:

"I like to reminisce with people I don't know."

"I spilled Spot remover on my dog...Now he's gone."

Mike

And who can forget

"I went to a hardware store to see if they had any paint in the shape of a house"

[KirkVining]

Better quotes for Cobain:

Come, as you are, as you were, as I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is yours, don't be late
Take a rest, as a friend, as an old memory

Come, dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach, as I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend, as an old memory

And I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
(Memory)
No I don't have a gun
(Memory)
No I don't have a gun
(Memory)
No I don't have a gun
(Memory)
And I don't have a gun
Well I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun

[crash9]

1-There is a basic weakness in governments, however massive their armies, however wealthy they are, however they control the information given to the public, because their power depends on the obedience of citizens, of soldiers, of civil servants, of journalists and writers and teachers and artists. When these people begin to suspect they have been deceived, and withdraw their support, the government loses its legitimacy, and its power.
War by Howard Zinn.
2-"The only element in the universe more common than hydrogen is stupidity." - Einstein

[84300DT]

"you think a hero is some sort of sandwich"- Oddball

[95benzman]

Hi All

This is only fitting. Since it is 10years ago O.J. Simpson went on trial for killing Nicole Brown Simpson and ronald Goldman.

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit!
Johnny Cockrane

By the way have they ever caught the killer?

What A Country.

[Jim Anderson]

You can tune a piano but you can't tunafish.

[KirkVining]

George Bush Sr, when asked by a reporter if the statement "Read My Lips - no new taxes" had cost him the election:

"Read my middle finger!"

[95benzman]

Here are some serious quotes.

we see,how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power or of the hands.
For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more,
without the loss of a syllable or letter;
during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles,cities,have been decayed and demoliished?

Francis Bacon
The Advancement of Learning

[95benzman]

Another from Volltaire about Sir Isaac Newton.

It is to him who masters our minds by the force of truth, and not to those who enslave them by violence, that we owe our reverence

[95benzman]

He that hath wife and chrildren hath given hostages to fortune

[95benzman]

"...Those thatwant friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts:..."