OT: Anyone have any favorite quotes. Here's one "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
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I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
"Man who walk through airport turnstile backwards going to Bangkok."
Don't ever get in a discussion with a moron. They will drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience!
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey
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Shout out to @judgesmails. Your posts are really all ridiculous in this place. Google Reddit, and go there for **** like this.
“No one ever bridged the gap between the man who went and the man who stayed behind.” John LeCarre
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” Tom Robbins
“The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one’s self a fool.” William Least-Heat Moon
“Put the poster on ignore already. You’ll feel better.” LionJim
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” Tom Robbins
“The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one’s self a fool.” William Least-Heat Moon
“Put the poster on ignore already. You’ll feel better.” LionJim
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Either simply don’t open the thread or put the poster on ignore. Problem solved. Every day I see at least ten non-football threads I have no interest in, and I don’t bother opening them.
In any organization there is one and only one person that fully understands what is going on. This person must be fired.
“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.”
― W.C. Fields
“You can tell he’s an a$$hole by the shape of his head”
My grandfather
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Too, too many to list, but here's some of the darker one's:
From Black Hawk Down...that moment in life when all hell is breaking loose and someone looks for sympathy when there's no time for sympathy, only action. 8 of 10 people will likely know a situation when this was applicable:
Colonel: Get into that truck and drive.
Sergeant: But I'm shot, Colonel.
Colonel: Everybody's shot, get in and drive.
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From 'The Dark Knight".... about the extremely small percentage of people who do things that are simply beyond our comprehension:
Bruce Wayne: Targeting me won't get their money back. I knew the mob wouldn't go down without a fight, but this is different.
They crossed the line.
Alfred Pennyworth: You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation.
And in their desperation, they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
Bruce Wayne: Criminals aren't complicated, Alfred. Just have to figure out what he's after.
Alfred Pennyworth: With respect Master Wayne, perhaps this is a man that *you* don't fully understand, either.
A long time ago, I was in Burma. My friends and I were working for the local government.
They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones.
But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit.
So, we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never met anybody who traded with him.
One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne: So why steal them?
Alfred Pennyworth: Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money.
They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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And the last of the dark quotes:
"Not everybody is the perfect person in the world," Pryor said of Vick. "Everyone does -- kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me. I just feel that people need to give him a chance."
September 6, 2009 after win over Navy, Terrell Pryor who had the word VICK on the eye black sticker under his left eye, showing his support for Michael Vick.
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Positive form of quotes in next post
From Black Hawk Down...that moment in life when all hell is breaking loose and someone looks for sympathy when there's no time for sympathy, only action. 8 of 10 people will likely know a situation when this was applicable:
Colonel: Get into that truck and drive.
Sergeant: But I'm shot, Colonel.
Colonel: Everybody's shot, get in and drive.
------
From 'The Dark Knight".... about the extremely small percentage of people who do things that are simply beyond our comprehension:
Bruce Wayne: Targeting me won't get their money back. I knew the mob wouldn't go down without a fight, but this is different.
They crossed the line.
Alfred Pennyworth: You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation.
And in their desperation, they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
Bruce Wayne: Criminals aren't complicated, Alfred. Just have to figure out what he's after.
Alfred Pennyworth: With respect Master Wayne, perhaps this is a man that *you* don't fully understand, either.
A long time ago, I was in Burma. My friends and I were working for the local government.
They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones.
But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit.
So, we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never met anybody who traded with him.
One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne: So why steal them?
Alfred Pennyworth: Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money.
They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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And the last of the dark quotes:
"Not everybody is the perfect person in the world," Pryor said of Vick. "Everyone does -- kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me. I just feel that people need to give him a chance."
September 6, 2009 after win over Navy, Terrell Pryor who had the word VICK on the eye black sticker under his left eye, showing his support for Michael Vick.
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Positive form of quotes in next post
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You have two ears and one mouth, use them in proportion. My Mom.
Challenger Families On Risk
“If they were alive and could speak to all Americans, we believe the Challenger crew would say this: Do not fear risk. All exploration, all growth is a calculated risk. Without frontiers, civilizations stagnate. Without challenges, people cannot reach their highest selves.
Only if we accept our problems as challenges can today’s dream become tomorrow’s reality. Only if we were willing to walk over the edge can we become winners.”
From a Letter to America from the families of the Challenger crew on the 1 year anniversary of the Challenger loss on take-off January 28, 1987
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"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. "
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough."
- Albert Einstein
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. " - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut
"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time."
- Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair Also in WSJ attributed to Stephen Ambrose, a historian, who was quoted from a PBS special on the same incident.
“If they were alive and could speak to all Americans, we believe the Challenger crew would say this: Do not fear risk. All exploration, all growth is a calculated risk. Without frontiers, civilizations stagnate. Without challenges, people cannot reach their highest selves.
Only if we accept our problems as challenges can today’s dream become tomorrow’s reality. Only if we were willing to walk over the edge can we become winners.”
From a Letter to America from the families of the Challenger crew on the 1 year anniversary of the Challenger loss on take-off January 28, 1987
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"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. "
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough."
- Albert Einstein
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. " - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut
"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time."
- Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair Also in WSJ attributed to Stephen Ambrose, a historian, who was quoted from a PBS special on the same incident.
“You two nit wits are tied together with a dumbilical cord”.
My dad circa 1980 - talking to me and my brother.
My dad circa 1980 - talking to me and my brother.
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Gen. Eisenhower to Patton - "You will stop with your men because you need at least four divisions to capture Metz from the Germans"
Patton to Eisenhower - "Have already taken Metz with two divisions. You want me to give it back"?
Patton to Eisenhower - "Have already taken Metz with two divisions. You want me to give it back"?
"I saw a werewolf drinkin' a piña colada at Trader Vic's, and his hair was perfect." Warren Zevon
The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary
We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year
This is an open board. Do you understand what that is? I enjoy Mr. Potter's posts. I am not alone.
"If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true. My memories of love will be of you." John Denver
"My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack." General Foch (WW1)
"My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack." General Foch (WW1)
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‘Every man has a plan until he gets punched in the face’ - Mike Tyson
"Like a midget at a urinal, I'm gonna have to stay on my toes." Frank Drebin
Some days you're the bird; some days you're the windshield.
"Wish in one hand and sh*t in the other and see which one fills up first"
My dad any time my brother or I said "I wish I had something"
My dad any time my brother or I said "I wish I had something"
"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example" - Mark Twain
"Dyin ain't much of a livin boy" - Jose Wasles
"Dyin ain't much of a livin boy" - Jose Wasles
Speak only if it improves upon the Silence — Mahatma Gandhi
I’ve been preaching this to my 3 and 4 year old daughters. It isn’t taking yet.
I’ve been preaching this to my 3 and 4 year old daughters. It isn’t taking yet.
“Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.”
- Joe Paterno
- Joe Paterno
Woman who fly upside down in airplane have crackup.