Greatest quotes of all time
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“Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.”
“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.”
Classic Billy Connolly
"I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it."
"I found there was only one way to look thin, hang out with fat people."
Rodney Dangerfield
“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.”
Classic Billy Connolly
"I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it."
"I found there was only one way to look thin, hang out with fat people."
Rodney Dangerfield
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming fight of the enemy."
- Sir Winston Churchill
"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant."
- John Stuart Mill
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch."
-- Benjamin Franklin
Oh, and
"You win again, gravity"
- Zap Brannigan
- Sir Winston Churchill
"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant."
- John Stuart Mill
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch."
-- Benjamin Franklin
Oh, and
"You win again, gravity"
- Zap Brannigan
ks, flys or floats - rent it.
Dolphins ? - I don't trust a species that smiles all the time
If at first you do succeed, try not to look too surprised
95% of accidents are caused by people, or is it the other way round....
Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes - that way when you criticise them you are a mile away AND you have their shoes
The Laws of infernal Dynamics:
1. An object at rest will be in the wrong place
2. An object in motion will be going the wrong way
3. The energy required to alter these two conditions will be more than you want to expend, but not quite enough to make it impossible.
If at first you do succeed, try not to look too surprised
95% of accidents are caused by people, or is it the other way round....
Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes - that way when you criticise them you are a mile away AND you have their shoes
The Laws of infernal Dynamics:
1. An object at rest will be in the wrong place
2. An object in motion will be going the wrong way
3. The energy required to alter these two conditions will be more than you want to expend, but not quite enough to make it impossible.
"Never look down on a man unless you're helping him up" Jesse Owens
"Pain is temporary, it may last a second, minute, hour or a year, but if I quit, that lasts forever" Lance Armstrong
"When in doubt, flat out" Irish rally driver can't remember who
"Everything you need is already inside" Nike advert - I like the thought
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself, therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man" George Bernard Shaw
"I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not" Brendan Beehan
"Pain is temporary, it may last a second, minute, hour or a year, but if I quit, that lasts forever" Lance Armstrong
"When in doubt, flat out" Irish rally driver can't remember who
"Everything you need is already inside" Nike advert - I like the thought
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself, therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man" George Bernard Shaw
"I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not" Brendan Beehan
Edited by patmahe on Monday 20th October 10:20
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