Good Quotes

[davhill]

"Remember men, we're fighting for this woman's honour; which is probably more than she ever did."

Groucho Marx, in Duck Soup 1933



"I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse."

Groucho Mark in Horse Feathers 1932

Edited by davhill on Monday 12th October 19:02

[dartissimus]

"Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated"

George Bernard Shaw

[Allan L]

dartissimus said:

"Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated"

George Bernard Shaw

I think that was Mark Twain - although Shaw, like the rest of us, was known to use other people's ideas if he liked them.

[dartissimus]

Selling toilet rolls is all about bums on seats

[Animal]

"Drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested" Hunter S Thompson

"No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training...what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." Socrates

[TwigtheWonderkid]

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now.

(useful for people who think it's too late to pay into a pension scheme etc. )

[Frank7]

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do,
the fun is in having lots to do, and not doing it,
Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the USA.

[Ponpiman]

"Man is like a piece of cheese" - Lloyd Bridges

[Blib]

"Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters."

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

[crofty1984]

Hope I've not already posted this.

“I can do this, I'm going to get through this. Music is the opposite of despair. It was going to be worth the fight.”

Clemy Burton-hill (radio 3 classic fix host) on recovering from a brain haemorrhage.

[Blib]

"At the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time" T.S. Elliot

[Frank7]

When the white man discovered this country, Indians were running it.
No taxes, no debt, women did all the work.
The white man thought he could improve on a system like this.

Alleged Cherokee saying

[duffy78]

"In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice. Only then can we know the true measure of a man. "


Marquis de Sade.

[bucksmanuk]

In a world of infinite wonders, only humans have invented boredom. - Terry Pratchett

[Yuxi]

"The older we get the faster we were" Either Steve Parish or the Australian bloke when they used commentate on Moto GP

[The Mad Monk]

bucksmanuk said:

In a world of infinite wonders, only humans have invented boredom. - Terry Pratchett

Not sure that is accurate. Look at some animals in some zoos.

[duffy78]

bucksmanuk said:

In a world of infinite wonders, only humans have invented boredom. - Terry Pratchett

'Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day, set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.'


T. Pratchett

[Stan the Bat]

Yuxi said:

"The older we get the faster we were" Either Steve Parish or the Australian bloke when they used commentate on Moto GP

Think that saying goes beyond them.

[Dr Jekyll]

Stan the Bat said:

Yuxi said:

"The older we get the faster we were" Either Steve Parish or the Australian bloke when they used commentate on Moto GP

Think that saying goes beyond them.

The was the racer who explained his retirement as ' it's not that I'm too old to go fast enough, it's that I'm old enough to realise I was going too fast already.'

[SleepyOwl]

There are only two industries that call their customers users. Drug dealers and Social media companies

from Social Dilemma- Netflix. Well worth watching.