A Few Quotes

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Nina3 Barcelona, Cataluna Spain
"First they ignore you, then laugh at you. Then they fight you, then you win."
Mahatma Ghandi


"I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow."
Woodrow Wilson


"Whenever you fall, pick something up."
Unknown


"I have nothing to declare but my genious."
Oscar Wilde (on entering customs in New York)




hmmm
twinself ----, Majjistral Malta
Nina3: "First they ignore you, then laugh at you. Then they fight you, then you win."
Mahatma Ghandi"I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow."
Woodrow Wilson"Whenever you fall, pick something up."
Unknown"I have nothing to declare but my genious."
Oscar Wilde (on entering customs in New York)



Mmmm just a few that come to mind...

Imagination is more important than Knowledge - Albert Einstein



You can fool all people for some time,
You can fool some people all the time,
But you can't fool all people...all the time. - Abe Lincoln



We cannot do great things.... but only small things with great LOVE. - Mother Theresa



I've made the most important discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be found. I'm only here tonight because of you. You are the only reason I am... you are all my reasons. - John Nash from the movie (A Beautiful Mind)

kiss
Phoenix paris, Ile-de-France France
" I've never went to bed with an ugly woman....but I've woken up with a few"
Phoenix
smoky Unterland, Zrich Switzerland
"All life is an experiment"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (1841 - 1935)

................

"To every man, his own life .....
...is a mystery"

Latin proverb
LusciousLibra Waterford, Waterford Ireland
Is minic a briseann beal duine a fos.

Translates as: It's often a persons mouth gets their face broken



One my Dad often says... Please ensure your brain is engaged before throwing your mouth into action.
kidatheart Earth, Alberta Canada
"A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults." -Louis Nizer

"I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here." -Stephen Bishop

"He is a self-made man & worships his creator." - John Bright

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -Winston Churchill

"A modest little person, with much to be modest about." - Winston Churchill

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -Irvin S. Cobb

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" -Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas

"His ears made him look like a taxi cab with both doors open." - Howard Hughes (about Clark Gable)

"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." -Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating

"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr

"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." -Jack E.Leonard

"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." -Abraham Lincoln

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening .... but this wasn't it." -Groucho Marx

"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." - Robert Redford

"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." - Thomas Brackett Reed

"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by Diligent hard work, he overcame them." - James Reston (about Richard Nixon)

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded
easily." -Charles, Count Talleyrand

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -Mark Twain

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others WHENever they go." -Oscar Wilde

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support Rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang(1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder

'The Whole world is crazy, and I would be too if I wasn't so Lazy' - K.Hartley


grin wave



immanuelle My city, Zuid-Holland Netherlands
kidatheart: "A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults." -Louis Nizer
"I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here." -Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man & worships his creator." - John Bright
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -Winston Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about." - Winston Churchill
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -Irvin S. Cobb
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" -Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas
"His ears made him look like a taxi cab with both doors open." - Howard Hughes (about Clark Gable)
"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." -Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." -Jack E.Leonard
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." -Abraham Lincoln
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening .... but this wasn't it." -Groucho Marx
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." - Robert Redford
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." - Thomas Brackett Reed
"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by Diligent hard work, he overcame them." - James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded
easily." -Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -Mark Twain
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others WHENever they go." -Oscar Wilde
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support Rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang(1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
'The Whole world is crazy, and I would be too if I wasn't so Lazy' - K.Hartley


Hey Kid, wave Everything good? Coming home for Christmas. Can't wait.


If the guy on the play yard hits you, don't hit him back. Grown ups always catch the second person.

from a little kid

Englishman55 Cortona, Tuscany Italy
immanuelle: Hey Kid, Everything good? Coming home for Christmas. Can't wait. If the guy on the play yard hits you, don't hit him back. Grown ups always catch the second person.

from a little kid


Lady Astor to Winston Churchill..... You, Sir are drunk !

Winston Churchill to Lady Astor...... Yes madam, I am and you are ugly, but I will be sober in the morning !!
kidatheart Earth, Alberta Canada
immanuelle: Hey Kid, Everything good? Coming home for Christmas. Can't wait. If the guy on the play yard hits you, don't hit him back. Grown ups always catch the second person.

from a little kid



Hi Immawave

Things are good, just been busy....too busy!


bouquet
Conrad73 Lonesome Town Zurich, Zrich Switzerland
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
Friedrich v. Schiller


The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Friedrich v. Schiller
ghost007 swieqi, Majjistral Malta
Dont let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game....
Conrad73 Lonesome Town Zurich, Zrich Switzerland
If you don't know where you're going in life, any path will get you there.
anon.

If yous don't know where yer goin' an' yous don' watch out, yous might not get there! *Yogi Berra*laugh
Elley Cadiz, Andalucia Spain
Another from Winny Churchill

Winston,if I was married to you I would put poison in your coffee

Madam,if I was married to you I would drink it.rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Conrad73 Lonesome Town Zurich, Zrich Switzerland
''Life's tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid.''
-- John Wayne rolling on the floor laughing
Conrad73 Lonesome Town Zurich, Zrich Switzerland
Just because I am paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me!uh oh mumbling hole
Conrad73 Lonesome Town Zurich, Zrich Switzerland
Conrad73: Just because I am paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me!
Paranoids Have Enemies Too.blues tmi































rolling on the floor laughing
Conrad73 Lonesome Town Zurich, Zrich Switzerland
"We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves."

anonuh oh
Tulefel Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden
The most optimistic statement of all times:

“How stupid I was!”

(folklore)

grin
Nina3 Barcelona, Cataluna Spain
twinself: Mmmm just a few that come to mind...


I've made the most important discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be found. I'm only here tonight because of you. You are the only reason I am... you are all my reasons. - John Nash from the movie (A Beautiful Mind)



Great mind, great movie! thumbs up
Nina3 Barcelona, Cataluna Spain
Phoenix: " I've never went to bed with an ugly woman....but I've woken up with a few"
Phoenix


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