Quote for the Day

[BST]

This is nothing new. We've all seen these in the newspapers. I thought it might be a nice idea to start up a "column" of our own. The quote doesn't have to be 'sci-fi' related, it can be about anything.

What do you think? If you like the idea, great. If not, that's ok, too.

I'll kick it off, with this one:


The pessimist complains about the wind.
The optomist expects it to change.
The leader adjusts the sails.

by John Maxwell, author

[shiningstar]

This is nothing new. We've all seen these in the newspapers. I thought it might be a nice idea to start up a "column" of our own. The quote doesn't have to be 'sci-fi' related, it can be about anything.

What do you think? If you like the idea, great. If not, that's ok, too.

I'll kick it off, with this one:

Very NICE ...........I like this thread Bst. I'll look to see if I have a QUOTE
tomorrow.

[The 14th Colony]

I also like this idea. Here is a quote of my own:

"If your goal is to fail, then by doing so you yet manage to succede. Go figure."

[The 14th Colony]

Here is another of mine, related to the previous one.

If your goal is to begin, you finish just by starting.

[Rowan]

Here is one of my favorites since I was 14

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance"
-Thomas Jefferson

[The 14th Colony]

Here is one I only recently heard, though it is obviously quite old:

Always remember others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them.
And then you destroy yourself. -Richard M. Nixon


And BTW:
Hate leads to suffering. -Yoda

[bsg1fan1975]

Here's one that I live by:

"the only sure thing is death and taxes!"

[shiningstar]

Here's mine .........I don't know who said it ......I think it was Mao sai tunsg ...........

"It's always better to light a candle then to fear the darkness."

[The 14th Colony]

Here is another quote of Mao sai tunsg's:

"There is more to live than simple food. So, we must invent all you can eat Chinese buffets."

[shiningstar]

Here's another quote .............

"Never put off tomorrow .........what you can do TODAY."

{I wish I knew who said that one. :wtf:}

[bsg1fan1975]

here's one that ended up being quoted in my senior yearbook quite bit:

"If you love something set it free, if it doesn't come back to you, hunt it down and kill it!"

[shiningstar]

here's one that ended up being quoted in my senior yearbook quite bit:

"If you love something set it free, if it doesn't come back to you, hunt it down and kill it!"

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[Gunstar Aries]

"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind." - Leonardo da Vinci

[Dawg]

"For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing."

Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)

[Gunstar Aries]

shiningstar, your quote isn't from Mao, it's from Confucius. The actual quote is: "It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness."

And since we're on the subject of candles, light and darkness, how about a quot that can apply to my favorite Galactica episode?

'And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year, "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the Unknown." And he replied, "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way."'--Minnie Haskins

Regards,

G A

[shiningstar]

Here is another quote of Mao sai tunsg's:

"There is more to live than simple food. So, we must invent all you can eat Chinese buffets."


I can't wait till I can swallow FOOD again ........instead of just soup because
the Chinese buffets will be where I'm headed. :D

[shiningstar]

shiningstar, your quote isn't from Mao, it's from Confucius. The actual quote is: "It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness."

And since we're on the subject of candles, light and darkness, how about a quot that can apply to my favorite Galactica episode?

'And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year, "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the Unknown." And he replied, "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way."'--Minnie Haskins

Regards,

G A

ty for clearing that one up ..........like I said before ........I wasn't SURE.

[shiningstar]

Here's one ...................of mine

As long as you NEVER GIVE UP ............you will never fail ..........:star:

[shiningstar]

Oh here's another one of mine .................

If you can dream it ............you can WORK to achieve it :star:

[braxiss]

i heard this about a month ago and can't get it out of my head, so i'll share it here,


"if your going through hell, keep going"

[shiningstar]

i heard this about a month ago and can't get it out of my head, so i'll share it here,


"if your going through hell, keep going"

I like THAT one! Good one Braxiss :D

[Rowan]

Here's another quote .............

"Never put off tomorrow .........what you can do TODAY."

{I wish I knew who said that one. :wtf:}
Hi shiningstar this quote is from Thomas Jefferson
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today"

[Rowan]

Here's one I like

Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement:)
and braxis I too liked your quote:)

[Dawg]

Meddle Not in the Affairs of Dragons -

For You are Crunchy and Good with Ketchup.

[braxiss]

Meddle Not in the Affairs of Dragons -

For You are Crunchy and Good with Ketchup.

beutiful, lol

[Muffit]

Here is another quote of Mao sai tunsg's:

"There is more to live than simple food. So, we must invent all you can eat Chinese buffets."

14th, I'm assuming this is some more of your great humor... :D
If so, it's great, if not, it's still funny! :)
:muffit:

[Rowan]

Meddle Not in the Affairs of Dragons -

For You are Crunchy and Good with Ketchup.
What?!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Muffit]

Hi shiningstar this quote is from Thomas Jefferson
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today"

And a corollary I heard to that,

"Don't put off till tomorrow what you can make somebody else do today" :D

Silly daggit! :D
:muffit:

[bsg1fan1975]

I believe this one comes from the movie "the Great Race":

"Push the button Max!"

My brother in law is forever quoting movies! :laugh:

[The 14th Colony]

Meddle Not in the Affairs of Dragons -

For You are Crunchy and Good with Ketchup.
That's a good reminder to those brave knights who tried to impress the damsels.

[The 14th Colony]

14th, I'm assuming this is some more of your great humor... :D
If so, it's great, if not, it's still funny! :)
:muffit:
Yeah, its an original. I thought of it one night while choosing my foods at...where else? An all you can eat Chinese buffet. :D

[shiningstar]

And a corollary I heard to that,

"Don't put off till tomorrow what you can make somebody else do today" :D

Silly daggit! :D
:muffit:

Now that ONE I like :thumbsup:

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[shiningstar]

I like one of the things Ben Franklin said.

"A stitch in time saves NINE."

[braxiss]

"like is school, and no one graduates until the lid is shut"

[Gunstar Aries]

"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." - John Kenneth Galbraith

[jewels]

Here is one of my favorites since I was 14

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance"
-Thomas Jefferson
I LOVE that one! Thanks Gaelen, never knew it was Jefferson.

"Consensus is the death of leadership. "
(I believe that's a Margaret (Iron Maggie) Thatcher quote.

[bsg1fan1975]

I got a good one all moms use on their kids:

"Were you raised in a barn?"

[jewels]

We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.
--Willie Wonka

[shiningstar]

"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." - John Kenneth Galbraith

I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVE THAT ONE :thumbsup:

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[shiningstar]

We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.
--Willie Wonka

I remember the movie so well. I remember this quote as well. I thought and
still think it was very thought provoking :star:

[shiningstar]

I got a good one all moms use on their kids:

"Were you raised in a barn?"

My mother used that one on me too.

When I said "NO but I might as well have been." My ASSESTS were SORE
for a WEEK! :P:

I was about SIX when I said that :blush:

[jewels]

I still use that on my husband--well the variant "were you born in a barn?" when he leaves the door from the house to the garage open.

[shiningstar]

The one I use is .................

THIS is NOT a PIGSTY so don't make it LOOK like one!

[bsg1fan1975]

This is one of my favorites to use if someone asks me to get them something if I am busy at the moment.

Do you have two arms and legs? Are they broken? If not get it yourself as I am busy. Or don't you see that?"

[shiningstar]

This is one of my favorites to use if someone asks me to get them something if I am busy at the moment.

Do you have two arms and legs? Are they broken? If not get it yourself as I am busy. Or don't you see that?"

I happen to LIKE that ONE Bsg1fan.

My kids ask me that all the time ..................and if I answer yes then they
stiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllllllllll need :popcorn: :hershey: :heart: :oreo: :rose: :kiss: :cookie: :oreo: :cake: :balloon: :music: ............................:...:

[shiningstar]

Here's one from Tony Little ...........................

"Concieve .........................Believe!"

[Gunstar Aries]

Hi shiningstar, Glad you like that one. I'm not a big Galbraith fan, but that is a good one. I'll have another good quote here as soon as I find it in my files...

Gunstar Aries

[Gunstar Aries]

Here it is, from a Science Fiction Master:

"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." - Harlan Ellison

[shiningstar]

Here it is, from a Science Fiction Master:

"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." - Harlan Ellison

That's an excellent one Gunstar Aries. Keep posting ;)

[Gunstar Aries]

OK, shiningstar, I'll throw down one more, but only because you asked.

I don't know how many of you are familiar with Alfred Lord Tennyson, or his epic poem of Ulysses. But I have to tell you all, the close to Ulysses reminds me of Battlestar Galactica and also SO much of this community!! Take Tennyson's words and apply them to the TOS fans here. Consider his last four words, and how hope remains for a continuation.

"Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

:salute:

Gunstar Aries

[bsg1fan1975]

Another one my parents used on me when I wasn't paying attention to a conversation and I happen to ask what was being discussed:

"Watt? What are you a light bulb?"

[shiningstar]

OK, shiningstar, I'll throw down one more, but only because you asked.

I don't know how many of you are familiar with Alfred Lord Tennyson, or his epic poem of Ulysses. But I have to tell you all, the close to Ulysses reminds me of Battlestar Galactica and also SO much of this community!! Take Tennyson's words and apply them to the TOS fans here. Consider his last four words, and how hope remains for a continuation.

"Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

:salute:

Veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy NICCCCCCCCCE :D

Keep them coming Gunstar Aries :thumbsup:

Gunstar Aries

[Muffit]

Wonderful, wonderful quote Gunstar... ;)
:muffit:

[Ian_W359]

Some of Tennyson's words were used in Babylon 5 too.

Great minds think alike, eh?

All the best,
Ian_W359
:)

[Gunstar Aries]

Thanks for the kind words, Muffit and shiningstar.

As I said, that close for Ulysses reminds me of the BG fans here. I can't tell you how many times it has come to mind when reading a thread on Fleets. Heck, you could even apply it to the Rag Tag Colonial Fleet fleeing the Cylon tyranny. They have not chosen to yield, either.

Ian, after such incidents as "Spock's Brain," I regard B5 as the "The Thinking Man's (or Woman's) Science Fiction." There were a lot of great quotes used in B5; Strazynski knows his history, and he also knows his Science Fiction. Heck, the episode with Sheridan captured by Earthgov is right out of 1984. Plus his use of SciFi greats like Michael Warner, Michael York, June Lockheart, Michael Ansaras, Walter Koenig etc, etc, etc, makes not only for good acting, but a great link to the sci-fi of the that paved the way for a show like B5. Even Harlan Ellison did a cameo!

Regards,

Gunstar Aries

[Gunstar Aries]

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein

[shiningstar]

That's a another Great one. I've always admired Albert Einstein.

I've got a quote .........I think you can 'guess' where it came from. ;)

"Fiddle dee dee .............I'll think about it TOMORROW."

[BST]

That's a another Great one. I've always admired Albert Einstein.

I've got a quote .........I think you can 'guess' where it came from. ;)

"Fiddle dee dee .............I'll think about it TOMORROW."

I had a thought about this but, unfortunately, like the autumn leaves, it's GWTW!

;)

[Muffit]

That's a another Great one. I've always admired Albert Einstein.

I've got a quote .........I think you can 'guess' where it came from. ;)

"Fiddle dee dee .............I'll think about it TOMORROW."

The only movie I remember anyone saying "fiddle-dee-dee" in was when the wiley wolf said it in Pinocchio - was that it?

:muffit:

[bsg1fan1975]

Here's a favorite of mine from GWTW:

"Frankly my dear I don't give d**n!"

[BST]

The only movie I remember anyone saying "fiddle-dee-dee" in was when the wiley wolf said it in Pinocchio - was that it?

:muffit:

*thud* "Miss Scarlett" just fainted. :D

[bsg1fan1975]

From Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:

"Violet. Violet, your turning Violet!"

[Rowan]

I'LL BE BACK....;)

[bsg1fan1975]

This is from Casper. See if you can remember the names of the three ghosts who said this.....

"Catatonic, Catastrophic, Furflock soup"

[Rowan]

bsg I don't know that one:confused:


Mark Twain
Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth.
:D

[Gunstar Aries]

I prefer the Dilbert-esque spin on that one, Gaelen:

Dance like it Hurts.
Work when somebody's watching.
Love like you need the money.

:)

[Gunstar Aries]

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." - Gen George Patton

[Dawg]

"Now is the time for all good BSG fans to come to the aid of thier franchise." Dawg, 3/7/04.

See below. ;)

I am
Dawg
:warrior:

[Muffit]

"Now is the time for all good BSG fans to come to the aid of thier franchise." Dawg, 3/7/04.

See below. ;)

I am
Dawg
:warrior:

LOL Dawg! :)
:muffit:

[bsg1fan1975]

ok, I guess mine was a bit too hard for people to solve. The three ghosts were Casper's uncles; Fatso, Stinky and Stretch!

"Step away from the frog!" -Miss Piggy

[Gunstar Aries]

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

[shiningstar]

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

That one is an EXCELLENT one .............. that one fits my siblings to a "T" :D

:P:

[braxiss]

the longer you look back, the sooner you find thats where your headed

[BST]

the longer you look back, the sooner you find thats where your headed

A lot of truth in those words! :thumbsup:

[bsg1fan1975]

"A horse is a horse of course. But nobody can talk to a horse of course. Unless the horse of couse is the famous Mr. Ed!" :laugh:

[shiningstar]

the longer you look back, the sooner you find thats where your headed

Good one Braxiss .............By the way I loveeeeeeeeee the new Avatar.

[shiningstar]

"You can tell a Gelding. You can ask a Mare.
But you have to DISCUSS it with a STALLION."

[bsg1fan1975]

lol. cute!

"don't mess with Father Time, he likes to hit back!"

[braxiss]

Good one Braxiss .............By the way I loveeeeeeeeee the new Avatar.


thanks, i think i'll keep this one awhile

[warhammerdriver]

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

Dunno where it came from, but my boss has it on some in-house paperwork.

[warhammerdriver]

Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and the atom bomb.

[bsg1fan1975]

"nothing ever stays the same, everything changes!"

(one of my own creation)

[Darth Marley]

I had a crash a few days ago, and it doesn't look like any of these posted.
A few bits of wisdom from Satchel Paige available at http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/paige/quote2.html

"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."

"You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them."

"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching."

"Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common."

[Darth Marley]

Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and the atom bomb.

and farts.

[shiningstar]

and farts.

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[shiningstar]

This one came from Judge Judy .........................

"Don't Piss on me and then try to tell me it's raining."

[shiningstar]

"Anything worth doing, is worth doing right."

[shiningstar]

"Measure TWICE .........................cut ONCE."

[Muffit]

Don't know who said this, but it's funny:

" *Hind*-sight only counts if you're watching women or hunting deer..."

:muffit:

[shiningstar]

Don't know who said this, but it's funny:

" *Hind*-sight only counts if you're watching women or hunting deer..."

:muffit:

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[bsg1fan1975]

this is very useful after a night of heavy drinking:

"who are you and where are my clothes?"

[BST]

"nothing ever stays the same, everything changes!"

(one of my own creation)

Good one, bsg!! :D



A slight twist to that quote --

"The only constant in life is change."

[Rowan]

this is very useful after a night of heavy drinking:

"who are you and where are my clothes?"


So bsg want to talk about it? were all friends here...;)

[westy 79]

ok guess I will give this a shot, "the trouble with people who talk too fast is that they often say something they haven't thought of yet. "If you really intend to make good somewhere, why not start right where you are. "nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." Mark Twain And a big hello to everybody on this board.

[shiningstar]

this is very useful after a night of heavy drinking:

"who are you and where are my clothes?"

Uhhhhhhh Yep that would be a useful one :wtf:

[Rowan]

Uhhhhhhh Yep that would be a useful one :wtf:
lol thanks shiningstar:D ;)

[shiningstar]

ok guess I will give this a shot, "the trouble with people who talk too fast is that they often say something they haven't thought of yet. "If you really intend to make good somewhere, why not start right where you are. "nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." Mark Twain And a big hello to everybody on this board.

Nice one Westy.

[shiningstar]

lol thanks shiningstar:D ;)

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[Muffit]

ok guess I will give this a shot, "the trouble with people who talk too fast is that they often say something they haven't thought of yet.

Hi Westy! Good to see ya! I love that quote, that's me in a typical conversation!
:muffit:

[shiningstar]

I know what you mean Muffit. That quote of Westy's is so much like my sister is
scarey. :wtf:

[braxiss]

it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool,

than open your mouth and remove all doubt

[bsg1fan1975]

there is no such thing as a stupid question

[shiningstar]

it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool,

than open your mouth and remove all doubt

Now THAT one is an EXCELLENT quote! :thumbsup:

[westy 79]

it makes no difference if you are white or blue; if you are four feet tall,or if you're seven-feet-two. It matters not a particle if you're french or german; if you are a known agnostic, or one who gives a sermon. It's truly quite immatrial the nature of your occuption; if you're lackadaisical or have zeal and dedication. you may be sloppy by nature or one who is spic-and-span; Begorrah,on march seventeenth, you are an irishman. Unknown

[bsg1fan1975]

Another parental favorite:

"So if your friends jumped off a bridge does that mean you would do it too?"

[shiningstar]

"Practice what you Preach."

[westy 79]

money will buy a dog but only love will make him wag his tail. :)

[Muffit]

money will buy a dog but only love will make him wag his tail. :)

Love that one Westy! :)
:muffit:

[BST]

there is no such thing as a stupid question

:thumbsup: , bsg!! :D


..."there is only the foolish person that doesn't ask the question."

[westy 79]

as my lovely wife wendy always tells everyone she meets, make a fast friend adopt a greyhound :)

[Muffit]

as my lovely wife wendy always tells everyone she meets, make a fast friend adopt a greyhound :)

LOL! :)
:muffit:

[shiningstar]

money will buy a dog but only love will make him wag his tail. :)

That is a beautiful Quote Westy. I love that one. :love:

[westy 79]

thanks my wife and I are involved in our local greyhound group here in northwest ohio, and I have always loved that quote. They are great dogs just your basic 45 mph couch potatoe. :)

[shiningstar]

:thumbsup: , bsg!! :D


..."there is only the foolish person that doesn't ask the question."

Good one Bst :thumbsup:

[shiningstar]

as my lovely wife wendy always tells everyone she meets, make a fast friend adopt a greyhound :)

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[westy 79]

Always borrow from a pessimst.
HE NEVER EXPECTS IT BACK ANYHOW. :)

[bsg1fan1975]

so much to do, so little time. Aww heck, just hire a maid!

[shiningstar]

Always borrow from a pessimst.
HE NEVER EXPECTS IT BACK ANYHOW. :)

:thumbsup: Good one Westy :D

[shiningstar]

so much to do, so little time. Aww heck, just hire a maid!

Now THAT ONE ........................................
I REAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLY LIKE ;)

[unowhoandwhy]

Here's what I put as my yearbook quote (if I don't remember the exact wording I'm sorry, it was... OMG it was 14 years ago! Jeeze, I better get my AARP application ready ;) !):

If there were a mile-high mountain of granite and once every one thousand years a bird flew by and brushed it with the tip of its wing, by the time that mountain had worn away a fraction of a second would have passed in the context of eternity.

-Lois Duncan (I think?)

[unowhoandwhy]

"Measure TWICE .........................cut ONCE."

My dad, who was a carpenter always said, "If you measure once and then cut twice, remember this: Glue, spackle and paint/ Make a carpenter what he ain't."

[shiningstar]

My dad, who was a carpenter always said, "If you measure once and then cut twice, remember this: Glue, spackle and paint/ Make a carpenter what he ain't."

LOL :laugh: I think you're dad is VERYYYYYY right about that :muffit:

[shiningstar]

"Drop by drop the measure is filled."

[westy 79]

A committe should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

[unowhoandwhy]

Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
-I think it was Einstein, but I could be wrong.

(Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.)

[unowhoandwhy]

"Are you flesh or are you spirit?"

"I am sorrow."

-Ladyhawke



***Can you tell I LOVE quotes?!

[shiningstar]

Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
-I think it was Einstein, but I could be wrong.

(Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.)

I loveeeeeee that one! ;)

[Rowan]

Have you ever noticed..."Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said."
--Unknown;)

[bsg1fan1975]

If we fail at trying to succeed in what we are doing then is it ever worth the attempt!

(one of my own!)

[shiningstar]

Have you ever noticed..."Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said."
--Unknown;)

Good one Gaelen .................:thumbsup:
and Ohhhhhhhhhh soooooooooooo true!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

[shiningstar]

If we fail at trying to succeed in what we are doing then is it ever worth the attempt!

(one of my own!)

I really like that one Bsg! I look forward to reading more of your "OWN" quotes.
You are a very, very, very intelligent lady! :thumbsup:

:warrior:

:salute:

[westy 79]

our days are like indentical suitcases; all the same size, but some people can pack more into them than others.

[braxiss]

our days are like indentical suitcases; all the same size, but some people can pack more into them than others.

beutiful, and so true

[braxiss]

Have you ever noticed..."Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said."
--Unknown;)

bullseye and the truth is told

[Rowan]

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
--Albert Einstein

[ojai22]

Occasionally suffer fools; you may learn something of value. But never argue with them.

[ojai22]

The only way to keep a secret is to say nothing.

[ojai22]

All who snore are not sleeping.

[ojai22]

If you must lie, be brief.

[ojai22]

Often you lose the bait when you catch the fish. This is a necessary loss.

[ojai22]

The man who wants to hang himself can always be led to a noose.

[ojai22]

If you are forced to bow, bow very, very low. And hold that bitter memory until you take your revenge.

[ojai22]

Never knock someone else's racket. [You never know when you may be pulling the same stunt yourself.]

[ojai22]

Establish Priorities: If you're up to your ass in alligators, the first thing to do is drain the swamp.

[ojai22]

A thousand friends are not enough; a single enemy is. There is no such thing as a harmless enemy.

[ojai22]

If you can't win, make the price of your enemy's victory exorbitant.

[ojai22]

The fish is killed by it's open mouth.

[ojai22]

When you compromise, you lose. When you seem to have compromised, you take a step toward winning.

[ojai22]

When you are angry, close your mouth -- and open your eyes.

[ojai22]

THE EAGLE DOESN'T HUNT FLIES.

[ojai22]

If you don't spot the mark in your first half hour at the table, you're it.

:warrior:

[ojai22]

Wolves lose their teeth but not their nature.

[ojai22]

when Skating On Thin Ice, Skate Fast.

[ojai22]

:warrior:

Curiosity has lost more maidenheads than love.

:duck:

[ojai22]

:warrior:

If you are the anvil, be patient; if you are the hammer, strike.

:warrior:

[ojai22]

:warrior:

Better that your enemies overestimate your stupidity than your shrewdness.

:salute:

[ojai22]

:warrior:

IN A COLD HOUSE, FIND A WARM BODY.

:blush:

[ojai22]

:warrior:

Misfortunes always come in by the door left open for them.

:/:

[shiningstar]

Those are some great quotes Ojai :thumbsup:

[ojai22]

:warrior:

If others fold every time you bet a good hand, you play to their eyes.

[shiningstar]

"When you go after someone in Vengence ............build TWO graves ..................
one for your enemy ............................and one for yourself."

[ojai22]

:warrior:

NO ONE DIES TWICE.

:)

[shiningstar]

"Bad Advice I'll listen to. Good Advice I'll take." ;)

[ojai22]

:warrior:

The best theories often make the worst practices.

:warrior:

[shiningstar]

"Judge not .........lest ye yourself be judged."

[ojai22]

:warrior:

Silence makes no mistakes.



:)

[shiningstar]

"A bird in the hand is worth TWO in the bush."

[ojai22]

:warrior:

Strike first and you will strike last.

:warrior:

[shiningstar]

"Stupid is ........as Stupid DOES."

[ojai22]

Victories are always temporary; so are defeats.

[ojai22]

:warrior:

Long after other sins are old, avarice remains young.



:warrior:

[shiningstar]

:warrior:

Strike first and you will strike last.

:warrior:

That one I loooooooooooooveeeeeeeeee :D :thumbsup: :D

[shiningstar]

The grass is always greener on the other side

[shiningstar]

"If a pregnate women tells you to 'come over here' while she's in labor ..............
Don't do it"

I think that line was from the TV Series Murphy Brown.

[shiningstar]

"He who Laughs best ............laughs Last."

[ojai22]

OMG!!! Oad-jet has been blown up like a balloon! Wow, Thomas, she looks terrific! Thanks a bunch!

: - ) : - ))

[ojai22]

:warrior:

If you can't win by fighting fair, fight foul. Or have a third party do your fighting.

:)

[ojai22]

:warrior:

Opportunity makes the thief; the thief who has no opportunity to steal calls himself an honest man.

:/:

[ojai22]

:warrior:

If you must hurt a man, do it so brutally that you need not fear his revenge.

:bounce:

[shiningstar]

If not now When .............If not me ............Who?

[ojai22]

:warrior:

If you allow your enemies -- or your friends -- to think they are your equals, they will immediately think they are your superiors.


;)

[shiningstar]

"Instead of searching for a prince to 'rescue' you ..........rescue YOURSELF."

[ojai22]

:warrior:

Nothing weighs less than a promise.

:cry:

[shiningstar]

"If you're not happy to begin with .........No one else can make you happy."

[shiningstar]

"Before you harp on someone else's faults ...........FIX your OWN."

[ojai22]

:warrior:

IT IS MUCH BETTER THAT YOUR ENEMIES THINK YOU ARE CRAZY THAN REASONABLE AND RATIONAL.


:salute:

:warrior:

[shiningstar]

"People who live in glass houses should not throw stones."

[shiningstar]

People wearing many beads ..........can NOT walk quietly ;)

[shiningstar]

:warrior:

IT IS MUCH BETTER THAT YOUR ENEMIES THINK YOU ARE CRAZY THAN REASONABLE AND RATIONAL.


:salute:

:warrior:

I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvve that one! :D

[Darth Marley]

"If you're not happy to begin with .........No one else can make you happy."

I never bought into this one. Someone sure can piss you off and ruin your day.

[Rowan]

Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.
--Arnold Glasow

[Rowan]

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either
--Dick Cavett

[Rowan]

A friend is a gift you give yourself.
--Robert Louis Stevenson

[Rowan]

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
--Mother Teresa

[Rowan]

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
--Mother Teresa

[ojai22]

How much better it is that he should speak ill of me to all the world, than all the world speak ill of me to him. -- Tasso

[ojai22]

People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy after. --Goldsmith

[ojai22]

Live with wolves, and you will learn to howl. -- Spanish Proverb

[ojai22]

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

[ojai22]

Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man. --Sam Walter Foss

[Rowan]

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.
--Mark Twain

[ojai22]

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them. --Lavater

[ojai22]

No race can prosper 'til it learns that here is as much dignity in tilling the field, as in writing a poem. -- Booker T. Washington

[Rowan]

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
--Erma Bombeck

[ojai22]

What is in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. -- Shakespeare

[ojai22]

A person with a bad name is already half-hanged. -- Old Proverb

[ojai22]

:warrior:

No one is a slave whose will is free. -- Tyrus Maximus

:salute:

[Rowan]

Go Confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.
--Henry David Thoreau

[SeoulWind]

A turtle travels only when it sticks its neck out.- Korean proverb

Mark Snyder
Seoul, Korea

[Rowan]

To err is human, but it feels divine.
--Mae West

Too much of a good thing is wonderful!
--Mae West

Sex is an emotion in motion.
--Mae West

[shiningstar]

To err is human, but it feels divine.
--Mae West

Too much of a good thing is wonderful!
--Mae West

Sex is an emotion in motion.
--Mae West

Those are Great quotes. I thought she was quite a character when
I saw her movies. I always loved her comebacks :thumbsup:

[shiningstar]

"Absence makes the heart grow FONDER."

[shiningstar]

This is a saying I 'use' in reference to my mother.

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder ................and the further away she is.......
the fonder I am of her!"

:duck: :P: :duck:

[unowhoandwhy]

Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at.

-Carlos A. Urbizo

[unowhoandwhy]

Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy.

-Charles Pete

[unowhoandwhy]

There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.

-Albert Guinon

[unowhoandwhy]

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.

-Albert Guinon

[unowhoandwhy]

Unless a life is activated by sustained purpose it can become a depressingly haphazard affair.

-Richard Guggenheimer

[unowhoandwhy]

Doubt 'til thou canst doubt no more...doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought.

-Albert Guerard

[unowhoandwhy]

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

-H. L. Mencken

[unowhoandwhy]

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

-Lois McMaster Bujold,

[unowhoandwhy]

Any community's arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do neccesary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity.

-Lois McMaster Bujold

[ojai22]

Quote of the DAY? Whoops, sorry! :-(

Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves. -- T. Adams

[Gunstar Aries]

"The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less." - Brendon Behan

[shiningstar]

Quote of the DAY? Whoops, sorry! :-(

Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves. -- T. Adams

I like it Ojai and I like you're new BIGGER Avatar as well :thumbsup:

[shiningstar]

"The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less." - Brendon Behan

Sounds good to me .........................

[shiningstar]

Beware of Greeks baring gifts.

[shiningstar]

"Speak softly .......but carry a big stick." ..........from Teddy Roosevelt.

[shiningstar]

The difference between a maschocist and a sadist is .............
the Masochist says BEAT ME ..........BEAT ME...........................

WHile the sadist smiles steps back and says .........................

NO.

[westy 79]

This is a woman's world. When a man is born people say,"how is the mother?" When he marries, they say "what a lovely bride!" And when he dies they say, "how much did he leave her?"

[westy 79]

Too many of us are becoming concerned about a future trip to the moon, when we can hardly find time to visit a lonely friend at the other end of the town.

[westy 79]

music speaks our every mood.

[westy 79]

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

[unowhoandwhy]

Too many of us are becoming concerned about a future trip to the moon, when we can hardly find time to visit a lonely friend at the other end of the town.


Good one westy! :salute: :( Sad, but true.

[unowhoandwhy]

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.
--Mark Twain

[unowhoandwhy]

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.
--Otto von Bismarck

[unowhoandwhy]

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
--Isaac Asimov

[unowhoandwhy]

Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
--John Updike

[unowhoandwhy]

I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.
--Bethania McKenstry

[unowhoandwhy]

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
--Ambrose Bierce

[unowhoandwhy]

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
--Leo Tolstoy

[westy 79]

people can be divided into three groups: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.

[westy 79]

Many people today are educated beyond their intelligence.

[bsg1fan1975]

If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!

[westy 79]

I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand. Eric Butterworth

[Muffit]

This is a woman's world. When a man is born people say,"how is the mother?" When he marries, they say "what a lovely bride!" And when he dies they say, "how much did he leave her?"

LOL Westy! :)
:muffit:

[westy 79]

In these days of low-cut gowns, tight-fitting waists, shorter skirts, sheerer stockings and fig-leaf bathing suits, it takes a lot of willpower for a man to look a woman in the eye. unknown

[unowhoandwhy]

In these days of low-cut gowns, tight-fitting waists, shorter skirts, sheerer stockings and fig-leaf bathing suits, it takes a lot of willpower for a man to look a woman in the eye. unknown


It's a shame that us ladies can't really echo that sentiment due to the proliferation of "banana hammock" bathing suits worn by men who...shouldn't!

-Me, 2004

[Rowan]

ok I 'm showing my ignorance but...what is "banana hammock" bathing suite (haven't been to a beach in eons where it's warm enough to take your polar fleece off...);)

[westy 79]

There isn't anything that upsets a person quite as much as having company drop in and see the house looking as it usually is.