Quotes

[baci2004]

"people demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid"

- Soren Kierkegaard

 

[Shades]

When you get to a fork in the road, take it


Yogi Bera

 

[feste]

Two of my fav's... and I don't know who said either...

"Live free or die"

&

"No greater love hath a man than to lay down his life for another"

"Live Free or Die" is the motto on New Hampshire license plates.

http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/emblem.html

"The motto became "Live Free Or Die," as once voiced by General John Stark, the state's most distinguished hero of the Revolutionary War, and the world famous Old Man of the Mountain was voted the official state emblem."

 

[kbluejayk]

I usually take a two- hour nap, from one o'clock to four.

- Yogi Berra

 

[kbluejayk]

Basenall is 90% mental. The other half is physical.

- Yogi Berra

 

[kbluejayk]

The only way to stop this suicide wave is to make it a capital offence, punishable by death.

- Irish Legislator in Parliament. 1979.

 

[banshie]

Barn’s burnt down
now
I can see the moon

Masahide

 

[banshie]

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

Oscar Wilde

 

[banshie]

I’m astounded by people who want to “know� the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

Woody Allen

 

[banshie]

If you can be, be. If not, cheer up and go on about other peoples’ business, doing and undoing unto others ‘til you drop.

e.e. cummings

 

[banshie]

I don’t watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

Stephen Fry

 

[banshie]

Jazz fans, gun owners and those who lack confidence in the President are among the most sexually active Americans. Just why was unclear.

From a study done by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago

 

[banshie]

Do you have with you:

14. Narcotic drugs, fire arms, weapons, ammunition, laser guns, explosives, pornography, chinese printing, chinese medicines, transceivers, or cordless telephones?

From the customs declaration form for entry into Indonesia

 

[banshie]

Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always try the one I haven’t tried before.

Mae West

 

[banshie]

Success is moving from failure to failure, without loss of enthusiasm

Winston Churchill

 

[banshie]

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Miles Davis

 

[kbluejayk]

You tell me and I forget;
You teach me and I remember;
You involve me and I learn.

-Benjamin Franklin

 

[kbluejayk]

Anything that man says, you've got to take with a dose of salts.

- Samuel Goldwyn
(Movie mogul)

 

[kbluejayk]

I called the doctor, and he told me that the contraptions were an hour apart.

- Mackey Sasser
New York Mets catcher, on his wife's labor

 

[kbluejayk]

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking.

- Yogi Berra

talking about a dinner at the White House