Quotes

[biancataylor]

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

~Harriet Tubman~

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion."

Someone in the George W Bush administration, when France refused to send troops to Iraq.

It was Norman Schwarzkopf and it was in George H Bush's (senior) administration........and a great quote

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Norman Schwarzkopf

 

[biancataylor]

Never wound a snake; kill it.

~Harriet Tubman~

 

[Viewer]

No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.
Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love.
Happiness is not given but exchanged.
Truth fears no questions.
Dare to be wise.
Laugh.​

~ My coffee mug

 

[biancataylor]

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

~Rosa Parks~

 

[Viewer]

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.

~ James Arthur Baldwin

 

[Viewer]

Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it

~ James Arthur Baldwin

 

[Viewer]

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

~ Dr. Seuss

 

[biancataylor]

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.

~Erma Bombeck~

 

[Viewer]

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...
Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

~ Shel Silverstein

 

[Viewer]

Masturbation: the primary sexual activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, it's a cure.

~ Thomas S. Szasz

 

[Viewer]

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.

~ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

 

[friendz4evr]

When the candles are out, all women are fair.

Plutarch

 

[papasmerf]

A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.


Irish Proverb

 

[friendz4evr]

Variery is the spice of life that gives it all its flavour.

Cowper

 

[Viewer]

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.

~ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

 

[friendz4evr]

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.

Mark Tawin

 

[friendz4evr]

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Francis Bacon

 

[MuffinMuncher]

You realize, that if you deleted all the duplicate and triplicate quotes, this thread would only be 5 pages long?

At least I figured out how Strongbeau got to 20K posts so fast.