Favorite Quotes

[wingchun100]

Another thread that could run forever: how about sharing some of your favorite quotes? Here is one of mine:

"The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man's intelligence."
Oscar Wilde

 

[Steve]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants for us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin

I also really like the Ghandi quote below. People often misunderstand the relationship between choosing to be non-violent and being unable to act violently. Ghandi taught that one must have the capability to act with violence in order to make the choice of non-violence meaningful. Lacking the will or ability to protect yourself is cowardice.

 

[Buka]

"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read."
Mark Twain

 

[crushing]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants for us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin

 

[wingchun100]

It's easy enough to prove mine. It is right from something Wilde wrote called "The Soul of Man Under Socialism."

 

[Steve]

Gandhi's views - Peace, Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution

Some background on my Ghandi quote.

Regarding the Franklin quote??? Well, maybe that one's not so authentical.

 

[Transk53]

1987 - Micheal Fish. Perhaps not quite the qoute, more a statement, but this I will remember for ever. I was 16 at the time and in the area.

Clicky

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

"If you want to learn how to fight, fight".

Forget who said this.

 

[Randy Strausbaugh]

"You can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word."

Al Capone

 

[donald1]

You may not achieve rank by physical ability alone but must also demonstrate the proper attitude - master seiko toguchi

If you stare at the grass then you'll get knocked on your ___ - my old football coach

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is - vince limbardy

 

[wingchun100]

"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
Steven Wright

 

[wingchun100]

"I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested."
Sheldon Cooper

 

[tshadowchaser]

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you

from my yearbook

 

[Buka]

A friend helps you move. A best friend helps you move a body.

Always loved that quote.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

"Après moi, le déluge" - Louis XV

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

Keep your friends close but keep your enemy closer.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

"A mother's boy has never wept, nor dashed a thousand kim." - Dutch Schultz

 

[Bill Mattocks]

"Clap for the Wolfman." - Burton Cummings

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.

-- Macbeth, Shakespeare

 

[Paul_D]

Just ****ing hit the **** - Lee Morrison

How much more information than that do you need to know you need to do something? - Lee Morrison

If you have to be physical the pre-emptive strike is the only consistently effective technique. - Geoff Thompson