Favourite Quotes and Quotations

[StoryTellerRose]

"This machine has no brain. Use your own."

[BlackThorn]

My buddy made a couple good ones the other day. They were concerning President Obama.

One was, "When he's doing his weekly national address, Obama should walk out eating a big ole' bucket of fried chicken. And just look into the camera and nod and say, 'uh huh'."

I loved that quote. And before it angers anyone, keep in mind, the entire point of that quote would be to piss off the clueless people of the nation. If you're not clueless, you'd think it was funny that people some people out there, 'just didn't get it', and would consider that an insult.

Oooooo, and for the record, if anyone bloats over how amazing Bush was, but how horrible Obama is driving the country into the ground... Keep in mind, that the economy exploded about five seconds after Bush left the building. Obama was put behind the controls of a crazy train hammering at triple it's speed towards a cliff with no more tracks beneath it.

So, the other quote my buddy made, was, "Obama is an amazing president. Obama, is the best president this country has had in one hundred years."

[themadone06]

Well I don't know about all of that stuff ^^^^^^^^ but I think it was a joke... I thought it was funny.

I'll add some of my favorite quotes. Actually I have a lot so enjoy

Guns don't kill people..... people kill people - Have no idea who actually said it, but I say it a lot

"The Universe is wider then our views of it" - Henry David Thoreau, Walden

"I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." - Henry David Thoreau, Walden.... by far my favorite quote

Some Gen. George S. Patton's

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."

"A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end."

"Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle."

"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."

"If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened."

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

"We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way"

"I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea." Joshua Chamberlain, commander of the 20th Maine, General of the Union Army at Appomatax

"Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell." - General Mad Anthony Wayne

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." - General George Washington, First President of the United States

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - General George Washington

"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me." - Abraham Lincoln

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." - Abraham Lincoln

"Speak softly and carry a big stick" - Theodore Roosevelt

"A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user" - Theodore Roosevelt

"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country." - Theodore Roosevelt

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes

"Redemption is spelled R-O-N" Anchorman

[Sugar Marie]

"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me." - Abraham Lincoln

Just for the record: I love Abe Lincoln - this quote just seems too absurdly naive to let go w/out comment.

[Haunted]

"What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul."
--- Yiddish Proverb

[Haunted]

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - General George Washington

Thanks, Madone

[Oogway]

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”

[CorbinKale]

Just for the record: I love Abe Lincoln - this quote just seems too absurdly naive to let go w/out comment.

He had some other quotes that are frequently ignored by those who wish to perpetuate the myth that the Civil War was about slavery.

In his 1860 inaugural address, he said: "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

Two years later, President Lincoln wrote: "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union (Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862)."

And in 1858 Lincoln had written: "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people. There is a physical difference between the white and black races, which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality."

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3487

[themadone06]

It still boggles my mind when people say that the Civil War was fought over slavery.

[Sugar Marie]

Just for the record: I love Abe Lincoln - this quote just seems too absurdly naive to let go w/out comment.

This is to themadone06 directly:
I just reread this post, and made myself wince.
Please know that my intent was to make light of what I perceive as a silly comment - not to in any way undermine your post as a whole, or even your decision to use this quote in particular.

You probably(hopefully)haven't thought twice about this, but I just wanted to clarify, in case you were offended at all.

My quote contribution for the day:
The road to hell is paved with good intentions-Proverb