Favourite Quotes and Quotations

[michal]

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands after wards.
- Robert Heinlein (1907-1988)

And of course:

Things are only impossible until they are not
- Jean Luc Picard (commanded or the star ship Enterprise NG)

[Becks19]

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul, can always depend on the support of Paul. ~George Bernard Shaw~

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

'If you want to be happy it is necessary not to be too intelligent'.
(Flaubert)

Flaubert

Long days and pleasant nights

[Srbo]

Hi,

'If you want to be happy it is necessary not to be too intelligent'.
(Flaubert)

Flaubert

Long days and pleasant nights

How very true.

[Becks19]

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson~

[GunslinginMarine]

"Most people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem."
-Ronald Reagan

"I am the way, the truth, and the light."
-Jesus of Nazereth

[Srbo]

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates

[JohnDalglish]

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates

Hi,

Aye,. and he was married to the infamous shrew and harridan, Xanthippe.

Xanthippe

Long days and pleasant nights

[Moderator]

So he spoke from experience, not just philosophically. I'm leaving, I'm leaving.

[frisbee]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Ben Franklin