***FAMOUS LINES IN HISTORY

[Frankn]

Old coon: I thought that is what the Lone Ranger said to Tonto.

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[Old Dog]

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do, than the ones you did!
So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour, catch the trade winds in your sails.
EXPLORE, DREAM, DISCOVER."

(Anon)

 

[Frankn]

Never quit until the undertaker buries you, or the tax collector buries you! By: Farnkn

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[Old Dog]

Never quit until the undertaker buries you, or the tax collector buries you! By: Farnkn

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"They'll throw dirt in my face first"

 

[Frankn]

"SOME WORDS FROM THE COMICS"
Clemens---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BE GOOD AND YOU WILL BE LONESOM.

THERE ARE SEVERAL GOOD PROTECTIONS AGAINST TEMPTATION, BUT THE SUREST IS COWARDICE.

ONE STRICKING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CAT AND A LIE IS THAT THE CAT HAS 9 LIVES.

ADAM AND EVE HAD MANY ADVANTAGES, BUT THE PRINCIPAL ONE WAS THAT THEY ESCAPED TEETHING.

OCEAN, A BODY OF WATER OCCUPYING ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF A WORLD MADE FOR MEN--WHO HAVE ON GILLS.

LAWSUIT, A MACHINE THAT YOU GO INTO AS A PIG AND COME OUT AS A SAUSAGE.

PAINTING, THE ART OF PROTECTING FLAT SURFACES FROM THE WEATHER AND EXPOSING THEM TO THE CRITIC.

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[Frankn]

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ABSOLUTE MONARCHY- One in which the monarch does as he pleases as long as he pleases the assassins.

ACQUAINTANCE- A person that we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

BORE- A person who talks when you want him to listen.

BRAIN- an apparatus with which we think that we think.

CORPORATION- An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

CYNIC- A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

EDIBLE- Good to eat,and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

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[AU24K]

Quote:
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY- One in which the monarch does as he pleases as long as he pleases the assassins.


Yeah, I know. That's what I told Caesar. Did he listen? NOOOOO!!! What did it get him?

Scott

 

[Frankn]

AU24K, He got the point in the end. If you don't believe me ask Brutis !

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[Chug And Red]

I guess this is recent history!!!! I woke up and decide to go hunting!!! Red was having a bad night!!!! I said yes I'm going out again!!!!! OK she said Have fun!!!!! (Note to Self she is Mad!!!) I'm thinking OK she is Pi@@ed off again Because I'm Going out detecting Again!!! That Is the day I found the gold medallion of St Barbara!!! Avatar pic Chug!!!! Now She asks Where area you going!!! HH Chug

 

[Monty]

If you want to challenge me to a war of wits, you sir are totally unarmed. William F. Buckley

 

[AU24K]

If you want to challenge me to a war of wits, you sir are totally unarmed. William F. Buckley

Monty,
I had heard something to that effect and was always afraid to quote it due to attribution vagueity. Thank you for identifying it for me!

Best,
Scott

 

[Frankn]

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Verbal gems by Mencken

The difference between a normal man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked.

Women have simple tastes. They can get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.

 

[Frankn]

A WOMAN IS AS SHE LOOKS BEFORE BREAKFAST.

NO MANS CREDIT IS AS GOOD AS HIS MONEY.

By: Edgar W. Howe

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[AU24K]

{BUMP}

We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
Will Rogers


Scott

 

[Frankn]

I don't make jokes; I just watch the government and report facts.
By:Will Rogers

 

[AU24K]

Frank my Friend,
I thought this thread worthy of revival.

Best Wishes,
Scott

 

[Frankn]

Thanks Scott.
I got to the point where I thought no one cared. My mistake.


Here's one from my dad: He who hits and runs away will live to fight another day.

 

[Red James Cash]

Quotes from the wild west

The newspapers tell all kinds of stories and lies about me,they say i killed 7 men for snoring. Well that isnt true i only killed one man for snoring.....John Wesley Hardin

I didn't want to send him to hell on an empty stomach....Clay Allison

You have the artists and pianists well, i am a shootist.....Clay Allison

I would of shot him if he was Jesus Christ.....Ben Thompson

I'm as anxious to leave this world as you all are to see me go....unknown

I see a good many enemies around and mighty few friends......Bill Longley

Can't you hurry this up a bit? I hear they eat dinner in Hades at twelve sharp and I don't aim to be late........Black Jack Ketchum

I love it. It is wild with adventure......Henry Starr

"The deceased came to his death at the hands of an unknown party who was a damned good pistol shot.....Judge Roy Bean

 

[Frankn]

Live your life so that whenever you lose you are ahead.

William Penn Adair [Will] Rogers, memorial inscription at Claremore,Oklahoma

 

[WindHarvester]

"All people make mistakes and we all learn from them son. Why do you think your an only child?"