***FAMOUS LINES IN HISTORY

[AU24K]

"In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King."---H. G. Wells 1866-1946

"The hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world."---Wm. Ross Wallace ?-1881

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
Right to say it."---Voltaire 1694-1778

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."---Lord Acton 1834-1902

"Taxation without representation is tyranny."--James Otis 1725-1783

"A place for everything and everything in it's place."---Samuel Smiles 1812-1904

"Men, you are all marksmen-don't one of you
Fire until you see the whites of their eyes."---Israel Putnum 1718-1790

"There is a homely adage which runs 'Speak softly and carry a big stick;
You will go far.'"---Theo. Roosevelt 1858-1919(at the Minn. State Fair-Sept. 2, 1901)


Best,
Scott

 

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[truckinbutch]

"If you take in a starving dog and elevate him above his station , he will not bite you ............ There lies the principle difference between dog and man ."
Mark Twain

 

[spartacus53]

"Music has charms to sooth the savage Beast."---Wm. Congreave 1670-1729

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AU24K , I think that should be "breast".

 

[jeff of pa]

"YU MAMA ! "

"You gotta fight for your right to party "

"I am not a crook"

"Never live with someone that won the Heisman"

"Obviously a major malfunction"

"I'm not insane, my mother had me tested"


"'I CAME HERE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH"......
"I do not recall...." ....."I do not recall...."....
"I do not recall...." .... "I do not recall...."


"I've been practicing law for 25 years, you're listenin'
to a caddy! This is a public humiliation! You can't let the defendant
have control of the key piece of evidence. Plus, she's trying it on
over a leotard, of course a bra's not gonna fit on over a leotard. A
bra gotta fit right up a person's skin, like a glove!"

 

[spartacus53]

"I've been practicing law for 25 years, you're listenin'
to a caddy! This is a public humiliation! You can't let the defendant
have control of the key piece of evidence. Plus, she's trying it on
over a leotard, of course a bra's not gonna fit on over a leotard. A
bra gotta fit right up a person's skin, like a glove!"

That was Jackie Chiles Best lawyer on this planet

I did not inhale & I did not have sexual relations with that woman William Jefferson Clinton

 

[Tony66]

Beauty is only skin deep but stupid is to the bone...

You can't fix stupid...
I heard Ron White say both but don't know if they're his originally.

 

[jeff of pa]

"I've been practicing law for 25 years, you're listenin'
to a caddy! This is a public humiliation! You can't let the defendant
have control of the key piece of evidence. Plus, she's trying it on
over a leotard, of course a bra's not gonna fit on over a leotard. A
bra gotta fit right up a person's skin, like a glove!"

That was Jackie Chiles Best lawyer on this planet

I did not inhale & I did not have sexual relations with that woman William Jefferson Clinton

Best lawyer on this planet, as long as Kramer ain't nearby

I Forgot "I did not inhale"

 

[BIG61AL]

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? Michelangelo

 

[Frankn]

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
By: George Santayana

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a crime in the statesman. By: George Santayana

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[Frankn]

This one seams to describe the actions of Spart.

Between the laughing and the weeping philosopher there is no opposition:the same facts that make one laugh make one weep. No whole-hearted man, no sane art, can be limited to either mood. By: George Santayana

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The foolishness of the simple is delightful; only the folishness of the wise is exasperating. By: George Santayana

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[AU24K]

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
Seneca, Epistles
Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD)


Scott

 

[AU24K]

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
By: George Santayana

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a crime in the statesman. By: George Santayana

​

Seems that you like George Santayana...
So here's another;
"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness...Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to fulfil it." George Santayana 1863-1952(Circa 1905)

 

[AU24K]

War is hell, or else we would grow to fond of it

Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes

Don't eat the mush, it's spoiled - Spanky

That quote is attributed to Robt. E. Lee.

Best,
Scott

 

[hammered]

"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!". Oscar Wilde on his death bed

 

[Frankn]

That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and, were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions. By: George Santayana

​

 

[Frankn]

Hay Pack, You matched that up fairly well, but now you will have Jane watching you!

​

 

[packerbacker]

Must have been too hawkish for someone Frankn....it got pulled.

 

[jeff of pa]

Hay Pack, You matched that up fairly well, but now you will have Jane watching you!

​

Must have been too hawkish for someone Frankn....it got pulled.

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[diggummup]

The checks in the mail- ??

Stupid is as stupid does- Tom Hanks

Common sense is not so common- Voltaire

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it- Voltaire

 

[Smudge]

"To be adult is to be alone." -- Jean Rostand

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -- H. L. Mencken

"The secret to dealing with a child is not to be its parent." -- Mell Lazarus

"One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged." -- Heinrich Heine

"Brigands require your money or your life: women require both." -- Nicholas Murray Butler

"Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it." -- Jules Renard

"The trouble with the rat race is that if you win, you're still a rat." -- Lily Tomlin

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could grow up to be president. I'm beginning to believe it." -- Clarence Darrow

"The most happy marriage I can picture..would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman." -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

And Finally...

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't like. " -- Will Rogers.

AMEN BROTHER!