Quotes

[teddy]

After reading Gonebarouqes quote from Groucho Marx I could think of nothing better than a quotes thread. I know there was a famous one about a city council having to make do with Bach as second best. These quotes can be from any walk of life, not just humorous.

Groucho Marx again. - If you were standing any closer to me you would be behind me.

teddy

 

[Dorsetmike]

An ex-boss of mine

"Don't confuse me with facts ........ my mind's made up!"

 

[GoneBaroque]

I don't remember who said it, but

"If the theory does not conform to the facts then the facts must be changed".

 

[Dorsetmike]

On a photo forum

If at first you don't succeed, think how many people you've made happy

 

[Corno Dolce]

I know there was a famous one about a city council having to make do with Bach as second best.

teddy

Yep tedmeister - Those pesky and cheeky Leipzig Town Councillors - They are all forgotten but JSBach's memory lives on in Eternity. They got their comeuppance big time - Mocking JSBach is just plain mean and evil........

 

[teddy]

Have to admit he is probably my favourite composer.

Spike Milligan to Harry Secombe - I hope you die before I do. I dont want you singing at my funeral.

teddy

 

[GoneBaroque]

Comment made by Harry Secombe on a television show - I used to be much taller, an elevator fell on me.

 

[marval]

George burns said - I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere

 

[teddy]

Anybody remember that marvelous quote about not encouraging the brass section in an orchestra?.

teddy

 

[teddy]

Speak softly........and carry a big stick. Roosevelt... One of my favourite quotes

teddy

 

[southernparks]

I never think of the future - It comes soon enough. Albert Einstein

 

[southernparks]

What does a fish know about the water in which it swims all its life? Albert Einstein

 

[stu]

"Who stole the cork from my lunch?" W.C.Fields.

 

[teddy]

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. H G Wells

 

[Dorsetmike]

I'm sure we can all think of somebody this should apply to --

His parents should be charged with reckless breeding and sentenced to a retro-active abortion.

 

[teddy]

"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" Robert Fripp

teddy

 

[southernparks]

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit" Harry Truman

 

[marval]

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson

 

[teddy]

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
Thomas Jefferson Something I tend to quote when I am told I am lucky to have holidays, a nice car etc etc

teddy

 

[marval]

If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney