The quotes thread

[intet_at_tabe]

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.", by Nelson Mandela.

 

[marval]

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
Ovid.

 

[Contratrombone64]

To call Slate's lazy hatchet-job of Republican conventional wisdom bullshit would be a compliment to the fecal matter of male bovines.
---writer Jane Hammsher

 

[intet_at_tabe]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"They misunderestimated me.", by US President George W. Bush (November 6, 2000 in Bentonville, Arkansas)[/FONT]​

 

[marval]

Hold a true friend with both your hands
Nigerian Proverb

 

[Contratrombone64]

I wish I were a glow worm
A glow worm's never glum
How could you be unhappy
When the sun shines out your bum

 

[marval]

Love the quote CT.

 

[Contratrombone64]

Not sure who penned it, I'm afraid, dear marval!

 

[marval]

It doesn't matter, it made me laugh.


Margaret

 

[marval]

When I was a boy, the dead sea was only sick.
George Burns.

 

[Contratrombone64]

A couple of connectable dots involve [Mary] Matalin's husband, James Carville, and [Tim] russert's son, Luke, who together launched a satellite radio sports talk show called "60/20," a reference to their respective age groups, apparently because the title "A Giant Talking Adder and an Unqualified Stripling with a Famous Dad Discuss Big Strong Sweaty Men" was already taken by the Sci-Fi Channel.
---Journalist Colin McEnroe

Now that really made me laugh when I flipped over my calandar and read it this morning.

 

[marval]

Wow, what an unusual title. HaHa, all you could do was laugh.


You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime.
John P. Grier

 

[Contratrombone64]

We live in a rainbow of chaos.
---Paul Cezanne

 

[marval]

The only source of knowledge is experience.
Albert Einstein

 

[Contratrombone64]

Pamela Anderson was almost stopped from boarding a plane yesterday. Her breasts were mistaken for oversized carry-on luggage.
---comedian Joan Rivers

 

[marval]

HaHa that sounds like Joan Rivers. She was on a show here in the UK the other day, and got thrown of for excessive swearing.


“When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.”
Sacha Guitry

 

[Contratrombone64]

People give Jessica Simpson too much of a hard time. Yes, she's stupid, but she doesn't get paid to be smart. She gets paid to be a cheap Britney knockoff.
---Triumph the Insult comic dog

 

[marval]

If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.
Groucho Marx

 

[intet_at_tabe]

"I'm the king of the world, I am the greatest, I’m Muhammed Ali, I shook up the world, I am the greatest, I'm king of the world, I'm pretty, I'm pretty, I'm a baaaad man, you heard me I'm a baaad man, Archie Moore fell in four, Liston wanted me more, so since he's so great, I'm a make him fall in eight, I'm a baaad man, I'm king of the world! I'm 22 years old and ain’t gotta mark on my face, I'm pretty, I easily survived six rounds with that ugly bear, because I am the greatest.", by Muhammed Ali.

 

[marval]

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.
Sam Ewing