The quotes thread

[marval]

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.
Sophia Loren

 

[Muza]

Im sure Sophia Loren knows it all when it comes to eating spaghetti and other carbs, not to mention sucking up food like a vacuum

 

[methodistgirl]

Give constant thanks to the Great spirit(God) for each new day.
judy tooley

 

[Muza]

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell

 

[Contratrombone64]

If you were half a man ... and you are.
journalist Franklin P Adams to very short book illustrator Reginald Birch

 

[marval]

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Oscar Wilde

 

[Muza]

Love the last two ones

 

[Contratrombone64]

Margaret - that Wilde quote is wonderful, I'm going to use it.

 

[Contratrombone64]

here's a wonderful quote I read in the Sydney Morning Herald:

Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional minority and supported by the mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

 

[marval]

LOL at CT

I am not going to try it though.


Margaret

 

[marval]

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
W.C.Fields

 

[methodistgirl]

Creator help us make this journey of peace.
judy tooley

 

[marval]

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.
W.C.Fields

 

[Contratrombone64]

He's so cheap, he likes to watch porno movies backwards so he can see the hustler giving back the money.
---actor John Belushi on Billy Crystal

 

[marval]

"Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend - if you have one."
Telegram inviting Winston Churchill to the opening night of Pygmalion.

Churchill wired back.
"Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second - if there is one."

 

[Contratrombone64]

I'll never put Tom Cruise down ... he's already kind of short.
---producer Don Simpson

 

[marval]

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Charlie Chaplin

 

[Contratrombone64]

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film

 

[Muza]

"Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend - if you have one."
Telegram inviting Winston Churchill to the opening night of Pygmalion.

Churchill wired back.
"Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second - if there is one."

Gotta love Churchill . I think he is probably one of my favourite people. I admire his wit

 

[methodistgirl]

Life is worth a living just because He lives. -Bill Gaither
judy tooley