Great Quotes

[Tony B]

I saw this on another forum this morning and thought I would share. Not sure if the quote is properly attributed to Lao-Tzu.


The Great Lao-Tzu said:

"It is only when you see a mosquito landing on your testicles that you come to realize that there can be value in solving problems without using violence.”

 

[siestakey]

Well

 

[RT Firefly]

Greetings,
Mr. TB. Wise words indeed BUT it's a totally different story when it's someone elses testicles.

 

[Donsan]

Wise words indeed BUT it's a totally different story when it's someone elses testicles.

Why are you fellas exposing your testicles???:lol:

 

[Scary]

Will Rodgers

Some folks learn from a book, others by observation, the rest of us have to pee on the electric fence for ourselves. Where do you fit in?

 

[Brooksie]

GREAT QUOTES

"One man with courage makes a majority." ~ Andrew Jackson

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The buck stops here." ~ Harry S. Truman

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." ~ John F. Kennedy

"It depends what your definition of 'is' is?'' ~ President William Jefferson Clinton

"That Obama... I would like to cut his nuts off." ~ Jesse Jackson, Sr.

"Those rumors are false. I believe in the sanctity of marriage." ~ John Edwards

"What difference does it make?" (re: Benghazi) ~ Hillary Clinton

"I invented the Internet." ~ Al Gore

"The next person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ass." ~ Joe Biden

"America is, is no longer, uh, what it, uh, could be, uh, what it was once was, uh, and I say to myself, uh, I don't want that future, uh, for my children." ~ Barack Obama

"I have campaigned in all 57 states." ~ Barack Obama (Quoted 2008)

"You don't need God anymore; you have us Democrats." ~ Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006) (A really, really stupid remark.)

"Paying taxes is voluntary." ~ Sen. Harry Reid

"Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he is."
~ Hillary Rodham Clinton (Quoted 1998)

"You have a business. You didn't build that. Someone else did!" ~ Barack Obama (Quoted 2012)

"We just have to pass the Healthcare Bill to see what's in it." ~ Nancy Pelosi (Quoted March,2010)

"Don't let anyone tell you businesses and corporations create jobs" Hillery 2014


"Life is tough! It's even tougher when you're stupid.'' ~ John Wayne

 

[Rustybarge]

.The Great Lao-Tzu said:

Zen saying: No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.

 

[kartracer]

THE DAM BOAT IS SINKING~ Ronney Picou

 

[chester613]

I'm stealing that one. Very good!

 

[HeadMistress]

A few of my favorites, all from Albert Einstein:

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." (Someone should engrave that one on every wall in the US Capitol!)

And my very favorite: "If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself."

 

[RT Firefly]

Greetings,
Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
The ox is slow but the earth is patient.

 

[CPseudonym]

When looking at a mistake my dad would say "That's about as effed up as a football bat"

No idea where he picked it up and he ain't alive to ask.

 

[BaltimoreLurker]

Boot camp Company Commander - That's as sloppy as a soup sandwich.

 

[GFC]

Clint Eastwood--"A man's got to know his limitations."

 

[rwidman]

Marion Barry as mayor of Washington, DC after being busted for drug possession in a motel room: "The bitch set me up!"

 

[She-Kon]

I have a collection of favorite quotes.

M/V She:Kon: Favorite Quotes

The latest addition to the list was:

"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder." - Cracker Larry 2014

 

[Forkliftt]

She:Kon, lots of great quotes. This is my favorite.
"He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist." - St. Francis of Assis (1181-1226)


1983 Present 42 Sundeck
Twin Lehman 135's

 

[CPseudonym]

“The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.” -Margaret Thatcher‪

 

[She-Kon]

“The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.” -Margaret Thatcher‪

My favorite Thatcher quote goes something like this: 'The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other peoples money to spend.'

 

[Peter B]

When looking at a mistake my dad would say "That's about as effed up as a football bat"

No idea where he picked it up and he ain't alive to ask.

Craig, it's an incongruity thing, and that's about the football equivalent of a farmers saying over here, that something is as useless as tits on a bull.

 

[FF]

“The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.” -Margaret Thatcher‪

And yet the Democrat party finds enough victims to prosper .

 

[siestakey]

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
Leonardo da Vinci

 

[O C Diver]

"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. " Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Ted

 

[Andy G]

A quick heads up about the following. Gough Whitlam was an Australian prime minister in the 1970's, well known for his imperial manner and intellect, if not his economic credentials.

'while in PNG for a gathering of the tribes in Goroka, "a short local – wearing little more than bird of paradise feathers on his head and football socks on his feet – looked inquisitively at Gough. Diplomat Richard Woolcott tried to explain in rusty pidgin 'him long fella number one belong Australia'. A second Australian official said, 'Do you realise you have just referred to the prime minister as the biggest prick in the country?'
"Overhearing this, Gough said to Woolcott: 'Thank you, comrade. Not all my attributes are known to public servants'.(SMH;Fitz Files)

 

[CCS]

"Age and treachery will usually triumph over youth and skill."

 

[mbevins]

"Age and treachery will usually triumph over youth and skill."

Just ask my son.

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[HopCar]

Remember men, you're fighting for this woman's honor! Which is probably more than she ever did.
Rufus T. Firefly in Duck Soup

 

[seasalt007]

To repeat, "Nothing is foolproof for the determined fool"

 

[sailtones]

I was given these quotes on plaques from my crew when I was running yachts a few years back. I still have them proudly displayed on the wall in the toilet.

"Our captain is always right, misinformed perhaps, sloppy, crude, bullheaded, fickle, even stupid, but NEVER WRONG!"

"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore"

 

[Marin]

One of the best statements I've ever heard came during an interview I was doing with Ed Wells, Boeing's most revered engineer, who worked his whole career for the company starting with the Model 200 Monomail in 1930 clear through to the 767. He is sometimes referred to as "The father of the B-17."

During the interview the subject of reducing noise came up, and the discussion moved to the early attempts to reduce the noise of the 707 and 727. At one point Ed said:

"Some people look at where we are and say, 'Look how far we've come.' I look at where we are and say, look how far we have yet to go."