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Quotes.
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:32 pm
by A dude named Vince
I was wondering, does anyone know any famous quotes they'd like to share? It can be from just about anything, like books or movies. I'll start with
this.
(That was a great movie by the way, one of my favorites. Also, try to post a link if you can.)
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:17 pm
by TyVulpine
"Courage of the heart is very rare." Nicodemus- Secret of NIMH
"Surely you can't be serious!" Ted Striker- Airplane!
"Oh, the quarterback is toast!" Die Hard
"Do you believe in miracles? YES!" 1980 Olympics (USA Vs Soviet Union)
Re: Quotes.
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:46 pm
by Tom Flapwell
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." -- Wayne Gretsky
Similarly: "Is shame you fall down nobody push you." --
The Joy Luck Club
That's one of the few movies I've seen that hasn't lost a lick of coolness in a quarter century.
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:21 pm
by Comrade K
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" -Epicurus
"Don't be a fool and die for your country, Let the other sonofabitch die for his." -Patton
And my personal favourite:
"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." -Jean Chretien
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:41 pm
by Niko123000
My Personal Fav? Really any Mark Twain Quote.
"There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here."
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear."
"The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:05 pm
by CoreyFox
I feel like making up my own: "He who wears a watch will always check it. He who doesn't will always ask 'What time is it?' Either way, he'll always be a clockwatcher."
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:08 pm
by datherman
Just a quote from my old scoutmaster that's stuck with me:
"A man admits when he is wrong and does what he can to correct that wrong."
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:09 pm
by TyVulpine
"Two targets, time enough for one shot." GoldenEye
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:13 pm
by gforce422
"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." - C.S. Lewis
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." - Mark Twain
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:18 pm
by TyVulpine
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." - Mark Twain
FTW
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:27 am
by Loeln
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:45 am
by Niko123000
"Evil isn't doing bad, it's not Feeling bad about it afterwards!" ~ Avaric, from Wicked
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:03 am
by osprey
"I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed." -George Carlin
"People are more likely to believe a quote if it's Anonymous." -Anonymous
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:45 am
by Loeln
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:35 am
by Nyte
"Surely you can't be serious!" Ted Striker- Airplane!
"I'm serious, and don't call me Shirley!" - Airplane! (I don't know the name of the character who says that..XD)