Favorite Quotes

“The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.”– Al McGuire

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”– Albert Einstein

“They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.”– Clint Eastwood

“ The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example. ”
— Thomas Morell

"I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It is not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel alone." Robbin Williams

“ As a solid rock is not shaken by a strong gale, so wise persons remain unaffected by praise or censure.”
— Buddha

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield.” - WB Yeats

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." - Peter Drucker

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell

"The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it." - Osho

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.– Calvin Coolidge

You have to see this one to appreciate it.

Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on having the proof. Also has to be heard to fully appreciate it.

Life's not fair

floridaorange wrote

where'd this come from - it's funny and therefore true

“I drink to make other people more interesting.”– Ernest Hemingway

“One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.”– George Carlin

UncleWede wrote

Life's not fair

“If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.”– Johnny Carson

smyles wrote

"I'm going to reconstruct, build, and do following things."

—Joe Biden, 2020

Go away smyles, child.

Murf993 wrote

Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on having the proof. Also has to be heard to fully appreciate it.

Murf#2,

Are you trying to inject politics into this thread?
Didn't you get the invite to that weird politics place from Norman when the F30 Pol/Rel pit was ended?

Murf

Littlebear wrote

Murf#2,

Are you trying to inject politics into this thread?
Didn't you get the invite to that weird politics place from Norman when the F30 Pol/Rel pit was ended?

Murf

Not at all, they are both very funny and they often get quoted here in Canada. And really many great quotes come from politicians, Thatcher, Churchill, Reagan, JFK, Roosevelt (both) Trudeau Sr. and those quotes are generally political in nature aren't they......

"Don't quote me boy 'cause I ain't said shit."
-Eazy-E

Murf993 wrote

Not at all, they are both very funny and they often get quoted here in Canada. And really many great quotes come from politicians, Thatcher, Churchill, Reagan, JFK, Roosevelt (both) Trudeau Sr. and those quotes are generally political in nature aren't they......

If those are your favorite quotes, you need to read more & watch CNN less, maybe?

"It's wanting to know that makes us matter. Otherwise we're going out the way we came in." Tom Stoppard (playwright)

Murf

D_o_S wrote

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.– Calvin Coolidge

a-frickin-men.

as a youth sports coach for most of the last 15 years..."will beats skill" was a go-to rally cry from me to my kids.

unfortunately the tic-toc generation is seeing far too many examples of "easy" success...it's an uphill battle for us to instill the value of persistence and determination.

The only thing I know, is that I know nothing. - Socrates

Here is no path. The wood is dark and perplexing; still we must push on. - Plato

The universe is transformation, life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius

Words are wind. - GoT

Kings to you. - The Count of Monte Cristo

Littlebear wrote

If those are your favorite quotes, you need to read more & watch CNN less, maybe?

"It's wanting to know that makes us matter. Otherwise we're going out the way we came in." Tom Stoppard (playwright)

Murf

So here's the thing. It seems that perhaps your response is the type of thing that has got politics banned on this forum. I'm sorry my quotes don't live up to your standard, and I appreciate your suggestion that I change new sources and read more of the books that you think are good.

How about this one:

Be the change you want to see in the world.

The Mahatma

Murf993 wrote

So here's the thing. It seems that perhaps your response is the type of thing that has got politics banned on this forum. I'm sorry my quotes don't live up to your standard, and I appreciate your suggestion that I change new sources and read more of the books that you think are good.

How about this one:

Be the change you want to see in the world.

The Mahatma

MPOWER5266 wrote

"Don't quote me boy 'cause I ain't said shit."
-Eazy-E

'Cause the boys in the hood are always hard
You come talking that trash we'll pull your card

The only direction one can coast is downhill - me.

Hatred corrodes the container in which it is carried. - Alan Simpson at GHWB's funeral

Humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life. - Also Alan Simpson at GHWB's funeral.

I'm not certain what Simpson's sources were for the 2 quotes.

"if it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make sense (cents)"

"repetition is the mother of skill"

not sure who said them but I like them and say them a lot

" you mean I'm going to stay this color?"

The Jerk