OT: Quotes

[-SWS]

God Grant me the patience to change the men I can, the aim to shoot the men I can't and the wisdom to know the difference.

A few more along the gender theme...

"Thinking men cannot be ruled."
-Ayn Rand

"A woman is like a teabag -- only in hot water do you realize how strong she is."
-Nancy Reagan

"Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy."
-Henry Kissinger

"There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works."
-unknown

"Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real. Perhaps they are."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

[jnk]

"Change your underwear...just in case something happens to you"
my Mother

Good advice. I just did. Thanks.

[fastflyguy]

"I believe in the soul. I believe in....., the small of a woman's back. I believe in the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch.
I believe that the novels of Susan Sonntag are a bunch of crap, that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe in the sweet spot,
soft core pornography, and long, slow, deep, wet kisses that last for three days."

Kevin Costner to Susan Sarandon - Bull Durham

[mars]

Walk softly and carry a big stick. Teddy Roosevelt

Sorry, cynical today.

Which reminded me of a saying often seen in Vietnam -

Praise The Lord....................... and pass the ammunition.

and I recently came across a Robert Bly quote I had not seen before -

The making of a man is making your body do what it does not want to do

Isn't it just!!!

and to finish on a lighter note (perhaps lighter than you think) from Boston Legal -

"Don't waste your time trying to get into my head. There's nothing there."

--William Shatner as Denny Crane

cheers

Mars

[Slartybartfast]

"It don't take all kinds, but we get 'em."

-- Will Rogers

"Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day."

-- Slartybartfast
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"The first ten million years were the worst,' said Marvin, `and the second ten million, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.

-- Marvin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[OceanGoingGal]

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”

I remember it best in my Grandparents kitchen in Eastport Maine. I know it came from a poster from World War Two. It seems to accurately describe the thrifty nature of my beloved Grandparents.

Laura

[SleepingUgly]

If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going. --Chinese Proverb

[tonycog]

You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.

--Charlie Jones

[mars]

On his 70th birthday anniversary -

and on the back of my favourite T-shirt -

"Give Peace A Chance"

Quote by John Lennon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=257eWiI ... ature=fvst

cheers

Mars

[Sillyme]

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
~Sir Winston Churchill

My doctor has this framed in his examining room. He walks to work every day with his elderly dog.

[Stormynights]

When you think your husband is about to grow up he starts going into his second childhood. My Mother.

[OceanGoingGal]

What If

What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in you hand
Ah, what then?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Not exactly a quote but a favorite piece from one of my favorite poets.

Laura

[torontoCPAPguy]

I knew a guy once with two dogs "Timex" and "Rolex". He was big on watchdogs.

A dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac will lay awake at night wondering if there really is a Dog.

Alfred E. Neuman

[DawgDoc]

Bueller? Bueller?

[Gerald?]

Quote from a judge deciding a case on whether two establishments were fine dining establishments or fast food outlets:

"Neither of the Defendants' restaurants is the kind of place where wine and conversation enrich the long slow savours of anticipation while in the kitchen the aim is to create something special to titillate the appetite of the most exacting deipnosophist."


Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.