Sometimes a few choice words have more meaning than an entire book.
I'm going to post some of my favorite quotes I've read over the years.
These phrases have been selected for their, poignancy, wit and wisdom.
They are in no particular order. Enjoy
An appeaser is somone who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last...Sir Winston Churchill
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government...Thomas Jefferson
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.... Sir Winston Churchill
If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.... Harry S. Truman
The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness... Harry S. Truman
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same... Ronald Reagan
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other... Ronald Reagan
In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest... Ronald Reagan
America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people...George W. Bush
Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists...George W. Bush
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine...Thomas Jefferson
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too...Thomas Jefferson
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes... Mark Twain
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper... Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable... Mark Twain
Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution... Abraham Lincoln
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself... Mark Twain
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be...Abraham Lincoln
I can tell a young person where the mines are, but he's probably going to have to step on them anyway.... Burt Reynolds
I can honestly say, all the bad things that ever happened to me were directly, directly attributed to drugs and alcohol. I mean, I would never urinate at the Alamo at nine o'clock in the morning dressed in a woman's evening dress sober...Ozzy Osbourne
I may not be the richest man on earth. Or the smartest. Or the handsomest....Homer Simpson
posted by Bill Rowland @ March 26, 2007
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30 Comments:
"Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists...George W. Bush"
i like this one. there's no other choice anyway. after reading this statement, i suddenly feel tat he still have a bit of brain left in him.
-PS
This one is my favorite...
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself"... Mark Twain
I love Mark Twain
Homer... my hero!
That Homer. Full of wisdom. Love watching that programme - I lol so many times!!
Sir Winston Churchill's made a lot of sense.
Ozzy, a man after my own heart.....
And Burt Reynolds.....that is SOOOOOO true!! (Not only young people, some fathers too, aye Hammer?) ;)
ahhhh Homer - I identify so much! lol
"Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper"
LOL
Snowmanpoop: Twain is a favorite :)
Cheesy He got the funniest line. :)
KathB: I've tried to live my life by the burt reynolds one, not always successful but it helps.
m: Homer is a my hero :)
choochoo: The truth is so much funier than made up stuff :)
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine...Thomas Jefferson
I wonder in what context this statement was made, if he was having second thoughts?
Good Monday morning Hammer.
The Mark Twain quotes are my favorites !
Hammer, these are awesome. I love quotes. The ones you have here remind me that although we're much more technically advanced than in Jefferson's day, if anything, we've regressed in our thinking.
Love him or hate him, you cannot deny the sheer power and force of will Reagan had, heck, Truman too for that metter. I think W has the force of will, but sorely lacks in the ability to get his point across effectively to American's.
I think if one person in the next year or so would step into the presidential race that has that kind of will AND the elusive ability to get the American people to understand him when he speaks, that person will be a shoo-in for president. The only person I see right now, Democrat or Republican, who is even in the ball park is former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson, of Law and Order fame.
Great set of quotes. I'm copying some of them and adding them to my ever expanding list of good quotes.
Ronald Reagan was an idiot, a nationalist. I have hundreds of quotes. Hundreds of them.
LoL...gotta love Homer. Here are a few of my favorites:
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Edison
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi
Do just once what others say you can't do and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. James R. Cook
I would never let a woman kick my ass. If she tried something, I'd be like, HEY! You get your bitch ass back in the kitchen and make me some pie! Eric Cartman
I like all of those. Ozzy Osbournes cracks me the hell up. lmao
"I keep trying to think but nothing happens." Curly
The "with us or against us" quote is so far off base and full of arrogant posturing that I don't know where to begin.
One of GW's biggest faults is his monochromatic outlook on life.
Ten people in a room can look at one thing and see it ten ddifferent ways.
This quote assumes that there are only two ways to look at a thing.
If you ever spend any time outside of the US, you'll discover that we are not the center of the known universe.
The thinking patterns of other nations are different than ours.
One man's 'terrorist" is another man's barefoot freedom fighter.
It al ddepends on which side of the room you stand, and sometimes, which book you read.
The biggest "fault" with Democracy such as we know it, is that we get complacent and stop being involved.Basic Civics teaches us that we are a Nation ruled by ourselves, yet so many of us want to separate "us" from "government", who has become the evil "them".
Them IS us. So many have seemed to have forgotten that.
The 51% tyranny of the majority is the necessary outcome of self government. There is no other "fair" alternative. Unless one wishes to revert back to an Oligarchy or perhaps mimic Stalin's days?
Didn't think so.
So what you get is 49% of the populace holding their noses and shakng their heads everytime they hear the word "nucular" and "decider" and vowing "never again"...
I love this one...
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be ...Abraham Lincoln
And Burt Reynold's quote is so, so, soooo true and the way I think it should be, unfortunately. But kids do learn best by trial and error.. hell everyone does for that matter.
“Washington is a stud farm for every jackass in the country.”
- Mark Twain
"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress."
-Mark Twain
"The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets".
-Will Rogers
"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." -The Dalai Lama
"Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing -- and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even."
-Will Rogers
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
-Mark Twain
Janet: I think that's why we have a representative democracy instead of a straight democracy where individuals vote on each major issue.
annie: He was a brilliant and funny man.
jam: I agree completely and if Thompson runs I'm voting for him.
bbc: if you feel like it google "reagan letters" he was a very thoughtful person. A personal hero of mine.
A nationalist is what we needed during the cold war.
mrsjosegoldbloom: Those are all excellent. Some I hadn't heard before. Thanks!
burfica: I had just moved here when ozzy did that. I thought "what the hell was he on" lol
Scott: you make a valid point. Bt if we had a leader who saw things ten diferent ways he would be...Jimmy carter. ;) Actually I totally agree with your civics statement. the us and them comes from the "un elected who write regulations that have force of law, like the IRS, TSA, BATF etc...people didn't vote for these people or agree to let them creaty de-facto laws. It's scary.
groovy: The one about being happy needs to be shouted from the rooftops and printed on prozac bottles. :)
bobg: All those are excellent thanks for sharing them :)
bogb posted some interesting quotes I haven't see before, I will grab copies of them.
Hammer... So Regan was thoughtful, BFD, so am I. We don't need cold wars on this planet, we don't need any wars on this planet if these different clans of monkeys would just become more spiritual and rise above all that shit.
I am a citizen on a planet, not just a citizen in one country. I was born and live in this country is all.
What if you where to move to another country, would you feel more patriotic to that country than to the one you left?
Patriotism is an infantile disease. Albert Einstein.
BBC You called reagan an idiot, I was just refuting that.People may not like him but there wasn't anything wrong with his thinking until he got alzheimers. Reagan didn't start the cold war he ended it. And if I moved to another country permanently I would be obligated to it just like I am with the US. why should I view countries like North Korea and Iran with the same eye that I see Great Britain and Austrailia? Sometimes we must discriminate for our own preservation.
These are all attributableto my fomer wife
"There is no real orange in a jaffa cake- and it does not count towards your five a day!"
"You have had enough beer already - why not piss in the can and drink it again?"
"You are useless in bed - at least I can lie on the pillow"
""Have you ever thought of getting a job?"
Do you want to use any of these quotes? I can provide you with links to her attendance at Amsterdam Gay Pride should you be interested?
Great List Hammer!
I especially liked Reagan's quote on blood-lines & of course, Homer's quote.
TY for sharing!
BBC - So, you wanna be a citizen of the world? Wait till THAT tax bill arives. Nationalism has been one of the most negative, distructive "isms" in the history of the world, but that doesn't lead me to think I'd be better off subordinating my life to the will of some worldwide collective. Don't trust them to leave me alone, any more than I trust the folks in Washington. Reagan is the last president I'm still proud to have voted for. The last American statesman of the 20th century. Liberals will never give him credit, the way conservatives will never give Clinton credit for the good times in the 90s. Politics and prejudice. Sounds like Jane Austin.
And Hammer, great quotes man. Here's one for ya, "It is the privilage of great men to view catastrophy from a terrace" - Can't remember. And Twain was a god. He wouldn't have like Reagan ether, but that's cool. Takes all kinds.
It seems that there are folks that think the cold war is over, rather than just changing places.
*rolls eyes*
mutley: interesting quotes, I've had my fill of marching lesbians though. My mother tried to convert me, I told her I was already a lesbian trapped in a man's body.
skinnylittleblond: thanks, it's hard to find realy good ones but when I do it seems the same names keep appearing. Reagan being one of them.
Fathairybastard: That's a good one too, I'd be interested to see who said that and in what context.
bbc: I'm not worried about worldwide nuclear war anymore but the dirty litte wars keep on popping up and will continue to do so as long as there are political monkeys scampering around causing trouble.
LOL, Hammer your politics certainly came through on this post.
I hear you bro, I love it.
This where the road we all travel together eventually forks off and you see in which direction people will head in.
To each their own, but I'm probably going to be riding shotgun with you. ;)
Quotes I endorse:
"Sit up, join up, stir it up, get online, get in touch, find out who's raising hell and join them." Molly Ivins
"Why would any intelligent, independent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself." Amelia Peabody Emerson
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Benjamin Franklin
"America has entered one of its periods of historical madness, but this is the worst I can remember: worse than McCarthyism, worse than the Bay of Pigs and in the long term potentially more disastrous than the Vietnam War. The reaction to 9/11 is beyond anything Osama bin Laden could have hoped for in his nastiest dreams. As in McCarthy times, the freedoms that have made America the envy of the world are being systematically eroded. The combination of compliant US media and vested corporate interests is once more ensuring that a debate that should be ringing out in every town square is confined to the loftier columns of the East Coast press. " John Le Carre
Quotes for your enlightenment:
"And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it." George Walker Bush
"You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war President. No President wants to be a war President, but I am one." George Walker Bush
"One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards." George Walker Bush
"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." George Walker Bush
"I've reminded the prime minister—the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship." George Walker Bush
"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?" George Walker Bush
"I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel." George Walker Bush
Are you ENTIRELY sure you want to use the Pretender to the Presidency as one of your "most favorite quotables?
gunz: You can ride shotgun anytime bro, lol I just go with what makes sense. Seems we ae on the same page
sewmouse: Nobody is perfect, and I think every president has mis-spoken on many occasions. My favorite was Bush 41 talking about nuclear suppositories lol Seriously I don't trust any politician as far as I can throw em.
THE cold war, the one we all grew up with, is long over, but conflict is a natural and normal human condition. As long as nations compete to wriggle higher up the pile, we at the top of the pile will have to keep swatting them. Being at the top means we're automatically against anything that shakes the pile. Folks stuck further down will wiggle to get a better pos, and we'll swat, unless they wiggle politely and get our consent to move up a bit. This is the way things have always been. The natural way of things. Don't see it changin' any time soon. That's why I miss Reagan, not that he didn't have his fair share of screw ups. They all do.
And I think that quote had something to do with the Napoleonic years, but I may be wrong. I'm still lookin' for where I found it. I think it came from one of PJ O'Rourke's books, about a trip he did through Lebanon in the 80s or early 90s. He quoted someone else.
janet said:
I wonder in what context this statement was made, if he was having second thoughts?
Hammer said:
Janet: I think that's why we have a representative democracy instead of a straight democracy where individuals vote on each major issue.
You guys are kidding right?? Our country, The United States of America, is NOT a democracy (thank goodness) and never has been. Jefferson having second thoughts? No, he was against the idea of democracy as were the other authors of our constitution. This is why we are a REPUBLIC :) and always have been.
I really love what Jefferson said about rights to bear arms. There is too much stereotyping going on these days. Just because I am a liberal people assume that I don't respect the constitution. I believe it should not be overthrown as Lincoln says.
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