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Posted: 2004-04-15 01:23pm
by General Zod
i prefer the Ferengi version of that one.
"Give a man a fish you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you lose a steady customer."
Posted: 2004-04-15 01:27pm
by SyntaxVorlon
I'm not in denial i'm just selective about the reality i choose to acept
Calvin and Hobbes
Posted: 2004-04-15 02:28pm
by Sporkzen
Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first.
oh yea and my sig quote of course
Posted: 2004-04-15 02:43pm
by Dartzap
' You sir!, so you have any previous convictions?'
' well i used to belive a penny saved was a penny earned...'
'Excellent!, you the kind of person we want in the watch!'
Captain Carrot
anouther is a conversation between the faculty of UU, about time travel and the consqences of treading on an ant
- "I think there may be one or two steps in your logic that I have failed
to grasp, Mister Stibbons," said the Archchancellor coldly. "I suppose
you're not intending to shoot your own grandfather, by any chance?"
- "Of course not!" snapped Ponder, "I don't even know what he looked like.
He died before I was born."
- "Ah-hah!"
and one which is not really a quote...
Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all
[edited for spelling and grammer}
Posted: 2004-04-15 03:10pm
by Mayabird
On the usefulness of a liberal arts education:
"The next time you are in an airplane that doesn't crash, just think about the Battle of Thermopylae and how much it helped in its design."
-Pat Biltgen
Posted: 2004-04-15 03:24pm
by ukamikazu
"Profanity is the crutch of an inarticulate mother fucker."
-Paul Rushing
Posted: 2004-04-15 06:50pm
by Agent R
"I don't know. I don't care. And it doesn't make any difference."
-Jack Kerouac
"There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity."
-Douglas MacArthur
Posted: 2004-04-15 08:21pm
by YT300000
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. - Joseph Stalin.
Posted: 2004-04-15 08:24pm
by Bill Door
For example, suppose I wrote a book that within 30 years of the moon landing millions of people could be duped by bad science and endless hectoring into believing that it didn't happen... nah, can't do that, too unbelievable for a fantasy novel, right?--Terry Pratchett, The new Discworld Companion
Posted: 2004-04-15 08:46pm
by GoldenFalcon
Nietschze wrote:He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
Posted: 2004-04-15 08:56pm
by Damaramu
Posted: 2004-04-15 10:02pm
by Wicked Pilot
There is the one in my sig, which has been there since day #1, and there is another one I have considered adding:
The trouble with simple things is that one must understand them very well
Posted: 2004-04-15 10:32pm
by thecreech
one of my favorites
"People say the craziest shit durning sex... one time i called this girl mom"--- Randal from Clerks
Posted: 2004-04-15 10:52pm
by Frank Hipper
My mom has given me some good ones:
He's running his mouth just to hear his gums slap together.
You think you're shit on a stick, but you're just a fart on splinter.
Sporkzen wrote:Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first.
That's one of mom's favorites, mine too.
Posted: 2004-04-15 11:18pm
by Illuminatus Primus
Darth_Zod wrote:i prefer the Ferengi version of that one.
"Give a man a fish you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you lose a steady customer."
"I've always said: give someone a fish, and they'll eat for a day; teach someone not to run a bass lure through their testicle and they will be able to fish for the rest of their life."
- Dennis Miller
Posted: 2004-04-15 11:36pm
by Wicked Pilot
Illuminatus Primus wrote:"I've always said: give someone a fish, and they'll eat for a day; teach someone not to run a bass lure through their testicle and they will be able to fish for the rest of their life."
- Dennis Miller
I prefer "Light a man a fire, and keep him warm for a night. Light a man on fire, and keep him warm for the rest of his life"
Posted: 2004-04-15 11:54pm
by Howedar
KrauserKrauser wrote:"I can't believe I ate the whole thing." -Homer Simpson
That was my high school class motto or quote or whatever.
Posted: 2004-04-16 12:09am
by SyntaxVorlon
My Yearbook quote was Zero Gravitas or Very little Gravitas indeed.(poor memory/repressed memory)
Posted: 2004-04-16 12:14am
by Supreme Monkey Lord
A mathematican is like a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that does not exist.
Posted: 2004-04-16 12:15am
by RedImperator
"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, "It might have been!" -John Greenleaf Whittier
"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others." -Harry Anslinger (the father of marijuana prohibition)
Posted: 2004-04-16 01:19am
by Howedar
RedImperator wrote:"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, "It might have been!" -John Greenleaf Whittier
Truer words have never been spoken. Make mistakes in life, there's no other way. But live so that you never, ever regret not having done or tried something.
Posted: 2004-04-16 01:29am
by Raptor 597
"There are no desparate situations, only desparate people." - Heinz Guderian
Posted: 2004-04-16 01:36am
by The Yosemite Bear
"I was born a man, and thus remained a child the whole of my life."-Mark Twain on the battle of the sexes.
"Shoot straight don't make a mess of it you bloody bastards!"-Last line in the movie "Breaker Morant"
Posted: 2004-04-16 02:26pm
by Lord Pounder
See my sig, the Oscar Wilde quote not the 31st Rule of Acquisition.
Another favourite of mine is "the problem with democracy is every dumb bastard gets a say"
Posted: 2004-04-16 03:07pm
by Glocksman
"I may be a socialist, but I'm not stupid"- My union service rep on why he wouldn't support Al Gore for President.
