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Quotations Of Greatness

Headsnap

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Everyone loves quotes; they're those things that other people have said which you wish you'd been funny/ smart/ philosophical enough to say yourself. Because everyone loves quotes everyone also has quotes which are their favourites. Here are some of mine:

Human society is like a sea, and that sea is pervaded by a big tide that flows in one direction. I don't so much swim against it as stand in the middle of the ebbing water as it laps round my ankles, cock in my hand, pissing straight into it and singing The Derry Air without a fucking care.
- Attributed to Johnny Rotten, although it seems a bit metaphysical for him.

We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world, a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just *****s for power and oil, but killer *****s with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us. No redeeming social value. Just *****s. Get out of our way, or we'll kill you. Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush? They are the same ones who wanted to have Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among us; they are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them
- Hunter S. Thompson. The last great loss to Humankind. In fact pretty much Hunter S. Thompson ever wrote, said, thought or belched is one of my favourite quotes. That man could make boiling an egg seem like a big deal. Then again he was an acid-mong so for him it probably was.

Man makes Gods in his own image
- Socrates, if memory serves me.

People often mistake the march-monkeys and demonstraters striving for a better world of equality and promise and prosperity for all as punk rockers. They see Earthy Jim and Dirty Jane digging ditches under Stonehenge to save it from being made into a Virgin Megastores and think these cunts are punks because they wear army surplus gear and have some tattoos. They think they're part of the subculture. Fuck that. They're not part of fuck all. They're tolerated at best, because anti-capitalism gives us an excuse to walk through the middle of London pissed out our skulls, screaming and fighting with the police and smashing up McDonald's.
- Interview with a skinhead from an old 90's fanzine.

It's not a crime unless you get caught.
- Random maxim.


Now you go.


EDIT: Forgot a few:

This isn't a race thing; it never was. It's a class thing. I have more in common with the broke, white, country-ass soldier scraping a living out of whatever the fuck he can than I have in common with rich Latinos or blacks... poverty doesn't discrminate against race. White, black, red, brown, yellow, whatever; it doesn't matter. We're all in the same leaking-ass boat, all sitting watching it sink into the sea as the rich motherfuckers stand at the side-rail of their yachts inciting us to argue amongst ourselves about whose fault it is that the boat's got holes and whose responsibility it is to bail it out, so we're too distracted to see how they feed off of us, how our suffering has bought them their luxury cars and homes and everything they could ever need, including safety. Making it about race is like an insurance policy for them. Fuck that. Fuck that, fuck them, and fuck anyone who is stupid enough to dance to their tune. It's about class, about wealth and the lack - no, not the lack, the PREVENTION - of it, and the sooner we all, ALL, no matter what colour your skin is, the sooner we all realise this the sooner we can all stand up as one people, one movement, undivided, and jack that fucking yacht and sink every last one of those motherfuckers in the cesspool of filth they created for us.
- Felipe Coronel, aka Immortal Technique.

You did well; you get a scuba man.
- Mark Thomas, from his book As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela. Read the book to know what makes this particular quote so great 😉
 
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Not up to the standards of the ones you cited....

but one of my favorites;

American politics is like an open septic tank; the biggest chunks float to the top.
Mark Twain
 
Mastertank1 said:
American politics is like an open septic tank; the biggest chunks float to the top.
Mark Twain

I like that one 😀.

Another few favourites from the old British bulldog himself, Winston Churchill:

Crotchety Old Woman:
"You sir are drunk!!"
Winston Churchill:
"And you madam are ugly. Tomorrow I shall be sober."

Crotchety Old Woman 2:
"If you were my husband I would poison your tea!!"
Winston Churchill:
"And if you were my wife I would drink it."


Churchill to a young socialite:
"Would you sleep with me for five million pounds?"
Socialite:
"Well, I... We would have to discuss terms, of course, but..."
Churchill:
"Would you sleep with me for five pounds?"
Socialite:
"Why Mr Churchill! What kind of woman do you take me for?!"
Churchill:
"We've already established that; now we're haggling over price."
 
Some of my favorites

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis."

"When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart."


"In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty."


"To be great is to be misunderstood."


"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."


~Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

- Maya Angelou
 
Some of my favorites were exchanges between...

Headsnap said:
I like that one 😀.

Another few favourites from the old British bulldog himself, Winston Churchill:

Crotchety Old Woman:
"You sir are drunk!!"
Winston Churchill:
"And you madam are ugly. Tomorrow I shall be sober."

Crotchety Old Woman 2:
"If you were my husband I would poison your tea!!"
Winston Churchill:
"And if you were my wife I would drink it."


Churchill to a young socialite:
"Would you sleep with me for five million pounds?"
Socialite:
"Well, I... We would have to discuss terms, of course, but..."
Churchill:
"Would you sleep with me for five pounds?"
Socialite:
"Why Mr Churchill! What kind of woman do you take me for?!"
Churchill:
"We've already established that; now we're haggling over price."

Gladstone and Disraeli (Disraeli always got the better of it).

Gladstone; Well, then, how would you define the difference between a misfortune and a catastrophe?
Disraeli:If you were to fall in the Thames, that would be a misfortune. If some one were to pull you out, that would be a catastrophe!

Gladstone; You, sir, shall die either on the gallows or of a loathsome disease!
Disraeli; That will depend on whether I embrace your morals, or your mistress.

Gladstone; I was investigating another matter entirely when I stumbled over the truth!
Disraeli; But, with admirable steadfastness, you got up, brushed it off of your coat, and went on as though nothing untoward had occurred?

I love those.
 
Mastertank1 said:
Gladstone; You, sir, shall die either on the gallows or of a loathsome disease!
Disraeli; That will depend on whether I embrace your morals, or your mistress.

Ladies and gentlemen, the educated equivalent of "Yo' girl's a skanky ho-bag". I love it 😀

EDIT: Gladstone was right about Disraeli; all surface, no substance ^_^
 
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." - Thomas Jefferson
 
"They though that they would wring our neck like a chicken. Some chicken! Some neck!'-churchhill

"Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave"-Thomas Stonewall Jackson

"You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right".-Robert E Lee
 
Bride of Dracula said:
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis."

"When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart."


"In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty."


"To be great is to be misunderstood."


"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."


~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Damn cool user name! 🙂 Ever see the Hammer Horror movie Brides of Dracula? Superb! :dog:
 
This first quote is not a favorite so to say as something I wish I said, but I use to remind me and others of what exactly is going on, and why:

'We love death. The US loves life. That is the difference between us two.' — Osama bin Laden, November 2001

Now on to a few favorite quotes.
For one my signature.....
and another couple that were in my signature for a while by Benjamin Disraeli:

"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not gives advantage to the danger."

"Action may not always bring happiness; but the is no happiness without action."
others by Mr. Disraeli:

"You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities found in public life."

"It is much easier to be critical than to be correct."

"There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honor."

Ill have more later.....

Rob
 
"There are only two kinds of people in the world. Those who are insane and don't admit it, and those who do. I choose the latter". - Timewarp.

"You can make me work like a dog. You can treat me like a dog. But if you don't give me a pat on the head and a treat once in a while I will BITE BACK!". - Timewarp

"If women wanted to truly be equal, they should have to go to male sensitivity camp every time they make fun of my penis". - Timewarp

"5.00 for a small coffee?!! %^&%". - Timewarp

"It's not but one day a year that we pretend to have a feelings for another mate. Now if we could only extend it for 364 more days". - Timewarp

"We have evolved to the point that we would rather look at the new model coming out in the near future rather than what we have now. Quite frankly...i'm fond of the classics". - Timewarp

Yeah...I didn't quote any "famous" dude from history. Fuck them. Their meanings were only true to them and them alone. Making everyone else...copycats. For me, I rather be original. You would do well to follow my wisdom...but don't copy me. (Paradox)
 
ticklkitten said:
"The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment." - T.H. White

I like that one because it is true. In fact it is beyond true. It is, to coin a phrase, "mega-true".

I believe the correct phrasing of Quincy's expression is "you can't polish a turd". Also true 😀
 
"I didn't attend the funeral, but a sent a letter stating my approval."-Mark Twain

I like this one. 🙂
 
"Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in the man's shoes."

Elvis Presley
 
"The problem with Scotland is that it's full of Scots." - Edward Longshanks, Braveheart :firedevil :devil:

"Shit rolls downhill." - My boss.
 
subZer0 said:
"The problem with Scotland is that it's full of Scots." - Edward Longshanks, Braveheart :firedevil :devil:

"Shit rolls downhill." - My boss.

lol, my favourite line in Braveheart 😀
 
It's hard to go wrong with Albert Einstein:

"Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often exert a baleful influence in later life."

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."

"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once."

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."

"The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate."

"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."

"Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."
 
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