Meaningful Quotes

cokehead · Post by **cokehead** » Thu. Sep. 27, 2012 7:44 pm

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve." - Henry David Thoreau

Post by **franco b** » Thu. Sep. 27, 2012 8:50 pm

Good choice.

Here is one from jefferson/

“If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the People of all their Property until their Children will wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.” — Thomas Jefferson

Post by **franco b** » Thu. Sep. 27, 2012 9:20 pm

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. - Ambrose Bierce

Post by **franco b** » Thu. Sep. 27, 2012 9:56 pm

ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.

Ambrose Bierce again from his Devil's Dictionary.

If you think about it there is no such thing as an accident. For something to happen accidently is impossible. It's only our ignorance of the factors involved.

Duengeon master · Post by **Duengeon master** » Thu. Sep. 27, 2012 10:42 pm

If it doesn't go in easy, use a hammer.

If it doesn't come out easy, use a crow bar.

If it breaks in the process, it wasn't going to work anyway!!!

cokehead · Post by **cokehead** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 12:08 am

"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."--Isaac Newton

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 12:39 am

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 6:09 am

It's not a mistake, it's a feature!

Don't call it a mistake, call it a feature!

Ed.A · Post by **Ed.A** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 6:44 am

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" - Animal Farm, A Fairy Story - George Orwell

jimg · Post by **jimg** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 8:42 am

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Dag Hammarskjold

cokehead · Post by **cokehead** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 10:30 am

"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

theo · Post by **theo** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 3:55 pm

Was it not Winston Churchill that told a lady that she was ugly after the lady told him he was drunk,,,, what was the rest of the story ?

Dann757 · Post by **Dann757** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 4:03 pm

theo wrote:Was it not Winston Churchill that told a lady that she was ugly after the lady told him he was drunk,,,, what was the rest of the story ?

"I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly." ~ WC

Many more great WC quotes: http://jpetrie.myweb.uga.edu/bulldog.html

Dann757 · Post by **Dann757** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 4:23 pm

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Fri. Sep. 28, 2012 4:25 pm

Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean--- No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky---Two from Robert Zimmerman