Wise Quotations

Xenophile

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. Mark Twain.

Footnote: To correspond with modern times I think the age of eighteen should be substituted for the age of fourteen as stated above!

'If you've never failed, you've never lived'

Thomas Edison

cantdecide

This is a piece of advice my father gave to me. Now this refers not only to lagging, but all forms of insulation. He said "dont ever"...no, wait, it was "always"...no er, "never, never" - oh wait now, I've forgotten. Never mind.

Frosty McSnowballs

If its still itchy after you scratch it, go to the doctor.

-Some guy

Czarcasm

Xenophile wrote: »

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. Mark Twain.

Footnote: To correspond with modern times I think the age of eighteen should be substituted for the age of fourteen as stated above!

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Mr. Incognito

Never argue with stupidity....

It will drag you down to its level and beat you by experience

Cookie_Monster

If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!
-Zap Branigan

king_of_inismac

Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're usually right.

Call Me Jimmy

We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost...

Charlie Chaplin

Nabber

Go to bed with itchy bum, wake up with smelly finger!

Xenophile

There are people that instead of been remembered in the history books deserve to be remembered in the comic books! Jaume Perich

Usually the worst thing about the mass media is what they communicate! Jaume Perich.

Violence never solves anything, this is usually said by people who fear that violence is in fact the answer! Jaume Perich

All comparisons are hateful, but only for the person comparing! Jaume Perich

Muise...

Now when I was a boy
my daddy sat me on his knee
and he told me
he told me many things
and he said son
'there's a lot of things in this world
you're gonna have NO USE FOR
and when you get blue
and you've lost all your dreams
there's nothin' like a campfire
and a can of beans.'

Xenophile

Czarcasm wrote: »

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Things change with time it is called evolution! I don't think in a modern context we can call it devolution. So let me call it negative regression.

Call Me Jimmy

Muise... wrote: »

Now when I was a boy
my daddy sat me on his knee
and he told me
he told me many things
and he said son
'there's a lot of things in this world
you're gonna have NO USE FOR
and when you get blue
and you've lost all your dreams
there's nothin' like a campfire
and a can of beans.'

Now all I want is a campfire and a can of beans... and I don't even like beans!

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good"

Samuel Johnston

Kaiser D

"An erection is just your penis blushing"

Sir Osis of Liver.

Nabber wrote: »

Go to bed with itchy bum, wake up with smelly finger!

Go to bed with sex on brain,wake up with solution in hand.

Xenophile

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....

Good quote who do you attribute it to?

Call Me Jimmy

Xenophile wrote: »

Good quote who do you attribute it to?

Ah it's Charlie Chaplin from his film The Great Dictator. editing now.

Sunnyisland

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.
Helen Rowland

Duckworth_Luas

Yeah, we really had to work our socks off and it proves there are no easy games at this level anymore. It genuinely was a game of two halves and we just had to park the bus for the last 10 minutes. All credit to the opposition but at the end of the day goals win games and we scored more.

-Dennis Wise

downwesht

I never wished anyone dead,
but I've read many an obituary with much pleasure!

Mark Twain

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

Eminem

FairytaleGirl

What other people think of you is none of your business.
Eleanor Roosevelt.

DeadHand

Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or f**king beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.

-Al Swearengen

Daqster

"Tis thy time when nobody sees us, that we can truly escape the knowing light of the divine wish." - Sir Tota Lee Madatap.

xploderz

" "

They're my favorite quotation marks.

I also like these ’ ’

These ones are just crap ` `

rolliepoley

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Bob Marley.

NuckingFacker

"You can't put an old quote in a new thread". Or was it "can" and "old...old"? I always mix them up.

pajor

"It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say."

- Primo Levi

whupdedo

A man never stands so tall, as when he kneels to help a child
The knights of pytagaros

catallus

"...the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs" : Eliot

Xenophile

NuckingFacker wrote: »

"You can't put an old quote in a new thread". Or was it "can" and "old...old"? I always mix them up.

Quote from the Bible

You cannot put new wine into old skins!

diomed

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Xenophile

diomed wrote: »

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Sounds like Groucho Marx or Woody Allen?

baboo800

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. ”

Samuel L Jackson -pulp fiction

The Backwards Man

When you're bossa nova there's no holding - Bryan Ferry

Curly Judge

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces!

y0ssar1an22

'They say you die twice. Once when you stop breathing and the second, a bit later on, when somebody mentions your name for the last time'.
- Banksy (?)

Maybe wise, but kinda sad.

kasper

time wounds all heels john lennon

Jagdtiger

Intuitive improvisation is the secret of genius
Max Zorin

Red Kev

Ever tried, Ever failed.
No matter.
Try again, Fail again,

Fail better.



From "Westward Ho!" by Samuel Beckett, I like it so much I use it as my sig.

baboo800 wrote: »

"The path of the righteous man ............... And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. ”

Samuel L Jackson -pulp fiction

Ezekiel beat Samuel J by about 2500 years.

looking_around

“Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.”

― Cree Indian Prophecy

Munstermad

Recently heard these "Better to be on the shelf then in the wrong cupboard" Anon



"people are like plumbing, they are either drains or radiators"

king_of_inismac

Red Kev wrote: »

Ever tried, Ever failed.
No matter.
Try again, Fail again,

Fail better.



From "Westward Ho!" by Samuel Beckett, I like it so much I use it as my sig.



Ezekiel beat Samuel J by about 2500 years.

Nope. Its not a real biblical quote

osarusan

We're all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions, moral choices. Some are on a grand scale, most of these choices are on lesser points. But we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. it is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things, like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more.


final lines of Crimes and Misdemeanours.

Curly Judge

"If we'd been born where they were born,
and taught what they were taught,
we'd believe what they believe".

Abraham Lincoln [I think?]

DazMarz

"Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal."
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"Try to be like the turtle; at ease in your own shell"
-Bill Copeland

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace"
-Jimi Hendrix

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course"
-Billy Graham

Some12

Don't eat yellow snow.

seenitall

My favourite quote is from a very beautiful and very ill-fated actress and civil rights activist, Jean Seberg:

Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything.

Happiness isn't everything. Now that's what I call inspiring.

Doyler92

I have forgotten more wise quotations than you will ever learn.