Wise Quotations

Xenophile · 16-12-2013 10:07PM #1

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!

16-12-2013 10:12PM

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

Thomas Edison

cantdecide · 16-12-2013 10:13PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:13PM

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

-Some guy

Czarcasm · 16-12-2013 10:13PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:14PM

Never argue with stupidity....

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

Cookie_Monster · 16-12-2013 10:15PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:15PM

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

Call Me Jimmy · 16-12-2013 10:17PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:17PM

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

Xenophile · 16-12-2013 10:19PM

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... · 16-12-2013 10:21PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:26PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:26PM

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!

16-12-2013 10:27PM

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

Samuel Johnston

Kaiser D · 16-12-2013 10:27PM

"An erection is just your penis blushing"

Sir Osis of Liver. · 16-12-2013 10:27PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:28PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:29PM

Xenophile wrote: »

Good quote who do you attribute it to?

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

Sunnyisland · 16-12-2013 10:31PM

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

Duckworth_Luas · 16-12-2013 10:32PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:33PM

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

Mark Twain

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 16-12-2013 10:34PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:34PM

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

DeadHand · 16-12-2013 10:39PM

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 · 16-12-2013 10:45PM

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

xploderz · 16-12-2013 10:46PM

" "

They're my favorite quotation marks.

I also like these ’ ’

These ones are just crap ` `

rolliepoley · 16-12-2013 10:49PM

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

Bob Marley.

NuckingFacker · 16-12-2013 10:54PM

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

pajor · 16-12-2013 10:55PM

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

- Primo Levi

whupdedo · 16-12-2013 10:55PM

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

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