Quotes

[Generalissimo]

"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."

Woody Allen




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[Mike]

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." - Will Rogers

[Blue Cat Buxton]

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.

William Blake

[Generalissimo]

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar Ameringer

[Chris]

"I regret not the things I've done but those I did not do."

"Upon what meat does this our Caesar feed that he has grown so great?"

"What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?"

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

"If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him."

"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will fight to the death to defend your right to say it."

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

[Chris]

One more:

The whole world sees me as just one person, I want just one person to see me as the whole world.

-Me.

[Chris]

poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master
- da vinci

[Chris]

Not all who wander are lost.
-Tolkein.

[James]

"The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy
somebody else to shoot at."
-Murphy's Military Laws

"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the
other bastard die for his."
-General Patton

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets"
-General Patton

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but
because of those who look on and do nothing."
-Albert Einstein

"I don't know how world war 3 will be fought. But I do know how world
war 4 will be fought: with sticks and stones."
-Albert Einstein

"And when he gets to heaven,
To St. Peter he will tell,
Another soldier reporting sir,
I've served my time in Hell."
unknown

Oh, and if you want good quotes take a look at Winston Churchill (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Sir_Winston_Churchill/)

[r2d2]

'The great danger for most of us is not that we aim to high and miss it, but that we aim too low and reach it' - Michelangelo

[ozgression]

"When you reach the end of all the light there is and you must step out into the darkness, remember that two things may happen: You either will find something to stand on or you will be taught how to fly" - unknown

[r2d2]

Sorry about the enormous post, buts heres some quotes from the genius of Ron Atkinson. Football player/manager/commentator and he does inaddvertently come out with some of the funniest quotes ever. These are all things he has said genuinely commmentating on football:

'I would not say that he (David Ginola) is one of the best left wingers in the Premiership, but there are none better.'

'They've come out at half time and gone bang.'

'[Phil Neville] was treading on dangerous water there...'

'I've had this sneaking feeling throughout the game that it's there to be won...'

'I would also think that the replay showed it to be worse than it actually was.'

'I think that was a moment of cool panic there.'

'Beckenbauer has really gambled all his eggs.'

'If Glenn Hoddle said one word to his team at half time, it was concentration and focus.'

'They must go for it now as they have nothing to lose but the match.'

'Woodcock would have scored, but his shot was too perfect.'

'Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns.'

'He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word.'

'Tony Adams - he's the rock that the team has grown from.'

'...and he [Peter Schmeichel] extends and grows even bigger than he is.'

'They've done the old-fashioned things well; they've kicked the ball, they've headed it...'

'They've picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.'

'Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.'

'He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate.'

'I'm afraid they've left their legs at home.'

'The keeper was unsighted - he still didn't see it'

'Zero-zero is a big score.'

'...in the other two games, the FA Cup Final and the Premiership.'

'You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time.'

'Chelsea look like they've got a couple more gears left in the locker.'

'Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.'

'Huddersfield will want to win this one.'

'That was Pele's strength - holding people off with his arm.'

'Stoichkov's playing on the wing, in this situation he likes to come in and scalp the centre-half.'

'[He's] the eqivalent of the Spanish David Beckham.'

'A ten-foot keeper really should have stopped that'

'There's a little triangle - five left-footed players.'

'I tell you what, if the Cameroons get a goal back here they're literally gonna catch on fire.'

'Well, Clive, it's all about the two Ms - movement and positioning.'

'He must be lightning slow'

'There's a snap about Liverpool that just isn't there'

'For me their biggest threat is when they get into the attacking part of the field.'

'If you score against the Italians you deserve a goal'

'He'll take some pleasure from that, Brian Carey. He and Steve Bull have been having it off all afternoon.'

'His white boots were on fire against Arsenal, and he'll be looking for them to reproduce tonight.'

'When Scholes gets it [tackling] wrong, they come in so late that they arrive yesterday'

'This is the best Man United have played in Europe this season and, conversely, the opposition has been excellent.'

'There's a few tired limbs in the blue legs.'

'Scholes and Van Nistelrooy drugged the last two defenders'

'Ryan Giggs is running long up the backside'

'Yes, Woodcock would have scored but his shot was just too perfect'

'Our fans have been branded with the same brush.'

'The Spaniards have been reduced to aiming aimless balls into the box'

'Liverpool are outnumbered numerically in midfield'

'There's lots of balls dropping off people.'

'The keeper should have saved that one, but he did.'

'Their strength is their strength'

'They are playing above the ground'

'He could have done a lot better there, but full marks to the lad.'

'Jari Litmanen should be made compulsory'

'Heskey needs to punch his own weight'

'Apart from picking the ball out of the net, he hasn’t had to make a save.'

'Scholes is very influential for England at international level.'

'At international level, giving the ball away doesn’t work too often.'

'You know when I say that things happen in matches? Well, it just happened there'

'They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise.'

'Liverpool will think ‘we could have won this 2-2.’'

'I'm sure Bobby won't want them to be losing the match before winning it'

'Their forward got a lucky squeeze from the defender'

'Yordi circumnavigated Ledley King there'

'The Spaniards have been reduced to aiming aimless balls into the box.'

'Lee Dixon will be up against two South American left-handers tonight.'

'Think of a number between 10 and 11'

'You don't want to be giving away free kicks in the penalty area'

'How are they defensively, attacking-wise?'

'The ball goes down the keeper's throat where it hits him on the knees to say the least'

'He should get his head to those. He is twelve foot tall.'

'He had acres of time there'

'That’s not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand'

'His head just disappeared into his shoulders'

'They scored too early'

'Chelsea are the team who can break the Arsenal and Manchester United monopoly.'

'We haven't had a strategic free kick all night. No one's knocked over attackers ad lib'

'You can see the ball go past them, or the man, but you'll never see both man and ball go past at the same time. So if the ball goes past, the man won't, or if the man goes past they'll take the ball.'

[asphalt]

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions." -- Benjamin Franklin

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." -- George Bernard Shaw

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. -- Thomas A. Edison

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." -- John Cage

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.-President Theodore Roosevelt

[Westech]

"The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention." -- John Burroughs

[lz83ny]

I just wanted to say that all these quotes are great, thanks for posting them.

[moonshield]

"only a fool quotes himself" - Me

[stymiee]

"I failed to make the chess team because of my height."

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying."
- Woody Allen

[moonshield]

You cannot conceive the many without the one. - Plato

Necessity, who is the mother of invention. - Plato

The soul never thinks without a picture. - Aristotle

[chromate]

“A pint of sweat, will save a gallon of blood.” – Patton

"The only real failure in life is the failure to try." - Anon

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon

"If you are going through hell, keep going." - Churchill

"Common sense isn't so common anymore." - dunno :)

[MarkB]

I like that Churchill quote :)

[James]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's a good Patton quote I've not seen yet :D