Favorite Quotes - Chapter 2

[Zovo]

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"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you have to set yourself on fire."

--Written on a restroom stall wall, somewhere in Iowa.

[LikaNui]

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Good one, Zovo! And I like your signature, too; it's another great quote. In case you change it down the line and future readers wonder, this is it:
"A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool, because he has to say something." --Plato

Welcome to HT!

[LikaNui]

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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
Albert Einstein

[tikiyaki]

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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so - Shakespeare

A painting of a rice cake does not satisfy hunger - Ancient Saying
This is a good one to use when people ask you to work on "spec"

[LikaNui]

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Money is a good servant, but a terrible master.

[LikaNui]

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Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

[LikaNui]

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Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

[LikaNui]

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There were a bunch of good quotes in David Shapiro's column in the Advertiser today, including these (I especially like the last two):

"Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them." — Dick Van Dyke

"Someone sent me a postcard picture of the Earth. On the back it said, 'Wish you were here.'" — Steven Wright

"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican." — Dan Quayle

"I'm not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat!" — Will Rogers

"When I was a boy, the Dead Sea was only sick." — George Burns

"There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together." — Josh Billings

"The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces." — Maureen Murphy

"Half the lies they tell about me aren't true." — Yogi Berra

"Think what a better world it would be if we all had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap." — Barbara Jordan

"Every speaker has a mouth, an arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom, sometimes it's filled with feet." — Robert Orben

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test." — George W. Bush

"I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally." — W. C. Fields

"I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." — David Dinkins

"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on." — Dean Martin

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." — Joe Theismann

[Pua'i Mana'o]

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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today, to nail yer gizzards to the mast, you poxy cur!

~Captain Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

I do think CB replaced those tasty morsels (JD and the whatshiswhelp) as my favorite character, based on his great performance and lines in this movie.

[skeeterbess]

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Some books should be tasted, others devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Inkheart ~ Cornelia Funke

[LikaNui]

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Landing a helicopter aboard a moving ship at sea reminded him of two porcupines making love. It wasn't lack of willingness; it was just that you couldn't afford any mistakes.
-- Tom Clancy, "Debt Of Honor"

[Menehune Man]

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I saw a special documentary on the Sydney to Hobart ocean sailing race from 1998.
Incredible disaster and the rescuers risked their lives to save those they could.
Real chickenskin stuff. Here's a short youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kANZzRr93YI

[LikaNui]

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When blondes have more fun... do they know it?
- Tom Leweck

[LikaNui]

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A flashlight is a container for holding dead batteries.

[Leo Lakio]

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A flashlight is a container for holding dead batteries.

Which reminds me of a signature line I've seen elsewhere:

The dead batteries were handed out free of charge.