Quotable Quotes

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:40 pm

My feeling is that there is nothing in life refraining from hurting others,and comforting those that are sad.

Olive Schreiner-South African author and feminist (1855-1920)

Jethro · Post by **Jethro** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:55 am

"I never knew anybody who said they liked doubleheaders except Ernie Banks, and I think he was lying."

--Mike Hargrove, Major league player and manager

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:46 pm

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry...No matter what,God wants us to be happy.He doesn't want us to be sad.Birds sing after a storm.Why shouldn't we?

Rose Kennedy (1890-1995)

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:50 am

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable,but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw-(1856-1950)

RiverRatZap · Post by **RiverRatZap** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:03 am

"President Bush has been very clear that, through his leadership, he has made the world safer. My question is: how much safer can the world afford to have him make us?" -- Jon Stewart, interviewing John McCain.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:03 am

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and
they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.

Gene Perret

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:32 pm

The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.

Lillie Langtry--English actress (1853-1929)

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:59 pm

It is impossible to write ancient history because we lack source materials,and impossible to write modern history because we have far to many.

Charles Peguy--French poet and writer (1873-1914)

RiverRatZap · Post by **RiverRatZap** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:25 am

"It sucks. Honestly, it just feels like we're driving around waiting to get blown up. That's the most honest answer I could give you. You lose a couple friends and it gets hard." --Spec. Tim Ivey, 28, in Baghdad.

"Think of what you hate most about your job. Think of doing that for five straight hours, every single day, sometimes twice a day, in 120-degree heat. Then ask how morale is. Frustrated? You have no idea." --Army Staff Sgt. Jose Sixtos.

Jethro · Post by **Jethro** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:44 am

I always tried to make clear basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.

--Coach John Wooden, UCLA Bruins Legendary Coach.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:44 am

Becoming a grandfather is wonderful. One moment you're just a father.
The next you are all-wise and prehistoric....

Pam Brown

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:20 pm

Charity looks at the need and not at the cause.

German proverb

RiverRatZap · Post by **RiverRatZap** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:21 pm

"I have noticed no definite progress in any religion. The world would not be the shambles it has become if the religions of the world were progressive. " -- Gandhi

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:20 pm

The art of life is to show your hand.There is no diplomacy like candor.You may lose by it now and then,but it will be a loss well gained if you do.Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

E.V. Lucas---English author and critic (1968-1938)

Jethro · Post by **Jethro** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:14 am

There are two types of education...
One should teach us how to make a living, And the other how to live.

--John Adams

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:38 pm

Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.

Richard Hughes, Welsh autyor and dramatist (1900-1976)

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:49 pm

A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.

Friedrich Schiller--German author (1759-1805)

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:02 am

"Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for
black men.
Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps."

Tiger Woods

Jethro · Post by **Jethro** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:15 am

"If you can accept defeat and open your pay envolope without feeling guilty, you're stealing."

--George Allen
Former NFL Coach

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:15 pm

"Take it easy,but take it"
"Take it easy,but take it"

Studs Terkel--American authur