Quotable Quotes

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:02 am

To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth.
It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window

Albert Einstein

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:15 pm

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

Finley Peter Dunne,American humorist--1867-1936

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:59 am

All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

Henry David Thoreau

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:02 pm

If there is one basic element in our Constitution,it is civilian control of the military.
President Truman 1884-1972

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:59 am

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

George Bernard Shaw

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:44 pm

A lean sorrow is hardest to bear.

Sara Orne Jewett, American author --1849-1909

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:14 am

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver.
Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Richard M. Nixon

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:55 pm

Truth is not a diet but a condiment.

Christper Darlington Morley, American Juornalist--1890-1957

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:37 pm

To enjoy life one should give up the lure of life.

Mohandas K. Gasodhi, Indian religious leader----1869-1948

rockhillbasketball · Post by **rockhillbasketball** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:54 pm

Shake and Bake

Ricky Bobby

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:13 am

Its easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern
America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities they do.
Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent
on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful.
Cats are mean for the fun of it.

P. J. O'Rourke

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:34 pm

To be capable of respect is today almost as rare as to be worthy of it.

Joseph Joubert, French moralist--1754-1824

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:22 am

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!

Benjamin Franklin

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:15 pm

The trouble is that Hardly anybody in America goes to bed angry at night.

George J. Stigler,American economist --1911-1991

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:47 am

A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.

Fred Allen

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:47 pm

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view.Since life is growth and motion,a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

Brooks Atkikson,American drama critic 1894-1984

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:39 am

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him, his own.

Benjamin Disraeli

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:27 pm

By the time a person achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the momemt has long passed which determined the future.

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald,American writer--1900-1948

Remember_The_Name · Post by **Remember_The_Name** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:11 pm

Id walk through hell in a gasoline suit just to keep playing baseball.

--- Pete Rose

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:21 am

The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishments