Famous qoutes

[AzirAphale001]

Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadfull, thou art not so - Children of Bodom.

I'm not to sure where the original is from. If anyone knows give me a shout.

[UK47]

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

[SpacemanSpIiff]

"Revenge is a dish best served Cold"

 

"Friendly Fire - Isn't"

 

"I don't know what weapons will be used in World War Three, But I can assure you World War 4 will be fought with sticks and Stones"

[Aeryn333]

Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadfull, thou art not so - Children of Bodom.

I'm not to sure where the original is from. If anyone knows give me a shout.

 

John Donne (1572-1631) was the most outstanding of the English Metaphysical Poets, a bloke who had known pain in his life.. London borne..

Here it is in its entirety as written in olde English of that time a favourite of mine..of his works..

 

DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,

For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,

Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,

Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,

And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,

Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie.

Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell,

And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,

And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then;

One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,

And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.

 

One of my favourites similar writer from Swansea, Wales

 

This line is the best..

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas

[ed8020]

I saw this in someones sig recently. Hope I get it right.

 

“Some people are like Slinkys. Not good for anything but if you push them down the stairs it puts a smile on your face”

 

Two favorite bumper stickers.

 

“ Don’t piss me off I’m running out of places to hide the bodies”

“If I passed you on the right, You’re in the wrong lane”

 

Favorite Quotes

”Honesty is the best policy because you never have to remember your story”

I have always attributed that to Mark Twain but I can’t find it anywhere.

 

“It’s easier to put on slippers than try and carpet the world”

Stuart Smalley

[Ihoe]

Young women... you are, in my opinion, disgracefully ignorant. You have never made a discovery of any sort of importance. You have never shaken an empire or led an army into battle. The plays by Shakespeare are not by you, and you have never introduced a barbarous race to the blessings of civilization. What is your excuse?

 

Virginia Woolf

 

 

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.

 

Jennie Jerome Churchill

 

 

What Women Want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just to be held. What Men Want: Tickets for the world series.

 

Dave Barry

[katklaw]

"The general must be first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol, nor in the cold of winter don thick clothing ... . He waits until the army's wells have been dug and only then drinks; until the army's food is cooked before he eats; until the army's fortifications have been completed, to shelter himself."

 

"To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues."

 

"When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you."

 

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."

 

"The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting."

 

The Art of War by Sun Tzu 600B.C.

 

Just a few :ninja: from the master

[bben46]

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

Yogi Berra

 

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

W. C. Fields

 

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

 

It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

[katklaw]

I know this is about famous quotes but this bit of cellular screen Verbiage is quite brilliant

 

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you, and you may call me V.

 

V introducing himself to Evey Hammond

 

V for Vendetta (2005)

[stootoot]

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”

 

– Lucius Annaeus Seneca