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Knightskye
12-19-2008, 08:45 AM
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. :D

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Money often costs too much. :D

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Revolutions go not backward. :D

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. :D

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves. :D

Washington, where an insignificant individual may trespass on a nation's time. :)

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. :D

Nature hates calculators.


Find any you want to share? :)

dirknb@hotmail.com
12-19-2008, 08:57 AM
"Beer - The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson

Knightskye
12-19-2008, 10:40 PM
"Beer - The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson

I'm pretty sure marijuana could solve a lot of life's problems.

dirknb@hotmail.com
12-20-2008, 08:42 AM
I'm pretty sure marijuana could solve a lot of life's problems.

If everyone used it there would be no more war.

Isaac Bickerstaff
12-20-2008, 09:00 AM
SATAN, n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes. Being instated as an archangel, Satan made himself multifariously objectionable and was finally expelled from Heaven. Halfway in his descent he paused, bent his head in thought a moment and at last went back. "There is one favor that I should like to ask," said he.

"Name it."

"Man, I understand, is about to be created. He will need laws."

"What, wretch! you his appointed adversary, charged from the dawn of eternity with hatred of his soul — you ask for the right to make his laws?"

"Pardon; what I have to ask is that he be permitted to make them himself."

It was so ordered.

-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/?S

Knightskye
12-22-2008, 11:28 PM
SATAN, n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes. Being instated as an archangel, Satan made himself multifariously objectionable and was finally expelled from Heaven. Halfway in his descent he paused, bent his head in thought a moment and at last went back. "There is one favor that I should like to ask," said he.

"Name it."

"Man, I understand, is about to be created. He will need laws."

"What, wretch! you his appointed adversary, charged from the dawn of eternity with hatred of his soul — you ask for the right to make his laws?"

"Pardon; what I have to ask is that he be permitted to make them himself."

It was so ordered.

-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/?S

That might be stretching it a bit. :P

Isaac Bickerstaff
12-23-2008, 12:20 AM
Ambrose Bierce was considered "the wickedest man in San Fransisco".
Here's another one from The Devil's Dictionary

SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

A penny saved is a penny to squander.

A man is known by the company that he organizes.

A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.

A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.

Better late than before anybody has invited you.

Example is better than following it.

Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else.

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need.

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

Least said is soonest disavowed.

He laughs best who laughs least.

Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it.

Of two evils choose to be the least.

Strike while your employer has a big contract.

Where there's a will there's a won't.

psywarrior13
12-23-2008, 12:43 AM
I'm pretty sure marijuana could solve a lot of life's problems.

Except the food shortage that would ensue......:cool:

Knightskye
12-23-2008, 12:54 AM
Of two evils choose to be the least.

He wasn't a bright man, was he? :p