QUOTE WAR!!!!!!!

[Zaphod64831]

The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream.

Don't we already have a quote topic?

[Zaphod64831]

Yes, but that's just a collection of quotes, I wanted one where people combat with quotes as a test of wit.

Alright, lets fight! :)

If you have to ask if something is right, it probably isn't

[Ianpbaker]

Just becuase your paranoid
don't mean there not after you...

Don't be afarid to ask a dumb question. Better dumb question than dumb mistake.

[Ianpbaker]

It's better to be thought a fool, then speak and remove all doubt....

[Iain17]

Do you have anything to declare?

Nothing but my genius!

[Edited by Iain17 on 05-16-2000 at 02:13 PM]

[gfurner]

"For a Gamer, Programming is the ultimate game." Shiguru Miyimoto

"One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say."

[Zaphod64831]

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but it is wise if we are foolish.

Quiet people have a lot to say if you say something first

[Iain17]

Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I will move the world.

[Edited by Iain17 on 05-17-2000 at 12:14 PM]

If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think
they want to hear from your sweater?"

[Iain17]

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Don't worry about trying to prove God's exsistance because nobody can disprove it.

[Zaphod64831]

Death is like God's way of saying, your table is ready.

Do not buy things for the purpose of impressing others.

[Cbomb]

Wear Sunscreen.

Hi
- Dodge Neon

If what you plan to buy won't make a difference in 5 years, it probably won't make a difference now.

[zmerlinz]

Here's mine

"Confusion is a power not to be wasted ?"

Merlin ?

Remember that God will never send a thirsty soul to a dry well.


[b]BTW: hmmm....It seems that I have won the Quote War. No one seemed to have out beat me, yet. So what's my prize?

<cracks knuckles>
hmm.

I know not how I came into this, shall I call it a dying life or a living death?

damnit, i am going to crash 'n burn...
damn, cant think of any more quotes.. damnit

got one.

"What's that thing?" "Well, it's a highly technical, sensitive instrument we use in computer repair. Being a layman, you probably can't grasp exactly what it does. We call it a two-by-four."



If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine.



All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925



Nearly every complex solution to a programming problem that I have looked at carefully has turned out to be wrong.



Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction -- from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.

Have I won yet?
no... ok, let me continue



The best way to preserve a right is to exercise it, and the right to smoke is a right worth dying for.



It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.



Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.



Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, and the romance in a relationship- and find out you still care for that person.



A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.



When the door of happiness closes, another opens but oftentimes we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.



It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.



Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back! don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.



There are things you'd love to hear that you would never
hear from the person whom you would like to hear them from, but don't be so deaf as not to hear it from the one who says it from his heart.



Never say goodbye if you still want to try - never give up
if you still feel you can go on - never say you don't love a person anymore if you can't let go.



Love comes to those who still hope although they've been
disappointed- to those who still believe although they've been betrayed, need to love those who still love although they've been hurt before.



It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone - but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.



Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth;
even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Hope you find the one that makes you smile.



There are moments in life when you miss someone so much
that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Hope you dream of that special someone.



Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be
what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.



Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it
hurts you, it probably hurts the person, too.



The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.



Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those
who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.



Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.



The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.



When you were born, you were crying and everyone around
you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.




DID I WIN YET?????

[Iain17]

Come on denniswrenn, no cheating. You must have been reading a quotation book and typing them all in. ;)


Some quotations about lying.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.


There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.


A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.



And on the flip side.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.


The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.


It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

now.... did I ever say I thought of all of them?
I said I got one
not all ;)
http://www.randomquotes.com

[Zaphod64831]

Don't try to be a great man, just be a man, and let history make its own judgements.

BTW: I never thought I'd start a hot topic!

It's not the size of the man in the fight, rather, it's the size of the fight in the man.

BTW: I believe it was I that started the original topic about quotes :)

[Zaphod64831]

Who is the bigger fool, the fool or the man who follows the fool?

BTW: Yeah, but mine's turning out better! :P:)

This is not a dress rehearsal. This is *It*

[b]BTW: Dammit! :)

[b]
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

...and you know what hell is don't you! It's andy Gibb singing Shadow Dancing For Eons and Eons and Eons and you have to wear orange plad bell bottoms and sit next to the bay city rollers...

"If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice."

[Zaphod64831]

I'm like a mosquito in a nudist camp; I know what I should to do, but I don’t know where to start!

Develop a wide vocabulary but don't overuse fancy words.

[Zaphod64831]

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Hmmm, was that directed me? Or was it just a quote :)

Quiet people have a lot to say if you say something first

[RealisticGraphics]

"Only two things are certain, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the universe." - Albert Einstien

The brain is an amazing organ. It works the minute you get up, and never stops until you get to the office.

[RealisticGraphics]

"512K should be enough memory for anyone." - Bill Gates, 1981

[Zaphod64831]

A closed mouth gathers no feet.
Maybe :)

[RealisticGraphics]

"Yeah, but what is it good for?" - IBM engineer comenting on the microchip

Why is it called a penny for your thoughts when you give 2 cents worth?

[Zaphod64831]

Words of wisdom:
Always look out for #1.
Don't step in #2

[RealisticGraphics]

"I haven't failed, I only found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Ben Franklin

[RealisticGraphics]

"If there's nothing else out there, then it's an awful waste of space" - Carl Sagan, Founder of SETI

Hey, that's a good one. You might want to put that in the Evolution thread!

[Paul282]

There's nothing a man can't do if he really doesn't know if he believes in anything or not!

I didnt Do It.... oh you meant THAT one, I did it

[Paul282]

No one escapes the Fire swamp!!!
-you're just saying that because no one ever has!




The Cliffs of Insanity !!!!

The Princess bride was a very quotable movie:-)

[RealisticGraphics]

"If you don't find it in the Index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue." - Consumer's Guide, Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1897

Romeo, oh Romeo, where fort art though Remoe
---Juliet

E = MC^2
Einstien

[RealisticGraphics]

"Out damn spot, out I say." - Lady MacBeth

"OUT!! O-W-T, OUT!!!" - Fred Flinstone

"Quoth the raven, Nevermore." - Edgar Allan Poe

[Zaphod64831]

I'm not as think as you drunk I am!
--Don't know

Mostly Harmless
--Definition of Earth according to Universe-spanning encyclopedia

good one zaphod....

[Zaphod64831]

Which one?

[Paul282]

Wow, 'THE' Zaphod Beeblebrox?

No, 'A' Zaphod Beebleblrox, Haven't you heard? we come in six packs!

I'm so cool you can keep a side of meat in me for a week, I'm so hip I can barely see over my pelvis!

If it's any help, Imagine I'm holding you at gun point
You ARE holding me at gun point
Well, you shouldn't have to strain your imagination then should you?

(All Zaphod)

Pan Galactictic Gargle Blaster
It's like having your brains smashed out by a piece of lemon wrapped around a gold brick!

[Edited by Paul282 on 05-29-2000 at 01:12 AM]

The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The
person who knows "why" will always be his boss

[Zaphod64831]

(I take it you've read the books.)

[i]We would all be lucky to have a heart as BIG as yours.[i]
--As said to Chris Farley in that ninja movie.

[Pentax]

"Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' 'Tommy,
'ow's yer soul?'
But it's 'Thin red line of 'eroes' when the drums begin to roll"
Kipling, "Thin red line of heroes"

"My advice to you, old fellow, is this:
Never trust anyone!
Never trust your most grateful freedman, your most intimate
friend, your dearest child, the wife of your bosom or the ally joined to you by the most sacred oath. Trust yourself only, or trust your fool's luck, if you can't honestly trust yourself."
Herod Agrippa to the Emperor Claudius in Robert Grave's Claudius The God and his wife Messalina

"All animals ar equal. But some animals are more equal
than others"
Napoleon, the dictator pig in George Orwells Animal Farm

"Jenny kissed me when we met,
jumping from the chai she sat in.
Time, you thief who love to get
sweets into your list, put that in.
Say I'm weary, say I'm sad.
Say that health and wealth have missed me.
Say I'm growing old, but add
Jenny kissed me"
Unknown (to me)

[noone]

He who trains his tongue to quote the learned sages, will be known far and wide as a smart ass.
Howard Kandel

"I hate quotes. Tell me what you know."
Ralph Waldo Emmerson

[Paul282]

"People who speak in metaphores can shampoo my crotch"

[RealisticGraphics]

"If you ever become comfortable with your beleifs, it is time to start questioning them." - Steve Gunter

You've probably never heard of him. He was a teacher in my High School.

[Zaphod64831]

The fellow who blows his own horn the loudest is probably in the biggest fog.

As life is action and passion, it is required of man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.
-Oliver Weldell Holmes Jr.

[Zaphod64831]

"...And the angels, all paillid and wan,
uprising, unveiling, affirm,
that the play was the tradegy 'Man',
and its hero, the Conqueror Worm"

E.A. Poe

(All Zaphods)

Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster-
The alcoholic equivalent of a mugging:
expensive and bad for the head.

[ptgThug]

I think the quote war has become a grand melee. And this is too slow for a good game of questions.

"The beatings will continue until morale improves." -I don't know

[Zaphod64831]

Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

[parksie]

How stupid to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.
Arthur C. Clarke

[noone]

"We will encourage you to develop the three great virtures of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris."
--- Larry Wall, Programming Perl, 1991

[Zaphod64831]

I think, therefore I am.

[Zaphod64831]

"Yeah, Baby!"
Austin Powers

[parksie]

Assimilate THIS!
Worf - Star Trek: First Contact (before blowing the hell out of some Borg)

Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.


Mafro

[arsmakman]

"Wow, this tastes like a party in my mouth and everybody is throwing up..." - Fry, Futurama