Favorite quotes--part 3.

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LawDog

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Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

--Sir Winston Churchill


Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking.

--Ferdinand Foch at the Battle of the Marne


People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

--George Orwell


Tell them of us and say,
For their tomorrow,
We gave our today.

--Epitaph, Battle of Kohima, Burma, 1944

LawDog

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"Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral."

"Don't make me destroy you."

"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
-Darth Vader

"Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."

"Is only different in your mind."

"Wars do not make one great."
-Master Yoda

"...and dying in your beds, many years from now, will you trade all the days from this day to that- for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they will never take our FREEDOM!?"
-Mel Gibson, as William Wallace

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
-Christ

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Only in America, we're slaves to be free/Only in America, we kill the unborn, to make ends meet/Only in America, sexuality is democracy/Only in America, we stamp our god "In God we trust"

What is right or wrong?
I don't know who to believe in
My soul sings a different song, in America

If it isna Scottish, it's CRAP! RKBA!
 
sensop,

Give War a Chance
Book title by -PJ O'Roarke

I still laugh about his capture and conditioning by the dreaded Balto-Cong while working on the student newspaper in the late '60s.


Once a man's been in politics he's no good for honest work. -Will Rogers
 
Stephen Ewing,

That which does not kill us makes us stranger. -Nietzshe

I like it! I always thought the quote was "stronger." I like "stranger" better!

-William
 
William,

P.J. O'Roarke is one of the funniest men alive! If he could do standup he could be another Will Rogers. Thanks for the correct credit.

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"And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who is mine adversary? Let him come near me, and I will smite him with the strength of my mouth."

-2nd Nephi 7:8
 
My fav..
"I'll be back" .. old what's his name

When dealing with lying sacks of you know what at work.
"Methinks he protests too much" .. Shakespear (sp?)

When instructing younger people on how to deal with politicians.
"Try not to get any on you" .. anon

When dealing with unwelcome guests.
"you're sitting in it" ... me

:)
 
A few from Churchill...

"There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies and that is fighting without them"

"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."

"Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three masses: those who are billed to death; those who are worried to death; and those who are bored to death."

"One cannot leap a chasm in two jumps."

"It is the people who control the government - not the government the people."

"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."

"If this be a world of vice and woe, I'll take the vice and you can have the woe."

"A fanatic is one who won't change his mind and won't change the subject."

"A nation that forgets its past has no future."

"The essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth."

"If you destroy a free market, you create a black market."
 
"From Hell's heart i stab at thee;
For hate's sake i spit my last breath at thee"

Kahn "Wrath of Kahn" paraphrased from Dante


"It is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven."

Satan's words as he was cast into the pit from Dante's Inferno

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

unknown



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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
 
". . . a living dog is better than a dead lion." (Ecclesiastes 9:4) NKJB

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Alexander Solzhenitzyn:
"Freedom is given to the human conditionally, in the assumption of his constant religious responsibility."
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by riddleofsteel:

"It is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven."

Satan's words as he was cast into the pit from Dante's Inferno
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Actually, this was John Milton's Paradise Lost (worth reading for everyone, btw):

To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
 
You don't want to know what a couple of .357 rounds will do to hydraulics. *sigh*

Lawdog
Funniest thing I ever heard.



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"Carry" on

Rick

I prefer armed combat to unarmed combat. It's easier on the knuckles.
 
"It is a well known fact that those people who want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." Douglas Adams in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

Eric

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Formerly Puddle Pirate.
Teach a kid to shoot.
It annoys the antis.
 
Had forgotten this until last night. The TV series Lonesome Dove was on. One of the characters, Augustus (Robert Duvall) a Texas Ranger was asked about a Latin phrase on their wagon. His friend Woodrow (also a Ranger) wondered if the Latin might make someone mad, if they could read it. Augustus says “I welcome the thought of being robbed by someone who can read Latin. Just once I’d like the chance to shoot at uh educated man.”
 
Ty chto mumu yebyosh? (Oleg might know this one. ;))

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.
-Bessie Stanley

Shikkin haramitsu daikomyo! ("Every encounter carries within it the potential for the breakthrough to enlightenment that we seek."- recited before all Bujinkan and Jinenkan training sessions.)
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Friends are family we choose.
 
I won't get this exact, but it is a Churchill quote I always enjoyed. As I recall, it was an exchange in Parliament:

Female Minister of Parliament: Sir Winston, you are drunk!

Churchill: And, Madam, you are ugly. But, in the morning, I will be sober.

;)

Regards from AZ
 
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