Whats your favorite famous quote?

[GoingUp]

Other than simpsons or movie quotes... what is your favorite quote from a book, or leader, or something from history....

 

[pookguy88]

i heard this from my uncle:
"its not what you know, its who you know"

 

[guyver01]

Mine is from JFK... i've had it framed in a poster for at least the last 10 years..

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill,
that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any
hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order
to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
? President John Fitzgerald Kennedy


Inaugural Address, John F. Kennedy -- January 20, 1961
The same address which gave us
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you?ask what you can do for your country."

 

[Nohr]

Just one I saw somewhere that I like:

"Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." - Albert Camus

 

[andrey]

Here is one of my favs:

"Catch a fish for a man, and feed him for the day.
Teach a man how to fish, and feed him for life".

 

[Grasshopper27]

Originally posted by: andrey
Here is one of my favs:

"Catch a fish for a man, and feed him for the day.
Teach a man how to fish, and feed him for life".

Make a fire and he'll be warm for tonight.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Grasshopper

 

[Harvey]

God created man in his own image, and man, being a gentleman, returned the compliment.

Mark Twain

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Les Brown

SOmething like that, thats not the one i was thinking of but i was trying to find it in google. I have it paraphrased somewhere in my notes but i cant find it...

 

[N8Magic]

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
- Chinese Proverb

 

[nyeturo989]

I think someone one AT was using it...

"Violence solves everything, if it doesn't look like it's solving the problem, you're not using enough of it."

-Random quote.

 

[LordUnum]

Don't know who originally said this, but:

"Integrity is doing the right thing when no one's looking."

 

[fatalbert]

Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.

-Mark Twain

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: grasshopper26

Originally posted by: andrey
Here is one of my favs:

"Catch a fish for a man, and feed him for the day.
Teach a man how to fish, and feed him for life".

Make a fire and he'll be warm for tonight.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Grasshopper

LOL

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: nyeturo989
"Violence solves everything. If it doesn't look like it's solving the problem, you're not using enough of it."

hehehe... i like it.

 

[GoingUp]

These are some good quotes!

 

[DanTMWTMP]

well i made one up: "Since you cannot enter another's conciousness, why bother judging him at all?" - daniel yang
puahahaha lol

nah...
i like my roommates' quotes...look below:
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[Pixelated]

it's in my sig...

 

[Yomicron]

its so hard to choose just one,

"If we do not succeed, we run the risk of failure."
--Dan Quale


"There are three kinds of lies--lies, damned lies, and statistics."
-Mark Twain


"Suppose you were an idiot . . . . And suppose you were a member of Congress... but I repeat myself."
-Mark Twain


"Death is just nature's way of telling you 'Hey, you're not alive anymore'"
--Bull (Night Court)


"There are only two things wrong with C++, The initial concept and the implementation"
-- Bertrand Meyer

 

[BeauJangles]

"White people don't sing the blues, they make other people sing the blues"
- George Carlin

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
well i made one up: "Since you cannot enter another's conciousness, why bother judging him at all?" - daniel yang
puahahaha lol

nah...
i like my roommates' quotes...look below:
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I'm sorry, but your roommates quotes suck.

 

[Pliablemoose]

"May you live in interesting times." Old Chinese proverb.

"Wyoming, where men are men & sheep are nervous." Misc redneck I knew growing up.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: dparker

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
well i made one up: "Since you cannot enter another's conciousness, why bother judging him at all?" - daniel yang
puahahaha lol

nah...
i like my roommates' quotes...look below:
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I'm sorry, but your roommates quotes suck.

Yup, I'm gonna have to agree.... everyone else, keep the good stuff coming!

 

[datalink7]

My favorite famous quote of the moment is in my sig.

But I have pages of famous quotes that I like, or even not so famous.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: dparker

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
well i made one up: "Since you cannot enter another's conciousness, why bother judging him at all?" - daniel yang
puahahaha lol

nah...
i like my roommates' quotes...look below:
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I'm sorry, but your roommates quotes suck.

Yup, I'm gonna have to agree.... everyone else, keep the good stuff coming!

i agree three

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: pookguy88
i heard this from my uncle:
"its not what you know, its who you know"

thats a good one, i have heard it many times myself, i have many many favorite quotes..i aint gonna post any cuz i cant decied which ones to post