Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

[Paddy]

Hey gals and guys,

I thought to myself (what a wonderful world, grin ...), no, but why not have an ongoing thread of quotes and proverbs? I'm actually always at a loss of what to put (on a weekly basis as a footer into my Skype/email signature. And this could just be the answer? What do you reckon?

Here's a start. Just see whether it works.

The war on plagiarism is destroying our young writers.

He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.

Love is temporary insanity curable by marriage

[tawnyfrog]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

French is not my fort?.

[lushy]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

Me no have no good quotes at this time.

[Determinatrix]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington

[42cat]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

Rice is great if you're starving and want 2000 of something.
- Mitch Hedberg, RIP

[chrysa]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

I like this thread. Thx Paddy.
Quote of Day by Einstein: Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

[irishlady]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

He who laughs last didn't understand the punchline..

[Paddy]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

[Determinatrix]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

If you make something idiot-proof, they will make a better idiot.

[Paddy]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

Ahem, how about this one DX ...

Girls are like phones. They love to be held, talked too but if you press the wrong button you'll be disconnected!

[Determinatrix]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

Paddy,

I thought you started this thread with the intent of inspiring enlightened lifestyles.

But I see I was misled:

"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL." --Lynn Lavner

[Paddy]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

OK, here's a great one:

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

[Paddy]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

Oh, by the way DX, on the Mercedes note ...

A 60 year old woman came home one day and heard strange noises in her bedroom.

She opened the door and discovered her 40 year old daughter playing with her vibrator.

"What are you doing?" asked the mom.

"Mom, I am 40 years old and look at me. I am ugly. I will never get married so this is pretty much my husband."

The mother walked out of the room, shaking her head.

The next day the father came home and heard noises in the bedroom and upon entering the room found his daughter using the vibrator.

"What the hell are you doing?" he asked.

His daughter replied, "I already told mom, I am 40 years old now and ugly. I will never get married so this is as close as I'll ever get to a husband."

The father walked out of the room shaking his head too.

The next day the mother came home to find her husband with a beer in one hand, and the vibrator in the other hand, watching the football game.

"For Christsakes, what are you doing?" she cried.

The husband replied "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm having a beer and watching the game with my new son-in-law!"

[Determinatrix]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

When choosing
between two evils,
I always like to try
the one I've never tried before.
MAE WEST

[Paddy]

Ongoing Thread - Great Quotes

Here - a quote from my fianc?e and my favourite's movie!!

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin