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Paul LevermanFamous people say famous things. We all have at least one quote from a famous or infamous source that we like and use. Here are some of mine:“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” Sun Tzu, Chinese military strategist “Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.” Sun Tzu Feel free to add your own. |
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@ 08:08 pm (GMT) |
Rob KennedyRe: Favourite QuotesBrendan, I have seen this gem of wisdom expressed somewhere else and I must say that it is an invaluable aid in buying something which was definitely not discussed in the family finance negotiations and agreed plan of savings for totally unnecessary items like new curtains, carpets etc. Following this strategy also places you in great company with giants of history- Julius Caesar, Irwin Rommel, George Patton et al. Of course you must not overuse this in the domestic environment as it can lead to more serious problems and financial losses associated with D.I.V.O.R.C.E. |
@ 06:35 pm (GMT) |
Greg QuickRe: Favourite Quotes"God created man, Sam Colt made them equal"-Colt Manufacturing. 1836 "Life's a bitch and then you die so get up and go to work" -unknown author but that's what my grandfather always said to me when I started whining. "Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" -John Wayne. "Death smiles at all of us, all you can do is smile back. -Gladiator "We herd sheep. We drive cattle. We lead people. Lead me, follow me or get out of my way." -General George S. Patton "Desperation is a stinky cologne" -Chief Grady "Make America Great Again" -president Donald Trump Haha I just had to throw that last one in there. |
@ 05:44 pm (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: Favourite QuotesThe price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.....Henry David Thoreau |
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@ 05:55 pm (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: Favourite Quotes"Make America Great Again" -president Donald Trump Is he going to bulldoze the industrial military complex Not medal in other countries affairs, return the Buffalo to the great plains and reinstate the Indian nation to power..........? |
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@ 02:57 am (GMT) |
Greg QuickRe: Favourite QuotesWarwick, no need to bulldoze the military complex. Strong nations need strong militaries. The American military might is what kept many other countries from speaking German right now. I am proud to have served in it myself. Funny how everyone loves the soldiers until they come home. Now being the world police and meddling in other countries business is another story. I truly wish the Great Plains buffalo were still here, always wondered how these 285 grain eld's would do on a bison but Nothing I can do about that since they've been gone for 150 years now. As far as the native Americans, don't worry about them, they get a government check every week for just being Native American. Every nation had an indigenous people before others came and change the native's lives forever. New Zealand and the indigenous Maori is one example."Every country has it's dark history, doesn't mean they can't be great nations." -Greg Quick Just made that up. Like it? |
@ 11:08 am (GMT) |
Andrew MurrayRe: Favourite QuotesGreg I would hope that you realise that Indigenous peoples suffered immensely at the hands of colonisers all over the world. If the treatment of indigenous Americans is remotely like the treatment of indigenous Australians then there is plenty for them to be upset about. The systematic destruction, genocide, torture and murder of these peoples and the cultural identity is not a light matter. And until a country reconciles these parts of their dark histories they never amount to greatness.A quote if you will, shortened, paraphrased and somewhat out of context. He who builds on the rock will weather the storm. Matthew 7:24-27 the point being that if the foundation is shaky then a house will not stand. |
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@ 11:48 am (GMT) |
Greg QuickRe: Favourite QuotesAndrew that was my point. All nations have a dark history. None of it is to be taken lightly. Natives have every right to be upset. Torture, genocide and the mistreatment of indigenous people has been ongoing since the beginning. That what I was trying to point out in response to Warwick that making america great again was to give back the country to the native Americans. America is doing really only what it can to reconcile with Native Americans. Every country in existence is guilty of taking the land from natives not just us bang bang gitty up cowboy Americans. You can only learn from history and not repeat it. America has a lot of darkness in its past but I believe it has risen to greatness. We aren't perfect but we do try to make things right even though it may not look like it from the foreigners eyes. Thanks for your perspective. |
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@ 10:55 am (GMT) |
Paul LevermanRe: Favourite Quotes"First contemplation of the problems of Interior Ballistics gives the impression that they should yield rather easily to relatively simple methods of analysis. Further study shows the subject to be of almost unbelievable complexity." Homer Powley |
@ 07:26 am (GMT) |
Caleb MayfieldRe: Favourite QuotesThe Cloths of HeavenHad I the heaven's embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light; I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. -W. B. Yeats "Still waters run deep." Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. -James 1:19-20 Do not ask a question unless you are prepared to accept the possible answer. |
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@ 03:31 am (GMT) |
Paul LevermanRe: Favourite Quotes"If you buy plastic you get plastic." |
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Jon ShortRe: Favourite QuotesApathy breeds apathy... hmm ain't that the truth!Seize the day! (Carpe diem) Get up saying that every day! |
@ 11:51 pm (GMT) |
Olly AgbebiRe: Favourite QuotesGladstone to Benjamin Disraeli:"Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That Depends sir," said Disraeli, "On whether I embrace your policies or your mistress." Benjamin Franklin Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Clarence Darrow "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Winston Churchill “All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” Lady to Winston Churchill "If I were your wife, I would give you poison." Churchill, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would take it! |
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JOHN HAYSRe: Favourite QuotesWhen I was just a baby My Mama told me, son Always be a good boy Don't ever play with guns But I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry —- Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison |
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@ 09:40 am (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: Favourite QuotesFirst they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me |
@ 04:40 pm (GMT) |
Frank VallichRe: Favourite QuotesDeath is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.—LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN, |
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@ 08:14 am (GMT) |
Frank VallichRe: Favourite QuotesI have come to understand that extraordinary people are eroded by their worries while the useless are carried ever forward by their delusions. |
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