Older Quotes | ||
It's not about us. It's all about Him. -- Steve Camp |
||
"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, 'What should be the reward of such sacrifices?' ... If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" ---- Samuel Adams |
||
With every election season comes yet another flurry of what I've come to think of as Nurse the Vote stories. You know the type: suggestions that democracy is undermined when people who can't figure out whom to vote for, or even how to get to the polls, choose to stay home. The solution, the voter-outreach panderers propose, is hand-holding and nagging. But why should the lazy-idiot demographic be encouraged to influence society even more than it already does? - Catherine Seipp |
||
". . . so could you love this bastard child though i don’t trust you to provide with one hand in a pot of gold and with the other in your side i am so easily satisfied by the call of lovers less wild that i would take a little cash over your very flesh and blood" Derek Webb |
||
"Our murmuring is the devil's music." Thomas Watson |
||
"Christians from other churches will flock to a new building if you install powerpoint. Non-Christians will not. Growing the church through genuine conversions is a long, time-consuming, even life-consuming process." Greg Gilbert, www.9marks.org |
||
Other good quotes: Democracy: Political system in which 4 wolves and 3 sheep are allowed to vote on what to do about dinner. Anonymous Constitutional Republic: Political system in which the 4 wolves and 3 sheep are bound by a constitution which prohibits discussions of dinner, and the sheep are armed. Anonymous Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad. Euripides All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. Gandalf TEAMWORK: A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction. Demotivators Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. Jonathan Winters "And so we plow along," as the fly said to the ox. Anonymous Education is the best defense against the media. Anonymous Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. H. L. Mencken Captain, I cannot believe my ears! Mr. Spock 186,000 miles per second - it's not just a good idea, it's the law! Bumper Sticker If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank our armed forces. Bumper Sticker Prejudice can save lots of time, because you can form an opinion without any facts. Anonymous A true friend stabs you in the front. Oscar Wilde Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now. ©Demotivators Any married man should forget his mistakes - there's no point in two people remembering the same thing. Anonymous When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." Humpty Dumpty Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go. Sam Gamgee and Peregrin Took The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears. Boromir Never laugh at live dragons. J. R. R. Tolkien It's a dangerous business going out your front door. Bilbo Baggins Thus spake the master programmer: "Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.'' The Tao of Programming A man who throws dirt loses ground. Anonymous Anyone who says 'Easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried it. Anonymous A seminar on time travel will be held in two weeks ago. Anonymous You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. Sacha Guitry Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. Unknown Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance. Sam Brown I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it. Groucho Marx The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. George Stephanopolous Do, or do not. There is no "try." Yoda Perhaps it is a good day to die! I say we ship it! Kilingon Programmer I refuse to tiptoe through life, only to arrive safely at death. Seen on a T-shirt Thus spake the master programmer: "When the program is being tested, it is too late to make design changes." The Tao Of Programming We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. General Douglas MacArthur Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. Napoleon Bonaparte |
||