What are your favorite quotes?

[MountainRa]

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

usually attributed to Martin Luther King but I understand it originates from another source.

Gives me hope when everything seems to be going to hell in a hand basket.

 

[Rindee]

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure".

I think this is often attributed to Mark Twain but I don't think he really said this.

Great line though. Can think of a few people whose obituaries I might like to read....

I have to admit....that makes 2 of us lol!

 

[Rindee]

3 phrases that get me out of anything.....
1. I'm busy.
2. I'm broke.
3. I don't know.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

"Ask not what your Lungs can do for you, ask what you can do for your Lungs."
--Unknown, but a play on the words of President John F. Kennedy

 

[Pepper]

“If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution.”
― Emma Goldman

 

[KSav]

I've always loved this old classic, and I often think of it when I read the results of surveys in the news:

"There are three types of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics."

I've seen this attributed to Mark Twain, who in turn attributed it to Benjamin Disraeli.

 

[Rindee]

"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile." Roger Staubach

 

[gruntlabor]

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

usually attributed to Martin Luther King but I understand it originates from another source.

Gives me hope when everything seems to be going to hell in a hand basket.

Where am I going, and why am I in this hand basket?

 

[OregonGuy]

The phrase "At the end of the game, the pawn and the king go into the same box" is an Italian proverb

it means that regardless of one's rank or position, everyone faces the same fate

 

[gruntlabor]

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure".

I think this is often attributed to Mark Twain but I don't think he really said this.

Great line though. Can think of a few people whose obituaries I might like to read....

I think it was Clarence Darrow

 

[Rindee]

The phrase "At the end of the game, the pawn and the king go into the same box" is an Italian proverb

it means that regardless of one's rank or position, everyone faces the same fate

Chess player here, both online and OTB, what it really means is a Pawn can be as powerful as any piece and can become any piece!

 

[NotCompSavvy]

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”​

Gandalf

 

[squatting dog]

 

[Babs2u]

Complacency is not an option.

 

[gruntlabor]

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

Justice without perspective is meaningless, else why is the gentle deer consumed?

 

[Riada]

Every man dies
Not every man really lives.

Said by "William Wallace", (Mel Gibson), in Braveheart.

 

[Capt Lightning]

On our deathbeds we're not going to regret all the work we didn't do.
We're going to regret all the sex we didn't have!

Sir John Betjeman

 

[Axel Slingerland]

Computer geek that I am, I liked this one the first time I saw it. I have no idea who said it.

"Who is General Failure, and why did he Destroy my Hard Drive?"

 

[Rindee]

"Why do we die? To make life important." Liam Niesen saying to Christina Ricci in the movie "After. Life".

 

[Elsie]

If memory serves me correct the ending quote in The Mission another great movie .

I did not know that. I haven't watched "The Mission".

 

[Rindee]

"Ask not what your Lungs can do for you, ask what you can do for your Lungs."
--Unknown, but a play on the words of President John F. Kennedy

I woulda told JFK "I pay your salary, and I pay too many taxes, so don't ask me to do more for my country!"

 

[Rakaia]

I woulda told JFK "I pay your salary, and I pay too many taxes, so don't ask me to do more for my country!"

When I worked for local government we often got entitled ratepayers telling us that they payed our wages. We rejected that out of hand and told them that they paid their rates and that we took our instructions from management...

 

[gruntlabor]

When I worked for local government we often got entitled ratepayers telling us that they payed our wages. We rejected that out of hand and told them that they paid their rates and that we took our instructions from management...

It is government who is 'entitled'. It is a citizen's duty to keep himself aware of his government's activities.

'Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.' --Lord Acton paraphrased

 

[NotCompSavvy]

I did not know that. I haven't watched "The Mission".

I was wrong as quote is different , same premise but different .

' The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not over come it ''

 

[Rakaia]

It is government who is 'entitled'. It is a citizen's duty to keep himself aware of his government's activities.

'Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.' --Lord Acton paraphrased

You appear to have missed my point, I could have said that when I was at the casino we had entitled gamblers who claimed that they paid our wages. Their ignorance was either ill informed or wilful because they failed to acknowledge that they paid the house and the house only.
Speaking of governments, in your country and mine we have federal, state and local governments, so there are a lot of variables surrounding the corruption and abuse of power. Enough said because we're making an effort not to politicise the boards at present.