alright... alot of these are just good quotes...but most of them bring a smile to my face
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying."
- Woody Allen
I think it would be a good idea."
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of Western civilization
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
"Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
"I would have made a good Pope."
- Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."
"When ideas fail, words come in very handy."
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."
"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."
- Elvis Presley (1935-1977)
"I am not young enough to know everything."
"You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."
- Al Capone (1899-1947)
"I don't feel good."
- The last words of Luther Burbank (1849-1926)
Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
- last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."
- Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
- Yogi Berra
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
- Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate."
- Unibomber Theodore Kaczynski, when asked in court what his current profession was
"Woman was God's second mistake."
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
- Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
"Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies."
- Voltaire (1694-1778) on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan.
"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying."
- Woody Allen
I think it would be a good idea."
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of Western civilization
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
"Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
"I would have made a good Pope."
- Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."
"When ideas fail, words come in very handy."
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."
"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."
- Elvis Presley (1935-1977)
"I am not young enough to know everything."
"You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."
- Al Capone (1899-1947)
"I don't feel good."
- The last words of Luther Burbank (1849-1926)
Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
- last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."
- Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
- Yogi Berra
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
- Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate."
- Unibomber Theodore Kaczynski, when asked in court what his current profession was
"Woman was God's second mistake."
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
- Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
"Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies."
- Voltaire (1694-1778) on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan.
"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
