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Don 03-17-2008 03:48 PM

The late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US Senator from NY:

" Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts "

TL Marcel 03-17-2008 04:11 PM

1. 'Ars longa, vita brevis'


2. 'Who Dares Wins'


3. and, (slightly longer),

'Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

TL Marcel 03-17-2008 04:15 PM

And in a different vein,
 
There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
those who understand binary, and those who don't!

GlynMeek 03-17-2008 04:38 PM

As an entrepreneur, I ALWAYS have this saying from Teddy Roosevelt posted on my wall. I read it when times get tough!

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

I think it is one of the most inspirational quotations in English literature, and those of us who have "been in the arena" understand every part of it. Those of us who never have been fortunate enough to have "their face marred by dust and sweat and blood" may never understand some of it! It is appropriate to ALL endeavors, and particularly perhaps nowadays, for those fighting for us in foreign climes!

Glyn

Don 03-18-2008 09:57 AM

John Wooden , now 97, former basketball coach for UCLA, as mentioned in an USA Today sports article " It's About the Players " :

" Never mistake activity for achievement "

" Failing to prepare is preparing to fail "

" Discipline yourself and others won't need to "

" .......his UCLA Bruins would reach the Final Four nearly a dozen times, winning 10 national titles "

RMB 03-23-2008 06:35 AM

A good friend will come and get you out of jail at 1:00 AM.

A best friend will look you right in the eye and say "Boy, did we F*CK Up!"

Ital-cobra 03-23-2008 08:59 AM

Anyone can help you move, but only a true friend will help you move a body....:D

Keithc8 03-23-2008 04:53 PM

No matter how good she looks somebody somewhere is tired of her crap

Dens 03-23-2008 09:33 PM

5 out of 4 people have problem with math.

And one from when I was a house painter....It looks good from my house.

Don 03-24-2008 10:01 AM

Not a favorite, but due to 288 Replies and 8,193 Views on this Thread, thought I would mention:

Quote of the Week - maybe the Century!
"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it."
-- Barack Obama

The source was not identified, came from multiple forwarded e-mails

Don 03-24-2008 10:08 AM

Reference my recent Reply on a quote from Barack Obama, was just advised according to Snopes the quote is FALSE:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/change.asp

michel schryer 03-24-2008 06:25 PM

Life's a ***** and then you die !

hogster 03-25-2008 04:09 AM

I was investigating an assault and the victim decribes one of the female assailants,

"She was ugly"
"Can you be more specific"
"She had a face like the inside of a sh*t smugglers duffle bag."

Priceless.

Rebel1 03-25-2008 05:51 AM

When describing a Politician:

"As straight as a goat path up the Himalayas."

mike knight 03-25-2008 09:15 PM

"When you think you're going through hell, keep going"

Winston Churchill

ohekk 03-26-2008 04:32 AM

"Don't look at me in that tone of voice!"

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You are so lucky!

Why's that?

"because you can kiss my ass... and I can't!"

digger5 03-26-2008 10:10 AM

Can't Stop Stupid
 
"Can't Stop Stupid"

COBRA427 03-26-2008 11:03 AM

Someone wearing a t-shirt at a gun show:
 
" 9 out of 10 voices in my head say to pull the trigger"

Doug I 03-26-2008 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by COBRA427 (Post 828196)
" 9 out of 10 voices in my head say to pull the trigger"

and the other says "push the button"

Tony Ripepi 03-26-2008 04:27 PM

"Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past, it loses the future"


Unknown author

Tony R.


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