Me and a guy jointly came up with that saying. I said, "there is to much apathy in this world", he replied, "but who cares?"

Rosco has a cool one, "And for those who don't like it, eat a gun!"

The quote in itself is not striking, but the fact that it was used to end every speach in a Senate for decades, makes it special.

The defend your right stuff actually came from one of the famous french philosophers.
Voltaire or Rousseau...

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Originally posted by Bogey:
Only Cato said that, but indeed at the end of every speech.
I don't know if you qouted him correctly there...

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Yes, I meant to quote Cato the Elder and I believe the quote is correct.

"Elementary, my dear Watson..."

... meaning: I'm smart and you are stupid as a brick.

BTW, I use it at work from time to time. Not because I'm smart but because I really like the quote.

"I know not what course other men may take, as for me give me LIBERTY or give me DEATH!"

When you really think about the (Kahunas) it took to have the courage to stand up and say such a thing. The rest of the world can say whay they might, when pushed, all Americans have a little Patcrick Henry in us. This is not a goad to a flame war, just what I think, so put your egos away for a moment.

A man who in my mind has the biggest "set" I can think of in history- Churchill

"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight on the grounds, we shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air!
We shall defend our island what ever the cost may be. We shal fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the feilds and in the street, we shall fight in the hills.

WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!"

It sends chills up my spine, everytime I hear Winnie, make his famos speech. If there has ever been 30 seconds of time that brought more human resolve than this- I am at a loss to think what it would be.
During the rest of the war, the Brit war cry was "Never Surrender". With that being said all that is left is of course.....

"NEVER SURRENDER!"

What some consider a blessing, I consider a Curse.

Tim

In regards to American concerns that the Soviets would try to take West Berlin during the 1961-63 period, Khrushchev asked "Why should I believe that you Americans would fight a nuclear war over Berlin?" Rusk stared back at Khrushchev, and replied "Mr. Chairman, you will have to take into account the possibility that we Americans are just goddamn fools." They glared at one another, unblinking, then Khrushchev changed the subject and gave Rusk three gold watches to take home to his children.

Lady Astor: "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee."
Winston: "Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."

This exchange is contributed by Winston's good friend F.E. Smith, but in Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's The Glitter and the Gold she writes that the exchange occurred at Blenheim when her son was host. See also the American edition of Martin Gilbert's In Search of Churchill (not in the British edition). In Nancy: The Life of Lady Astor, Christopher Sykes confirms Consuelo Balsan's account. "It sounds like an invention but is well authenticated. [Churchill] and the Astors were staying with Churchill's cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, at Blenheim Palace. Nancy and Churchill argued ferociously throughout the weekend."

- Dum volvo, video disco
(Latin for ,"stop turn, look learn")

- Em tasol, wantok
(PNG speak for "that's all, friend")

- "Yes I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid *enough?*"

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Originally posted by Envelope:
In that vein:

"You are paranoid only if they are not out to get you."

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I think it is meant to read "Just because you are paranoid it doesnt mean they are not out to get you!" :-)

Or another one I heard recently "a pessimist is just an optimist with expererience"

AndyC

"a guy goes to the doctor and the doctor gives him six months to live. The guy can't pay his bills so the doctor gives him another six months"

"It said 'requires Windows 9x or Better', so it should run Linuex right??"
Anon

"Some people take part in history...others just talk or write about it."

"Some people make things happen, others watch things happen, and some just wonder what happened."

"It said 'requires Windows 9x or Better', so it should run Linuex right??"
Anon

"Some people take part in history...others just talk or write about it."

"Some people make things happen, others watch things happen, and some just wonder what happened."

Andy Bush

P.S.

"The 2nd amendment makes all the others possible."

"Money may not buy you happiness but it sure brings the price of being miserable down to reason."

"How is common sense still common if it's so hard to find?"

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups (like Congress)."

"In Korea, the public didn't know what we were fighting for. I knew what I was fighting for. I was fighting to save my ***. When you get out there, you'll be fighting to save your ***." By Korean War veteran sergeant to new privates. Not sure if it's right, but I think that's how it goes.

"Nuts!"

"I can attack with 3 divisions in 48 hours." Or was it 2? I don't remember...

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, concieved in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether this nation, or any nation so concieved and so dedicated, can long endure." And I forget a lot after this...

"That's one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind."

"I drank a lot of tea in the meetings, and I was probably in the bathroom." Al Gore when questioned about a meeting, in which illegal methods of raising hard money were discussed.

"Your job is not to die for your country... your job is to make the other poor bastard die for his!"

"I have only begun to fight!"

"That bomb will not go off, and I speak as an expert on explosives"

"Luke... I am your father."

"Attitudes are contagious. Mine might kill you."

"That which does not kill me just postpones the inevitable."

"A liberal is a conservative who has gone to prison."

"If you're 20 and not a liberal, you have no heart. If you're 40 and not a conservative, you have no BRAIN."

"And we'll click on print.... whoah... whoops." Bill Gates demonstrating Win95 for the first time.