GREAT MEN'S and WOMEN'S QUOTES

[npap]

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”

Plato

[blogger]

"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain." -
-- Plato

[rich_roast]

The rain it falls upon the borrower and the lender
But mostly upon the borrower
Because when the rain falls upon the lender
The lender takes the borrower's umbrella

-- Proverbial Australian, updated by me in view of recent events

(I hope I didn't already post this and forget about it)

[spider58]

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.

Albert Einstein

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

Albert Einstein

[Superewza]

Why only men might i ask?

[Biker]

Why only men might i ask?

Because the women should be in the kitchen getting our breakfast ready!

[rich_roast]

For anyone who wants it... and I begin to wonder who would... for a quick project I set up a Twitter account that spits out a fortune cookie from the fortunes file every hour. @usrgamesfortune. Occasionally it comes up with a great (wo)man's quote, but it's rare because of the character limit. Today it came out with a couple of Bill Shakespeares and Mark Twains, for example. I might do an identi.ca too, if I get round to it (probably less than likely).

[kat22]

"THIS too shall pass"

don't know who said it...

"'you often meet your destiny on the path you take to avoid it"
from kung fu panda original don't know

[FedoraRefugee]

"THIS too shall pass"

don't know who said it...

Contrary to popular belief it is NOT a Bible verse.

The best anyone can figure these famous words were uttered by a court appointed physician to a jewel thief who had swallowed a 3 carat diamond right before the police nabbed him...

And that is my Clavinism for the day...

http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffa ... lavin.html

[kat22]

Why only men might i ask?

men don't listen... just talk (ask my wife) therefore more "Quotes" from 'great men'
men just don't listen... so no "quotes from great women"

[npap]

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
Plato

[vrkalak]

Why only men might i ask?

men don't listen... just talk (ask my wife) therefore more "Quotes" from 'great men'
men just don't listen... so no "quotes from great women"

"If a man says something, deep in the woods, with no woman around to hear him ... is he still wrong?"

[npap]

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin

[deleted]

From "The Black Riders and Other Lines" by Stephen Crane:

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter -- bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."

[vrkalak]

"Life would be so much easier if we only had the source code."

"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."

[npap]

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)

[vrkalak]

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

- Albert Einstein

[Alex Steiner]

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

[tdockery97]

My favorites:

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
George Burns

First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.
George Burns

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
George Burns

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
George Burns

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.
George Burns

Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.
George Burns

[npap]

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
Plato

And a Happy Independence Day to the American people.
npap