Favorite Quotes or Sayings.... Again?

[kjm]

Oh, I forgot my mostist favoritist sayings:

He who beats his sword into a plowshare will plow for he who didn't!-- (Unknown)

"The battle always goes to he who shows up the firstest with the mostest"--(also unknown but circa WWII Patton maybe?)

[Gonzo_308]

"I never gave anyone hell. I gave them the truth and they thought it was hell". Harry S Truman

"the only time you'll ever need a gun, You REALLY need a gun. ???

My personal Favorite.....

"...FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS"! His honor the president, Charlton Heston

[TearsOfRage]

I found Jesus and He said, "Tag! You're it!"

but seriously,

"As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression.
In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains
seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all
must be most aware of change in the air - however slight -
lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
--Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas

[Tamara]

"...the firstest with the mostest." is from the finest light infantry commander who ever lived, CSA Gen'l Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!

[John Forsyth]

"There is a fine line between courage and stupididy" - my Dad.

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John

[12-34hom]

Tears of Rage: Bawhaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

[falconer]

I'll share a few lines from my quotes.txt file.

Manly's Maxim:
Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Lady Luck brings added income today. Lady friend takes it away tonight.
--/usr/games/fortune

It's important that people know what you stand for.It's more important that they know what you won't stand for.
--fortune

Schizophrenia beats being alone.
--fortune

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gordon's first law:
If a research project is not worth doing, it is not worth doing well.

The eagle may soar, but the weasel never gets sucked into a jet engine.

You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
- Al Capone

There's almost no reason in the world to get into a fight, but there's NO reason not to know how. --Master George Halay Jr.

"bed 'em don't wed 'em, do 'em don't woo 'em, date 'em don't mate 'em" -- al bundy


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"There are roads that must not be followed, and battles that must not be fought.." --Sun Tzu

[Hutch]

Tamara, your sentiment is correct, but I THINK your general is wrong. IIRC, it was Nathan B. Forrest, a lesser luminary in the Confederate general ranks.

[badriver]

" There is a very fine line between a Congressional Metal of Honor and a general court marshal"

Chesty Puller
USMC

[Eric of IN]

"There's no replacement for displacement."

Parkinson's (?) corrollary to Murphy's Law:
"The effect that will cause the most frustration will manifest itself at the point in time guaraunteed to cause the maximum frustration."

"Anyone that is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed the job." Douglas Adams

From my USCG days:

"You have to go out. You don't have to come back."

Semper Paratus. (Always ready.)
Eric

[LoneStar]

Don't know who to attribute this to:

"The harder you try, the luckier you get"

[JimR]

Appropriate for the season:

"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods." [H. L. Mencken]

"If you are robbing Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the support of Paul." [I think this is also Mencken. In any case, it is a summary of the above.]



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[Apple a Day]

The difference between a hero, a martyr, and a moron: The cause may be the same but a hero wins and lives, a martyr wins and dies, a moron is just dead. - me

" Fate is a fickle bitch that dotes on irony." Glen Cook

" Unas salus victus nullam sperare salutem" The only hope for the damned is not to hope for salvation- Virgil, The Aenid.

Anything from The Art of War

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Those who use arms well cultivate the Way and keep the rules.Thus they can govern in such a way as to prevail over the corrupt- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[guerilla1138]

"come on, you apes! you wanta live forever?" unknown platoon sergeant, 1918. used by robert anson heinlein in starship troopers.

"people who dont vote need not bitch about how our government sucks. its your own fault" josh eikenberry, the very intellegent 17 year old creator,webmaster, and thought process behind The Daily Dammit. www.tdi.net/jbery/main.htm

"hooah" way to many sources to count.

and two of my all time favs..................

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"while u are burying your head in the sand i will be out doing something about the problem, excuse me if i tramp upon your skull." Guerilla1138

"you never hear their standard issue kicking in your door" pink floyd.

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[PaladinX13]

Force fed faith breeds bitter hardened hearts. - Me

[Kernel]

"A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances."

"They're ivory! Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl handled revolver."

Patton (as portrayed by George C. Scott)

[LawDog]

I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger. --Mencius

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. --Winston Churchill

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves. --Winston Churchill

Thoe who fight monsters, should take care that in the process they do not become monsters. When you look deep into the Abyss, the Abyss looks deep into you. --Nietzche

God is dead. --Nietzche

Nietzche is dead. --God

LawDog

[Gopher .45]

The school of hard knocks is a good school, IF you graduate.

[Gewehr98]

Dunno where it started, but it was a popular tagline:

"Bother!", said Pooh, as he chambered another round...

From my grandfather, after I helped him sneak his new brown-bagged bottle of JD past my grandmother, "Discretion is the better part of valor" Wonder who first uttered it?

"Beauty is only a light switch away", and "Go ugly, early!" - from my crew dawg travels

I have two books on my nightstand (actually, three, but my Caspian Officer's ACP is stashed inside the third), one is Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the other is The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain. Tons of quotes abound from Mr. Twain, but this one has been my recent favorite:

"I have achieved my seventy years in the usual way: by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody else."

I'm only halfway to his 70 years, but it's admirable...

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[Tamara]

"If we want to regain the respect of the world, we should begin by announcing that children have no business expressing opinions on anything except 'Do you have enough room in the toes?' " -Florence King

"The best way to keep women from having to abort rape-conceived babies is to increase the punishment for rape by placing much of it in the hands of women themselves.
All women should be allowed to own a gun simply by virtue of being female. A woman who prefers to conceal her gun in her handbag should be given a carry permit with no questions asked. A woman who is willing to wear her gun in a holster on the outermost layer of her clothing should be allowed to do so without having to bother with permits of any kind. In all cases it should be understood that an armed woman not only has a right to defend herself, but a responsibility to come to the aid of other women as well. The feminists want sisterhood? Sister, you've got it." -Florence King

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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!

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[BTR]

"A stocking full of ammo! He's a Santa for the 90's!"

-Max

[poacher]

From my old range master:

If they're good enough to shoot once they're good nuf to shoot again.

Two to the chest and one to the head will make any man forget his evil intentions.

From my Dad:
Son your aligator mouth is about to overload your mocking bird a**. (last time I ever bowed up towards him.)

Old partner:
Your mouth is either your best asset or your worst detriment.


And finally from a training captain.

Make no mistake about it that you go we go sh** only goes on in "Backdraft".

There's alot more I've heard but those seem to cover just about everything.

Best wishes Best luck Poacher.

[Grayfox]

Elvis is dead...and I don't feel so good myself. - Lewis Grizzard

When I was 16, I was convinced my father was the stupidest man on earth. When I was 26, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just ten years. - Mark Twain

No matter how bad the battle gets, there's always some guy on the other side who still has enough of a sense of humor to shoot you in the ass if you stick it up. - My former Drill Sergeant, 1972

Fate has denied us victory, but deemed us glorious immortality. - Robert E. Lee

[Gonzo_308]

I almost forgot! I should have been paying more attention. Especially in light of recent events.

RANGER'S LEAD THE WAY!

[Jason Demond]

This.

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