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Chipmunk · 9 October 2010, 04:40 AM

Let me start this thread with two of my faves.

"Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities."
- Frank Lloyd Wright

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."
- Albert Einstein

Feel free to share your favorite quotes, sayings or whatever you want to call it.

sakuraba · 9 October 2010, 09:49 AM

"Where's my bezel protector?!

"

(sorry Oscar, couldn't help it!)

TheVTCGuy · 9 October 2010, 09:49 AM

"Then we will fight in the shade...."

Said by Dionikus, Lieutenant of King Leonidas at the battle of Thermoplye in 480 BC, when a Persian officer, suggesting the Greeks surrender because the Persians had so many archers their arrows will: "Blot out the sun".

footnote: Acording to Haraditus, the historian we get our information from, the ACTUAL quote was: "Good, then we will have our battle in the shade" (Dionikus referring to how hot it was). Over years it got changed, or misquoted or whatever, to the most repeated version: "Then we will fight in the shade." (Hey, I was a Classical Studies minor in College, did my senior Thesis on this battle).

sakuraba · 9 October 2010, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

"Then we will fight in the shade...."

How about,

"Come back with your shield, or on it!"

TheVTCGuy · 9 October 2010, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sakuraba

How about,

"Come back with your shield, or on it!"

Excellent! Said by King Leonidas' wife as he was leaving for the battle.

Here's another:

At the begining of the battle, the Persian General, trying one last time to get the Spartans to Surrender, yells out: "Spartans!, Lay down your weapons"

To which King Leonidas replies:

"Persians, Come and get them!"

GOD I just love this stuff!!!!!!

sakuraba · 9 October 2010, 10:03 AM

Here's my favorite scene:

geronimo509 · 9 October 2010, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

"Then we will fight in the shade...."

Said by Dionikus, Lieutenant of King Leonidas at the battle of Thermoplye in 480 BC, when a Persian officer, suggesting the Greeks surrender because the Persians had so many archers their arrows will: "Blot out the sun".

footnote: Acording to Haraditus, the historian we get our information from, the ACTUAL quote was: "Good, then we will have our battle in the shade" (Dionikus referring to how hot it was). Over years it got changed, or misquoted or whatever, to the most repeated version: "Then we will fight in the shade." (Hey, I was a Classical Studies minor in College, did my senior Thesis on this battle).

Did you ever get that tattoo?

Chipmunk · 9 October 2010, 10:38 AM

"Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific"

therolexguy · 9 October 2010, 10:41 AM

"....If? If a frog had legs he wouldn't bump his ass a hoppin'"

rfknauss · 9 October 2010, 10:45 AM

I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.

PSG1 Nut · 9 October 2010, 11:52 AM

" I world rather live one day as a lion then 1000 years as a sheep".

My life philosophy.

toph · 9 October 2010, 12:06 PM

Two from Winston Churchill that i love. one funny ( and true) and well we all know the other one.
'the best argument against democracy is having a 5 minute conversation with the average voter'
'Never in the history of human conflict have so many, owed so much, to so few'

TheVTCGuy · 9 October 2010, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geronimo509

Did you ever get that tattoo?

My 50th Birthday, next March. Looking forward to it!

Lion · 9 October 2010, 02:31 PM

Life is like a bowl of cherries.....

sakuraba · 9 October 2010, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

My 50th Birthday, next March. Looking forward to it!

Pics or it didn't ...

Nevermind!

daveathall · 9 October 2010, 06:34 PM

"Why is there only one monopolies commission"?.............. By Screaming Lord Such (Now deceased) leader of The monster raving lunatic party.

Mosco · 9 October 2010, 08:54 PM

"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."

and

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

both by Hunter Thompson.

Xenophon · 9 October 2010, 10:29 PM

I can't remember who said it but it's apt here:
"Time is a concept invented by the Swiss in order to sell watches"

Johny · 9 October 2010, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenophon

I can't remember who said it but it's apt here:
"Time is a concept invented by the Swiss in order to sell watches"

joeychitwood · 10 October 2010, 03:07 AM

"Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson

"What you resist persists." Zen Phrase

Dr. Robert · 10 October 2010, 03:18 AM

"Everybody must get stoned."
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
Bob Dylan

Kokyuryoku · 10 October 2010, 03:40 AM

Exterminate! Exterminate! - The Daleks

It always pops into my head everytime I see something that looks like one of them

BarkMaster · 10 October 2010, 04:44 AM

"It's not a scam"
Lots of folks

darthmouse · 10 October 2010, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfknauss

I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.

Chipmunk · 10 October 2010, 06:40 AM

"Half the lies they tell about me aren't true."
Yogi Berra

watchteacher · 10 October 2010, 06:43 AM

What would you rather do or go fishing?

lavaman · 11 October 2010, 06:22 AM

A few of my favs over the years...

"We do these things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard"
-JFK

"Trouble rides a fast horse"
-?

"The only time "success" comes before "work" is in the dictionary"
-Vince Lombardi

"Live more than your neighbors. Face your fears and live your dreams. Unleash yourself upon the world and go places. Go now. Giggle. No, laugh! And bark at the moon like the wild dog that you are." -John Blais

that last one is on my wall in my office....

mike · 11 October 2010, 06:29 AM

"As good as you are, and as bad as I am......I'm as good as you are as bad as I am".

Too Old · 11 October 2010, 07:05 AM

The guy who said money doesn't buy you happiness didn't know where to go shopping.
David Lee Roth

erwin · 11 October 2010, 09:16 AM

GIGGITY GIGGITY

by Quagmire

9 October 2010, 04:40 AM	#1
Chipmunk "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Real Name: Alvin Location: So Cal Watch: ROLEXES Posts: 5,390	Your Favorite Quotes Of The Day....... Let me start this thread with two of my faves. "Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." - Frank Lloyd Wright "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - Albert Einstein Feel free to share your favorite quotes, sayings or whatever you want to call it. __________________ "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"............John Keats

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