What's Your Favorite Quote?

1/3/02 | Stevio

[stevio]

I know this is pure vanity, but here it is.

I'm joining a new company and they have a "Get to know your fellow employee" kind of thing. They ask your name, marital status, favorite book (The Bible), movie (Road Warrior), music (Jazz), web site (Free Republic), etc..
My dilemma is I need a favorite quote. Some quotes are good for certain situations and some are not. As I respect and admire my Freeper family, I ask for your help.

P.S. When asked; "what you want your co-workers to know about you", I penned a very pro-Second Amendment statement.

[killerw]

"If you can't impress 'em with brilliance, riddle 'em with bullets".

[classygreeneyedblonde]

I have alot of them........" the nail that sticks up gets hammered down"

" have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts"

"we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are"

"the soul would have no rainbow, had the eyes no tears

[Cincinatus]

Let me clarify my post. I know (for sure) that Reagan said it (during the '84 campaign, I believe) -- what I don't know is whether it's original with him, being either his own or written for him by one of his speechwriters, e.g., "Mr. Gorbachev -- Tear Down This Wall!!!", written by Peter Robinson, but pure Gipper in sentiment, as also with your quote. In any event, it's a great quote and it fits him like a glove!

[The G Man]

"Churchill never said that. It's a myth."

Well, he should have.

[Jay W]

Almost every scene of "The Outlaw Josey Wales" contains valuable quotations or lessons! :-)

[giotto]

“Any age that does not exalt courage will be confounded by the Alamo, and baffled by the men who stayed in it. Any age that fears war more than servitude, or death more than honor, must denigrate the Alamo. Ages that do not honor the concept of liberty or death will fight no Alamos. Ages that do not cling to the great values of love, honor, courage, sacrifice, the soldier values, will not only fail to remember the Alamo, they may not long endure.” – T. R. Fehrenbach, Texas historian

Great quote from a great book: Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans

[cardinal4]

Almost every scene of "The Outlaw Josey Wales" contains valuable quotations or lessons!

"Theres iron in your word of life,theres iron,too in your word of death......It will be life"

Chief Ten Bears to Josey Wales.

[cardinal4]

Almost every scene of "The Outlaw Josey Wales" contains valuable quotations or lessons!

"Theres iron in your word of life,theres iron,too in your word of death......It will be life"

Chief Ten Bears to Josey Wales.

[cardinal4]

Sorry about the double post.

[yawningotter]

Genesis 27:11 (Just this much; make them find a Bible to look it up)

[katherineisgreat]

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

[RJayneJ]

One of my favorites is from Eisenhower, "You should never pass up the opportunity to keep your mouth shut."

[tubebender]

OPPORTUNITY + LUCK = SUCCESS...tubebender, 20th Century.

[deadhead]

"If you're not a liberal by the time you're 20, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 30, you have no brain." - Winston Churchill

This is a favorite quote of mine. Always thought it was a Churchill quote, whether it is or isn't, it's still a favorite.

[Old Professer]

A man is most naked when his mouth is open.

[Urbane_Guerilla]

plagiarism is the secret of my originality

[Wife of D28Man]

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Nietzsche: "That which does not kill me makes me stronger." Nietzsche: "The Earth has a skin and that skin has diseases, one of those diseases is man." Nietzsche: "God is dead." God: "Nietzsche is dead."

J.P.Morgan: "A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason."

G.K.Chesterton: "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly." G.K.Chesterton: "The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost."

A woman admiring Mae West's jewelry: "My goodness!"
Mae West: "Goodness had nothing to do with it!"

The evil yuppie boss from the movie Office Space: "Peter! Whhhhat's happening?"
Silly secretary from Office Space: "Sounds like someone has a case of the Monday's!"
(more Office Space quotes) Peter Gibbons: "So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life."
Therapist: "What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?"
Peter Gibbons: "Yeah."
Therapist: "Wow, that's messed up!"

Lady Astor to Winston Churchill: "If I was your wife I would put poison in your food!"
Winston Churchill: "And if I was your husband, I'd eat it!"

Robert X. Cringely: "If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."

From the TV science fiction show Farscape, after Crichton has used a pulse pistol for the first time: "Don't move! Or I'll fill ya full of...little yellow bolts of light!"

Agent Smith from The Matrix: "Never send a human to do a machine's job."

[The Iron Duke]

My favorite quote from that movie comes right at the end when Terril is leaving and he tells Wales

I'd tell him the war is over.

I like it because so many people seem to find it impossible to walk away from finished business.

My favorite quote of all times is from the original Iron Duke, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. He once said of the subordinate generals fighting with him agaisnst Napoleon

I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.

I have that same feeling when i read some of the more outlandish threads on this site.

[MattinNJ]

The only good thing ever to come out of Stalin were some cold, twisted one liners 1) When told that the Pope condemned his actions Stalin turned and said "How many divisions does the Pope have." 2) When told that, although the Russians had plenty of troops to take on the Germans, their equipment was terrible Stalin retorted "Quantity has a quality of it's own" 3) A German double agent working in the Japanese embassy (his name escapes me)during the beginning of the war alerted Stalin about Germany's planned attack through Poland. Several years later Stalin had him executed. When reminded what the spy had done for him Stalin stared icily and said "Gratitude is a disease of the dogs".