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Old 10 June 2013, 12:55 PM   #1
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Sayings, quotes and anecdotes

Guys,
Last week there were two threads started, one by subtona (Gus) and one by Darmapow (Darren) about quotes and advice. Gus wants quotes made by a TRF member in a post that is funny and meaningful.
Darren's post was for the best advice you ever had.
I posted in both threads that I had hundreds of quotes, sayings and anecdotes and was considering starting a thread for such and received several positive responses.
Darren and Gus, I don't want to step on your toes as this thread is close to yours but for this one how about anyone just posting any favorite sayings, quotes or anecdotes.
I started my collection of these some fourteen years ago while I was going through my divorce. Some make me laugh, some make me cry and all of them make me think a bit.
Some of them can not be shared here for various reasons but I have hundreds that I'd love to put out there. Some are only a word or two, some take up an entire page (I won't post those).
I'll start with two that I had in my locker at the PD. If this thread goes stale after a day or two I'll revive it with another one of mine... Let em rip guys...

Strive mightly

Success is in the way you walk the paths of life each day and the things you say. Success is not in getting rich or rising high to fame. It's not alone in winning goals, which all men hope to claim. Success is being big of heart and broad in mind, it's being faithful to your friends and to the stranger kind. It's in the children whom you love and all they learn from you. Success depends on character and everything you do.
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Old 10 June 2013, 01:01 PM   #2
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Old 10 June 2013, 01:04 PM   #3
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Great one Bill, how true!
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Old 10 June 2013, 01:29 PM   #4
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Here's one about humility and our place in the universe, that's always resonated with me.

'Babe Ruth died and they still play baseball'
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Old 27 June 2013, 12:05 AM   #5
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Never heard it put so well. Doesn't get said enough.
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Old 27 June 2013, 08:07 AM   #6
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Never heard it put so well. Doesn't get said enough.
You guys need to listen to the song "Power Windows" by Billy Falcon. This quote sums up the song in a nutshell.
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Old 27 June 2013, 12:39 PM   #7
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If you are going to do something wrong, then at least enjoy it.
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Old 27 June 2013, 01:33 PM   #8
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If you are going to do something wrong, then at least enjoy it.

If you can't be good, be good at it.
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Old 25 February 2018, 12:58 PM   #9
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Old 2 April 2020, 11:58 AM   #10
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Old 24 May 2022, 02:55 AM   #11
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Old 10 June 2013, 02:46 PM   #12
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I always liked this one, Tim.....

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." (Albert Einstein)
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Old 16 January 2020, 12:08 PM   #13
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I always liked this one, Tim.....

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." (Albert Einstein)
Lets pray it Never comes to that....
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I like the one in my signature.
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Old 18 February 2024, 10:27 AM   #15
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Old 10 June 2013, 03:37 PM   #16
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3 of my favorites

"Criticism has plucked the imaginary flowers on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy or consolation, but so that he shall throw off the chain and pluck the living flower.
Karl Marx

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety"
Benjamin Franklin

“Every atom in your body comes from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than the atoms in your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about the universe:
You are all stardust.
You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements, the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, all the things that matters for evolution, weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created by stars.
So forget *****. Stars died so you could live.”
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Old 21 February 2016, 04:32 AM   #17
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I especially like Krauss's quote.

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3 of my favorites

"Criticism has plucked the imaginary flowers on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy or consolation, but so that he shall throw off the chain and pluck the living flower.
Karl Marx

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety"
Benjamin Franklin

“Every atom in your body comes from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than the atoms in your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about the universe:
You are all stardust.
You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements, the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, all the things that matters for evolution, weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created by stars.
So forget *****. Stars died so you could live.”
Lawrence Krauss
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"Most of my money I spent on wine, women and song............The rest, I just wasted".

The great late George Best.
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"Most of my money I spent on wine, women and song............The rest, I just wasted".

The great late George Best.


Being new to the forum I just found this thread. Perhaps the quote should be 'wine, women, and watches'.

My personal favourite, which isn't really a quote but a passage from a book called Blindness, written by Jose Saramago, a recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature, way back when, goes something like this...

'The dawning of each new day will be the beginning for some, the end for others, but for most it would be just an other day.'

Cheers.
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Being new to the forum I just found this thread. Perhaps the quote should be 'wine, women, and watches'.

My personal favourite, which isn't really a quote but a passage from a book called Blindness, written by Jose Saramago, a recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature, way back when, goes something like this...

'The dawning of each new day will be the beginning for some, the end for others, but for most it would be just an other day.'

Cheers.
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You can't have a circus without a clown or two.
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Old 10 June 2013, 08:18 PM   #23
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Geat guys, this is exactly what I was thinking of, here's another one of mine.

Capture the moment, whoever you are. None of us will be here forever.
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Go for it, this time around isn't a dress rehersal.

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Monkey is £500 round our way so Deal!
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