Quotes Free for All - Page 2

greensmurf20 · 12-01-2004

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut

greensmurf20 · 12-01-2004

"My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate." - Unibomber Theodore Kaczynski, when asked in court what his current profession was

greensmurf20 · 12-01-2004

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery

greensmurf20 · 12-01-2004

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it" - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

greensmurf20 · 12-01-2004

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy

greensmurf20 · 12-01-2004

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." - J.F.K.(1917-1963)

greensmurf20 · 12-01-2004

"all alone i seem to take, all alone i seem to break, i have lived the best i can, does this make me not a man?" - Jonathan Davis

GTJIM · 12-01-2004

"I believe two things may be infinite - the Universe and Human stupidity.
I have my doubts about the Universe ....."

Albert Einstein

"Neither a friend nor an enemy not repaid in full"

Family Motto on my Great-Great Grandfathers headstone .....

lgladdis · 12-01-2004

this is appropriate for anyone struggling with Opel repairs

"Over, under around or through. Obstacles exist from only one point of view."

Mike Preble · 12-02-2004

Insurance agents are betting that you will live and you are betting that you will die. You are hoping they win but either way you lose.

There are two kinds of stories told. Ones that stat "Once apon a time..." and ones that start "This ain't no sh*t..."

Mike

Ooooner · 12-02-2004

A wet bird never flys at night....

baz · 12-02-2004

Originally Posted by Ooooner

A wet bird never flys at night....

thats just too weird

baz · 12-02-2004

"No woman has ever shot her husband whilst he was washing the dishes"
from anon "????"

deimox · 12-06-2004

"words literally create things, or rather they create the way our minds divide and categorize the indivisible wholeness of the world into things. Too often words determine what we do and do not see."

From "The Broken God" by David Zindell

deimox · 12-06-2004

The problem when people stop believing God is not that they thereafter believe in nothing; it is that they believe in anything.

G.K. Chesterton

deimox · 12-06-2004

This is my rifle.
There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My rifle is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I master my life.

Without me, my rifle is useless.
Without my rifle, I am useless.
I must fire my rifle true.
I must shoot straighter than any enemy who is trying to kill me.
I must shoot him before he shoots me.
I will...

My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war
is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke that we make.
We know that it is the hits that count.
We will hit...

My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother.
I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths,
its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel.
I will keep my rifle clean and ready,
even as I am clean and ready.
We will become part of each other.
We will...

Before God I swear this creed.
My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country.
We are the masters of our enemy.
We are the saviours of my life.

So be it, until victory is ours,
and there is no enemy,
but Peace.

THE CREED OF THE U.S.M.C.

deimox · 12-06-2004

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Friedrich Nietzsche

deimox · 12-06-2004

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

Friedrich Nietzsche

deimox · 12-06-2004

And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: One more soldier reporting, Sir – I've served my time in Hell.

Unknown

deimox · 12-06-2004

(In a letter to the Philippians 3:8)- And finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about these things.

St. Paul

deimox · 12-06-2004

"Jeremiah 10:2-4: "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." (KJV)."

deimox · 12-06-2004

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Isaac Asimov

deimox · 12-06-2004

"One circumstance in particular used to torment me - namely the circumstance that no one else was like me, and that I was like no one else. I am a person to myself, whereas they are everybody."

From “Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

deimox · 12-06-2004

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

Isaac Asimov

deimox · 12-06-2004

A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs.

unknown (to me anyway)

12-01-2004	#34 (permalink)
lgladdis Opeler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Trail, BC, Canada Posts: 58 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	quote this is appropriate for anyone struggling with Opel repairs "Over, under around or through. Obstacles exist from only one point of view."

12-02-2004	#38 (permalink)
baz opel free after 25 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,669 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	from anon "No woman has ever shot her husband whilst he was washing the dishes" from anon "????"

12-06-2004	#39 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	Time to rack up some posts.... : ) "words literally create things, or rather they create the way our minds divide and categorize the indivisible wholeness of the world into things. Too often words determine what we do and do not see." From "The Broken God" by David Zindell

12-01-2004	#26 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,110 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut

12-01-2004	#27 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,110 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate." - Unibomber Theodore Kaczynski, when asked in court what his current profession was

12-01-2004	#28 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,110 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery

12-01-2004	#29 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,110 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it" - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

12-01-2004	#30 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,110 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy

12-01-2004	#31 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,110 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." - J.F.K.(1917-1963)

12-01-2004	#32 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,110 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"all alone i seem to take, all alone i seem to break, i have lived the best i can, does this make me not a man?" - Jonathan Davis

12-01-2004	#33 (permalink)
GTJIM 4246 Post Club Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,507 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"I believe two things may be infinite - the Universe and Human stupidity. I have my doubts about the Universe ....." Albert Einstein "Neither a friend nor an enemy not repaid in full" Family Motto on my Great-Great Grandfathers headstone .....

12-02-2004	#35 (permalink)
Mike Preble Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 345 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	Insurance agents are betting that you will live and you are betting that you will die. You are hoping they win but either way you lose. There are two kinds of stories told. Ones that stat "Once apon a time..." and ones that start "This ain't no sh*t..." Mike

12-02-2004	#36 (permalink)
Ooooner Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Concord, North Carolina Posts: 907 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	A wet bird never flys at night....

12-06-2004	#40 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	The problem when people stop believing God is not that they thereafter believe in nothing; it is that they believe in anything. G.K. Chesterton

12-06-2004	#41 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than any enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will... My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke that we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit... My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will... Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviours of my life. So be it, until victory is ours, and there is no enemy, but Peace. THE CREED OF THE U.S.M.C.

12-06-2004	#42 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche

12-06-2004	#43 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. Friedrich Nietzsche

12-06-2004	#44 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: One more soldier reporting, Sir – I've served my time in Hell. Unknown

12-06-2004	#45 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	(In a letter to the Philippians 3:8)- And finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about these things. St. Paul

12-06-2004	#46 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"Jeremiah 10:2-4: "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." (KJV)."

12-06-2004	#47 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse. Isaac Asimov

12-06-2004	#48 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	"One circumstance in particular used to torment me - namely the circumstance that no one else was like me, and that I was like no one else. I am a person to myself, whereas they are everybody." From “Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

12-06-2004	#49 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. Isaac Asimov

12-06-2004	#50 (permalink)
deimox Opeler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA Posts: 30 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs. unknown (to me anyway)