What are some of the best quotes from whatever source outside fame that you like. If you know the person name them if it is just general but you don't know put "Unknown" after. You can post your own quotes or those of others.

"Any culture or religion that cant or wont allow girls or women to make their own life choices deserves nothing but scorn and contempt" Me(Brian37, Brian James Rational Poet)

"Humans start the same way and end the same way and have the same ignorance between." Me (Brian37, Brian James Rational Poet)

Feel free to add yours.

Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity - unknown

While I'm a little uncomfortable blowing my own strumpet, there was an exchange once in another, now ex-forum, which developed the idea of tea as the divine power solving everything. I invoked a prayer to this miracle beverage, ending with

"In the name of the samovar, and of the infusion, and of the Holey Bag, perforated two thousand times for the refreshment of our sins."

Then followed an interesting argument from another member as to why it was invalid and why talk of teapots and Holey Bags was just a red herring. My off the cuff reply that

"A red herring in a teapot is a completely different kettle of fish"

was not only nominated Quote Of The Year, it made people eject sundry fluids from nostrilic apertures and finished up in the signature of at least one delightful person.

But there is one in this august community of which I am particularly proud. Basically, someone was trying to argue the validity of bible through archaeology with Min, to which I felt obliged to point out that

"Arguing points of archaeological history with an archaeological historian is like attacking a lion with a leg of lamb. Choose your battles more wisely, is what I'm saying."

'Do stop fussing with that - you're going to break it.' Ellen Shannon (my missus) on numerous occasions.

'Don't be sil- *crash, tinkle*...erm, Hon?' Pat Shannon (myself) on slightly less numerous occasions.

'Look, mate, you aren't at home in front of your telly, so kindly shut it, or I'll have you evicted.' Pat Shannon, to other cinema patrons.

'Himself? He's so mean, he'd peel a potato in his pocket sooner than share it out. A toothache of a man.' Eamon 'Neddy' Shannon (my Da).

Boru

"Bitches be trippin" ~Losty

(November 15, 2014 at 11:35 am)Stimbo Wrote: While I'm a little uncomfortable blowing my own strumpet, there was an exchange once in another, now ex-forum, which developed the idea of tea as the divine power solving everything. I invoked a prayer to this miracle beverage, ending with

"In the name of the samovar, and of the infusion, and of the Holey Bag, perforated two thousand times for the refreshment of our sins."

Then followed an interesting argument from another member as to why it was invalid and why talk of teapots and Holey Bags was just a red herring. My off the cuff reply that

"A red herring in a teapot is a completely different kettle of fish"

was not only nominated Quote Of The Year, it made people eject sundry fluids from nostrilic apertures and finished up in the signature of at least one delightful person.

But there is one in this august community of which I am particularly proud. Basically, someone was trying to argue the validity of bible through archaeology with Min, to which I felt obliged to point out that

"Arguing points of archaeological history with an archaeological historian is like attacking a lion with a leg of lamb. Choose your battles more wisely, is what I'm saying."

While you may not like blowing your 'strumpet' you seem very adept in doing so..
-Drich

"Humility is not the attribute of any God. It is the very definition of selfish narcissism." Me (Brian37 AKA Brian James Rational Poet)

Two statements I always have to think of when the question of war crops up in our time. One by Justice Jackson, the other one from a quite unusual source. But the second quote illustrates very well, how the psychology of war works at any time.

We must make clear to the Germans that the wrong for which their fallen leaders are on trial is not that they lost the war, but that they started it. And we must not allow ourselves to be drawn into a trial of the causes of the war, for our position is that no grievances or policies will justify resort to aggressive war. It is utterly renounced and condemned as an instrument of policy - Justice Jackson before the start of the Nuremberg tribunal

Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.[…] That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country - Hermann Goering to the psychiatrist Gustave Gilbert

"What I lack in life, I make up with my name."- Caleb Armstrong(C4RM5)

"A stupid person doesn't learn from his mistakes. A smart person learns from his mistakes. A wise person learns from other peoples mistakes." - Unknown

"A seg-fault is the computer telling you to stop being an idiot." - Surgenator