OK, let's have a "Quotes" thread!

"When you cut out a man's tongue, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say." ~ Tyrion Lannister

"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit." ~ Andrew Carnegie

"The nine most dangerous words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" ~ Ronald Reagan

Originally Posted by jsbjsb001 You already posted that one in this thread here.

Sorry. With so many quotes, repeats are bound to occur.

"Some people’s idea of [free speech] is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage." ~ Winston Churchill

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Originally Posted by jamison20000e ... "One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done" -*Marie Curie

The best place to hide something is right under their nose...

Donno who made that one up tho...

"Celestial navigation is based on the premise that the Earth is the center of the universe. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool."

-- Kelvin Throop III

The greatest flaw any intelligent person has, is to think they're smarter than everyone else

Doesn't believe in God, doesn't need to act superior because of it

Not sure who come up with those ones, but their good ones all the same...

freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, and socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality. – Bakunin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC0HPUnX0Xs

Originally Posted by Jeebizz "When it's time to stop living, I will certainly make Death my number one choice!" -- (Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent) "Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all." -- (Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent) "If the Creator had said, "Let there be light" in Ankh-Morpork, he'd have gotten no further because of all the people saying "What colour?"" -- (Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms)

It warms the heart so much to see quotes by Pratchett among the first to be posted. The man is a genius and his books will always be my favorites.

"population matters"
https://populationmatters.org/quotes

“We know that Iraq has at least seven of these mobile biological agent factories.”
Colin Powell

... but that is not important. The end of the shale gas era is.

Originally Posted by My late brother it don't buy your health and it don't buy you hapiness - it does however provide a degree of freedom within reason. That's all.

I used to criticise him for being money-minded but he sent me this message in an exchange while he was facing death.

Miles Davis - "It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play."

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post6012503