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Never give way to another motorist wearing any kind of hat.
"Never rub another man's rhubarb"
Jack Nicholson's Joker in Batman
"We are all in the gutter, just some of us are looking at the stars"
"It's better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to be on than half way up one you don't"
You, Mr Churchill, are drunk sir.
And you madam, are ugly. However in the morning I'll be sober.
Live life on the edge. Otherwise you're taking up too much space.
When Ghandi was asked what he thought about Western Civilisation he replied "I think it would be a good idea."
"I don't care what time it is, I go by tummy-time and my tummy says it's dinner time" Winston Churchill, not one of his better ones though.
If the flesh came into being because of the spirit it is a wonder.
But if the spirit came into being because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders; the wonder show of the world.
Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty.
I like that one too Kenny. Have we had the one when Churchill was in the gents and left without washing his hands?
"At Eaton they taught us to wash our hands when we have been to the toilet"
"At Harrow they taught us not to piss on our hands"
'after ecstasy, the laundry'
"Don't try"
Charles Bukowski
anelka quote is not even worth this thread, he's a spoiled kid, he lack manners and to be fair he can't even play for shite.
If you want a rude quote from a french football player you shall reconsider and use eric's one.
To the national coach in the changing room when he was not happy with him
"Sac à merde"...
If in doubt, go flat out!
Colin McRae.
"The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare"
Juma Ikangaa (I think)A great Marathon runner and a quote which gets me out running when i dont feel like it?
"is this fast enough?"
Emil Zatopek making his debut at the Marathon asking it of Jim Peters, the then world record holder. Zatopek went on to win that race as well as the 5000 and 10000m!
"We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality"
Ayn Rand
"I'd rather have my ass kicked by a roomful of people than go out to this dinner... Unfortunately, no one in this room could do it."
(ex) Gen. McChrystal US Army
"No milk"
"No bread"
"Right. You go and nick some from the wards, and I'll inform Amnesty International of our plight"
Andy
"Be the trail, not the tree"
Me, 2003
Under-used England goal-machine Peter Crouch, when asked what he'd be if he wasn't a professional footballer:
"A virgin"
Andrewh; loved the "don't piss on our hands ones" So many good Churchill ones it's hard to know where to start. I think he was the one who said (about a rather unpleasant man and equally horrible woman) that "it was good of them to marry each other and make two people miserable instead of four".
God is broke,
don't end up with God,
or you'll end up in debt.
Former Dead Kennedys front man,
Jello Biafra.
High Priest of Harmful Matter
I like crouch's quote there, that's quite good.
Opinions are cheap, facts are expensive.
Another Bukowski:
"You think there's angels? Ain't it about time they f*ckin' showed up?"
Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
Keith Richards
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"Try, there is no try. There is only do, or do not" Yoda.
Excellent advice for mountain bikers everywhere
Can't remember where I heard this, and it's not strictly true for half the population, but...
"Never worry about being overtaken by a grey haired old man, keep training and one day that will be you."
And my attempt at a motivational speech to Mrs Militant as she was about to give up on a 12 hour solo ride because she thought she was near last...
"Don't think about the ten girls in front of you, think about the tens of thousands who wouldn't even attempt what you're doing."
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
and Petesgaff's one +10,0000
not so much a quote as a stream of consciousness
[b]Chief Seattle, chief of the Suquamis[/b]
How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us.
If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man.
The white man's dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth, for it is the mother of the red man. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and man --- all belong to the same family.
So, when the Great Chief in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land, he asks much of us. The Great Chief sends word he will reserve us a place so that we can live comfortably to ourselves. He will be our father and we will be his children.
So, we will consider your offer to buy our land. But it will not be easy. For this land is sacred to us. This shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not just water but the blood of our ancestors. If we sell you the land, you must remember that it is sacred, and you must teach your children that it is sacred and that each ghostly reflection in the clear water of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my people. The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.
The rivers are our brothers, they quench our thirst. The rivers carry our canoes, and feed our children. If we sell you our land, you must remember, and teach your children, that the rivers are our brothers and yours, and you must henceforth give the rivers the kindness you would give any brother.
We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on. He leaves his father's grave behind, and he does not care. He kidnaps the earth from his children, and he does not care. His father's grave, and his children's birthright are forgotten. He treats his mother, the earth, and his brother, the sky, as things to be bought, plundered, sold like sheep or bright beads. His appetite will devour the earth and leave behind only a desert.
I do not know. Our ways are different than your ways. The sight of your cities pains the eyes of the red man. There is no quiet place in the white man's cities. No place to hear the unfurling of leaves in spring or the rustle of the insect's wings. The clatter only seems to insult the ears. And what is there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around the pond at night? I am a red man and do not understand. The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of a pond and the smell of the wind itself, cleaned by a midday rain, or scented with pinon pine.
The air is precious to the red man for all things share the same breath, the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days he is numb to the stench. But if we sell you our land, you must remember that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
The wind that gave our grandfather his first breath also receives his last sigh. And if we sell you our land, you must keep it apart and sacred as a place where even the white man can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow's flowers.
So we will consider your offer to buy our land. If we decide to accept, I will make one condition - the white man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers.
I am a savage and do not understand any other way. I have seen a thousand rotting buffaloes on the prairie, left by the white man who shot them from a passing train. I am a savage and do not understand how the smoking iron horse can be made more important than the buffalo that we kill only to stay alive.
What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of the spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.
You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children that we have taught our children that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.
This we know; the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected.
Even the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as friend to friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny. We may be brothers after all. We shall see. One thing we know which the white man may one day discover; our God is the same God.
You may think now that you own Him as you wish to own our land; but you cannot. He is the God of man, and His compassion is equal for the red man and the white. The earth is precious to Him, and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator. The whites too shall pass; perhaps sooner than all other tribes. Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.
But in your perishing you will shine brightly fired by the strength of the God who brought you to this land and for some special purpose gave you dominion over this land and over the red man.
That destiny is a mystery to us, for we do not understand when the buffalo are all slaughtered, the wild horses are tamed, the secret corners of the forest heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills blotted by talking wires.
Where is the thicket? Gone. Where is the eagle? Gone.
The end of living and the beginning of survival.All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
Long I know, but try picking a single quote from that!
Not a dig at the previous post, but it reminded me of this, not sure where I got it from, it might be Banksy:
"Only when the last tree has died and the last river has run dry will mankind realise that spouting native American sayings makes him sound like a complete muppet"
not sure where I got it from
it's a pretty good mis-quote of one of Banksy's pieces...
another Banksy related one..
'there's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover' - a quote from a Metropolitan Police spokesperson, used on the cover of Banksy's book.
I think the vicar from Hot Fuzz would sum that up nicely:
"Oh F*** off, Grasshopper!"
"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends"[i]
Gandalf
That Gandalf was a smug ****er in my opinion 🙂
"Why don't you listen to what I mean, rather than to what I say?" Frank
Mrs Militant, after promising to cook me a meal, then burning it in the saucepan, "Am I the worst girlfriend you've ever had ?"
MilitantGraham, "No, you're in the top ten."
MilitantGraham to Mrs Militant, "There's a story in the paper here about some bloke who murdered his wife, cut her in to bits and buried her under the patio. And to think, you moan about me not doing the washing up. You don't know how lucky you are."
My former boss, "How did you get to be so big, being a vegan ?"
MilitantGraham, "How did you get to be a manager, being so stupid ?"
slight resurrection admittedly. "Live life to the full, have no regrets. Because what you did, was at some time, exactly what you wanted to do."
No idea who said it but i like it.
Dont hate the Player , hate the Game.....
Omar , The Wire.
'Gerrard and Rooney are world class players'
'We played well' - Fabio!!
smoke me a kipper i`ll be back for breakfast.
Ace Rimmer , Red Dwarf
'Gerrard and Rooney are world class players'
I think you misheard him didn't he say working class ?
smoke me a kipper i`ll be back for breakfast.
Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas.
- Arnold Judas Rimmer, not long afterwards.
Setting a dangerous precedence, quoting Red Dwarf. We could be here a while.
Which reminds me, there used to exist a website dedicated to favourite movie quotes. On the front page was a comment that The Princess Bride was banned from the site, on the grounds that the entire film is quotable.