Topic: Favourite Quotes

[rob1966]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning

[Terry de Niro]

From Mister Bill Shankly himself.

“Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.”

[afc tukrish]

From Mister Bill Shankly himself.

“Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.”

If you can't support us when we're losing, don't support us when we're winning...

[Nitramdorf]

Read a funny line on the anniversary of the death of Douglas Adam's, "He suffered spontaneous existence failure"

[Only Me]

Read a funny line on the anniversary of the death of Douglas Adam's, "He suffered spontaneous existence failure"

I loved Douglas Adams’ quote about deadlines:

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. '

[jambutty]

"Watch your car for a fiver, Mister?"

"No, ta, I've a fucking big guard dog inside, keeping it safe."

"Can he put out fires, like?"

[liversaint]

Any more than 3 shakes, it’s a wank

[ToneLa]

Two that you might recognise

I have personally found to be true as I have done them

Do not go gentle into that good night,
....Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Paraphrased slightly.

And this is true, think of it in football:

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.

It is disputed as is much of worth

I do think acting boldly - decisively - authentically - does make things line up

Positive action and all that

I think fear freezing you see that's the opposite

If you're sure you don't fuck about - you DO it
And things align

Anyone can scoff at these two I don't mind

I just personally find them to be true

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

"The greatest argument against democracy is to have a five minute conversation  with the average voter. "

[So… Howard Philips]

"The greatest argument against democracy is to have a five minute conversation  with the average voter. "

So the alternative is;

“The best Government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination “ - Voltaire.

[jambutty]

Voltaire.

Great brand name for summat.

[SamLad]

Harold Wilson: "A week is a long time in politics" used to be one of my faves.

it applies to a lot of things, and also seems a bit quaint these days.

[RedSince86]

From Succession.

“Information is like a bottle of fine wine,”  “You store it, you hoard it, you save it for a special occasion and then you smash someone’s fucking face in with it.”

[SamLad]

From Succession.

“Information is like a bottle of fine wine,”  “You store it, you hoard it, you save it for a special occasion and then you smash someone’s fucking face in with it.”

Could be a good Hint For Happy Posting on RAWK

[jillcwhomever]

And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not what they are. All we can say is that is a good deed because it’s helped someone or that’s an evil one because it hurts them. People are too complicated to have simple labels. (From the Amber Spyglass)

[jambutty]

"If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha." Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Indian Chief of Army Staff.

[Shankly998]

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”

Marcus Aurelius

[BarryCrocker]

"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." - Albert Einstein

[jambutty]

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.  JT

[Crosby Nick]

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.  JT

Timberlake? Or John Terry?

[jambutty]

Timberlake? Or John Terry?

James Taylor

[Dr. Beaker]

Matt in the Telegraph, the next day after Paddy Ashdown's resignation, "I've already forgotten where I was when I heard the news".

I use that one as often as possible.

[Dr. Beaker]

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Raab, Hancock, Patel, Jenrick, Sunak, Dorries and co. so did they bear themselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their shittest hour.' - Beaker (Dr.) 2023

[afc tukrish]

Give your balls a tug...

[Dr. Beaker]

Have more than you show. Speak less than you know.

[liverbloke]

^ like it

educated beyond their intelligence - is a particular fave of mine

[jambutty]

I'm trying to be less condescending.

That means talking down to people.

[jambutty]

"They love it when your balls smell nice.  Let's 'em know you care."

https://youtu.be/jowNLHQCAAY

[jambutty]

Brevity is the soul of wit, Andy.

[jambutty]

People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish. But that's only if it's done properly.

Banksy.

[liverbloke]

People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish. But that's only if it's done properly.

Banksy.

that's a play on woody allen's quote

Is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right

[afc tukrish]

The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already;but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. - Leo Tolstoy

[KillieRed]

As my quote underneath tells you, I love the sloganeering of bands like Idles.

I think lyrical can be very powerful and to the point:

“I hate your mom
I hate it when she opens her mouth
It’s amazing to me how much people can say
When they don’t know what they’re talking about “

“ICU” by Phoebe Bridgers.

[liverbloke]

The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already;but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. - Leo Tolstoy

is leo talking about the fsg thread again...

[jambutty]

The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already;but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. - Leo Tolstoy

Which recalls Dorothy Parker's quip while attending a NY Debutantes Ball:

"If all these debutantes were laid from end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised."

[afc tukrish]

is leo talking about the fsg thread again...

Leo Transferstoy

[SamLad]

is leo talking about the fsg thread again...

are we really in for him, though -- we have enough left wingers already!

[BlackandWhitePaul]

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against.

[CHOPPER]

And the bezan shall be huge and black, and the eyes thereof red with the blood of living creatures, and the whore of Babylon shall ride forth on a three-headed serpent, and throughout the lands, there'll be a great rubbing of parts. Yeeah...

[ToneLa]

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

- Al Watts