Favourite quotes

[Steve Burke]

I'll start the ball rolling, and probably add some more later.

 

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein

Edited January 11, 2006 by Steve Burke

[jeepster]

'i told you i was ill' inscription on spike milligans grave

[DavyR]

"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

 

Gandalf, in "Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien.

[gozzer]

'i told you i was ill' inscription on spike milligans grave

 

 

Some folks are so hornery.if they fell in they'd insist on floating upstream.

(Mark Twain) i think.

[rob.imk2]

Another one of Spikes ............We have,nt got a plan so nothing can go wrong.

[argyll]

Heres just one

 

'When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were'

 

John F Kennedy

[Guest Finepix]

Picked this up watching BB (so what!) this week;

 

'You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think'

 

Made me titter for a while. Was said by Pete Burns but I couldn't tell you where the original came from ...

[Tony U]

"Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad".

 

W C Fields

Edited January 11, 2006 by Tony U

[jeepster]

Picked this up watching BB (so what!) this week;

 

'You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think'

 

Made me titter for a while. Was said by Pete Burns but I couldn't tell you where the original came from ...

 

dorothy parker

[DavyR]

"When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there."

 

Eeyore from "Eeyore's gloomy Little Instruction Book" by A. A. Milne