Favourite quotes

[*Ant*]

Life is like a box of chocolates - Forest Gump

[Guest Finepix]

dorothy parker

 

Ah, thanks Jon.

[Gerbil0154]

May the worst days in your future be as good as the best days in your past

 

Heard this recently on TV as a new year greeting but cant remember by who

[Snatcher]

"What the f--- was that" - Lord mayor of Hiroshima

[Tony U]

Some from the worlds greatest contemporary philosopher, Homer J Simpson:

 

I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here

 

How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?

 

Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such.

 

I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?

 

Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

 

Homer no function beer well without.

 

Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get.

 

 

 

Tony

[gozzer]

"stuff grows best when planted in s**t."

Me, when someone called me baldy.

[Si...]

Mines a Filipino quote

 

ang may gawang buktot, nagtatabo`t sumuskot, nagdadalang takot, walang sumusubok

(English Translation)

A guilty conscience runs and hides even when its not chased

[Alan Stubbs]

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 ...

 

 

It was Dorothy Parker - who also said 'Men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses'

 

 

My favourite quote is something I found after finding things out about a local councellor, jailed for being a crook:

 

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P J O'Rourke

Edited January 11, 2006 by Alan Stubbs

[riverside]

May all your ups and downs be in bed.

 

Not sure who said it or where from.

[Vagabond]

"There are only two types of anglers - those in your own party, and the a$$holes" : John Geirach, American outdoor writer

 

another of his gems

 

"The smaller the fishing party the better. A party of six will include a moaner, a tackle-borrower, a score-keeper and a guy who has to be back by Tuesday lunch-time"

 

and

 

"Never say when you will be back by - that way you can't be late"

Edited January 11, 2006 by Vagabond