Quote for the Day!

“Hey, I went to The Source and found the dang thing. I forgot there was an index to first lines for all the poems in The Lord Of The Rings.

ANYway, it appears in the letter Gandalf left for Frodo at The Prancing Pony, to introduce Strider/Aragorn.


All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.


I hope Butterbur sends this promptly. A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried. If he forgets, I shall roast him.

Fare Well!

G.

(And he had forgotten, of course.)”

“"You get more money with a smile and a .45, then with a smile alone."

Willie Sutton, Bank Robber”

“"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

--Robert A. Heinlein”

“Hey I got 19 of 21 . . .is this a test?

I may have gotten 20 of 21, but I am not sure what might have been meant by "con a ship"

I certainly have sailing experience . . .but is "con" a submarine term alone???

I could design a SIMPLE building . . .but not to any achicterual or engineering standards.

For that matter . . .I am perfectly will to set YOUR broken bone . . .but will contract out for mine . . .

Planning an invasion can't be too much different than dating a few women at once, so I've got that covered.

I have already: written sonnets, built walls (a hobby), balanced accounts, comforted the dying, taken and given orders, acted alone, solved and analyzed, programed, cooked and fought.

I have not butchered a hog, but could.

The dying thing . . .I hope to die ungallantly, quietly in my bed many many many years from now.


Oh . . and changing diapers . . .have been doing that for 6 years . . .although with #2 being 3 yrs old . . . the end is in sight.”

“You can't have sunbeams without little specks of dust.

Erma Brombeck???”

“In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

The first is freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way - everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want, which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants - everywhere in the world.

The fourth is freedom from Fear, which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor - anywhere in the world.

That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation.

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 6, 1941”

“?So I?m sittin? on the couch man getting stoned and I turn on the TV just as the attacks are happening on the WTC and I think, ?Damn! A Bruce Willis movie!?. So I change the channel. ?F@&k, it?s all every station!??

Tommy Chong”

“"If ferrets are outlawed, only outlaws will have ferrets."

- Anon.”

“And listen, I want to urge my fellow Americans not to use this as an opportunity to pick on somebody that doesn't look like you or doesn't share your religion.

The thing that makes our nation so strong and that will ultimately defeat terrorist activity is our willingness to tolerate people of different faiths, different opinions, different colors within the fabric of our society.

- President George W. Bush”

“"All good things are wild, and couscous."
--Henry David Thoreau”

“He delighted to wander
in unknown lands,
to see strange rivers,
his eagerness
making light of toil.
-- Publius Ovid
43B.C.-18A.D.
Metamorphoses”

“At the start of their one-on-one meeting, Bush told his Chinese counterpart, ?You are president of a great nation."

China is great...communism is great. According to Dubbya.”

“great (grt)
adj. great·er, great·est
1. Very large in size.
2. Larger in size than others of the same kind.
3. Large in quantity or number: A great throng awaited us. See Synonyms at large.
4. Extensive in time or distance: a great delay.
5. Remarkable or outstanding in magnitude, degree, or extent: a great crisis.
6. Of outstanding significance or importance: a great work of art.
7. Chief or principal: the great house on the estate.
8. Superior in quality or character; noble: ?For he was great, ere fortune made him so? (John Dryden).
9. Powerful; influential: one of the great nations of the West.
10. Eminent; distinguished: a great leader.
11. Grand; aristocratic.
12. Informal. Enthusiastic: a great lover of music.
13. Informal. Very skillful: great at algebra.
14. Informal. Very good; first-rate: We had a great time at the dance.
15. Being one generation removed from the relative specified. Often used in combination: a great-granddaughter.
16. Archaic. Pregnant.

-dictionary.com”

“he coulda just meant "big"

as in "Spock is a great doo doo head"”

“May your chooks turn into Emus and kick your dunny down!

(translation available on request)”

“HPM requesting translation.”

“I think I can guess....Chooks are balls? We all know what emus are. I'm guessing a dunny is a very important part of male anatomy?”

“Isn't a dunny an outhouse?”

“yeah lee, he could have meant #13. China is great at algebra. Then again, it's probaby #9.”

“#9?

as in "one of the great nations of the West."?”

“Aren't they westernizing? Capitalism?”

“it sure sounds like it. good for them!”

“Girlfriend: Don?t you ever want more out of life? Ya know, like climbing a tree, read a book, get a full time job, something more?

Boyfriend (holding a bong): Hey, more does not equate to better. Hitler did more and don?t we all wish he would have just stayed home and got stoned?”

“Sorry for delay.
"May your chickens turn into Emus (large flightless birds) and kick your outside toilet down.”

“wow, this is one long thread. Does this set some kind of record?”

“A venturesome minority will always be eager to set out on their own, and no obstacle should be placed in their path; let them take risks, for Godsake, let them get lost, sunburnt, stranded, drowned, eaten by bears, buried alive under avalanches- that is the right and privilege of any free American.

Edward Abbey- Desert Solitair”

“Just don't be in the dunny when the Emus get pissed.”

“"Watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow."

-Frank Zappa”

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"To achieve selfless love, you must first learn to love yourself, to create harmony between your body and soul."”

“I know it's customary not to argue on the "Quote for the Day!" thread but aren't children naturally narcissistic and have to learn selfless love? I'd argue that self-hate is abnormal - not an original state.”

“"but aren't children naturally narcissistic and have to learn selfless love?"

Yes and no.

"I'd argue that self-hate is abnormal - not an original state."

The absence of self-love doesn't have to mean self-hate.”

“One I heard often seems appropriate.
"Don't touch that"”

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"Every human being-surface topology notwithstanding-is rich, fertile soil. Incumbent upon him and his fellows is both an opportunity and responsibility: to unearth and develop his diverse and fruitful resources to the utmost."”

“Nigal, you've aged! Or is that your Halloween costume? Santa in the off-season?”

“In honor of Grantland Rice, Born Nov. 1, 1880

For when the One Great Scorer comes
To mark against your name,
He writes - not that you won or lost -
But how you played the game.”

“War is not nice.
Barbara Bush”

“What's brown and walks through walls?












Caspar the Friendly Sh!t.”

“"Every human being-surface topology notwithstanding-is rich, fertile soil. Incumbent upon him and his fellows is both
an opportunity and responsibility: to unearth and develop his diverse and fruitful resources to the utmost."

Nige, who are you quoting? I like this little gem.

heh. No, I did not say 'family jewels'”

“He is the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. One of the wisest men of our times. The more I study his teachings the more he becomes a personal hero to me.”

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"After thousands of years of male dominance, we now stand at the beginning of the feminine era, when women will rise to their appropriate prominence, and the entire world will recognize the harmony between man and woman"”

“Harmony hurts when you get hit with it.”

“must keep it alive!”

“"When you tug at a single thing in nature, you find it attached to the rest of the world" - Unknown”

“" Quit bobbin for turds you FREAKIN BABY."

Minister of Truth
4:38:30 PM
11/9/01”

“Thoughts good! Slogans bad! Thoughts good! Slogans bad!”

“" As a dog returns to his own vomit,So a fool repaets his folly."

Proverbs 26:11

"Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, than in a house with a contentious woman."

Proverbs 21:9”

“"The Music Business is a cruel and shallow money trench...a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's
also a negative side."
Hunter S. Thompson”

“Passion is the degree of diffculty we are willing to endure to reach our goal.”

“I like that southerngal,,,thanks.”

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