Famous Quotes by Famous People.

[champers]

On 11/27/2021 at 10:40 AM, toofarnorth said:

OK , who said ' The world is your lobster ' ?

Del boy.

[billd766]

Well he would say that, wouldn't he?

[toofarnorth]

1 hour ago, champers said:

Del boy.

May have been but I was thinking of Arthur Daley. Minder.

[champers]

21 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

May have been but I was thinking of Arthur Daley. Minder.

Of course. I was close but no cigar this time.

[GammaGlobulin]

"Thou shalt Not....."

 

 

[bert bloggs]

We are all in the gutter,but some of us are looking up at the stars.

[starky]

On 11/27/2021 at 2:18 PM, seedy said:

Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum ("Therefore let him who desires peace prepare for war.")

Or as it is most commonly quoted si vis pacem para bellum...(you want peace, prepare war)

Hardly a famous quote (you also provided the most obscure form lol) and certainly not in my opinion a famous person but a very oft seen tattoo on service men and women. 

General Vegetius Renatus. excuse spelling ancient history class was long ago. ???? boom boom.

Edited December 5, 2021 by starky

[Tippaporn]

On 11/26/2021 at 3:45 PM, Gsxrnz said:

Few people in the modern era are worthy of having quotes attributed to them, because virtually none of them/us have had a unique thought in our entire lives. We merely regurgitate and rephrase the writings and philosophies of the ancients.

 

The descriptor of "quote" in the philosophical sense should only be attributed to something said or written that is of such deep philosophical meaning that future philosophers spend their lifetimes examining the meaning and interpretations of one sentence.

 

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee or similar - doesn't quite fit the criteria. 

You create your own reality.  There is no other main rule.

 

This one should fit.

 

Edited December 8, 2021 by Tippaporn

[cdemundo]

On 11/26/2021 at 12:29 AM, seedy said:

What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

Conan the Barbarian

Paraphrase of Genghis Khan.

"The Greatest Happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you. To see his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love him shrouded and in tears. And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters."

[cdemundo]

Protesting to nihilist thugs breaking and entering his apartment:

"This is a private residence!"

[seedy]

2 hours ago, cdemundo said:

Protesting to nihilist thugs breaking and entering his apartment:

"This is a private residence!"

Quickly followed by the rack of the 'street sweeper' or a Pig

[sipi]

"What the hell was that"..

The mayor of Hiroshima.

[KhunLA]

Sadly, not true, but does open a few eyes.

 

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime.” ... Mark Twain

Edited December 9, 2021 by KhunLA

[a3tsw]

Infamy! Infamy! , they've all got it in for me!

Julius Caesar ...AD1964 

[Grecian]

On 12/4/2021 at 10:08 AM, bert bloggs said:

We are all in the gutter,but some of us are looking up at the stars.

Chrissie Hynde took it from someone I can't remember who!

[roo860]

On 12/4/2021 at 7:05 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

"Thou shalt Not....."

 

 

Post bo##ocks

Edited December 9, 2021 by roo860

[cdemundo]

16 hours ago, seedy said:

Quickly followed by the rack of the 'street sweeper' or a Pig

Uhh, not related to the quote.

 

[Old Croc]

On 11/26/2021 at 3:45 PM, Gsxrnz said:

Few people in the modern era are worthy of having quotes attributed to them, because virtually none of them/us have had a unique thought in our entire lives. We merely regurgitate and rephrase the writings and philosophies of the ancients.

 

The descriptor of "quote" in the philosophical sense should only be attributed to something said or written that is of such deep philosophical meaning that future philosophers spend their lifetimes examining the meaning and interpretations of one sentence.

 

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee or similar - doesn't quite fit the criteria. 

• Death is "important, because people rarely change their minds — they just die.  If you live forever, we might become a very ossified society where new ideas cannot succeed'"  - Elon Musk

[seedy]

7 hours ago, cdemundo said:

Uhh, not related to the quote.

 

Uhh - funny !

Unless you are the one breaking in

[seedy]

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
 

[seedy]

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
 

[bert bloggs]

22 hours ago, Grecian said:

Chrissie Hynde took it from someone I can't remember who!

It was Oscar Wilde ,from Lady Windameers Fan . Sorry should have said.

[chickenslegs]

On 12/9/2021 at 5:59 PM, a3tsw said:

Infamy! Infamy! , they've all got it in for me!

Julius Caesar ...AD1964 

 

[roo860]

[PFMills]

‘What the <deleted> was that’.  Mayor of Hiroshima.

[DrPhibes]

A2 The Joker

 

New one: "We've got a blind date with Destiny - and it looks like she's ordered the lobster."

[a3tsw]

????  When I was a young man I carried my pack and lived the free life of a rover.  ????

[DrPhibes]

On 12/9/2021 at 5:59 PM, a3tsw said:

Infamy! Infamy! , they've all got it in for me!

Julius Caesar ...AD1964 

Not to be confused with "Destiny! Destiny! There's no escaping death for me!" - Young Frankenstein