I’ve read that polls may be down and are down in some instances. They do tend to go up and down depending on circumstances. And if every time a poll went down, somebody changed their policy or changed their position or tossed in the towel, we wouldn’t have a country today. There have been plenty of times polls have down in our history when people have persevered and been resolute and prevailed ultimately. And that’s what will happen in this instance." -- Donald Rumsfeld

More from Rummy:

"Reporter: Do you feel embattled at this point in your tenure? In a recent column, Maureen Dowd quoted an unidentified administration official who described you as an "eccentric old uncle who's ignored." She claims that you don't hold the same sway in meetings.

Rumsfeld: Did you get all that? You want to be on camera, right? That’s a sure way to get on the evening news. The answer to your question is no.

Reporter: Well, I'm asking about the facts reported in the column. Do you feel you hold the same sway in meetings?

Rumsfeld: I'm not going to comment on that.

(Pause)- Rumsfeld looks away for a moment, then...

Rumsfeld: If you believe everything you read in Maureen Dowd, you better get a life."

Give 'em He11, Rumsfeld!

The chairman of the Democratic Party is Howard Dean, who said the capture of Saddam Hussein did not make America safer. And leading Democrats have demanded a sudden withdrawal from the battle against terrorists in Iraq – the very kind of retreat that Osama bin Laden has been predicting. And with that sorry record, the leaders of the Democratic Party have decided to run on the theme of competence. If they're competent to fight this war, then I ought to be singing on American Idol." -- Dick Cheney

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”— Mark Twain

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

-- Stanislaw J. Lec

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

-- Stanislaw J. Lec

Wow, that's deep zzap. Nice one!

“A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.”

- Proverbs 27:19

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" - FDR - 1933

If "pro" is the opposite of "con", what is the opposite of "progress" ? - unknown

"Shit Happens" (millions of people)

"Eat Shit and Die !" - Duke Nukem

Lifes a b*tch and then you die.

unknown

"If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it in the dictionary between sh1t and syphillis" George S Patton

"Forgive your enemies but never forget their names" JFK

"Cogito ergo sum" Rene Descartes

"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" dunno who said it

Not so much quotes but great lines from the film “The Calcium Kid”

1, My dad gave me some good advice once; "Speak if you have something to say." I always thought that was pretty clever.

2, Well, my dad once said, "There's normally a winner in a two-horse race". Obviously neither me or Jose are horses, but I think the moral of the story is anything can happen. I believe that

3, Dad- Does it feel like everyone's trying to pull your pants down, son?

Jimmy - Yeah. Yeah, that's it exactly.

Dad - My advice to you is... start wearing a belt.

4, Nothing's out of reach, if you've got long arms.

Lifes a b*tch and then you die.

unknown

Well, now that we know it's Porkie's life story I guess it's not unknown anymore.

“A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.”

- Proverbs 27:19

Not wanting to be pedantic, but this isn't what Proverbs 27:19 says. It says "As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man."

Still good though!

Liberals are on the precipice of securing their reputation as the Chamberlains of our time. In fact, today's appeasers are worse than Neville Chamberlain : Chamberlain didn't have himself as an example." -- Ann Coulter

Liberals are on the precipice of securing their reputation as the Chamberlains of our time. In fact, today's appeasers are worse than Neville Chamberlain : Chamberlain didn't have himself as an example." -- Ann Coulter

Profound.

Liberals are on the precipice of securing their reputation as the Chamberlains of our time. In fact, today's appeasers are worse than Neville Chamberlain : Chamberlain didn't have himself as an example." -- Ann Coulter

Profound.

Deep & Profound...

MacArthur was still in Tokyo straightening out Japan in 1950 – five years after V-J Day. Not only was Japan an advanced and ethnically unified country, but U.S. forces also made things easier for MacArthur by killing several million of the most militant anti-American Japanese during World War II. Paul Bremer doesn't have this advantage in Iraq. In fact, he has the reverse situation: Saddam killed the most pro-American Iraqis before the war." -- Ann Coulter

Reagan Quotes

Here are some quotes sure to brighten your day, unless you are a liberal. I put a question at the end for those inclined to debate?

"Here's my strategy on the Cold War:

We win, they lose."

- Ronald Reagan

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

- Ronald Reagan

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

- Ronald Reagan

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong."

- Ronald Reagan

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."

- Ronald Reagan

"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."

- Ronald Reagan

"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

- Ronald Reagan

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

- Ronald Reagan

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."

- Ronald Reagan

"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."

- Ronald Reagan

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

- Ronald Reagan

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

- Ronald Reagan

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

- Ronald Reagan

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

- Ronald Reagan

Was Reagan a neo-con at heart?

Most of these RR quotes are fab!!!

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

- Ronald Reagan

That one certainly is!

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know"

Donald Rumsfeld

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know"

Donald Rumsfeld

It would't be so sad if that POS wouldn't take himself so seriously. What a clown. He almost make the Chimp sound more "intelligible" when he tries to speak English.

What a clown. He almost make the Chimp sound more "intelligible" when he tries to speak English.

Look who's talking.

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know"

Donald Rumsfeld

This one is hilarious!!!

“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.”

— Confucius

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know"

Donald Rumsfeld

This one is hilarious!!!

This is tail-wagging spin, double-talk at it's best, the height of the art form,

You sometimes wonder, is he actually hearing what's coming out of his mouth,

Another classic dodge, the old diversion .... that' an excellent question, which we will scrutinize and send to committee. If said scruntinazation proves fruitful we'll rescrutinize our original scrutiny, thank you, next question please, ...

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know"

Donald Rumsfeld

This one is hilarious!!!

This is tail-wagging spin, double-talk at it's best, the height of the art form,

You sometimes wonder, is he actually hearing what's coming out of his mouth,

Another classic dodge, the old diversion .... that' an excellent question, which we will scrutinize and send to committee. If said scruntinazation proves fruitful we'll rescrutinize our original scrutiny, thank you, next question please, ...

I personally thought he prepared it well in advance!

"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table." —George W. Bush, Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2005

Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better. - George W. Bush

Also:

Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day. - Harry S. Truman

You know "that look" women get when they want sex? Me neither. - Steve Martin

When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family? - Robin Williams

Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand. - Woody Allen

I'm a psychic amnesiac. I know in advance what I'll forget. - Michael McShane

"From this arises an argument: whether it is better to be loved than feared. I reply that one should like to be both one and the other; but since it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking." -- Niccolo Machiavelli

Smart man...

hmmm he died insane ... had severe issues with ..... but I guess he was "smart"

"Life's like a shit sandwich - the more bread you have, the less shit you have to taste"

(bread is slang for dosh )

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Lady Astor: "Mr. Churchill, you're drunk!"

Winston Churchill: "Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober."

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"You can take a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"

(Stan Laurel in Way Out West)

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"I must confess, I was born at a very early age."

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members."

"Women should be obscene and not heard."

"Either he's dead or my watch has stopped."

(Groucho Marks)

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If you are not a socialist when you are young, you have no heart,

If you are still a socialist when you are grown, you have no brain!

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A hard man is good to find.

(Mae West)

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Ode to Mrs T (the other half of the 80's odd couple)....

"As God once said, and I think rightly..."

"No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent."

"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us."

"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

"Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy."

"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. "

"I don't know what I would do without Whitelaw. Everyone should have a Willy"

"I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air. "

"If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim."

"If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. "

"If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. "

"It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs."

"It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend."

"It is only when you look now and see success that you say that it was good fortune. It was not. We lost 250 of our best young men. I felt every one. "

"It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there. "

"Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace. "

"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he had money, too."

"Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus."

"Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story."

"On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turned out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns. "

"Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth."

"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true."

"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. "

"There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it. "

"There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families."

"This lady is not for turning"

"To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches. "

"To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects"

"Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mists of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past."

"We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment. "

"You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive"

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it"

"Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing. There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top. "

"What Britain needs is an iron lady."

and

"If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you. " - are you listening Mr Blair?

Maggie T - God I miss her