Post your favorite quote

[redhippo]

hi all,
i am trying to get a folder book of favorite quotes for my kids. instead buying just a book, i would like to request that each member post their ONE all time favorties. if 10% 0f Namepros forum contribute, i should be able to get a couple hundreds!!


oK post your Wisdom here!! Thanks

i'll start the ball rollin"

"others have seen and asked why?
i have seen what could be and asked Why not?"


>>Robert F. Kennedy

 

[InteractAsia]

"slowly but surely"

can't remember who said that but it's in my head

 

[Coastalguy]

"Fall down 7 times...get up 8."

Chinese proverb (I think).

ST

 

[bensontwenty]

"Sometimes in life in order to be faster, you first have to be slower"

Jackie Stewart, the Formula One racing driver I think first said this

 

[Darren]

It's a pity we can't post two!

Here's mine:

"The feeling is neutral.."

 

[Blackpanther]

Oh just one.. theres so many..


It is the mark of an Educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle-


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[cyberserf]

"Even Steven," quoth Steven, when he gave his wife six blows to one.

Jonathan Swift

* Btw, that is the origin of the phrase "even steven", when he wrote the Letters to Stella.

 

[BoRiCuA]

Originally posted by William Shakespeare
"To be, or not to be"

heh

 

[CMachuca]

" Jesus had lag... It took him 3 days to respawn "

In an online game, when your connection is slow, you have lag, you take some time before you can move.

 

[Kodeking]

"I don't know what World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

I know we are supposed to pick ONE but I have to post this one too:

"War does not decide who is right, but decides who is left."

 

[adam_uk]

"asumtion is the mother of all f**k ups"

 

[painperdu]

Originally posted by adam_uk
"asumtion is the mother of all f**k ups"

Hehe! That should go well with the kids

Here's mine:

"Knowledge Comes But Wisdom Lingers"
-Chinese proverb

 

[Lord]

Originally posted by Coastalguy
"Fall down 7 times...get up 8."

Chinese proverb (I think).

ST

that's in a chinese song

Originally posted by adam_uk
"asumtion is the mother of all f**k ups"

isn't that tom clancy? :D

 

[painperdu]

Originally posted by Coastalguy
"Fall down 7 times...get up 8."

Chinese proverb (I think).

ST

This reminds me of a Hank Williams song in which he says "I'm going down in it [the river] three times but I'm only coming up twice".

Another deep line from Williams is "I'll never make it out of this world alive".

 

[Webtwink]

"Whatever happens, happens for your own good"

I have no clue, who said that!

 

[instanet]

"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but chains and whips arouse me."

Funny little quote.

 

[adam_uk]

Originally posted by Lord


isn't that tom clancy? :D [/B]

i got it from under seige 2 (the train one) but the quote often pops up in my life