Teras Kasi Archive
Thread: (OT) Famous Quotes
Satis
Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:01 am
#66
"Pain is weakness leaving your body"
-US Army Drill Sargeant
"I drank what?"
-Socrates
-US Army Drill Sargeant
"I drank what?"
-Socrates
Raotek
Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:04 am
#67
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Delay is preferable to error.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Take note of the last one devs.
Higginsis
Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:18 pm
#68
Raotek wrote:Delay is preferable to error.
Thomas JeffersonTake note of the last one devs.
I think we should heed that one more.
"Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes, then when you judge them you're a mile away and you have their shoes"
No idea who said that, made me chuckle tho.
"It is better to be feared than loved" :Julius Caesar
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." : Albert Einstein
"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance." : Socrates.
Some of my favs, tho i'm surprised "revenge is a dish best served cold" hasn't come up.
KyrYxus
Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:21 pm
#69
This is the Hardest thing that I have ever heard of before, some of you may know this story, but many haven't heard this quote.
The Spartan commander Leonidas charged with holding the Themopylae pass from the invading army of the Persians.
The Spartans slim 300 soldiers had to hold the pass for "as long as possible" so that the northern city-states of Greece could unify to face the enemy, but was facing the largest army ever assembled (some estimates place the numbersanywhere between 100,000 and 1 million soldiers).
Leonidas was told that he couldn't possibly stand against such an army. He as told that
"The Persian arrows will fill the sky so as to blot out the sun."
His response was:
"Then my men will fight in the shade!"
This crosses my mind whenever I feel overwhelmed. 
John773
Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:16 pm
#70
Overhead in the contoll of Three Mile Island about 1978:
"Hey boss, what does this big red button do?"
KyrYxus
Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:03 pm
#71
how about the famous last words of Southern rednecks?:
"Hold my beer and watch this!"
Halendor
Sat Oct 30, 2004 2:06 pm
#72
The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million is a statistic.
- Joseph Stalin
veloce
Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:54 pm
#73
"The attack, when made, must be vigorous and overwhelming, leaving the enemy no time to collect, reconnoiter, or consider anything but his best means of flight." -- J.E.B. Stuart
Cango
Sat Oct 30, 2004 4:00 pm
#74
'When you breach a room, and someone moves, hostile or not, shoot them; for, they have beung to think, and this alone makes them dangerous'
Mankind00
Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:01 pm
#75
I've been meening to add to this for a while, so heres a couple I really like:
One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
-Terry Pratchett
-Terry Pratchett
Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.
-Terry Pratchett
-Terry Pratchett
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
Reebeel
Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:05 pm
#76
"Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!"
-John Paul Jones
After his ship was nearly blown to peaces and the opposing captain asked him if he was ready to surrender. John Paul Jones came back and defeated his opponent.
cult22
Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:25 am
#77
"Man who eat jellybean, fart in technicolour"
- Confusius -
"We all lie in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars"
"Work, the curse of the drinking class"
- Oscar Wilde -
- Confusius -
"We all lie in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars"
"Work, the curse of the drinking class"
- Oscar Wilde -
Oreet
Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:21 am
#78
Bendar wrote:
I know it's real life quotes, but this is one of my favorites
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda
this is a great quote. in fact, the Commencement Speaker at my High School Graduation based his entire speech on this quote.
here's another great star wars quote:
"Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows?" - Obi Wan (Star Wars: A New Hope)