Quote Of The Day

[Refugee]

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato

[Mudcrutch]

"yea, this is a bit too cutesy"

~~ Refugee

lolll

[Refugee]

^ LOL! Smart ass.

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth." - Benjamin Disraeli

[Raelin]

The best things in life are silly. Scott Adams~

[emmie]

"When you talk to him, he looks at you and grins and grins and nods
and nods and appears to be the world's best listener, until you
realise he is not listening at all."
- Larry L. King (about Willie Nelson).

[Patty Petty]

Upon seeing the pictures of emmie and myself and Tom Petty... the little boy who lives next door to my Mom's house says...

"What's going on with you and Tom Petty?"
Me: "Unfortunately nothing!" :003:

[Raelin]

" always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine." Lord Byron ~

[Gator Girl]

"Common sense is not so common."

[Raelin]

" One of the best things you can have up your sleeve is a funny bone."

[Echosoftom]

"Be mindful when you're digging a hole for someone else, you just might stumble and fall in yourself" - Anonymous

[emmie]

I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway. - Syd Barrett

[Echosoftom]

"What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive" - Irv Kupcinet (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Irv_Kupcinet/)

[Refugee]

"When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving." - Steven Wright

[Echosoftom]

"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/2186.html)" - Josh Billings

[Raelin]

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have bee, Mark Twain~

[wild1forever]

"Think of the poorest person you have ever seen, and ask yourself if your next act will be of any use to him."--Gandhi

[Raelin]

Some pursue happiness, others create it.

[Echosoftom]

"Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk"
Diane Frolov

[Raelin]

Humor is wit and love. William Makepeace Thackeray ~

[Refugee]

"The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there." - Robert M. Pirsig

[Patty Petty]

"I'm not loving anybody that I'm not legally required to!" ~ Red Foreman, "That 70's Show"

[Refugee]

"Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills." - Clifford Odets

[emmie]

"Matilda told such dreadful lies It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes. - Hillaire Belloc

[Refugee]

Does this quote fit a certain PIA at the officials or what.

"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument." - William G. McAdoo

[Refugee]

The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on. - Elbert Hubbard

[Raelin]

Humor is wit and love. William Makepeace Thackeray ~

[Echosoftom]

"The World is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be don is generally interrupted by someone doing it". - Harry Emerson Fosdick

[Refugee]

Either say something, shut up or get out of my way - My t-shirt

[WildflowerNJ]

"If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live." Lin Yutan

[Echosoftom]

"I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability." - Oscar Wilde

[wild1forever]

"I love mankind; it's people I can't stand."--Lucy from Peanuts

That just about sums it up for me today. :icon_rolleyes:

[Echosoftom]

^ HAHAHA! Lucy is very insightful.

[conmae]

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
~Helen Keller

[conmae]

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot been seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.
~Helen Keller

[Refugee]

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. ~ Zen Proverb

[Refugee]

'She is 25 years old, and she has already accomplished everything she is going to accomplish in life.' - Sarah Silverman on Britney Spears

[Echosoftom]

^ LMAO!

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell

[Refugee]

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. ~John Barrymore

[Echosoftom]

"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." - Carl Sagan

[AndreaM]

"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do." - Oscar Wilde's last words.

[Refugee]

"It's one thing if you're up for it and you want it, and you go out without your panties on, but if you're wearing panties - gosh darn it, leave me alone!" - Reese Witherspoon

[Echosoftom]

"Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." - Ronald Reagan ( Huh? :confused:) lol.

[Marion]

Give back my point of view because I can't think for you.....Jet

[Echosoftom]

"If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport." - George Winters

[Refugee]

"An apology is a good way to have the last word." - Author Unknown

[Echosoftom]

"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it." - Terry Pratchett

[Refugee]

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~Buddha

[_Imagine_]

^<3

[Refugee]

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. ~Lorraine Hansberry

[Echosoftom]

^ I like that. It's very good advice.

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. - Fran Lebowitz

[emmie]

The biggest liar in the world is They Say. ~Douglas Malloch

[Echosoftom]

"Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." - Charles McCabe

[AmyLou]

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
Friedrich Nietzsche

[Nel]

"I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are, they must be using the earh as their lunatic asylum." :045: ~ George Bernard Shaw

[Refugee]

The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. ~William James

[Echosoftom]

"Never get a mime talking. He won't stop" - Marcel Marceau

[Echosoftom]

"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg

[Refugee]

History is past politics, and politics present history. ~John Robert Seeley

[Barnburner]

In the Rockies I saw the only rational method of art criticism I havre ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice: 'Please do not shoot the pianist: he is doing his best.' - Oscar Wilde

[emmie]

"I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability." -Joanna Lumley (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/joannaluml302220.html)

[surfnburn]

"She said, 'Get that thing out of my face,'" Wilkinson said. "I told her it was a nice snake. 'Nothing can happen. Watch.'"

LOL!!! (For more info, see story on the Depot Street forum.)

[Refugee]

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. ~Roger Miller

[conmae]

"I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it's not for quite as long as we would have expected or hoped. But it is still far better than never having had those children at all."

'My Sister's Keepr' Jodi Picoult

[Refugee]

There's no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth. ~Al Oliver

[Refugee]

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. ~Bede Jarrett

[Refugee]

Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes. ~Jules Renard

[Echosoftom]

"Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves". - Joseph P. Thompson

[Refugee]

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves. ~Maria Edgeworth

[Refugee]

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions. ~Ian Percy

[Refugee]

"An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you." - Elbert Hubbard

[Echosoftom]

"And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropiate receptacle". - Stan Dunn

[emmie]

"To have your niece die in your arms is the greatest gift from god"
-Celine Dion

Say what???

[Refugee]

^ :107:

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater. ~Roman Polanski

[Mary Jane 49]

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1362.html) http://www.quotationspage.net/icon_blank.gif (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1362.html)
Leo Tolstoy (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Leo_Tolstoy/) (1828 - 1910)

[Refugee]

If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles. ~Benjamin Franklin

[emmie]

"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."
- John Wayne

[Refugee]

I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. ~Author Unknown

[Refugee]

"To be considered a genius is easy; it requires the use of only a single brain cell. To be considered a fool is far harder; it takes at least two."
--Vivre Draco

[Barnburner]

"Of all bad men, religious bad men are the worst." - C.S. Lewis

[Refugee]

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. ~Jim Rohn

[Refugee]

Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb

[Refugee]

Every time a bell rings, a militant gerbil gets his wings - Cheif

[surfnburn]

"...unless you're Britney Spears or Paris Hilton or Pete Doherty and are therefore made up of equal parts Xanax and Diet Coke and nitrous oxide,..." LMAO

I got the quote from this...
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/

[Gatorfan]

"Some people have their first dollar. The person who is really rich is the one who still has his first friend." - Unknown

[Refugee]

"I have cancer, but cancer does not have me" - A lot of shirts over the weekend.

[Patty Petty]

"Take me to Havana and roll me like a cheap cigar" ~ My old friend Michele on what she would say to Rudy Sarzo upon meeting him....LOL!!!! :003:

[Echosoftom]

^ That's cute Patty!

"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass" - Martin Mull

[Gatorfan]

People will forget what you said;
People will forget what you did;
People will remember;
How you made them feel

Quoted by Maya Angelou

[surfnburn]

^ This is so true...

I love Mark Twain...

"A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape."

The Public is merely a multiplied "me."

"Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company."

[emmie]

"Cowardly men choose the most cowardly as their leaders, so that they won't have to show courage; and they choose the stupidest among the stupid, so that everyone can have the feeling that he's a little better the leader." - Adolf Hitler

[Patty Petty]

^ LMAOOOOOOOOOO, I love that one, emmie!!! :icon_laugh:

[Refugee]

"Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear.

But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity".

Oliver Sacks

(This was from the side of my Starbucks coffee cup)

[Starfish]

I saw this bumper sticker last week -

No one died when Bill lied

[conmae]

"It's good to have money and the things money can buy, but it's good, too, to check once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things money can't buy."

~George Horace Lormier

[Echosoftom]

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

[Gatorfan]

From a story posted at work about a co-worker's recent recovery from breast cancer....

"Be kinder than necessary to those you meet...for everyone has a battle they're fighting" - Unknown

[emmie]

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.
James Thurber 1894 - 1961

[Echosoftom]

"It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like". - Jackie Mason

[emmie]

I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
Michael Caine

[Patty Petty]

"I may not be super intelligent, but I know alot about stupid shit." ~ an old boyfriend after spouting off something or other about barometric pressure.

[Pettyphile]

"What we really are matters more than what other people think of us." - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian statesman (1889-1964)

[Refugee]

"A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant." - Hazrat Inayat Khan

[Echosoftom]

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork" - Mae West

[Refugee]

"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself." - Kahil Gibran

[Gatorfan]

Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section a swimming pool.
-George Carlin

[Refugee]

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." - Elbert Hubbard

[Refugee]

"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey

[Iwazzabadboy]

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are actually rearranging their prejudices."
- William James (1842-1910)

[Refugee]

"The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do." - Harold Coffin

[Starfish]

Amen! LOL

[AmyLou]

"Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line" ~ Bill Clinton

[petty4me]

"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
Coretta Scott King

“Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.”
George Bernard Shaw quotes (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)

[Refugee]

"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are-- if it doesn't agree with experiment it's wrong." - R.P. Feynman

[Nel]

A couple of things I read today reminded me of this quote:

"Develop a built-in bullshit detector." ~ Ernest Hemingway

[Iwazzabadboy]

No need..I was born with one:)..Iwazzabadboy

[Refugee]

Does "anal-retentive" have a hyphen? ~Alison Bechdel

[emmie]

"The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world." Max Born

[Refugee]

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton

[surfnburn]

"I don't want the high because I don't want the down." That's a pretty cool quote from someone in recovery. I'm so proud of her.

[Refugee]

"Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so." - John Stuart Mill

[emmie]

"The best love affairs are those we never had." - Norman Lindsay

[Refugee]

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

[emmie]

"A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. (http://thinkexist.com/quotation/a_cat_has_absolute_emotional_honesty-human_beings/144958.html)”http://thinkexist.com/i/sq/as4.gif Ernest Hemingway (http://thinkexist.com/quotes/ernest_hemingway/)

[Refugee]

"Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people." - Barbara Walters

[emmie]

End discrimination. Hate everybody. ~ Elle Eden

[Refugee]

^ LOL!!


"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost." - H. Jackson Browne

[poppiesgal]

"I love you not only for who you are, but for who I am when I am with you" - Unknown

Something my Dad said to my Mom last August on their 60th wedding anniversary.

[poppiesgal]

One of my favorites ...

Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

[Refugee]

"The line between thriftiness and cheapness is thin, and it's the difference between an admirable person and a repugnant one."

[Pettyphile]

"There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action." - Adlai E. Stevenson

[Refugee]

"I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process." - Benjamin Harrison

[Refugee]

"Beauty without expression is boring." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Patty Petty]

End discrimination. Hate everybody. ~ Elle Eden

LMAO emmie! I actually say that... "I do not discriminate... I hate EVERYONE!" :003:

[poppiesgal]

"I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage" ... Erma Bombeck

:icon_laugh:

[Refugee]

"When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses." - Joyce Brothers

[surfnburn]

"I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process." - Benjamin Harrison

^This is interesting...maybe only to me, though...lol Benjamin Harrison (1890) supported an import tariff policy before economics was really understood. He admin raised the tariff rate on imports to 48%. So everything overseas cost more than what was produced in the US. If you are getting the same wages and pay more for products; you are a poorer person, right? (It's called the "real value".) Wages increased to meet the rising prices of products; US products cost more to make because of increased wages. US products increased in price. More devaluation of the dollar. Needless to say, this policy cost Harrison the election.

Anyone have a quote on how a recession will boot a politician out of office? lol There’s gotta be one from the Carter admin…

[Refugee]

"Jimmy Carter left office with the American economy sinking fast - soaring unemployment, double-digit inflation, double-digit interest rates, a contracting economy, and a sense that America's best days might be behind her." - Deidre Bolton

[Refugee]

"Stupid is as stupid does." - Forrest Gump

[Ladywiz]

"I'm a mocker." -Ringo

[Barnburner]

"The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep." - Woody Allen

[Refugee]

"I use to be disgusted, now I'm just amused." :045:

[Refugee]

"I always thought Mike Campbell was the coolest guitar player." - Tift Merritt

[Refugee]

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein

[Refugee]

“I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.” - Christian Bale

[emmie]

"Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood." - Coretta Scott King

[surfnburn]

"You feel like you're a goddess when you're drunk." An alcoholic friend of mine with 10 years of sobriety.

[Refugee]

^ HAHAHAHAAHAH!!

"Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?" - Erich Fromm

[emmie]

“It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with (http://thinkexist.com/quotation/it-s_hard_to_decide_if_tv_makes_morons_out_of/171462.html)”http://thinkexist.com/i/sq/as4.gif Martin Mull (http://thinkexist.com/quotes/martin_mull/)

[WildflowerNJ]

"Draw a circle, not a heart, around the one you love, because a heart can break but a circle goes on forever". - Author Unknown

[Refugee]

"Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs." - Author Unknown

[emmie]

He is a self-made man and worships his creator.
– John Bright

[Refugee]

"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends." - Virginia Woolf

[poppiesgal]

?Never explain - you're friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway." ... Elbert Hubbard

[Refugee]

"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours." - Wayne Dyer

[emmie]

“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. (http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/flatter_me-and_i_may_not_believe_you-criticize_me/15189.html)”http://en.thinkexist.com/i/sq/as3.gif William Arthur Ward (http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/william_arthur_ward/)

[Patty Petty]

"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix." - Dan Quayle, former Vice President

[PumpkinBumpkin]

^lmao! :003:

[poppiesgal]

^^ LMAO ... :icon_laugh::icon_laugh::icon_laugh:

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle." - Bob Hope

[Refugee]

"The most beautiful make-up of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy." Yves Saint Laurent

[Beamish]

"He who sups with the Devil needs to bring a long spoon."
- Scottish Proverb

[Refugee]

“What people take for granted on a daily basis, among so many other things, is their skin. I spent my life, like many others, catching some rays, surfing, hanging out in the sun and it never bothered me until now. Who knew that something as simple as a proper sunscreen or keeping yourself covered up on a sunny day could one day save your life? Our culture looks at a nice tan as a sign of luxury. We spend time in tanning booths when we can't go to the beach or lay by the pool. It's time to think again. Especially if you're fair skined, have freckles, or light eyes. Be aware of the dangers, take precaution, and have yourself checked out regularly by a dermatologist from head to toe. It could absolutely make the difference in your life." - Danny Federici

[Echosoftom]

^ :085:

[Refugee]

http://www.roadkilltshirts.com/images/products/NEW2/DELETE-YOU.jpg (http://www.roadkilltshirts.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=DELETE YOU)

[Echosoftom]

^ LMAOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Refugee]

^ Gonna ditto my own post again. It's just perfect right now, lol. :077:

[nurktwin]

"i love when the phone rings. usually, it's the wrong number, but sometimes it's exciting." Warren Buffett

[conmae]

"Forever is a long time to be wearing the wrong ring." - Terrence Howard (on Ellen)

[Refugee]

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~Doug Larson

[conmae]

^speaking of bacon:

'I love you as much as dogs love bacon' - Rhiannon Niemuth (in her Mother's Day card to me)

[Refugee]

We want our site to be a place where people discuss and debate ideas that foster stronger communities. We built this for you. Please take care of it. Tolerate broad thinking, but take action against obscene or hateful material. Make it a credible and safe place worth preserving and sharing.

[surfnburn]

^Well said.

Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.
- Anonymous

[Refugee]

"The Heartbreakers continue to astound, one of the tightest, loosest and telepathic bands working." - Mark Brown of the Rocky Mountain News

[poppiesgal]

"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck." - George Carlin

[Beamish]

"In what way are you freer, greater, more dangerous to every society which is based on the false and the unessential?"
- Jiddu Krishnamurti

[WildflowerNJ]

I though Patty would get a kick out of this one, too...

At the beach yesterday, I saw a bumper sticker that said:

"Jersey Girls don't pump gas"

It was on a car from PA.......

[Patty Petty]

^ LOL, that's great!

I did pretty damn good though when I lived in California. :003:

[WildflowerNJ]

Haha, I knew you would like that, Patty....:003:

[nurktwin]

"you never know who's swimming nude until the tide goes out".....warren buffett

[Beamish]

"I think, therefore I'm single."

[Refugee]

Quotations by Paul Newman

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"The light that you think you emanate is not necessarily the light that other people see. You think of yourself as a shy, retiring whatever it is, and some other people will see you in an entirely different way. ... You have to constantly learn. Obviously, you have to start with some kind of gift, but people don't understand that. ... I don't have a gift for anything. I've only had a gift of pursuit." — 1990.
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"I remember a speech I did at a graduation. I was saying how you spend your whole life trying to get 'it' and you never know what the 'it' is. You want to connect somehow, to be in touch, and this business is terrible because it encourages you to create that protective wall. Otherwise, you get eaten alive." — 1994.
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"There aren't many jobs you do where you do your work and people criticize you in print and on television about it. 'He's really off. He shouldn't do that.' ... They praise me, too, but that can be just as bad." — 1994.
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"I didn't seek out those (anti-hero) roles. They're probably written better. ... Maybe it's because the writers, good writers try to choose people who are loners or are anti-heroes for characters. You can probably find some good connection between that and their own writing talent." — 1994.
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"I've been trying to quit almost everything I do for the last 10 years, and I've managed to quit absolutely nothing. ... I was going to give up my race team, I was going to quit racing. I was going to quit films. I was going to turn the salad-dressing business over to somebody else. And get out of politics. And unfortunately, I'm busier now than before." 2002.
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"I used to make three pictures a year, and now I make a picture every three years. Things change. There have been a lot of good things out there, but they weren't the kind of pictures that I wanted to make. I didn't want to do pictures about explosions. I don't want to do pictures about shattered glass and broken bodies and blood. That just doesn't interest me." 2002.
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On his longevity: "Luck. ... Genetics is luck. Appearance is luck ... being born in the United States." — 1999.
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On working with Robert Redford on "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting": "We were lucky. We did two almost perfect films together. And to try to maintain that special quality is pretty tough." — 1999.
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On continuing acting or not: "There's a lot of stuff floating around, but I don't like to talk about it until it's in cement. I think I'd like to make one more film and then take a powder. It's time Joanne and I spent quality time together." — 2005.
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On his Newman's Own food business: "I got into the theater because I was running away from the sporting goods business. I could never understand the romance of it — I mean, of any (retail) business. ... Now that I'm in this business, I understand the allure of market share, and killing the opposition. ... Yes, I'm very competitive." — 1999.
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On auto racing: "Young (drivers) think about winning. I think about whether I'm going to have a pulse. ... When you get older and older, you start slowing down. Everything is off one-50th of 1 percent. Your eyes are a little off, your reflexes, touch — everything. You multiply that by just a factor of 1 percent, that's two or three seconds a lap." — 1990.
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"I don't regret anything. It came at the right time. I was getting bored acting. ...You become passionate about one thing, it leads back into something else. If you can gain a sense of passion and commitment in your life in one arena, it's bound to bleed back into other arenas. ... In all the things I started to attack — football, tennis — I had no gift for it at all. I had no gift for racing, either. It's just something that I really wanted to do." — 1990.

"I'm thrilled. I'm on a roll now, and maybe now I can get a job." _ Joking after winning his first best-actor Oscar in 1997.

[Beamish]

^ Very cool, Linda. Thanks for posting these.

[wild1forever]

All from Milton Berle:

"You know you're getting old when it takes you longer to recover than it took you to get tired in the first place." :icon_laugh: :icon_laugh: :icon_laugh:

"My doctor recently told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already."

"Why are we honoring this man? Have we run out of human beings?" (at a function for sportscaster Howard Cosell)

[Echosoftom]

Linda, that is a very nice quote tribute to Mr. Newman. Thank you!

[Refugee]

"People have to understand: Religion, your faith: It's just an opinion. And it's no better than my opinion because you're claiming it's sacred. "It's just an opinion, and when we look at it up close, we see it's a pretty whack opinion." - Bill Maher

[nurktwin]

do you ever feel like the world is a tuxedo and you are a pair of brown shoes? george goebel, on the johnny carson show with dean martin, bob hope and others, when they were all drinking and getting drunk.....lol.

[wild1forever]

On a get-well card:

"Those who say laughter is the best medicine have never tried morphine."

[Refugee]

^ OMG! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[watchtheparkingmeters]

"Those and my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others."
-Groucho Marx

[Beamish]

My two favorite buttons:
"Other attitudes available upon request."
and
"Agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial."

[watchtheparkingmeters]

^^ nice :cool:

[Refugee]

"I'm not slapping you. I'm high fiving your face"

[Refugee]

"And now this: a great financial meltdown coming down on his watch in the twilight hours of what history will judge as among the worst administrations in our history. When you think of Bush and his team, it's hard to believe so much harm could be done to so many by so few." - H.D.S Greenway

[wild1forever]

"If money isn't loosened up, this sucker could go down."--George W. Bush

Well, that sounds presidential. :icon_rolleyes:

[Refugee]

"A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done" - Dwight David Eisenhower

[Beamish]

"Don't assume- it makes an ass of u and me." Wish my boss was reading this thread...

[Refugee]

"I found the key to the monkey chest!" - Jason Sinay