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Date Posted:2024-10-09 08:26:30Copy HTML Growing old is something you do if you're lucky It is impossible to design anything that is foolproof because fools are ingenious Before I speak I have something important to say Groucho Marx You know that look that women get when they want sex? Me neither Steve Martin When choosing between two evils I always pick the one I haven't tried before Mae West There are a number of mechanical devices which increase the sexual arousal of women, a Ferrari is one of them P J O'Rourke A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don't need it Bob Hope All I ask is a chance to prove that money won't make me happy Spike Milligan A secret is something that is only repeated to one person at a time Robert McCrum |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-13 02:33:12Copy HTML Man does not control his own life, the women in it do that for him
A budget, a way of going broke methodically
Learn from the mistakes of others, as you can never live long enough to make them all yourself
Groucho |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-17 07:36:29Copy HTML "Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself" Franklin Roosevelt.
"I've done the calculation, and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether play or not." Fran Lebowitz. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-17 08:27:32Copy HTML Go ahead, make my day. Harry Callaghan aka Clint Eastwood.
Houston, we have a problem..... Jim Lovell
If you want something said, ask a man, if you want something done, ask a woman. Maggie Thatcher
What we've got here is failure to communicate. Luke.... Paul Newman |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-19 02:47:20Copy HTML Three people can keep a secret as along as two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklyn
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Tenyson
That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-21 10:40:09Copy HTML If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you Steve Wright
You can't have everything, where would you put it all
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
People say nothing is impossible but I do nothing everyday A A Milne |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-21 11:51:27Copy HTML We the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. Unknown |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-22 03:39:26Copy HTML The proper relationship between a journalist and a politician, should be akin to that of a dog and a lamppost. H.L. Mencken. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-24 09:47:54Copy HTML I intend to live forever, or die trying
The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-24 07:38:42Copy HTML There's no place like home Dorothy
To thine own self be true Shakespeare |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-25 01:26:57Copy HTML Studies show that women who carry a little extra weight, live longer than men who mention it. Unknown. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-26 12:38:05Copy HTML Houston, we have a problem. Jim Lovell
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself Roosevelt
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger Nietzsche |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-26 04:45:15Copy HTML If we ever have to resort to cannibalism, start with the vegans. They're the closest thing to grass fed that we have. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-11-26 09:55:52Copy HTML Democracy never lasts long. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams
You cannot negotiate peace with somebody who has come to kill you. Golda Meir
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. Leo Tolstoy |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-01 07:32:05Copy HTML "The problem with me is, I appeal to everyone who can do me absolutely no good." Rodney Dangerfield. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-03 01:05:19Copy HTML "There are lies, damn lies, & politics." Mark Twain. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-03 06:58:35Copy HTML "On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." H.L Menken |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-03 08:52:48Copy HTML The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. Tony Robbins Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, it also takes courage to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill This report by its very length defends itself from being read Winston Churchill |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-04 07:36:10Copy HTML Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. Winston Churchill |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-04 09:27:08Copy HTML A Communist system can be recognised by the fact that it spares the criminals and criminalises the political opponent.
Alexander Solschenizyn |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-04 12:05:24Copy HTML During the Blitz in WWII, sudden death would come unexpectedly from above. Hence the phrase: "Out of the Blue." |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-05 06:16:59Copy HTML A cockroach that escapes extermination is not a hero. It is still a cockroach. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-06 01:15:15Copy HTML Time is the only currency we spend without knowing the balance. Spend it wisely. Unknown author. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-06 03:21:36Copy HTML "Second place is the first loser." Dale Earnhardt
"Just be glad you're not getting all the government you're paying for." Will Rogers. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-07 04:05:14Copy HTML "Margorie McCall, Lived once, buried twice." Gravestone marker. |
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2024-12-07 04:25:03Copy HTML Here are three other humourous headstone engravings. The top is from GB, the second is America and the third is Canada.
Sir John Strange
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is Strange.
On the 22nd of June
Jonathan Fiddle –
Went out of tune.
Here lies Ezekial Aikle
Age 102
The Good Die Young. |