Quotes we remember

[HoosierHelen]

Some quotes are meaningful..... others are humorous...if they stick in your mind for whatever reason...let's share some that stick to us.

I'll start off with this one. I do have some humorous ones to follow.

There is no evil like hatred. And no fortitude like patience.
author unknown

patience has been a life challenge for me <my confession>

[HoosierHelen]

and one of humor (and truth) from Winston Churchill:

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

[Mr Douglas]

Life is hard. It's harder if you're stupid.
John Wayne

[JohnBoy44]

"Stay out of churches, son. All they got a key to is the outhouse.
and swear to me you'll never wear a policeman's badge."

William S Burroughs

[Mr Douglas]

"Feefty watts per channel, babycakes."
Russian sailor on old Highland Appliance ad

[kingster]

My dad always told me not to go looking for trouble because it will find you soon enough on its own.

[JohnBoy44]

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

Jack Handy

[HoosierHelen]

Wherever I go, people are waving at me. Maybe if I do a good job, they'll use all their fingers.
- Frank King, Winter Olympic Games organizing committee chairman.

[Mr Douglas]

"I'd keep playing! I don't think the heavy stuff will be coming down for quite a while yet."

[denali]

Don't tell people your problems, 1/2 of them think you deserve them and the other 1/2 don't care.

I heard this from my Mother but not sure if it was hers alone.

[HoosierHelen]

ahhh yes George!!!

Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.

George Burns

[denali]

And one of my very favorites-

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi, (attributed) Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948) ...

What a very, very wise man.

[Mr Douglas]

Don't tell people your problems, 1/2 of them think you deserve them and the other 1/2 don't care.

I heard this from my Mother but not sure if it was hers alone.

"Nobody knows you when you're down and out."

[HoosierHelen]

"Nobody knows you when you're down and out."

so true Mr Douglas!

[Mr Douglas]

"Private Joker- I want this head so clean the Virgin Mary HER-SELF!, .. would be PROUD to come in here and Take a dump!"

[slotz10]

Thank you Mr. Obama, but
I will keep my own money, my freedom, my guns, and you can keep the "CHANGE"

[ltzheather]

"Don't be afraid to be yourself; be afraid not to" - Unknown

"He that shuts love out, in turn shall be Shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, howling in outer darkness." - Alfred Lord

[james_t]

"Feefty watts per channel, babycakes."
Russian sailor on old Highland Appliance ad

"Where Plotchny?"

I thought I was the only person left in the world who remembered that ad.

Ahhh, the good old days, when Highland and Fretter were going head to head.

[james_t]

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[kingster]

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Thats another I heard growing up!