OT: Favorite (non-movie) Quote

[OtayBW]

"The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get"
----Joe Walsh

and, one of my personal favorites:

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
---- variously attributed to Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by osbk67

"seven Ps buddy, seven Ps".

Reminds me of Daniel Dennett's alluding to "The Four F's Of Survival: Fight, Flee, Forage, and Procreate."

[emckee1]

Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and the pig enjoys it.

[OtayBW]

"Why, that guy ain't strong enough to pull a string out of a cat's ass"
----Mr. Pope of Pope's Cafe, Shelbyville, TN, telling a story over coffee some time ago about the loser of an arm wrestling contest.

[572cv]

Originally Posted by CNY rider

Proper planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance.

(I use this one regularly at work).

I learned this as the 6 P’s: prior planning prevents piss poor performance.

An ancient fave: ‘friendship, sir, is the alchemist’s stone that turns all the base metal of humanity into gold’. Samuel Johnson to Boswell (if I remember correctly)

There have been some great ones in this string....

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by emckee1

Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and the pig enjoys it.

"Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig" — Robert A Heinlein

[Miller76]

This one always rings true....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PZ0m2M7Io


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[Chris]

There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.

- Hemingway

[cgolvin]

"I had no need for that hypothesis"

-- LaPlace, in response to Napoleon's comment "You have written this huge book on the system of the world without once mentioning the author of the universe."

[gemship]

March in like a lion out like a lamb.

Ok guys one more of the best of the best,...You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

[gemship]

"A John Kerry splinter in my arm" - Vietnam POW Ken Cordier

[RadNerfHerder]

You can't put a porcupine in a barn, light it on fire, and expect to make licorice

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[osbk67]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

Reminds me of Daniel Dennett's alluding to "The Four F's Of Survival: Fight, Flee, Forage, and Procreate."

The best block is a city block - old budo saying

[tv_vt]

“I always enjoy riding my bike, even when riding my bike isn't enjoyable.”

Sean Yates

[Ozz]

"...fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts."

Bertrand Russell