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God of Thunder · 07-29-2003, 09:22 AM

This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers. - Randall Graves (Clerks)

Sinister Minist · 07-29-2003, 09:42 AM

"The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God'" (Psalms 14:1;53:1). There is, however, another type of fool, more dangerous and sure of himself, who says in his heart and proclaims to all the world, "There is no God but mine." Giordana Bruno (1548-1600). Joseph Cambell's Creative Mythology.

water_boy1999 · 07-29-2003, 09:50 AM

"The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack."

Not sure who wrote this, but being a former natinally ranked long distance runner, this quote stuck with me.

badflsh · 07-29-2003, 05:11 PM

A few more...

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. -Will Roger

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. -Plutarch

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. -Ralph W. Sockman

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. -Henry Ford

teshadoh · 07-29-2003, 05:46 PM

It's not that I'm lazy, it's just that I don't care.

Office Space

badflsh · 07-29-2003, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by teshadoh
It's not that I'm lazy, it's just that I don't care.

Office Space

That is one of the best movies ever! lol

dy156 · 07-30-2003, 09:22 AM

adverity does not build character, it merely reveals it.

Leviathan[NCV] · 07-30-2003, 09:55 AM

Ignorance is bliss.

algore · 07-30-2003, 10:00 AM

not exactly prophetic, but

"That green-blooded son of a bitch...it's his way of getting back at me for all those arguments he lost!"

anyone know what i'm talking about?

aus5tin · 07-30-2003, 10:24 AM

"Naked people have little or no influence on society."- Mark Twain

"I'm not *not* licking frogs"- Homer S.

pt415999 · 07-31-2003, 01:46 PM

"The most important part of the car is the nut behind the steering wheel"
Martin Brundle
World Sportscar Champion,Ex- Formula 1 Driver

tardka · 07-31-2003, 04:04 PM

"If you keep talking like a bitch, I'm gonna have to slap you like a bitch."- Mr. Blond in Reservoir Dogs

Ralvek · 07-31-2003, 06:00 PM

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin

"To alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of man's problems." Homer J. Simpson

"Your enemy is not surrounding your country -- your enemy is ruling your country." -- George W. Bush (January 28, 2003)

snoop · 07-31-2003, 08:40 PM

"Fuck, what was that" . . . mayor of hiroshima

riskybiz · 08-01-2003, 02:13 AM

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
—John Lennon

Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! This is the war room!
—Stanley Kubrick

I’ve only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror.
—Sid Vicious

"No sex is better than bad sex."
-Germaine Greer

rockogre · 08-01-2003, 05:04 AM

Welcome to Oklahoma, now get the hell out!

Cedar · 08-01-2003, 05:49 AM

1) "Lead me not into temptation. I can find it myself." -Rita Mae Brown

2) "Before you insult someone, you should walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you insult him, you're a mile away...and you have his shoes." (not sure of origin)

3) "You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her." -Winston Churchill

4) "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle.

Marburg · 08-01-2003, 08:44 AM

"She's the ferrets' wife now, Bob."

"5 out of 3 men are rapists."

"299,792,458 m/s...not just a good idea, its the law!"

"The Matrix is all around us… even the bathroom!"

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

"The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't."

I keep an ever expanding text file of quotes that I add to whenever I find a clever new one: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/d.sangster/Quotes.txt

guy2003 · 08-01-2003, 09:11 AM

Hard work pays off over time, but lazieness pays off right now.

If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probly have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.

and the best one of all - When birds fly in the right formation, they need only exert half the effort. Even in nature teamwork results in colective laziness.

all of these are taken from despair.com

more fire · 08-01-2003, 09:20 AM

"Coincidence is logical" - Johan Cruijff

bobw · 08-01-2003, 12:08 PM

This is the famous Budweiser beer, we know of no brand produced by any other brewer which costs so much to brew and age. Our exclusive beachwood aging produces a taste, a smoothness and a drinkability you will find in no other beer at any price.

peokuk · 08-01-2003, 03:18 PM

A witty saying means proves nothing" --Voltaire

a must in a list of quotes

Vogad · 08-02-2003, 03:44 AM

My Country, in her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be right. But, right or wrong, my Country....
Stephen Decatuar (Virginia House of Burgess)
(P.S. earlier in his life as a Lt in the Navy, commanded the US fleet during the Marines capture of the pirate fortress of Tripoli)

goatfire · 08-02-2003, 04:34 AM

In the struggle against good and evil, evil is always the people who get killed. -theatre of good and evil-Eduardo Galeano

there is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why its here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable...there is another theory which states that this has already happened. -Douglas adams...restaurant at the end of the universe

mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. J. Salinger

i didnt realize i had crossed the line until i saw it in my rearview mirror

Dave · 08-02-2003, 05:55 AM

As a rule of thumb, the more qualifiers there are before the name of a
country, the more corrupt the rulers. A country called The Socialist
People's Democratic Republic of X is probably the last place in the world
you'd want to live.
-- Paul Graham

Brdd99boy · 08-02-2003, 06:33 AM

the most frequent quote I here is
"when will be able to access the titty board"

thenewguy · 08-02-2003, 06:37 AM

"Let me respectfully remind you
Life and death are of supreme importance
Time passes swiftly and opportunity is lost
Let us each strive to awaken
Awaken!
Take heed, do not squander your life"

-The Evening Gatha

jackassidy · 08-02-2003, 06:39 AM

" Alcohol, the cause and solution to all of lifes problems"
Homer J. Simpson

Same Guy · 08-02-2003, 06:05 PM

people, please read the quotes before posting the same
quotes as someone else...
of course, if youre reading this you probably read them all
doh!

Mr. Spacemonkey · 08-02-2003, 07:12 PM

"Stickin' feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken." Tyler Durden

Another one of my favorite quotes is in my sig

MacGnG · 08-02-2003, 08:59 PM

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." -- Mother Teresa

Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire.

"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music..." -- Kristian Wilson (CEO, Nintendo Inc. 1989)

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
-- Confucius

Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you're not responsible for your actions.
(there are a few sites that have calvin and hobbes quotes)

"Those things that increase passion should be done first, and those for
amusement should be done afterward." - Kama Sutra

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." -- Theodor Seuss Geisel

"When in doubt, do it." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity." -- Albert Einstein

---as well as my own---
Sadness is when you forget what happiness feels like.

I know what I'm talking about and that's all that matters.

Life sucks cause it makes everything else better.

I dunno whats goin on, I'm just here.

Fly · 08-03-2003, 08:08 AM

look down and that's mine.

collide · 08-15-2003, 01:48 PM

"Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist (1815-1902).

"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument." - William G. McAdoo, American government official (1863-1941).

"The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong." – Wilson Mizner, American playwright (1876-1933).

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain (1835-1910).

"Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess." - Edna Woolman Chase, American fashion editor (1877-1957).

"Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste at all." - Arnold Bennett, English poet, author and critic (1867-1931).

"It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good." - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (1901-1978).

"The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on, and the current will run with destructive fury when there are no barriers to break its force." - Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (1759-1797).

No man is a failure who is enjoying life. - William Feather

Happiness comes before success.

1973 · 08-15-2003, 02:40 PM

"He thought that trip to the guillotine factory was just for fun. But it was the perfect place to shoot him." - ???

"We can't stop here, this is bat country!" - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

"This is a fuck!" - Office Space

"Cum music and flashing!" - A yoyo i bought at a budget dodgy shop

"You all had better get some serious work done, or you'll be stuck with a capital F." - My year 9 English teacher

"Elliot, do I look like a beautiful blonde with big tits and an ass that tastes like French vanilla ice cream?"
"What?"
"I said, do I look like a beautiful blonde with big big tits and an ass that tastes like French vanilla ice cream?"
"No."
"No. Okay, then why are you telling me all this bullshit, huh? You wanna fuck me?" - True Romance

fallen_angel · 08-15-2003, 07:53 PM

the worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you cant have them

bundy · 08-15-2003, 08:33 PM

¨life is a mystery,
everyone must stand alone.
i hear you call my name,
and it feels like home.¨

and...

¨you and me babe,
how ´bout it?¨

hehe.

who´d have thought i´d be quoting Madonna and Dire Staits in the same post??

HeAtHeN · 08-15-2003, 08:34 PM

See my signature. The second one is from a Beatles song

HeadyIncognito · 08-15-2003, 08:48 PM

Well, I saw this one quote... quick, lemme google it.

Yeah:

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
--Benjamin Franklin, 1759

Tandem · 08-15-2003, 10:20 PM

Life wasn't meant to be easy.
-- Malcom Fraser (Fmr Australian Prime Minister)

Jonsgirl · 08-15-2003, 11:21 PM

-For every sitxy seconds you are angry, you lose one minute of happiness.
-When I'm good, I'm good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. -Mae West
-Behind every great man is woman rolling her eyes.
-Oh, yes, baby! Ride me! -my hsband

07-29-2003, 09:22 AM	#41 (permalink)
God of Thunder Talk nerdy to me Location: Flint, MI	This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers. - Randall Graves (Clerks) __________________ I reject your reality, and substitute my own -- Adam Savage

07-29-2003, 09:50 AM	#43 (permalink)
water_boy1999 Fly em straight! Location: Above and Beyond	"The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack." Not sure who wrote this, but being a former natinally ranked long distance runner, this quote stuck with me. __________________ Doh!!!! -Homer Simpson

07-30-2003, 10:24 AM	#50 (permalink)
aus5tin Crazy Location: SWLA	"Naked people have little or no influence on society."- Mark Twain "I'm not not licking frogs"- Homer S. __________________ You cannot trick a bear... he knows a meal when he sees one.

07-31-2003, 06:00 PM	#53 (permalink)
Ralvek Crazy Location: MN	"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin "To alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of man's problems." Homer J. Simpson "Your enemy is not surrounding your country -- your enemy is ruling your country." -- George W. Bush (January 28, 2003) __________________ Ban country music, it promotes inbreeding.

07-31-2003, 08:40 PM	#54 (permalink)
snoop Insane	"Fuck, what was that" . . . mayor of hiroshima __________________ ------------------------------------------------ Insert Witty Slogan Here . . . . .

07-29-2003, 09:42 AM	#42 (permalink)
Sinister Minist Upright	"The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God'" (Psalms 14:1;53:1). There is, however, another type of fool, more dangerous and sure of himself, who says in his heart and proclaims to all the world, "There is no God but mine." Giordana Bruno (1548-1600). Joseph Cambell's Creative Mythology.

07-29-2003, 05:11 PM	#44 (permalink)
badflsh Tilted Location: Oregon	A few more... Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. -Will Roger The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. -Plutarch Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. -Ralph W. Sockman Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. -Henry Ford

07-29-2003, 05:46 PM	#45 (permalink)
teshadoh Insane	It's not that I'm lazy, it's just that I don't care. Office Space

07-30-2003, 09:22 AM	#47 (permalink)
dy156 cookie Location: in the backwoods	adverity does not build character, it merely reveals it.

07-30-2003, 09:55 AM	#48 (permalink)
Leviathan[NCV] Well... Location: afk	Ignorance is bliss.

07-30-2003, 10:00 AM	#49 (permalink)
algore Upright	not exactly prophetic, but "That green-blooded son of a bitch...it's his way of getting back at me for all those arguments he lost!" anyone know what i'm talking about?

07-31-2003, 01:46 PM	#51 (permalink)
pt415999 Upright	"The most important part of the car is the nut behind the steering wheel" Martin Brundle World Sportscar Champion,Ex- Formula 1 Driver

07-31-2003, 04:04 PM	#52 (permalink)
tardka Tilted	"If you keep talking like a bitch, I'm gonna have to slap you like a bitch."- Mr. Blond in Reservoir Dogs

08-01-2003, 02:13 AM	#55 (permalink)
riskybiz Psycho Location: The Granite State "Live Free or Die"	You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die. —John Lennon Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! This is the war room! —Stanley Kubrick I’ve only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror. —Sid Vicious "No sex is better than bad sex." -Germaine Greer __________________ "I'd like to meet the person who invented sex and see what they're working on now." -Groucho Marx

08-01-2003, 05:04 AM	#56 (permalink)
rockogre I aim to misbehave! Location: SW Oklahoma	Welcome to Oklahoma, now get the hell out! __________________ Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom

08-01-2003, 05:49 AM	#57 (permalink)
Cedar Crazy Location: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry	1) "Lead me not into temptation. I can find it myself." -Rita Mae Brown 2) "Before you insult someone, you should walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you insult him, you're a mile away...and you have his shoes." (not sure of origin) 3) "You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her." -Winston Churchill 4) "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle.

08-01-2003, 08:44 AM	#58 (permalink)
Marburg Crazy Location: Nova Scotia, Canada	"She's the ferrets' wife now, Bob." "5 out of 3 men are rapists." "299,792,458 m/s...not just a good idea, its the law!" "The Matrix is all around us… even the bathroom!" "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." "The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't." I keep an ever expanding text file of quotes that I add to whenever I find a clever new one: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/d.sangster/Quotes.txt __________________ Ask a simple question... get pain.

08-01-2003, 09:11 AM	#59 (permalink)
guy2003 Banned Location: Tullahoma, TN	Hard work pays off over time, but lazieness pays off right now. If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probly have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon. and the best one of all - When birds fly in the right formation, they need only exert half the effort. Even in nature teamwork results in colective laziness. all of these are taken from despair.com

08-01-2003, 09:20 AM	#60 (permalink)
more fire Psycho Location: London	"Coincidence is logical" - Johan Cruijff

08-01-2003, 12:08 PM	#61 (permalink)
bobw Psycho Location: somewhere....	This is the famous Budweiser beer, we know of no brand produced by any other brewer which costs so much to brew and age. Our exclusive beachwood aging produces a taste, a smoothness and a drinkability you will find in no other beer at any price.

08-01-2003, 03:18 PM	#62 (permalink)
peokuk Upright	A witty saying means proves nothing" --Voltaire a must in a list of quotes

08-02-2003, 03:44 AM	#63 (permalink)
Vogad Registered User Location: Sooner Nation	My Country, in her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be right. But, right or wrong, my Country.... Stephen Decatuar (Virginia House of Burgess) (P.S. earlier in his life as a Lt in the Navy, commanded the US fleet during the Marines capture of the pirate fortress of Tripoli)

08-02-2003, 04:34 AM	#64 (permalink)
goatfire Upright Location: Halifax	In the struggle against good and evil, evil is always the people who get killed. -theatre of good and evil-Eduardo Galeano there is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why its here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable...there is another theory which states that this has already happened. -Douglas adams...restaurant at the end of the universe mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. J. Salinger i didnt realize i had crossed the line until i saw it in my rearview mirror

08-02-2003, 05:55 AM	#65 (permalink)
Dave Upright Location: Within GMT+10	As a rule of thumb, the more qualifiers there are before the name of a country, the more corrupt the rulers. A country called The Socialist People's Democratic Republic of X is probably the last place in the world you'd want to live. -- Paul Graham

08-02-2003, 06:33 AM	#66 (permalink)
Brdd99boy Banned Location: kyle	the most frequent quote I here is "when will be able to access the titty board"

08-02-2003, 06:37 AM	#67 (permalink)
thenewguy Insane Location: West Coast, USA	"Let me respectfully remind you Life and death are of supreme importance Time passes swiftly and opportunity is lost Let us each strive to awaken Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life" -The Evening Gatha

08-02-2003, 06:39 AM	#68 (permalink)
jackassidy Tilted	" Alcohol, the cause and solution to all of lifes problems" Homer J. Simpson

08-02-2003, 06:05 PM	#69 (permalink)
Same Guy Crazy Location: Hawaii	people, please read the quotes before posting the same quotes as someone else... of course, if youre reading this you probably read them all doh! __________________ Thank you, come again.

08-02-2003, 07:12 PM	#70 (permalink)
Mr. Spacemonkey Wake up Location: Nowhere special	"Stickin' feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken." Tyler Durden Another one of my favorite quotes is in my sig __________________ "I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." -- Donnie Darko

08-02-2003, 08:59 PM	#71 (permalink)
MacGnG Know Where!	Here's A Few I Like. "I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." -- Mother Teresa Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire. "Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music..." -- Kristian Wilson (CEO, Nintendo Inc. 1989) "Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without." -- Confucius Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you're not responsible for your actions. (there are a few sites that have calvin and hobbes quotes) "Those things that increase passion should be done first, and those for amusement should be done afterward." - Kama Sutra "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." -- Theodor Seuss Geisel "When in doubt, do it." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity." -- Albert Einstein ---as well as my own--- Sadness is when you forget what happiness feels like. I know what I'm talking about and that's all that matters. Life sucks cause it makes everything else better. I dunno whats goin on, I'm just here.

08-03-2003, 08:08 AM	#72 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	look down and that's mine. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

08-15-2003, 01:48 PM	#73 (permalink)
collide Turn off your TV. Location: ... .- -. ..-. .-. .- -. -.-. .. ... -.-. --- --..-- -.-. .-	"Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist (1815-1902). "It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument." - William G. McAdoo, American government official (1863-1941). "The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong." – Wilson Mizner, American playwright (1876-1933). "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain (1835-1910). "Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess." - Edna Woolman Chase, American fashion editor (1877-1957). "Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste at all." - Arnold Bennett, English poet, author and critic (1867-1931). "It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good." - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (1901-1978). "The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on, and the current will run with destructive fury when there are no barriers to break its force." - Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (1759-1797). No man is a failure who is enjoying life. - William Feather Happiness comes before success. __________________ "inhuman fiery goat worship" is an anagram for "information superhighway" -kingvolc

08-15-2003, 02:40 PM	#74 (permalink)
1973 Upright	"He thought that trip to the guillotine factory was just for fun. But it was the perfect place to shoot him." - ??? "We can't stop here, this is bat country!" - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas "This is a fuck!" - Office Space "Cum music and flashing!" - A yoyo i bought at a budget dodgy shop "You all had better get some serious work done, or you'll be stuck with a capital F." - My year 9 English teacher "Elliot, do I look like a beautiful blonde with big tits and an ass that tastes like French vanilla ice cream?" "What?" "I said, do I look like a beautiful blonde with big big tits and an ass that tastes like French vanilla ice cream?" "No." "No. Okay, then why are you telling me all this bullshit, huh? You wanna fuck me?" - True Romance __________________ We can't stop here, this is bat country!

08-15-2003, 07:53 PM	#75 (permalink)
fallen_angel Psycho Location: Somewhere between the Havens and the Earth	the worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you cant have them __________________ from the Havens I have fallen. . . to the earth as a mangled form. . . writhing in pain, my wings torn and bloodied. . . I have one purpose, only one goal. . . to find you and love you, for I am your. . . fallen angel

08-15-2003, 08:33 PM	#76 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	¨life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone. i hear you call my name, and it feels like home.¨ and... ¨you and me babe, how ´bout it?¨ hehe. who´d have thought i´d be quoting Madonna and Dire Staits in the same post?? __________________ Ohayo!!!