Favorite Quotes

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  1. Team_of_McBrides

    Team_of_McBrides New Member

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    What are your favorite quotes?

    They can be from movies, musicians, politicians, footballers, managers, your barber...anyone.

    One of my many favorites..."Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that."
    Bill Shankly, In Sunday Times
     
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  2. pettyfog

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    Political: 'The Buck stops here' - Harry Truman

    Writer/semantics/bon mots; "You can lead a horticulture but you cant make her think" - Dorothy Parker, when challenged to use 'horiculture' in a topical sentence.
     
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  3. HatterDon

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    More Harry Truman: "Richard Nixon will never be president; the American people will never elect a man who can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time."

    More Dorothy Parker
    1. a review of Katherine Hepburn on stage: "She ran the gamut of emotions from A to B"
    2. after hearing that Talullah Bankhead [who possessed a voracious sexual appetitie] had broken her leg in London: "She must have done it sliding down a barrister."
    3. after hearing that Calvin Coolidge had died: "How could they tell?"

    A favorite sports quote: Moses Malone during the NBA playoffs: "We're not overconfident about this series, and we won't be overconfident in the next round either."
     
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  4. Team_of_McBrides

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    From one of my favorite movies...Thank You for Smoking...

    "That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong."-NIck Naylor
     
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  5. SoCalJoe

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    An older one..."If you choose not to decide you've still made a choice"
    From the song Freewill by Rush.

    A newer one.."When the %#@& are we gonna sign somebody??!!??"
    From Me this very second.
     
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  6. GaryBarnettFanClub

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    Any mis-quotes are mine alone! I have mostly cut and pasted from other sites as I don;'t trust my memory.

    Churchill again to a well endowed woman who told him she had got up at dawn and driven a hundred miles to attend the unveiling of his bust in Richmond , Virginia
    From the wall of a pub
    From the BBC as Geoff Hurst scored the 4th goal in the '66 world cup.
     
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  7. Team_of_McBrides

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    "Would I rather be feared or loved? Ummm, easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." Michael Scott, The Office
     
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  8. HatterDon

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    "My parents are in the iron and steel business. My mother irons and my father steals." -- Henny Youngman

    "I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me, than a pre-frontal lobotomy" -- Can't remember the Country singer who wrote that one

    "You can't have everything; where would you put it." -- Stephen Wright

    "If it's the 'ultimate game' why will there be another one next year?" -- Duane Thomas, Dallas Cowboys on the Super Bowl

    "If horses can't eat it, I don't want to play on it." Richie Allen on Astroturf

    "You know that rumor going around that there are three gay QBs in the NFL? Well, there used to be four, but Don Meredith retired." Fran Tarkenton

    Remark by Jim DeShais when [then] D-backs ShortStop Craig Counsell was about to argue a called third strike against the Astros: "Counsell requests a sidebar."

    Another Jim DeShais special: "That's a dessert-cart fastball. It looks great, but if you go after it, it won't do you any good at all."
     
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  9. Team_of_McBrides

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    GBF,

    Like the quote from the pub wall in particular. I'll have to pass that along to a few of my friends back home.
     
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  10. quickdraw

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    "During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days." -W.C. Fields
     
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  11. Team_of_McBrides

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    "If you don't believe in something, you will fall for anything."
     
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  12. HatterDon

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    Actually, that's "If you don't STAND for somthing, you will fall for anything."
     
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  13. Team_of_McBrides

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    Don,

    A friend sent me the quote once before, didn't know it was written incorrectly. Apologies.
     
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  14. HatterDon

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    none needed; I'm just a compulsive editor -- even get paid for it [but not by FUSA]
     
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  15. Team_of_McBrides

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    No worries. Critique away.
     
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    “My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.”
    Patton
     
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  17. Team_of_McBrides

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    I've never seen that movie...I know I know it is an utter sin. Hopefully will be able to do so soon. Afterall, I've had plenty of time. The did come out in 1970.
     
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  18. HatterDon

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    "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

    [whispered] "The Germans?"
    [also whispered] "He's rolling."
    -- Animal House
     
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  19. Team_of_McBrides

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    Haha, now that is what I am talking about. John Belushi was a comedic genius and Animal House went on to further establish his spot as one of the greats of comedy.

    Here are a few lines from Airplane that always give me a good laugh...

    Elaine Dickinson: You got a letter from headquarters this morning.

    Ted Striker: What is it?

    Elaine Dickinson: It's a big building where generals meet, but that's not important.
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    Elaine Dickinson: Would you like something to read?

    Hanging Lady: Do you have anything light?

    Elaine Dickinson: How about this leaflet, "Famous Jewish Sports Legends?"
     
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  20. FFC24

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    Fight War,Not Wars-Crass. This was a song from their album and this was all they sang throughout the song.
     
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