"If you didn't start any shit there wouldn't be any" Charlie Flinchum

The 2 pillars of "political correctness" are a)willful ignorance,+ b)a steadfast refusal to face the truth. 'George Macdonald Fraser'

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Tom,before getting back to quotations just a thought on your post. Years ago in my favorite comic strip "Peanuts" Lucy says to Linus,"Would'nt it be great to come back knowing all you know now?" To which Linus replies,"What do I know now?" Linus was always my favorite + heaven knows we have all met a few Lucy's.

I finally realized I don't know anything. Thirty years ago I thought I had it all figured out.

Here is another one from my wife's Aunt who grew up in the hills of SE Ohio. 'Those kids are racing in and out like a shithouse rat!' Aunt Duke always spoke her mind, we sure miss her.

Tom

From my wife: It ain't what you got but who you are that counts.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
This country,with it's institutions,belongs to the people that inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government,they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it. 'Abraham Lincoln,April 4,1861'

Now there's one I hadn't seen before. It seems like as much an invitation as when the lady told Saddam that we had limited interest in Kuwait.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well,but they mean to govern.They promise to be good masters,but they mean to be MASTERS. 'Noah Webster'

Government,even in it's best state,is a necessary evil;in it's worst state it is an intolerable one. 'Thomas Paine'

Riding the fence don't get you anything but crotch callouses ( how the devil does one spell calluses)- Me

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JTEX,does'nt matter,we who have ridden know what you mean. Now,Under capitalism the rich become powerful,under socialism the powerful become rich.

The unarmed man is not just defenseless-he is also contemptible 'Machiavelli'

When death comes,as it must,the worthy man should be able to say that he left no drop in the bowl.'Alciabides'

An Iranian moderate is one who has run out of ammunition.'Kissinger'

90% of the information that is found on the Internet is false.

-Abraham Lincoln

Piss with the cock your given

Pathological thinning of the skin is one of the inescapable side effects of spiritual emptiness.

Gato,

where did you learn about Anais Nin?

"I didn't mean to kill the son of a bitch, I just meant to shoot him in the head. Him dying was between him and the Lord."

R.L. Burnside

Anyone with reasonable intelligence who has read Henry James is also familiar with Anais Nin.Porn? I think not. But I have copies of Joyces "Ulysses",Reage's "Story of O" simply because they are banned I want them.And yes I have some of Anais Nin's works as well,just because I'm not allowed to.Of course we are today but it is the principle.

17) "All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts" As You Like It (Act II, Scene VII) Shakespeare

18) "Things do not change; we change." Thoreau.

19) "When you have to shoot, shoot; don't talk." Tuco, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities...because it is the quality which guarantees all others. 'Churchill'

Practice moderation in all things----including moderation.

"My invention has not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won't work". Thomas Edison

Specialization is for insects + moderation is for monks. 'Heinlein'

"If you do not turn around and walk away right now, one of us is going to take a terrible beating..."

that was me, before my lovely wife civilized me.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
The 2 pillars of "political correctness" are a)willful ignorance,+ b)a steadfast refusal to face the truth. 'George Macdonald Fraser'

Timely

It is the people who control the government;not the government the people. 'Churchill'.

"I wish I could piss like I did when I was twelve"
Me, 2016

The essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth. 'Churchill'

20) "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief."
Essay 8, "Of Marriage and Single Life" Francis Bacon

Good sense is a thing all need,few have,+ none think they lack. 'B. Franklin'

I defend plaintiff's claims against civil defendants. Here are three of my most useful:

This is a loose paraphrase of a Will Rogers quote. "There are three types of people in the world, those who already know it, those who can follow good advice and those who have to pee on the electric fence on their own."

One by Patton:

"When in doubt, attack!"

and finally as a last resort when your client really messed up, this by Napoleon:

"Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence."

"All men are created equal" says the American Declaration of Independence. "All men should be kept equal" say the socialists. 'Churchill'

The law in curbing crime,is about as useful as the United Nations,in curbing aggression. 'W.F. Buckley'

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it; + stop there:Lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. It will never sit down on a hot stove lid again.....and that is well:but also it will never sit down on a cold one either. 'Mark Twain'

The researches of many commentators have already thrown much darkness on the subject,+ it is probable that if they continue we shall soon know nothing about it. 'Mark Twain'

A just war is,in the long run,far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace. 'T.Roosevelt'

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. 'Plato'

If you can _ it,it can _ you.Any verb will suffice. 'Me'