Favorite Quotes...

[The Bat]

I have a lot of favorite quotes, from a lot of different sources...so I thought it'd be fun to hear yours. The rules:they must have some philosophical meaning. They can be from Musicians, Presidents, Movies, whatever...just as long as they're not plain silly.

Here's one I like: Yoda-"Do...or do not...there is no try".

[Riffster]

I was married by a judge, I shoulda asked for a jury
Marriage is a wonderful institution... but who wants to live in an institiution
..Grouch Marx

[SUP-Ronin]

Mine is in my signature. The Master being Bruce Lee of course.

[BlackKnight]

I thought Jim Lee was # 1 .

[Riffster]

my favorite Bruce Lee quote is "Boards don't hit back"

[HardyGirl]

"If you stand for nothing, you fall for everything."

"Nothing beats a failure but a try."

"Better to keep silent and be thought a fool, then to open your mouth and leave no doubt."

And my mom's favorite, (with respect to Gladys Knight) "Keep on keepin' on."

[Toy Talk]

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"Just remember--Finishing second means you lost first!"

[Bill]

Tom Berenger's speech in Platoon...

YouTube - Film Study - An epic scene from the film Platoon [R]

And later referenced in the Butthole Surfers tune, Jimi.

[theantiquetiger]

I still quote "Fletch" and "Caddy Shack" alot.

Most people don't get the "Fletch" quotes, but most do catch CS quotes.

When I am at work and it starts to rain, I always say over the radio, "I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite some time now!"

[The Toyroom]

"Do you know why?.....Because people like to say salsa."

[Mikey]

The popcorn you are eating has been pizzed in. Film at eleven.

[Donkey Hoatie]

"To see what is right and not do it is cowardice." - Confucius

"When I told my wife I hate going to church, she told me I was going to hell. That's all right, because from what I've heard, I'm pretty sure I won't have to go church there, either." - Donkey Hoatie

"When I awoke today, suddenly nothing happened." - Colin Hay

[EMCE Hammer]

Well my nuts are halfway up my ***, but other than that I'm perfect!

[livingdead70]

Some days you screw the chicken, some days the chicken screws you.
Heard it from a member of another board I go too.
trey

[Gorn Captain]

Anything by Groucho Marx.


"Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped."
"From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it."
"I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought I'd rather dance with the cows until you come home."
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms."
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music."
"Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy."
"My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one."
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
"Women should be obscene and not heard. "


The man was brilliant....