The 'Quote' Thread

[Epitome22]

It doesen't have to be completely civil, but use some discretion and have fun. Got this from Sully today



"However, on religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of 'conservatism.'"- Barry Goldwater

[Epitome22]

"Liberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values, sought for themselves alone; yet when they are incompatible, they cannot all be attained, choices must be made, sometimes tragic losses accepted in the pursuit of some preferred ultimate end. But if, as I believe, this is not merely empirically but conceptually true - that is, derives from the very conception of these values - then the very idea of the perfect world in which all good things are realised is incomprehensible, is in fact conceptually incoherent. And if this is so, and I cannot see how it could be otherwise, then the very notion of the ideal world, for which no sacrifice can be too great, vanishes from view." - Isaiah Berlin

[capitalcity]

"In God We Trust" - America

[mercury_rev]

And what sort of philosophical doctrine is this -- that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others. ... How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed. ... It is not possible to suppose, without absurdity, than a man should have no rights over his own body and mind, and yet have a 1/10,000,000th share in unlimited rights over all other bodies and minds?

- Auberon Herbert

[u2sarajevo]

Originally posted by: mercury_rev
And what sort of philosophical doctrine is this -- that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others. ... How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed. ... It is not possible to suppose, without absurdity, than a man should have no rights over his own body and mind, and yet have a 1/10,000,000th share in unlimited rights over all other bodies and minds?

- Auberon Herbert

Great quote. He was either a really deep thinker...... or on crack.

[u2sarajevo]

"A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets rough" -- The great Ronald Reagan

[kingrex]

"Veni, vidi, vici."
-- Julius Ceaser

[mercury_rev]

Great quote. He was either a really deep thinker...... or on crack.

Does it have to be either/or? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

[Epitome22]

"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof."

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under socialism, the reverse is true."

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."


---- John Kenneth Galbraith

[Epitome22]

"Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings."

"The fat Russian agent was cornering all the foreign refugees in turn and explaining plausibly that this whole affair was an Anarchist plot. I watched him with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was telling lies—unless one counts journalists."

"Political language— and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists— is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

"One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words 'Socialism' and 'Communism' draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, ‘Nature Cure’ quack, pacifist, and feminist in England."

-------------- George Orwell

[kingrex]

Wow, someone got the 101 Quotes book for his birthday!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Chiwas]

The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.

- Woody Allen

[dude1394]

"Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!"
Dr. Henry Frankenstein, Frankenstein (1931)

[Evilmav2]

Mongol General to Conan: "Conan, what is best in life?"


Conan: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!"

[Epitome22]

That's probably not even the best quote in Conan. My favorite quotes are probably the opening one when Conan's father is talking to him and near the end where he asks Krum to grant him revenge.

[Evilmav2]

This may sound bizarre, but I've probably watched Conan the Barbarian 100+ times over the years (when I was around the age of 10, I used to watch my VHS copy over and over and over again, along with other favorites like A Nightmare on Elm Street, my Godzilla movie collection, and my Transformers tapes, the way some kids watch their favorite Disney movies), and as you said rightly, the movie is chock-filled with great lines. Here are some of the best:


Conan's Father: "No one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. [Points to sword.] But this... this you can trust."

Conan: "Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, and why we died. All that matters is that today, two stood against many. Valor pleases you, so grant me this one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then the HELL with you!"

Conan: "The riddle...of steel."
Thulsa Doom: "Yes! You know what it is don't you boy. Shall I tell you? It's the least I can do. Steel isn't strong boy, flesh is stronger! Look around you. There, on the rocks; that beautiful girl. Come to me my child... That is strength boy! That is power! What is steel compared to the hand that wields it? Look at the strength in your body, the desire in your heart, I gave you this! Such a waste. Contemplate this on the tree of woe. Crucify him!"

Thulsa Doom: "My child, you have come to me my son. For who now is your father if it is not me? I am the well spring, from which you flow. When I am gone, you will have never been. What would your world be, without me? My son."

(In the interests of accuracy I did look up these quotes, but I probably didn't need to because my memory of them was vivid enough to be about 90% accurate)

[jacktruth]

"If you have to pick your nose and your rear, pick your nose first"

-jacktruth

[dude1394]

Originally posted by: Evilmav2
This may sound bizarre, but I've probably watched Conan the Barbarian 100+ times over the years

It does. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[Chiwas]

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

- Abraham Lincoln

[kingrex]

"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail."

-Unknown

[FreshJive]

"You gotta do what Randall "Pink" Floyd wants to do, maaaannn. Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N."

-Wooderson

[dude1394]

It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living.
- Gus McCrae

[Dooby]

Lincoln's Second Inaugural address.

Takes maybe 2 minutes to read. More important than the Gettysburg Address. There is a reason the whole thing is engraved on the Lincoln Memorial.

[Chiwas]

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. "

- Historical Review of Pennsylvania

[kingrex]

Originally posted by: Chiwas
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. "

- Historical Review of Pennsylvania

Historical Review of Pennsylvania. Wow. Now that's some deep reading right thar! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]