the "Quote of the Week" thread....

[Old Mud]

"It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning."

~ Claude Bernard

 

[Old Mud]

" I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."

William F. Buckley, Jr.

 

[Roccus7]

" I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."

William F. Buckley, Jr.

My favorite William F. Buckley quote is about ocean sailboat racing, "Ocean racing is like standing under a cold shower tearing up thousand dollar bills." It was a 70s quote, when adjusted for inflation it should be changed to tearing up "thousand dollar bills"...

 

[Old Mud]

I know that quote also. He came up with some good ones for sure.

 

[Old Mud]

"The future ain't what it used to be."
~Yogi Berra

 

[Old Mud]

“Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

―Mother Teresa

 

[Old Mud]

 

[Old Mud]

''In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.''

WARREN BUFFETT

 

[Old Mud]

"Moral principles don't depend on a majority vote . Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong and right is right even if nobody is right ".

 

[Old Mud]

"Moral principles don't depend on a majority vote . Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong and right is right even if nobody is right ".

 

[Chevy1]

“Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

―Mother Teresa

Absolutely

 

[Old Mud]

"Real men are not intimidated by physical threats against their personal selves, and, ironically, neither am I."

~ Earnest P. Worrell (Jim Varney)

 

[Old Mud]

“Here’s to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happy Hour”

.Benjamin Franklin Pierce.“Hawkeye”

 

[Old Mud]

“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous – everyone hasn’t met me yet.”

~ Rodney Dangerfield

 

[Chevy1]

“Here’s to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happy Hour”

.Benjamin Franklin Pierce.“Hawkeye”

I was just watching MASH ??

 

[Old Mud]

I was just watching MASH ??

Yeah, that really was one of the great ones. That and All in the family two of the greatest.

 

[wader]

Yeah, that really was one of the great ones. That and All in the family two of the greatest.

you can't possibly forget the best sitcomseries ever produced

 

[Old Mud]

you can't possibly forget the best sitcomseries ever produced

Yeah that was a good one also. BUT Archie was just a tad more on the course side.

 

[Old Mud]

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

Robert A. Heinlein

 

[Old Mud]

"There are people in life you could never get tired of hitting with a shovel."

~ Unknown