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One of my all time favorites from Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3:

Enter Polonius. He speakes to Laertes:

Polonius: Yet here, Laertes:? Aboard, aboard, for shame!

The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,

And you are stay'd for. There-my blessing with thee!

And these few precepts in thy memory

Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,

Nor any unproportion'd thought his act.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar:

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,

Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel;

But do not dull thy palm with entertainment

Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade. Beware

Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,

Bear't that th' opposed may beware of thee.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,

But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;

For the apparel oft proclaims the man,

And they in France of the best rank and station

Are most select and generous, chief in that.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be;

For loan oft loses both itself and friend,

And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

This above all- to thine own self be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Farewell. My blessing season this in thee!

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"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm."

"To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price."

"If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."

"Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."

Those were a couple good quotes i found all by Vince Lombardi

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What would a quotes thread be without some Yogi Berra Quotes? :P

"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours."

"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."

"It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't."

"Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."

"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."

"Texas has a lot of electrical votes." -- During an election campaign, after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election.

"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left."

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."

"Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."

"A nickel isn't worth a dime today."

"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."

"It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much."

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."

"I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."

"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."

"This is like deja vu all over again."

"You can observe a lot just by watching."

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"Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such."

- Joachim Ernst-Berendt

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"Though encased in a concrete vault said to be strong enough to withstand nuclear attack, the Plymouth Belvedere was waterlogged and covered in rust."

-BBC World Service on a Plymouth being unearthed from a time capsule in Tulsa Oklahoma to celebrate Oklahoma's 50 years of being a state.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6759273.stm

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My only friend sent me this text message:

"The second you cross that border I will delete any text messages and block all calls from you."

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

bwahahahaha

he's got issues

PTG I almost dropped my coffee I was laughing so hard at that one. :clap::lol::lol:

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  • 2 months later...

I would have sworn we already had one of these, but I couldn't find it.

Anyways, I found these on a site today:

These are from a Scottish Manager called Gordon Strachan who now manages Celtic but has managed several premiership teams:

On Wayne Rooney...

"It's an incredible rise to stardom; at 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson."

Reporter: "Gordon, can we have a quick word please?"

Strachan: "Velocity" [walks off]

Reporter: So, Gordon, in what areas do you think Middlesbrough were better than you today?

Strachan: What areas? Mainly that big green one out there.

Reporter: "Gordon, what will you take from today?"

Strachan: I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yoghurt to finish, the expiry date is today.

Reporter: There goes your unbeaten run. Can you take it?

Strachan: No, I'm just going to crumble like a wreck. I'll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe jump off a bridge.

Reporter: There's no negative vibes or negative feelings here?

Strachan: Apart from yourself, we're all quite positive round here. So I'm going to whack you over the head with a big stick - down negative man, down.

Reporter: Welcome to Southampton Football Club. Do you think you are the right man to turn things around?

Strachan: No, I think they should have got George Graham because I'm useless.

Reporter: Where will Marion Pahars fit into the team line-up?

Strachan: Not telling you! It's a secret.

Reporter: "What is your impression of Jermaine Pennant?"

Strachan: "I don't do impressions"

Reporter: So Gordon, any changes then?

Strachan: No, still Scottish, 5ft 6, ginger and a big nose!

Gary Lineker: So Gordon, if you were English, what formation would you play?

Strachan: If I was English I'd top myself!

Reporter: Is that your best start to a season?

Strachan: Well I've still got a job so it's far better than the Coventry one, that's for sure.

Reporter: Are you getting where you want to be with this team?

Strachan: We're not doing bad. What do you expect us to be like? We were eighth in the league last year, in the cup final and we got into Europe. I don't know where you expect me to get to. Do you expect us to win the Champions League?

Reporter: Gordon, you must be delighted with that result?

Strachan: You're spot on! You can read me like a book.

Reporter: This might sound like a daft question, but you'll be happy to get your first win under your belt, won't you?

Strachan: You're right. It is a daft question. I'm not even going to bother answering that one. It is a daft question, you're spot on there.

Reporter: You don't take losing lightly, do you Gordon?

Strachan: I don't take stupid comments lightly either.

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  • 1 year later...
There are other teams I expected to be in this final, and yet these two teams fit the finals like the pants of a man with 5 penises...like a glove.
- Trizzak, in the HWL section.
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I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

- Groucho Marx

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