Our Favorite Quotes

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  1. dskira

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    I like it.
    Daniel
     
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    Perhaps this would be a good place for us to compile our favorite quotes. What do you think?
     
  3. dskira

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    Yes, that will be a great idea.
    The title should be change to:
    Our Favorite Quotes,
    but I don't know how to do it.
    I will ask Jeff.
    Thanks Hoyt
    Daniel
     
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    messing about in boats.

    `Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING--absolute nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.[



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    "We have found the enemy, and they are us."

    Pogo Possum
     
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    My Grandpa was fond of saying, "You can lead a horse to water, but you cant make him ski!"
     
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    "Always looking for the perfect woman, knowing full well there's no such thing"
    (substitute boat, airplane, job, whatever)
    And the favorite -
    "If it flys, floats or f**ks, RENT IT!"
     
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    L. Francis Herreshoff
    When asked about building one of his designs if fiberglass: " I will never allow one of my designs to be built out of frozen snot"
     
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    Remember our fallen this year.

    OBAMA: On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in...in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.
     
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    I have to admit, that one is pretty funny if it's true. It ranks right up there with my favorite Bushisms.
     
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    How about Dorothy Parker, when asked to use the word horticulture in a sentence?

    "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."
     
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    People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
    George Orwell
     
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    Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
    Groucho Marx
     
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    All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.
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    Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
    Groucho Marx
     
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