Memorable Quotes

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  1. the1much
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    the1much hippie dreams

    One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.
    - William Feather
    There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.
    - Robert Orben
    The future is much like the present, only longer.
    - Dan Quisenberry
    A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
    - PJ O'Rourke
     
  2. the1much
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    the1much hippie dreams

    The more things change, the more they remain... insane.
    - Michael Fry and T. Lewis
    There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
    - Samuel Johnson
    To be amused by what you read--that is the great spring of happy quotations.
    - CE Montague
    The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
    - Oscar Wilde
     
  3. safewalrus
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    safewalrus Ancient Marriner

    I'm sure there's a point to all these quotes - just can't figure it myself -I mean.......why go to the bother of striving to say what others have said? what's wrong with what you say yourself, or do you have such a low view of yourself that you think you don't matter - well guys if that's the case you're all wrong - you do matter (some more than others of course)!
     
  4. Trevlyns
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    Trevlyns Senior Citizen/Member

    So go on then. Mike - give us some more of that stunning wisdom :p
     
  5. safewalrus
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    safewalrus Ancient Marriner

    I would but it's knocked me out!!
     
  6. the1much
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    the1much hippie dreams

    i dont want no wisdom,,,,if you got it,, people like Trev are always asking for some,,,, kinda like money and friends,,hehe :D:p:D
     
  7. Butch .H
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    Butch .H Senior Member

    Hey 1mutch what up!
     
  8. the1much
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    the1much hippie dreams

    nuttin,,,,,,just finished building a pen for my pheasants,,,,well,,,,3/4 built,hehe ;)
    how u doing?
     
  9. Butch .H
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    Butch .H Senior Member

    Cool cept for that f@#$% boat I am rebuilding
     
  10. the1much
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    the1much hippie dreams

    if you would just burn it,,,it wouldnt cause you problems,,hehe :D
     
  11. masalai
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    masalai masalai

    But I doubt that Butch H is into "jewish stocktakes" hehehe

    Safie, your "advice by the "younger set" seems to be appreciated - - NOT - - hehehe - - http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?p=218473

    Me, My "office with a view" is now for sale..... when I feel less lazy, I will post a video of the view......
     
  12. Butch .H
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    Butch .H Senior Member

    Good Morning Mas.Nope dont think I will burn it just yet came damn close today:D
     
  13. the1much
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    the1much hippie dreams

    Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
    - James F. Byrnes
    One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
    - Alice James
    When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
    - Hermann Hesse
    All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
    - Samuel Butler
     
  14. the1much
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    the1much hippie dreams

    In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
    - Hubert H. Humphrey
    The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can.
    - Margo Kaufman
    All the world's a cage.
    - Jeanne Phillips
    I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.
    - Jackie Mason
    It takes hundreds of nuts to hold a car together, but it takes only one of them to scatter it all over the highway.
    - Evan Esar
     

  15. masalai
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    masalai masalai

    Too many nuts in Aussy toooo, most think their testicles and pinii will be enhanced by putting a bigger engine in their cars.....
     
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