Your favorite quotes

[Woodsheal]

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. - Robert Louis Stevenson

What fools these mortals be! - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

[siva011]

THe one that seems in pace with my life is "Not all who wander are lost".

Others:

The student asked the master if there is one word to guide one's life.
The master replied "Is not reciprocity that one word? What you do not want done to you, do not do to others."
-Confucius


Luke: "I don't believe it!"
Yoda: "That is why you fail."


"In the company of any person, they serve as my teacher. I notice their good qualities and seek to emulate them, I notice their bad qualities and seek to avoid them"
-Confucious

So many more...

[MrMayhem]

there are so many to choose from that I've learnt in the past but recently I heard this one in a song of all places:

"There is no Devil, only God when he's drunk"
Tom Waits

[davedove]

This has always been one of my favorite, because it has so much truth in it:

Quote by Father Dennis Edward O'Brien

"It is the Soldier, not the Reporter who has given us the freedom of press.
It is the soldier, not the Poet who has given us the freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the Campus Organizer
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the Soldier who salutes the Flag,
who serves beneath the Flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the Flag,
who allows the Protester to burn the Flag."

[Chrissss]

Taught to me by my father...where he got it from I don't know...

"There's never time to do it right, but always time to do it over"

Chris...

[TexasMcGregor]

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Anyone even remotely interesting is mad in some way or another. -Anon

[xena]

Apparently a quote of a General who's just inspected some soldiers (IIRC Canadian or Aussies):

"I have no idea what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they scare me!"

[xena]

General Rick Hillier:

"We're not the public service of Canada, we're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people."

[meinfs]

I just saw this yesterday -- and how truly appropriate for DIY-ers especially..

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly
ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
- Author Unknown

[xena]

St Ignatius (Brianchanninov):

"Consider all others, without exception, as angels, and yourself the only sinner."