Not so famous quotes....

[GS78]

I thought something like this might be a good addition to this forum. Post a famous quote and who said it, doing your best to authenticate it...



A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
.........Charles Spurgeon.

[VBshooter]

"If ya don't work, ya don't eat!" Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers circa the 70"s

[9MMDerringer]

Paul Revere made famous from his "Midnight Ride" on the night of April 18/April 19, 1775, where he yelled the warning, "The Red Coats are coming!" But very few students at my son's school knew what Paul Revere said at the end of this famous ride...


After many incorrect guesses, I informed them that Paul said.

Whoa Horse, Whoa!

[VBshooter]

One I have always used when some one does an incredibly stupid thing and acts as if it was normal and acceptable. Much like many politicians today...."How'd you get so old being so damn stupid?"

[GS78]

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Ronald Reagan



hmm, obama reads marx and lenin...

[GS78]

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Ronald Reagan



Damn , I miss him....

[Palladin]

"If steamboats were a dime a dozen, I couldn't buy a toot on the whistle."

Dad -
But it was older than him...

[moss20]

I have this posted on my office door.

"There are two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and i'm not sure about the former." Einstein

[zephyp]

Sign posted on my desk by previous occupant at my first government job back in 1983 ---

In the beginning was the word and the word was changed...

[GS78]

Sign posted on my desk by previous occupant at my first government job back in 1983 ---

In the beginning was the word and the word was changed...

[GS78]

We didn't lose Vietnam. We quit Vietnam.
Alexander Haig

[zephyp]

Sign posted on my desk by previous occupant at my first government job back in 1983 ---

In the beginning was the word and the word was changed...

That saying has proved to be one of the most consistent truths of working for the government all these years...

[GS78]

"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."

-Samuel Adams




what time is it now?....

[zephyp]

"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."

-Samuel Adams




what time is it now?....

Its TEA time !!!!!!!!!

[GS78]

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
Lily Tomlin

[newdovo]

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
- Charles Dickens