Re: Favourite quotes
Shakespeare's quotes
Mark Twain's quotes
Sun Tzu's The Art of War quotes, such as ~"Deception is the Ultimate weapon of war" and ~"Always fight with the sun at your back"
"Vini Vidi Vici" (I came I saw I conquered) -Gaius Julius Caesar
"Give me Liberty or Give me Death" -Patrick Henry (I think)
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" -JFK (I think)
Martin Luther King Jr.'s quotes/speeches
"A house divided can not stand" -Abe Lincoln, and his other quotes/speeches too
~"Hard Training, Makes for Easy Fighting" -Alexander V. Suvorov, and his other quotes too
"Pray for Peace, Prepare for War" -unknown
~"The day women become equals, is the day men become slaves" -Pliny (I'm not sure if this is Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, or some other Pliny)
"Die for Something, or Live for Nothing" -unknown
"Give them nothing, and take from them everything!" -300 movie
"The pen is mightier than the sword" -Shakespeare (but maybe it dates further back)
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog" -Vince Lambardi (though this has to date further back)
The quote "(paraphrasing) We are powerful beyond measure, it is this power of ourselves that we fear, our power to succeed, our power to do anything that we set our minds to...", by (unknown-forgot) in Coach Carter movie
~"There are two wolves in a man's heart. One wolf of Love, and the other wolf of Hate. Which wolf wins? The wolf that you feed." -unknown (I think it is an old Mongol quote)
~"The Litany of Fear. Fear is the mind killer. I will face my Fear. I will let it [my Fear] pass through me. And, when it [my Fear] has passed, only I shall remain." -Dune book series by Frank Herbert
"Freeze my Blood. Chill my Bones. Make me as Hard as Cold Stone." -HK's quote
Many quotes from WoT book series by Robert Jordan. some quotes. "On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers" and "There can be no health in us, nor any good thing grow, for the land is one with the Dragon Reborn, and he one with the land. Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel, and the seas to give way, and the very skies to bow. Pray that the heart of stone, remembers tears, and the soul of fire, love" and "The lions sing, and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule"
"Time flows like a river, and history repeats..." -SoM game
Many quotes from MSGDW anime series, such as, "Wars are started by people, and Wars are ended by people" and "Ever since mankind first stood upright, we've continued to write our blood-stained history" and "One must fight the battle, to understand its beauty" and "It's not the winner, nor loser, who captures the heart and soul of humanity, but rather the one, who keeps on fighting"
"Make love, not war" -unknown
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies, closer" -unknown
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" -Albert Einstein
~"Intelligence is 99% hard work" -a quote by some lawyer on the ABA's website
Yogi Berra's quotes, such as, "You can observe a lot, just by watching"
"The internet’s perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain’t one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities for fruitless point-scoring: the heady combination of perceived anonymity, gestated responses, random heckling and a notional “live audience” quickly conspire to create a “perfect storm” of perpetual bickering." - Charlie Brooker
"I hold the wolf by the ears, I am in a dangerous situation and dare not let go" -an old saying (unknown by me, sadly) in Latin
~"Shoot for the moon. If you miss, you'll be amongst the stars" -Buzz Aldrien (I think)
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for humanity" -Buzz Aldrien (I think)
"An Eye for an Eye" -unknown
"There is no knowledge that is not power" -MK game
"Democracy [actually a Republic, sighs] isn't the best form of government, but it's better than all the other forms of government" -unknown (I forgot, maybe one of our U.S. founding fathers or related to our U.S. Revolution)
"A government that governs the least, governs the best" - unknown (I forgot, but I think its one of our U.S. Founding Fathers)
"If you build it, they will come" -A Field of Dreams movie
"Patience is a virture" -unknown
"If you give a 'book' (a story) patience, it'll reward you" -HK's quote
"There's nothing Common, about Common Sense" - unknown
"The Few, The Proud, The Marines" -Marine's slogan
"Siepre Fie" (or however it's spelled, and I forgotten what it means, again, sighs) - an old Latin saying used by the Marines.
"An Army of One" - Army's slogan
~"Hell hath no fury like a woman's wrath or scorn" -unknown
"Women. Can't live with them, can't live without them" -unknown
"Don't Sleep with the enemy!" -unknown
~"As long as I breath, I am King. Don't breed with their women, their blood is weak, they produce weak children and thus men. Kill her." -King Arthur (2004) movie
~"If something is worth doing, then it's worth doing it well" -a quote on a sign in my old barber's shop
"A MAN never apologizes" -unknown (forgot where/how I heard this or came across it)
"If you don't know which direction to walk, then just start walking." -HK's quote
"Without us [Women], Men are like lost, confused, and directionless spermatozoa, and even with us, they are still lost, confused, and directionless anyways" -HK's attempt at an opposite gender's quote
"Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers" -an old children-childish saying, quote (not sure how far back it dates and/or originates to what, if it does)
~"Calling an expert an idiot is hardly a claim-charge of defamation to be taken seriously by the expert, as well as by this court" -unknown (forgot, by some judge in some case)
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(I got a ton more... but I'm too busy right now with my school sysmester ending in 2 weeks, to try to list all of them. I will after 2 weeks, when my school symester is over)
