Your favorite quotation is ?
 

Being a history buff (primarily 1939-1945), I have more than several. Among my favorites is a quote from Winston Churchill arising from a comment about his closure on his Declaration of War against the Imperial Japanese Government on 8 December 1941.

Churchill closed his Declaration of War with, "I am honored to be with high consideration Sir, Your obedient servant, Winston S. Churchill."

When asked why he closed a declaration of war in such a pleasant manner, he replied, "When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite about it."

Todd

history
 

I just finished reading American History Revised .There are a lot of interesting quotes from world leaders over the past 200 years

I like ( we only know the value of water when the well runs dry )

Ben Franklin

TM

"I believe in the Rip Van Winkle theory: that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for 70 years, walk into a ballpark and understand baseball perfectly."

Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball (1969-1984)

My favorite is ...

"Getting old is not for sissies" Bette Davis

A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest.

Quote of the day
 

You don't stop laighing because you get old,you get old because you stop laughing. Unknown

This is something that a very good friend posted on FB today. I really like it!

"A newborn chick doesn't know it's alive until it's world begins to crumble. What seems like the collapse of your universe may be just an exciting beginning."

JMHO,
Fern

Your Favorite Quote
 

"There's a sucker born every minute."

Judy

" Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool than to open it and remove all doubt "
I don't know to whom the credit goes for this but I think maybe Franklin.
:) :) :)

"Come here Big Boy!!"

by Mrs. Kuki.... or any other female

"Life is not about seeking shelter from the storm; it's about learning how to dance in the rain." - Unknown

Favorite Quote
 

"Things are more like they are today than they have ever been before".:confused:
(unknown)

This ain't no dress rehearsal

Angela Z.

"If its tourist season why can't we shoot them?"

-Bumper sticker popular with Jersey Shore residents

"What we've got here is (a) failure to communicate."

"SKY"

"Fast dancing is the second best form of exercise, slow dancing leads to the first!"
(by us)

On was on a quilting message board and find some quotes I enjoyed. The top one explains my sewing style. I love my seam ripper.;)

"Quilt and the world quilts with you. Seam rip and you rip alone."

"Women are angels... And when someone breaks our wings... We simply continue to fly...on a broomstick... We're flexible like that."

7X57, I recognized that immediately as Simon & Garfunkel....they wrote some amazing stuff!

donna

As a life long child care worker I have had a favourite quote for many years.
I originally saw it during Playful Parenting training in Pennsylvania, author unknown, and have had it printed an laminated many times over the years to give to my childrens' teachers, coaches, etc.

"A hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove - but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."

I think that about says it all.....

donna

I've have several but I really like what James Dean said -

"Dream as if you'll live forever..., live as if you'll die today"

Strangely, my favourite quote is from the bible:

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

"Trust, but Verify."

R Regan???

You have never lived until you've almost died, for those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know.

From a wall at Fort Bragg, NC

They sure did. Didn't do too shabby solo either.

;)small changes may lead to big changes in life;)

from my Dad to all 3 of his sons...:cool:never do anything in life that will reflect poorly or embarrass your Mother:cool:

:-x"get off my plane".:-x.quote from POTUS Harrison Ford in the movie Air Force One

and my alltime favorite from former Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfield..:confused:we know what we know, we know what we don't know..what we don't know is what we don't know:confused:

Were living the good old days right now!

Not sure if it's my favorite but I like it alot.

Venice,

I admit I had to pause and reread the last of your quotes (Rumsfeld's) a couple of times to understand it.

I was going to take the time to explain it until it hit me. You're good, my friend...very good.

:confused:...my foot! ;) LOL

Todd