Quote for the Day

[The 14th Colony]

Originally Posted by Muffit

14th, I'm assuming this is some more of your great humor...
If so, it's great, if not, it's still funny!

Yeah, its an original. I thought of it one night while choosing my foods at...where else? An all you can eat Chinese buffet.

[shiningstar]

Originally Posted by Muffit

And a corollary I heard to that,

"Don't put off till tomorrow what you can make somebody else do today"

Silly daggit!

Now that ONE I like

[shiningstar]

I like one of the things Ben Franklin said.

"A stitch in time saves NINE."

[braxiss]

"like is school, and no one graduates until the lid is shut"

[Gunstar Aries]

"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." - John Kenneth Galbraith

[jewels]

Originally Posted by Gaelen

Here is one of my favorites since I was 14

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance"
-Thomas Jefferson

I LOVE that one! Thanks Gaelen, never knew it was Jefferson.

"Consensus is the death of leadership. "
(I believe that's a Margaret (Iron Maggie) Thatcher quote.

[bsg1fan1975]

I got a good one all moms use on their kids:

"Were you raised in a barn?"

[jewels]

We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.
--Willie Wonka

[shiningstar]

Originally Posted by Gunstar Aries

"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." - John Kenneth Galbraith

I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVE THAT ONE

[shiningstar]

Originally Posted by jewels

We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.
--Willie Wonka

I remember the movie so well. I remember this quote as well. I thought and
still think it was very thought provoking

[shiningstar]

Originally Posted by bsg1fan1975

I got a good one all moms use on their kids:

"Were you raised in a barn?"

My mother used that one on me too.

When I said "NO but I might as well have been." My ASSESTS were SORE
for a WEEK!

I was about SIX when I said that

[jewels]

I still use that on my husband--well the variant "were you born in a barn?" when he leaves the door from the house to the garage open.

[shiningstar]

The one I use is .................

THIS is NOT a PIGSTY so don't make it LOOK like one!

[bsg1fan1975]

This is one of my favorites to use if someone asks me to get them something if I am busy at the moment.

Do you have two arms and legs? Are they broken? If not get it yourself as I am busy. Or don't you see that?"

[shiningstar]

Originally Posted by bsg1fan1975

This is one of my favorites to use if someone asks me to get them something if I am busy at the moment.

Do you have two arms and legs? Are they broken? If not get it yourself as I am busy. Or don't you see that?"

I happen to LIKE that ONE Bsg1fan.

My kids ask me that all the time ..................and if I answer yes then they
stiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllllllllll need ............................

[shiningstar]

Here's one from Tony Little ...........................

"Concieve .........................Believe!"

[Gunstar Aries]

Hi shiningstar, Glad you like that one. I'm not a big Galbraith fan, but that is a good one. I'll have another good quote here as soon as I find it in my files...

Gunstar Aries

[Gunstar Aries]

Here it is, from a Science Fiction Master:

"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." - Harlan Ellison

[shiningstar]

Originally Posted by Gunstar Aries

Here it is, from a Science Fiction Master:

"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." - Harlan Ellison

That's an excellent one Gunstar Aries. Keep posting

[Gunstar Aries]

OK, shiningstar, I'll throw down one more, but only because you asked.

I don't know how many of you are familiar with Alfred Lord Tennyson, or his epic poem of Ulysses. But I have to tell you all, the close to Ulysses reminds me of Battlestar Galactica and also SO much of this community!! Take Tennyson's words and apply them to the TOS fans here. Consider his last four words, and how hope remains for a continuation.

"Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."



Gunstar Aries

[bsg1fan1975]

Another one my parents used on me when I wasn't paying attention to a conversation and I happen to ask what was being discussed:

"Watt? What are you a light bulb?"

[shiningstar]

Originally Posted by Gunstar Aries

OK, shiningstar, I'll throw down one more, but only because you asked.

I don't know how many of you are familiar with Alfred Lord Tennyson, or his epic poem of Ulysses. But I have to tell you all, the close to Ulysses reminds me of Battlestar Galactica and also SO much of this community!! Take Tennyson's words and apply them to the TOS fans here. Consider his last four words, and how hope remains for a continuation.

"Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."



Veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy NICCCCCCCCCE

Keep them coming Gunstar Aries

Gunstar Aries

[Muffit]

Wonderful, wonderful quote Gunstar...

[Ian_W359]

Some of Tennyson's words were used in Babylon 5 too.

Great minds think alike, eh?

All the best,
Ian_W359

[Gunstar Aries]

Thanks for the kind words, Muffit and shiningstar.

As I said, that close for Ulysses reminds me of the BG fans here. I can't tell you how many times it has come to mind when reading a thread on Fleets. Heck, you could even apply it to the Rag Tag Colonial Fleet fleeing the Cylon tyranny. They have not chosen to yield, either.

Ian, after such incidents as "Spock's Brain," I regard B5 as the "The Thinking Man's (or Woman's) Science Fiction." There were a lot of great quotes used in B5; Strazynski knows his history, and he also knows his Science Fiction. Heck, the episode with Sheridan captured by Earthgov is right out of 1984. Plus his use of SciFi greats like Michael Warner, Michael York, June Lockheart, Michael Ansaras, Walter Koenig etc, etc, etc, makes not only for good acting, but a great link to the sci-fi of the that paved the way for a show like B5. Even Harlan Ellison did a cameo!

Regards,

Gunstar Aries

[Gunstar Aries]

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein

[shiningstar]

That's a another Great one. I've always admired Albert Einstein.

I've got a quote .........I think you can 'guess' where it came from.

"Fiddle dee dee .............I'll think about it TOMORROW."

[BST]

Originally Posted by shiningstar

That's a another Great one. I've always admired Albert Einstein.

I've got a quote .........I think you can 'guess' where it came from.

"Fiddle dee dee .............I'll think about it TOMORROW."

I had a thought about this but, unfortunately, like the autumn leaves, it's GWTW!

[Muffit]

Originally Posted by shiningstar

That's a another Great one. I've always admired Albert Einstein.

I've got a quote .........I think you can 'guess' where it came from.

"Fiddle dee dee .............I'll think about it TOMORROW."

The only movie I remember anyone saying "fiddle-dee-dee" in was when the wiley wolf said it in Pinocchio - was that it?

[bsg1fan1975]

Here's a favorite of mine from GWTW:

"Frankly my dear I don't give d**n!"