The quotes thread

[Muza]

"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it."
Groucho Marx (1895-1977)

I looove it. happens to me as well occasionally

[Contratrombone64]

Is she a talker?? Her mouth is so big you can put your head in it with your hat on.
---Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) about Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) on Sanford and Son

[Muza]

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

[marval]

" Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something."
Plato

[Muza]

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Winston Churchill

[marval]

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.
Sophia Loren

[Muza]

Im sure Sophia Loren knows it all when it comes to eating spaghetti and other carbs, not to mention sucking up food like a vacuum

[methodistgirl]

Give constant thanks to the Great spirit(God) for each new day.
judy tooley

[Muza]

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell

[Contratrombone64]

If you were half a man ... and you are.
journalist Franklin P Adams to very short book illustrator Reginald Birch

[marval]

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Oscar Wilde

[Muza]

Love the last two ones

[Contratrombone64]

Margaret - that Wilde quote is wonderful, I'm going to use it.

[Contratrombone64]

here's a wonderful quote I read in the Sydney Morning Herald:

Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional minority and supported by the mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

[marval]

LOL at CT

I am not going to try it though.


Margaret