The quotes thread

I'm kind of stunned there isn't a quotes thread (non musical) here yet. And if there is, this can be moved there.

I'll start:

Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people

It's a theme line on a movie poster I saw this morning at my local bus stop. A Bollywood movie, I thought it was pretty special and insightful.

Ok, this one's about death:

"A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor"
Seneca

My favorite.

All righty then! Music is a universal language.
judy tooley

"Not joy but joylessness is the mother of debauchery."
Friedrich Nietzsche

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Enjoy life's journey, but leave no tracks- Native American saying.
judy tooley

"The main difference between the viola and the violin is that the viola burns longer"
Victor Borge

"Husbands are like fires, they go out when unattended."
Zsa Zsa Garbor

What she lacked in tact, she makes up for in being a complete moron.
John Amato (po9litical blogger)

Open your heart and soul to the great one(God).
judy tooley

"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)

Well intentioned though they might be, the members of the Judiciary Committee could bore the comatose.
---writer/producer Jane Hammsher

I always wait for the Times each morning. I look at the obituary column and if I’m not in it, I go to work.
A.E,Mathews ( quoted in the Filmgoer’s book quotes 1973)

Mind is like a parashute - works best when its open. Dalai Lama

(Im not sure if the quote goes exactly like this, but thats the main point)

No, the quote would have parachute ... (ducks for cover).

marval said:

"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)

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I looove it. happens to me as well occasionally

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

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

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

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