Random Quotes

[Tom]

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia (III, IV, 96), Dutch author, philosopher, & scholar (1466 - 1536)

[Ambios]

"Unmarried, I have no master; Childless, I am mother to my people"
Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth Regina in "The Golden Age"

[Rani Zemirah]

Your voice makes me tremble inside
And your smile is an invitation
For my imagination to go wild.

~Anonymous~

[Richard de Graeme]

History is writ for profit and gain exalting the victor (Truth be damned).
The moment is the only Truth.

-Anonymous-

[SirRichardBear]

The people who come out on top write the official versions found in history books, history that is no more honest than is autobiography.
Friday Jones in Friday by Robert Heinlein

[Ambios]

"How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died..."
Bob Dylan

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.  In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce?  The cuckoo clock.

~  Orson Welles as 'Harry Lime', The Third Man

[Demetrius]

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
       
     -Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
       

[Master Benjamin]

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea"
Robert A Heinlein

[Rani Zemirah]

Our love could change the orbit of the earth.  So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists may call on us to, well, you know, do it like crazy for the sake of humankind. 

~Author Unknown

[Capt Spleen]

"It is mortifying in the extreme to find how instantly the credit edifice which we have built up for generations could tumble to pieces in a night."

-- Gaspard Farrer, partner, Barings Brothers, August 1914, on the day England declared war on Germany

[Welsh Wench]

'Holy shnikeys! Does this mean no more schnitzengruben?'

~~I don't know who said it but SOMEONE must have on the day England declared war on Germany, August 1914

[Capt Spleen]

"I'll have a hamburger, which I will gladly pay you for on Tuesday."

  ~~Wimpy, from Popeye the sailor man *about 35 years of Tuesdays after England declared war on Germany*

[Peddlin]

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened!"

[Welsh Wench]

'If it is Tuesday, this must be Belgium.'

~~Confused infantryman when England declared war on Germany, August 1918

*guess they didn't ask for directions then either*