Your favourite quotes?

[DD15CBUS]

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” - Wayne Gretzky, -Michael Scott

 

[spencer rifle]

“Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

 

[actaeon277]

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.”

Solzhenitsyn or however you spell it.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Meet a A-Hole in the morning
well ya just met a A hole. Meet A-Holes all day long…….You are the A-Hole

 

[Magyars]

 

[Cameramonkey]

The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed.

 

[actaeon277]

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Norman Schwarzkopf

 

[Magyars]

Love this quote, just read the article. This is the first paragraph.
I stand with anachronism. I like the low hum of cultured voices, great books, and the dead authors who wrote them. I believe in the fedora hat, which should be tipped in the open air and doffed in an elevator. I support the gold standard.
James Grant

Gold: A Constructively Inhibiting Institution — The Coolidge Review

Abandoning Hamilton’s fundamental maxim

www.coolidgereview.com

 

[Magyars]

 

[Gingerbeardman]

When I was a kid I saw this quote in Precision Shooting but I can't remember who said it and I probably have butchered the quote but here goes:

"When duty is clear, haste is both present and necessary; when duty is unclear, haste is neither prudent
nor necessary."

It might be action instead of haste, but the sentiment is similar.

 

[dprimm]

“When the will is strong, everything is easy”. Herb Brav.

 

[patience0830]

Our quotes have taken a necessary turn toward the serious, I see.

Preparation for the whatever is next.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

"They'd rather be alive than free." -- from Full Metal Jacket

 

[Gunmetalgray]

When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime , you are being ruled by criminals.

Edward Snowden

 

[gpasp101]

R Lee Ermey

 

[actaeon277]

 

[Michigan Slim]

Don't forget the fat ones, son. They try harder. Burt, my dad to me at 16 or so.

 

[JettaKnight]

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult ones.

As an engineer, I quote a paraphrase of that a lot.

 

[Magyars]

 

[Magyars]