I'm quoting, here (no spam)

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Nov 02, 2001 10:05 am

In light of the Trade Center tragedy, earlier, smaller scale terrorist efforts and the attempts to get bin Ladan in their aftermath, I'll quote US president Harry Truman:

"How many times do you have to get hit over the head before you realize who's hitting you?"

The fallen one · Post by **The fallen one** » Fri Nov 02, 2001 12:42 pm

"Who Are you" Some of Conans first words.

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Nov 02, 2001 1:45 pm

Originally posted by The fallen one:
"Who Are you" Some of Conans first words.

This is clever? What am I missing?

Well, maybe that *is* extremely witty for Conan.

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Fri Nov 02, 2001 2:21 pm

I'm pink, therefore I'm SPAM.

Don't know who said that--originally saw it years ago scribbled on the wall at Cafe Les Amis in Austin, Texas.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Fri Nov 02, 2001 10:03 pm

"Girl children were God's punishment on you for being a man."

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, POTUS. The Bear and the Dragon

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Fri Nov 02, 2001 10:15 pm

Originally posted by fable:
I've got a bunch of Quayle quotes on another one of those quote pages, here. I think one of my favorites, which I never posted before, was his reaction to Machiavelli's The Prince, as reported in an Esquire article:

"I've tried to figure out where I am. I know I'm not the first because I don't think I have the creativeness that Machiavelli talks about. If I go back and reread it I might figure it out exactly where I put myself. I'm somewhere between two and one."

Then may I suggest a new thread entitled
"The Qu@yle's Eggs"

and as not to be accused of spamming this thread as requested may I add something that is reflective of the current world soap opera:

"There are no permanent friends (or enemies), only permanent interests."

I can't seem to remember who said this, at any rate I find it quintessentially true all through world history.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Fri Nov 02, 2001 10:23 pm

"International Relations is two countries $cr##ing each other."

--- Tom Clancy's Domingo "Ding" Chavez, The Bear and The Dragon

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Nov 26, 2001 9:54 am

"It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind." -Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 1:02 pm

"Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further developments." -Sextus Julius Frontinus, Governor of Britain, Water Commissioner for Rome (35 - 95 BCE)

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Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 2:17 pm

"Topics beginning on May 10 tend to be bumped by Fable" ~ Me

It's only the second though.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 3:02 pm

@Shadow, I've asked that this topic not be spammed. Please concur. Thanks.

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 3:21 pm

"Always make the audience suffer as much as possible" Alfred Hitch****

"I didn't say actors are cattle. What I said was, actors should be treated like cattle." Alfred Hitch****

"Television has brought murder back into the home - where it belongs" Alfred Hitch****

"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder" Alfred Hitch****

"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it." Alfred Hitch****

"It's only a movie, and, after all, we're all grossly overpaid." Alfred Hitch****

"There is nothing quite so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating." Alfred Hitch****

"Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal." Alfred Hitch****
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Comic book guy:"Yes, I would like to return this quote unquote ultimate belt"
salesmen:"do you have a receipt?"
CMG:"no I do not, I won it as a prize at a Star Trek convention- though I find there choise of prize highly illogical- for no Trekie has use for a medium size belt"

Lisa:"it is better to be silent and be thought a fool, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
Homers brain:"what does that mean? better say something or they'll think your stupid"

Photographer:"do you have a problem with revealing your body?"
Homer:"Well I don't,but the block assosiation does, they wanted a "traditional" Santa Clause..."

Homer:"Hello, my name is Mr. Burns.I believe you have a letter for me."
Postalteller:"okay Mr. Burns, whats your first name?"
Homer:"I don't know"

These are, ofcourse from the Simpsons.
I am the Simpsons greatest fan and have lots more where that came from- but it's 00:26
and I am very tired.Goodnight

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 4:04 pm

Oh, I did like that second one from Hitchcoc!. Reminded me of one that Michael York, himself a well-known actor at one time, once said: "You can always tell the actors at a party. Just look for somebody whose expression turns glazed and slightly pained whenever the conversation moves away from themselves."

The Simpsons quotes were also great. That's the one show I miss not watching since I gave up tv about thirteen years ago. (No time! No time!) I've seen it a couple of times by chance, and it's fantastic.

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fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 5:19 pm

"Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell." -Francois Mauriac

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 10:50 pm

More Simpsons:

Principal Skinner:"Mothers gone too far. She's put cardboard over her half of the T.V. We rented "Man without a face"-I didn't know he had a problem!"

Homer:"You gave both dogs away? you know how I feel about giving!"

Krabappel:"Nelson, how many kids did you beat up this year?"
Nelson:"I 'dunno, about Fifty."
Krabappel:"Ah fifty. wher does the time go?"

Homer:"To alcohol! the cause of and solution to, all of lifes problems!"

Marge:"Homer where are you going?"
Homer:"Well I'm not going to lie to you Marge.Well So long!"

Mayor:"I run this town. Your just a bunch of low income nobodys."
Aid:"Um, elections in November, elections in November."
Mayor:"What, again? this stupid country."

Air force officer:"We got a report that a Lisa Simpson saw a UFO"
Lisa:"I didn't see a UFO!"
Officer:"That right miss, you didn't."

(Homer and Marge are interviewing Women to be there new nanny)
Homer:"Wait a minute Marge.I saw Mrs. Doubtfire, this is a woman in drag!"

Homer:"Lisa, theres no record that a hurricane ever hit Springfield."
Lisa:"Yes, but the records are only up to 1978, when the hall of records was mysteriously blown away!"

The Krusty home pregnancy test. WARNING: may cause birth defects!

Detective:"You think your pretty smart, don't you?"
Bart:"No"
Detective:"Don't smart off with me smart guy"

Ralph Wiggum:"Me fail english? that unpossibale!"

Homer:"Aw, dad, youv'e done alot of great things, but your a very old man now, and old people are useless."

Skinner:"Do you want to play John Wilks Booth or do you want to act like a maniac?"

Bart(as John Wilks Booth):"Asta Lavista, Aby"

Homer:"It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in 8 hours of T.V a day."

Homer:"Lisa, this isn't real.It's just how you'd look if you were a cartoon character"

I've still got lots more. I will post upon demand.

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 10:55 pm

Originally posted by fable:
Reminded me of one that Michael York, himself a well-known actor at one time, once said: "You can always tell the actors at a party. Just look for somebody whose expression turns glazed and slightly pained whenever the conversation moves away from themselves."

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"One good thing about egotists, they don't talk about other people"

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fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 11:01 pm

Post all the Simpsons' you like.

One of my favorites (from the admittedly very few episodes I've seen) was a remark when Marge was trying to convince Homer to go on vacation to Japan:

Marge: But Homey...you said you liked Roshomon, when we went to see it!

Homer: (looking very suspicious): That's not how *I* remember it!

Okay, so this is an inside Kurasawa joke: Roshomon was his first big hit, about a murder that's completely different when told from the perspective of four people who saw or were involved in it. Still, I have to love a series that doesn't play all its jokes to just one level, but makes room even for this kind of gag.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Wed Dec 19, 2001 5:59 pm

Originally posted by fable:
Post all the Simpsons' you like. One of my favorites (from the admittedly very few episodes I've seen) was a remark when Marge was trying to convince Homer to go on vacation to Japan:

Marge: But Homey...you said you liked Roshomon, when we went to see it!

Homer: (looking very suspicious): That's not how *I* remember it!

ROFL

I remember that one

"First get your facts; then you may distort them at your leisure." - Samuel Clemens

"The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

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Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Sat Dec 22, 2001 9:01 am

"I'm not dead sexy. I'm just dead." ~ Me

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 8:50 am

"The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire." -Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

"Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, "we must be realistic", they mean they are going to make money out of it." -Brigid Brophy

"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few." -George Bernard Shaw

"He may not be entirely wrong in finding the world detestable, but his saying so does nothing to render it more pleasant, for himself, or for others." -Goethe, about Beethoven

"The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat." -Albert Einstein