More gems by Mencken:

"It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know
that you would lie if you were in his place."

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a
cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup."

"Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that
all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that
he also usually proves that he is one himself."

I do not agree with alot of Mr. Mencken's ideas, or his obvious "Objectivist" leanings....but he was a brilliant man nevertheless, who did have some keen insights and a scathing way of expressing them.

"I'm a bit unsure about the Uncertainty Principle."

"My girlfriend bought be a down jacket. She said it matched my personality."

"I once worked for a silverware company. I pitched forks."

-Jay London

"All cookies are sugar cookies! A cookie without sugar is a cracker!"

-Gary Gulman

"So, I watched the Olympics when it was on. Ladies Gymnastics. I watch "Floor Excersizes." I didn't know that I was a Pedophile."

-Alonso Bowden

Guess who we saw last night at the Comedy Connection?

EDIT: Speeling....

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"Its not what we do that defines us, what defines us is how we rise after falling"
-some movie

"I didn't get to where I am today worrying about how I'm gonna feel tomorrow"
-Ron White

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quote Originally posted by fogglethorpe: More gems by Mencken: "It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place." "An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup." "Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself." I do not agree with alot of Mr. Mencken's ideas, or his obvious "Objectivist" leanings....but he was a brilliant man nevertheless, who did have some keen insights and a scathing way of expressing them.

LOL
Those are great!

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
-Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, "My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!"
-- Sean Connery

"All power flows from the barrel of a gun."
War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
--Mao Zedong

History's a lie that they teach you in school
- Living Colour

Baseball wrong--man with four balls cannot walk.

Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose... it's how drunk you get.
-Homer Simpson

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
-Confucius

Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
-Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
-Confucius

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
-Confucius

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1.) Question: Senator Kerry, who is your favorite current Red Sox player?

Kerry: "Manny Ortiz"

<confused> Uh yea ok buddy, maybe Manny Ortiz plays at Lambert field!

2.) "Tonight in America, something very important in the fabric of our life took place. Very, very important. The Red Sox pulled to two-and-a-half games out of the Yankees. Now, I think that's important!" Except that the Red Sox had not pulled to within 2.5 games of the hated Yankees – they remained 3.5 games behind them.

3.)July 2003: Kerry on Iraq "The obligation of the United States government is to rapidly internationalize the effort in Iraq, get the target off of American troops, bring other people, particularly Muslim-speaking and Arab-speaking Muslim troops, into the region." I failed Muslim in H.S., lol

4.) At the DNC, Kerry said under his administration "We will double our special forces to conduct terrorist operations"

5.)Kerry on the war on terror, stated he would lead a "more sensitive war on terror"

I posted this in another, political thread. I thought it might be relevant here:

There are two points I wish I could get across to everyone:

1. Presidents are not as powerful for which we give them credit or blame

2. Would we really want a country where one person was as powerful for which we give them credit or blame?

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Yes, I rather like this God fellow. He's very theatrical, you know, a pestilence here, a plague there. Omnipotence. Gotta get me some of that. -Stewie Griffin of The Family Guy

Hey Lois, give Chris a break. I mean, no TV? So he failed a class, it's not like he felt up his cousin in the garage that Thanksgiving when I was nineteen. -Peter Griffin of the Family Guy

WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK) -Local Repair Shop

"Adventure? Excitement? A Jedi needs not these things." --Yoda

"Snoochie Boochie Noochies!" -- Jay

"You're Fired!" --The Donald

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Green 1987 GT 5spd
Black 1986 SE V6 Auto - 3800SC Swap in Progress
"And this one time, on the Fiero Forum..."

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
--Albert Einstein

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
--Martin Luther King Jr.

"Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel." -H.J. Simpson

I would be a great **** star! Except for one small detail...

crash...

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"The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought."
- Mahatma Gandhi

"Bring to boil 2 quarts of water. Slowly add 1 cup of rice stirring constantly. Reduce heat. Cook for 4 minutes."
Mahatma Rice

My goal is to live forever, so far so good.
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"Let's see... what we can f*ck with next!" --Eddie Murphy, 48 Hours.

"If you can't laugh at yourself, make fun of other people." -fogglethorpe

"I,ve done so much, for so long, with so little, I can now do absolutely anything, with nothing."

"There is a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have passed away. There is a time to fight, and that time has now come." --Peter Muhlenberg

This is fitting for what is going on now in Iraq.

Earl

"I don't know how many of them it would have taken to whip my a**, but I knew how many they were going to use!"

-Ron White

"I did not have sexual relations with that women." - Bill Cliton

"Anger is a Gift" - Former friend of mine

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84' Convertible Stock 4cyl
84' 2m4 Getting Ready for Something
86' V6 Fastback GT 85000 Orignal Miles and Daily Driver

quote Don't ever hit your mother with a shovel. It will leave a dull impression on her mind. Who are those guys?

Butch Cassidy

How much longer will this go on?

I mean its just going on & on & on.

Why don't you ask one simple question?

What year did Albert Einstein die? 1964 I think.

That should be the sort if interaction we sould be having.

Not these strange ramblings exploration of your unonscious, now come on.

"Bite me." -Roseanne

This is the Start of a New Day
This day is mine to do with as I wish with it. What I do with it is important because I am exchanging it for a day of my life. I want success not failure, love not hate, good not evil, in order that I shall not regret the price that I have paid for it.

Things you own, end up owning you

Smile, you should never frown, because you never know who's falling in love with your smile

In capitalism, man exploits man.
In communism, it's the other way around.

quote Originally posted by frontal lobe: In capitalism, man exploits man. In communism, it's the other way around.

Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.

Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a
color photo of himself above his locker: "That's so when I forget how
to spell my name, I can still find my #%@# clothes."

1982 - Chuck Nevitt , North Carolina State basketball player, explaining
to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice: "My
sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an
aunt."

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him
in a department store, and he asked for my autograph. --Shirley Temple

I know they say love is blind, but does it also have to
be deaf, dumb, and stupid ? --Unknown

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can
prove that you don't need it."
-- Bob Hope

Lest we forget:

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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"And isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" - The Tick

"Welcome to Hell, Mr. Arafat. I've been expecting you." -Satan

"**** happens. The best thing you can do is own a shovel and learn
all the different ways to use it".

--J. P. Dancing Bear

You can brake anything with a rubber mallot a small child and a sand box.

"So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet." -- Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari and H-P interested in his and Steve Wozniak's personal computer.

Two wrongs.... are only the beginning.

Birdie, birdie, in the sky, why'd you do that in my eye? Looks like sugar, tastes like sap. OMG! IT'S BIRDIE CRAP!