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Running away is the coward's way out of war....Appeasement is the coward's way into one.
From the Music instructor of my old college marching band - Jokingly to the male color guard instructors.
“Silly F.g..t, dicks are for chicks”
From my old mentor Wayne Downey of the Concord Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
“Practice don’t create perfect performance, perfect practice create perfect performance.”
Dr. Evil
“I shall call him Mini-me”
From the President of Afghanistan couple of days ago, to the liberal reporters during a press conference
“Have you forgotten those who jumped off the 80th floor on 911?”
From Gary Locke, music director of the Riverside Community College
“Please don’t shoot your foot with a BB Gun; we have a performance tomorrow.”
From me, about my future
“I don’t set goals in life, because if I don’t achieve them, I will let my self down. However, I do have an idea where I need to be; therefore, I believe in ceasing opportunities that is on front of me; if I’m not smart enough to capture the opportunities that’s on front of me, I don’t deserve to be….”
“Silly F.g..t, dicks are for chicks”
From my old mentor Wayne Downey of the Concord Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
“Practice don’t create perfect performance, perfect practice create perfect performance.”
Dr. Evil
“I shall call him Mini-me”
From the President of Afghanistan couple of days ago, to the liberal reporters during a press conference
“Have you forgotten those who jumped off the 80th floor on 911?”
From Gary Locke, music director of the Riverside Community College
“Please don’t shoot your foot with a BB Gun; we have a performance tomorrow.”
From me, about my future
“I don’t set goals in life, because if I don’t achieve them, I will let my self down. However, I do have an idea where I need to be; therefore, I believe in ceasing opportunities that is on front of me; if I’m not smart enough to capture the opportunities that’s on front of me, I don’t deserve to be….”
Vancehu's post made me recall a few good quotes from some years back:
"And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. So I think we got it right, both when we decided to expel him from Kuwait, but also when the president made the decision that we'd achieved our objectives and we were not going to go get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq."
"All of a sudden you've got a battle you're fighting in a major built-up city, a lot of civilians are around, significant limitations on our ability to use our most effective technologies and techniques," .
"Once we had rounded him up and gotten rid of his government, then the question is what do you put in its place? You know, you then have accepted the responsibility for governing Iraq."
"Now what kind of government are you going to establish? Is it going to be a Kurdish government, or a Shi'ia government, or a Sunni government, or maybe a government based on the old Baathist Party, or some mixture thereof? You will have, I think by that time, lost the support of the Arab coalition that was so crucial to our operations over there,"
"I would guess if we had gone in there, I would still have forces in Baghdad today, we'd be running the country. We would not have been able to get everybody out and bring everybody home"
Dick Cheney, 1992.
"And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. So I think we got it right, both when we decided to expel him from Kuwait, but also when the president made the decision that we'd achieved our objectives and we were not going to go get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq."
"All of a sudden you've got a battle you're fighting in a major built-up city, a lot of civilians are around, significant limitations on our ability to use our most effective technologies and techniques," .
"Once we had rounded him up and gotten rid of his government, then the question is what do you put in its place? You know, you then have accepted the responsibility for governing Iraq."
"Now what kind of government are you going to establish? Is it going to be a Kurdish government, or a Shi'ia government, or a Sunni government, or maybe a government based on the old Baathist Party, or some mixture thereof? You will have, I think by that time, lost the support of the Arab coalition that was so crucial to our operations over there,"
"I would guess if we had gone in there, I would still have forces in Baghdad today, we'd be running the country. We would not have been able to get everybody out and bring everybody home"
Dick Cheney, 1992.
"How do you eat an elephant?...one bite at a time".
From my grandmother after she rips a big fart..."There's more room out than there is in".
From my grandmother after she rips a big fart..."There's more room out than there is in".
though the Life Force supplies us with its own purpose,
it has no other brains to work with than those it has
painfully and imperfectly evolved in our own heads.
there are two tragedies in life. one is not to get your heart's desire. the other is to get it.
george bernard shaw
it has no other brains to work with than those it has
painfully and imperfectly evolved in our own heads.
there are two tragedies in life. one is not to get your heart's desire. the other is to get it.
george bernard shaw
FeetFxr said:
haha... good one.
"Let your wind go free,
where ever you may be."
poet x's own words, spoken by a simian thespian wannabe
thank you dude for the great thread...:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
it's a beautiful thing.:smile:
thank you dude for the great thread...:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
it's a beautiful thing.:smile:
What modern man does not hold in his deepest soul a dream to defend the battlements with sword and shield?
Parent your children, or you will find that someone else has...
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Parent your children, or you will find that someone else has...
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
"Go ahead .....punk, make my day"
Dirty Harry
"When strong feign weakness........when weak feign strength"
Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
"Hey bud.....Let's party"
Spiccoli , "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
"Strength and Honor"
Maximus, "The Gladiator"
Dirty Harry
"When strong feign weakness........when weak feign strength"
Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
"Hey bud.....Let's party"
Spiccoli , "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
"Strength and Honor"
Maximus, "The Gladiator"
-I do not go where the path leads. I instead create my own path... and leave a trail.
I found this once, and I try to live each day by it...
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.
George W. December 2004
"shit happens"
Forest Gump
Forest Gump
never say never.
never trust anyone.
never trust anyone.
"Strength isn't a measurement of body"
"Shit Happens When You Party Naked"
The Kid's T-shirt at the end of Bad Santa
"Any one shoots at me, and I'm gonna kill him, then I am gonna kill his wife, and all his friends, and I'll burn his damn house down!"
Clint Eastwood The Unforgiven
Philip
The Kid's T-shirt at the end of Bad Santa
"Any one shoots at me, and I'm gonna kill him, then I am gonna kill his wife, and all his friends, and I'll burn his damn house down!"
Clint Eastwood The Unforgiven
Philip
quoting a phone call i once received:
"congratulations, hal, it seems your former employer was just acquired by IBM."
"congratulations, hal, it seems your former employer was just acquired by IBM."
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