None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
give a man a fish...
...feed him for a day.
teach a man to fish...
... then get him to give you fish.
I like a woman with a bum you can park a bicycle in and rest a pint on.
-some Hugh Grant movie.
Remember even if you are on the right track, you'll still get run over if you just sit there.
And what's this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'! That's it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me?
The Sperm Whale, HHGTTG
Situation: Driving car while (now ex) wife was navigating.
Me: "can you see which road we need to turn onto"
Ex: "it's not this turn off, it's the next one"
(I drive past first turn off)
Ex: "what are you doing! you missed the turn off... (rant rant)"
Me: "you told me, it's not this turn off"
Ex: "no I didn't"
Me: "you said, not this one, the next one"
and the quote....
Ex: "but I wasn't talking to you, I was thinking aloud"
Perhaps it was one of those 'had to be there' moments?
From father to teenage son:
"Your so good you could grease your arse and slip into the next world"
Me
You want the TRUTH??? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!
Colonel Jessop to Leuitenant Caffey, court room scene "A Few Good Men".
I think of her often
And hope whoever she's with
Is fully aware
Of how precious she is.
Bob Dylan. Ballad in Plain D
There are two great moments in a man's life. One, when he buys his first yacht. Second, when he sells the thing!
I always thought Kerry Packer was a good source of quotes. I was looking for them today and in a google search on the subject found a page of some of them: www.afterquotes.com/great/people/kerry-packer/index.htm
There's even one of his that relates to what I was doing: "I agree completely with my son James when he says 'Internet is like electricity. The latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge'."
there is only 2 ways to upset me ; take money off me or push my old girl (mum) over . ........ me
"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me for the path is narrow. In fact, just piss off and leave me alone."
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