Favorite Quote

[starfish62]

Originally Posted by Hampus

"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." -Winston Churchill

That's excellent!!!!!!!!!!!

[mikereed100]

"As the complexity of a system approaches infinity, time between failures approaches zero"

[starfish62]

Originally Posted by mikereed100

"As the complexity of a system approaches infinity, time between failures approaches zero"

That, is a good one! Complexity within the system only multiplies the failure points of the system.

[Blue Stocking]

"It seemed like a good idea at the time"-- the explanation for every failure

[starfish62]

An Aussie's last words: "Hey mate, watch this!"

[Blue Stocking]

as you go through life, my son
no matter what your goal
keep your eye on the donut,
and not on the hole.

[olhippie]

"I'm an ex-citizen of nowhere...sometimes I get mighty homesick."
Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon.

[onremlop]

If anything is going to happen, it's going to happen out there. Captain Ron.

Everybody's got plans until they get punched in the face. Mike Tyson being misquoted by bar patron.

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. Motivational poster stolen from the Office of Loss Prevention.

[jkd]

"A ship is always refferred to as a 'she' because it costs so much to keep her in paint" ( Admiral Chester Nimitz 1959)


"To furnish a ship requireth much trouble,
But to furnish a woman the charges are double. "
(John Manningham 1602)

[MoonlightShadow]

"Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often."

Donald Rumsfeld

[Waterborn]

“Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.”


David Lee Roth

[Benny]

"Women - can't live with 'em - can't shoot 'em!" - Unknown

A toast to a group - "Here's to us and nobody else!" - Unknown

Observation of an idiot proving to be part of a larger group of idiots - "If he had as much as half a brain, he'd be lonely." - my own

[TexSail]

A toast:

Here's to you and here's to me,
May good friends we always be,
But if we should disagree,
F*** you and here's to me.

[dacust]

Originally Posted by starfish62

An Aussie's last words: "Hey mate, watch this!"

And his mates last words in reply: "No, here, let me show you what he did wrong..."

[SRsail]

1. Happiness isn't always having what you want, it's wanting what you have.
2. Live each day like it is your last, because tomarrow might not happen.