What is Your Favorite Quote?

[oldersalt1944]

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by tamicatana

I find this quote particularly relevant at CF:

“If you find that your admittedly-uninformed personal opinion disagrees with expert consensus on a technical topic, please consider that "all the experts know something I don't" is a more likely explanation than "I alone solved a complex problem experts have long been studying." “
-Dr. David Shiffman

The critical phrase, which is ignored by the guys who throw around labels like "denier" at people who have actually researched an issue, has been highlighted.

[Captndave1]

Seen on a yacht during a delivery a few years ago, "ALL MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY THE CAPTAIN OF THIS VESSEL ARE GOOD FOR THE DURATION OF THE VOYAGE ONLY"

[dfelsent]

This is a cruising forum. Denier has only one useful meaning, it is a measure of thread thickness

Denier. Grams (0.035 oz) per 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) of yarn.

[Dallasron]

I spent most my money on booze, broads and boats. The rest I wasted. Elmore Leonard

[chrisr]

home is where the anchor drops



cheers,

[UFO]

Work is the curse of the drinking classes - Oscar Wilde

[OldManMirage]

Be the donut....not the hole.

[Halifax Sailor]

me: contemplating a purchase of tools I realy didnt need, talking about the cost
my daughter (age 6): you dont have to pay for it Dad, just use your Visa!!

[boatpoker]

Originally Posted by Halifax Sailor

me: contemplating a purchase of tools I realy didnt need, talking about the cost
my daughter (age 6): you dont have to pay for it Dad, just use your Visa!!

OMG ! You've raised a Liberal !

[Halifax Sailor]

more from way back.......


"More tongue than a Mountie's boot" (for those not Cdn, that's an RCMP officer boot, riding boot almost knee high)

"Don't pee on my boots and tell me it's raining"

"Thicker than a gallon of sh&^T in a quart bottle"

[Halifax Sailor]

Originally Posted by Halifax Sailor

more from way back.......


"More tongue than a Mountie's boot" (for those not Cdn, that's an RCMP officer boot, riding boot almost knee high)

"Don't pee on my boots and tell me it's raining"

"Thicker than a gallon of sh&^T in a quart bottle"

These are from a lady I worked with who hailed from St Anthony Newfoundland. That's way up on the NE corner of the "rock".

[Yellowtulip]

"Hell is other people."
Jean-Paul Sartre

[Yellowtulip]

Originally Posted by Marc1

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” Winston Churchill

The best argument against politics is a five-minute conversation with any politician.

Me