Quote of the day

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

-Colin Powell

 

For the lose of James Gandolfin some Tony Soprano quotes

“If you can quote the rules, then you can obey them.”

“Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this.”

“What use is an unloaded gun?”

“Is this a woman thing? You ask me how I’m feeling. I tell you how I’m feeling, and now you’re going to torture me with it.”

Rest In Peace Tony Soprano. Just another Jersey boy

 

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, 1905
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

 

Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.

Dave Barry

 

"Frankly I had enjoyed the war."

Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart

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Of course he said that after:
He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived a plane crash, tunneled out of a POW camp, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.

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"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them."
Harold J. Smith

 

love it!

 

[FONT=&quot]"Merely having an open mind is nothing; the object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-- G.K. Chesterton, British writer[/FONT]

 

"Our marriage is perfect. My wife is a communications major and I'm an acting/drama major. She speaks and I act like I'm listening."

 

One for Dan

The comedian said he gets asked why he picks on Republicans and not Democrats, and he said it’s not because Democrats are a shining example — it’s a pure comedic decision.

“The Democrats are dumb and the Republicans are stupid. The difference between dumb and stupid is dumb isn’t funny,” Lewis Black said. “Stupid is seriously funny.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/lewis-black-ted-cruz-comedy-gold-mine-95710.html#ixzz2cXS188y5
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"I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did."

-- Henry James,​

 

“Your attitude, not your aptitude will determine your altitude.” Zig Ziglar

 

"The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard."
-- Gaylord Nelson, American politician

 

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
-- Bill Cosby,

 

To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.
-- William H. Walton

 

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
-- Scott Adams,

 

[FONT=&quot]"Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-- E.F. Schumacher[/FONT]

 

"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it."
- Franklin P. Jones

 

[FONT=&quot]"A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-- Michel de Montaigne,[/FONT]

 

[FONT=&quot]"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-- A.A. Milne,
British writer[/FONT]