The Quotes Thread

[kong]

As I was praying early one morning God spoke this:
"Ego has a voracious appetite,
the more you feed it,
the hungrier it gets.
~Pastor Nathaniel Bronner Jr.~

[The Brahama Bull]

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
Saki

[Oldschool]

Unknown - “A vision without a task is but a dream, a task without a vision is drudgery, a vision and a task is the hope of the world.”

[The Brahama Bull]

If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.
Johnny Carson

[kong]

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
-- E. F. Schumacher

[The Brahama Bull]

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Slovenian Proverb

[kong]

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.
-- Sir Winston Churchill

[The Brahama Bull]

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
Tom Lehrer

[Oldschool]

“There is only one way by which the nations can be brought into unity and into peace and into brotherhood. This is not through guns, nor might, nor force, but through the power of God and the love of our fellowmen that is in the hearts of this people.”
- Melvin J. Ballard (1973-1939)
American religious leader.

[The Brahama Bull]

I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.
Bill Hoest