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tjbourgoyne
08-31-2007, 03:57 PM
I have some better ones at home but this will do for now...

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm". Winston Churchill

Fortunate Few
08-31-2007, 04:30 PM
"Just do it" - Nike hahaha.

Shini
08-31-2007, 04:47 PM
Man who run infront of car gets tired.

Man who run behind car gets exhausted.

Fortunate Few
08-31-2007, 04:50 PM
hahaha nice one.

Bester
08-31-2007, 04:57 PM
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."

- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

Bester
08-31-2007, 05:14 PM
On a lighter note:

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

Socrates.

jp4wd
08-31-2007, 05:33 PM
"Some men see things as they are and say why, i dream things that never were and say why not" - Bobby Kennedy

"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it easier to do it a second time." - Thomas Jefferson

dynamho
08-31-2007, 05:36 PM
"Just do it" - Nike hahaha.

I think the ad agency that started the Nike campaign in 88 was inspired by Yoda.

“Do or do not... there is no try.”

:)

NoTears316
08-31-2007, 05:51 PM
America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed. -Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936

expo1
08-31-2007, 06:09 PM
Elitism:
It's lonely at the top, but it's comforting to look down upon everyone at the bottom.

Despair's website (http://despair.com/viewall.html)

rotarygod
08-31-2007, 06:36 PM
My favorite new quote is the bs quote from the 7 forum that I now have in my signature.

Easy_E1
08-31-2007, 07:07 PM
I like the one on my Sig.

No More Oldsmobiles
08-31-2007, 07:20 PM
"Breath in."
-- No More Oldsmobiles

dillsrotary
08-31-2007, 07:54 PM
To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

- Isaac Asimov

expo1
08-31-2007, 08:31 PM
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.

Yogi Berra

MazdaManiac
08-31-2007, 08:58 PM
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of
giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
--Sir Thomas Beecham to a lady cellist.

DarkBrew
08-31-2007, 10:05 PM
In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

Douglas Adams

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Douglas Adams

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

Steven Wright

What's another word for Thesaurus?

Steven Wright

To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.

Friedrich Nietzsche

lone_wolf025
08-31-2007, 10:27 PM
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
Ralph Waldo Emerson


I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

rx8speeddmon
08-31-2007, 11:07 PM
If you trim your bushes, your deck will look bigger.

---Larry the cable guy

No More Oldsmobiles
09-01-2007, 02:17 AM
... you see, because breathing in is also called ...



ahh, forget it.

d j
09-01-2007, 02:28 AM
"He who sleeps with itchy butt, wakes up with smelly fingers"
-Confucious

BlueRenesis82
09-01-2007, 08:06 AM
"I just wanna destroy everything"
Johnny Rotten

Kane
09-01-2007, 08:19 AM
"The limits of any conflict are defined by the party that cares the least about morality" -- Randy Wayne White

"All things in moderation" -- Ghandi

Kane
09-01-2007, 08:24 AM
“All obstructions to the execution of laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels, and modified by mutual interests.” -- George Washington 1796

MazdaManiac
09-01-2007, 11:58 AM
OT - Can you imagine the current George trying to read the quote above from the first George, let alone composing it? Ugh.



"A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint
their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide
the silence!"

-Leopold Stokowski

Kane
09-01-2007, 12:03 PM
OT - Can you imagine the current George trying to read the quote above from the first George, let alone composing it? Ugh.

Never happen.

OT #2 - George Washington was the only President whose acceptance speech talks about how he was "ordered" to take the office, and drug out of retirement. A far cry from those who spend billions on campaigns.

bionicman
09-02-2007, 01:11 AM
"I just make the decision before the race that I'm going to finish, no matter what.
That way, I never have to decide whether to quit , because it's just not an option."

John Stamstad

mike0615
09-02-2007, 01:38 AM
....seriously, and u feel all holy and shit while ur hitting it. with the druids chanting and shit, like some real spiritual ass pounding action right there.

my contribution

expo1
09-03-2007, 08:10 PM
http://www.sendersnj.com/rx8/mike/rx8club/Busy.jpg

Rx8club.com Summer 2007

Aratinga
09-04-2007, 12:30 AM
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:h7OICp6YQJXStM:http://nothinbuttdogs.com/ButtContest/Nebobutt.jpg
Unless you're the lead dog, the view never changes.

And of course NMO's immortal words below.

½mv²
09-04-2007, 08:44 AM
Sadly, my favorite quotes are from video games...


"I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Loyd - there are two kinds of people in this world: those with loaded weapons, and those that dig. Here's a shovel."
--Fallout 2--



"OBJECTION!"
"On what grounds?"
"... ... ..."
"...well?"
"I was hoping to think of something while I was objecting... I didn't."
--Phoenix Wright--

hough2696
09-04-2007, 09:03 AM
Having found its fuel of dissatisfaction
In the prevention of what I wish for
And in the doing of what I do not want,
Hatred increases and then destroys me.

Santideva, a profound Bodhisattva.
I repeat this as a mantra when I get angry.

stormyblu8
09-04-2007, 10:04 AM
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." - Abraham Lincoln

"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, a half-pack of cigarettes, it's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses."
"Hit it." - Jake and Elwood Blues

Confucius say:

"Blessed is the man who sits on a hot stove...for he shall rise again!"
"Blessed is the man who sells girdles...for he lives off the fat of the land!"
and on a serious note:
"The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step."

"Is it fast?" - any non-RX-8 owner!

saturn
09-04-2007, 12:15 PM
http://208.224.136.14/mike/rx8club/Busy.jpg

Rx8club.com Summer 2007

Haha, best one yet!

Trying is the first step towards failure. -- Homer Simpson

½mv²
09-04-2007, 12:18 PM
Here's one we all know and love:


"I AM SO SICK OF THESE MUTHA FUCKIN SNAKES ON THIS MUTHA FUCKIN PLANE!"

:)

RENESIS_NEENJA
09-04-2007, 01:55 PM
"remember this...most people look back in life and regret the chances they didn't take, not the ones they did."
-Sifu Tran.

½mv²
09-04-2007, 02:35 PM
^ Badass. That's a damn good way of putting things.

Shinka-Dono
09-04-2007, 03:30 PM
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
-Groucho Marx

Socket7
09-04-2007, 04:24 PM
"If violence is not solving your problem, You simply aren't using enough."

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, well, I have others."

"Mr Churchill, you are drunk!"
"And you madam are ugly, but I shall be sober in the morning."

"If the Germans wish to speak with me, I will entertain them. If they want to see my suits, show them my closet."

"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak."

"Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to pure stupidity"

shaunv74
09-04-2007, 05:49 PM
Hey Y'all, watch this -unknown Darwin Award winner

If at first you don't succeed, sky diving is not for you. -dunno

Guests, like fish, start to stink after 3 days. -Ben Franklin

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime. -Ben Franklin

Once you make something idiot-proof the world makes a better idiot. -Womack

"Sorry Dude, no sandals allowed."
"What about all the girls inside with strappy shoes and sandals on??"
"They've got tits and you don't." -Bouncer at the bar this weekend.

dillsrotary
09-04-2007, 10:18 PM
"the pessimist thinks the glass is half empty, the optimist thinks its half full, the engineer thinks its one size too big"


my boss

clarky99
09-05-2007, 06:39 AM
It is much easier to be critical than correct. - Benjamin Disraeli

Life is easier than you think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable. - Kathleen Norris

Good judgement comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgement. - Mark Twain

saturn
09-05-2007, 10:46 AM
"the pessimist thinks the glass is half empty, the optimist thinks its half full, the engineer thinks its one size too big"


my boss

Hate to break it to you, but that quote has been around forever. I don't think it was your boss who came up with it originally.

shaunv74
09-05-2007, 10:56 AM
^^You don't know how old his boss is...:nono:

NoTears316
09-05-2007, 11:04 AM
In the words of the late great Colonel Sanders: "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken"

JB_Rotary
09-06-2007, 02:18 PM
"Pie" - don't know who the originator of this was.

hondakilla
09-06-2007, 04:07 PM
you miss 100% of the shots you never take- wayne gretzky

NoTears316
09-06-2007, 06:21 PM
"Pie" - don't know who the originator of this was.

:suspect: