Notable Historical Quotes... (2 Viewers)

"....You find it in the Old and New Testaments - in the prophecies, psalms, and the epistles of Paul; you find it recognized, sanctioned everywhere."


Jefferson Davis on slavery

US Senate on 1850-FEB-14
 
''People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems. excepting morals, come into grey areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.''
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Wayne.
 
The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

Mary Pettibone Poole, A Glass Eye at a Keyhole (1938).
 
Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive! Elbert Hubbard
 
"I thought about it. But my wife said she wouldn't want to move into a smaller house."

Bob Hope on running for the President of the United States
 
Speaking of wives...............

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years................I didn't want to interupt her." Rodney Dangerfield.
 
A man's only as old as the woman he feels.

Groucho Marx

B. :smile2:
 
I never forget a face - but in your case, I'll make an exception - Groucho Marx (again)!
 

"I didn't attend his funeral, but I sent a letter saying I approved of it"

Winston Churchill.
 
Thought that was Mark Twain........however...............

"How long was I in the Army? ............... Five foot eleven." Spike Milligan
 
''If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.''....Dan Quayle.
Wayne.
 
''It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.''......Dan Quayle.
Wayne.
 
It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty


George Burns
 
Speaking of sex.................how about......

"Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion" - Spike Milligan.....?:D
 
I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill

George Burns

^&grin
 
Is that a banana in your pocket - or are you just pleased to see me? - Mae West:D
 

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