Classic Comments on the Quote

[Toeprint]

"If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don't leave it all up to big government."
— Barry Goldwater

montyb
July 21, 2012, 7:38 pm
As he handed this information from his big government position in Washington.
WRQ9
September 22, 2012, 7:11 pm
A holler from the hole.
WRQ9
January 6, 2013, 2:29 am
A conundrum carries wisdom like a tornado carries debris.

[Toeprint]

"We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to. "
— Henri Frederic Amiel

Unattributed
June 24, 2016, 4:40 am
For all the world is a stage in my oyster.

[Toeprint]

"Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory."
— Franklin P. Adams

hopetheturtle
September 23, 2011, 11:51 pm
Nothing is more satisfying than remember a time you spilled apple juice all over the kitchen floor(really what is this guy trying to say?)
montyb
March 13, 2012, 6:33 pm
That we tend to remember the happiest times more easily and often than the painful times.
vivian1874
October 29, 2012, 11:56 am
That the mind has a natural way of pushing away bad memories that we may go through life with a positive perspective.
tgreen517
October 31, 2015, 12:34 pm
I think he means a poor memory.
spacemonkey
November 5, 2015, 1:54 pm
Yes, a poor memory - he's saying that nostalgia makes things better than they were. But the way he said it is nice - using "good" and "bad" makes it more poetic.
mohamm1
September 27, 2019, 9:40 pm
Poor memory. OR, suppressing the painful memories, because they are too unbearable to look at. My brother and a friend both have told me about a canoeing trip that we all three went on one weekend. I cannot recall ever doing that. And when my friend tried to show me pictures of that camping/canoeing trip, I kept on being unable to look at them. From my point of view, he showed them to me for about one-half second each. I am certain that he showed them to me, and I froze until he removed them. I think that something really bad happened that weekend, and I am blocking the memories. So MY version of the "Good old days" omits what should have been a wonderful canoeing/camping trip. Because I've always enjoyed both activities. I don't know of any other events I am missing, but I am sure there are more. Just remember. TODAY is one of tomorrow's "Good old days," IF we make a point of looking for things to be glad for, each night just before bed. Write them down. Tell God "Thank you for these great things I experienced today." Make a point of seeing the good in each day.

[LLapp]

"It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any." — William Penn

questionauthority
June 11, 2009, 2:48 am
Simply not true.

maradnu
March 16, 2010, 11:17 pm
I kind of agree with Willy.

chopstix
December 5, 2012, 1:27 am
Simply quite true!

octopunchy
January 3, 2013, 4:38 pm
I question your authority, questionauthority.

montyb
September 10, 2013, 2:02 pm
Read "Beyond Belief" by Jenna Miscavige Hill and you may reconsider what Penn said.

pegxpeg
July 20, 2015, 5:04 am
Well, even if you are "of no church", it is still better to be bitter of the ones that continuously push their beliefs into the public domain. (It feels very odd to contribute to a conversation that was started 6 years ago.)

Barnabas
September 25, 2015, 10:59 am
Actually, Peg, it was started 300 years ago.

LLapp
November 17, 2016, 10:55 am
That must've been before the site was reset. I wonder what William Penn's username was.

skeeter
February 23, 2017, 9:25 pm
He used a Penn name.

NotTooOld
July 9, 2017, 6:30 am
groan!

[Toeprint]

"It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life."
— P. D. James

gryhnd51
August 23, 2013, 4:21 am
Several years ago, my daughter and I spent 3 weeks in England. It was in September, and despite 1 day of light drizzle, the weather was just glorious....and it was light out until after 10:30 at night. It was a truly memorable trip.
chopstix
October 21, 2013, 5:07 pm
lovely gryhnd!
abra
January 19, 2015, 10:18 am
How nice to have 3 weeks to spend.
LLapp
March 25, 2016, 1:01 pm
gyhnd51, that sounds beautiful. Aren't daughters a treasure? I'd love to spend 3 weeks anywhere with mine.
skeeter
September 30, 2017, 10:33 am
I'm having the American version of that perfect autumnal day right now.
blueladyblue
December 29, 2017, 8:14 am
I'll be going to England in the spring with my daughter and her husband. Can't wait.
montyb
January 31, 2018, 5:32 am
You're going to love it, Blueladyblue!
Wilbur
September 30, 2020, 12:46 am
Where I live there are no perfect autumnal days. Just cool and dreary.
abra
April 25, 2021, 2:19 am
North Carolina is full of perfect autumnal days. Ask skeeter. )

[Toeprint]

"The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it. "
— Leo Rosten

LLapp
March 1, 2015, 3:48 pm
Same goes for pursuing theater, music, or visual arts as a profession.
LLapp
September 9, 2015, 8:36 am
Why yes, of course I'll expound further: All my life, no matter what I've pursued, no matter what I changed my major to, no matter what I've been hired to do, people have always wound up giving me their writing to edit. I've written stuff that lots of people have read (mostly about investing) but my proudest moment in any paid job was the time I fixed what had been nonsensical wording in the storage instructions on the Advil bottle. I still stop in the store sometimes just to admire it. I can't not edit, so I may as well be paid for it.
maradnu
December 17, 2016, 1:58 pm
I need to write. I need to tell stories - even if no one else is really ever aware of them.

[Toeprint]

"Some women will stay in a man's memory if they once walked down a street. "
— Rudyard Kipling

maradnu
March 16, 2017, 3:09 am
I saw a woman in a restaurant. She was sitting with her friends, and I with my friends and my wife. The woman's smile was so beautiful, the memory of her is still very present some three years later, though I never spoke to her.
darkyr
March 27, 2017, 8:15 am
Do you remember what outfit your wife was wearing that night?
maradnu
August 5, 2017, 1:48 pm
Not a clue

[Toeprint]

"What good is having someone who can walk on water if you don't follow in his footsteps?"
— Unattributed

torn88
January 4, 2012, 5:40 pm
Jack Handy maybe??
montyb
March 10, 2012, 12:57 am
Too deep for Jack.
pootie49
July 11, 2012, 8:55 am
great pun monty.

[Toeprint]

"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see anywhere else."
— Kurt Vonnegut

Chaboogie
June 21, 2011, 2:06 am
How are people solving these in 14 seconds? Do they see it a second time and know the answer? I am pretty good at cryptograms and even my quickest cant some of these record times that are less than 10 -15 seconds.. How is that possible?
Queethebean
June 21, 2012, 8:43 pm
Maybe they live closer to the edge? They can probably see all kinds of things that the rest of us can't see.

[LLapp]

"It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies." — Proverb

badbob
July 14, 2019, 12:36 pm
one of my hobbies is reading obituaries (i know) over the past 15 to 20 years they have gotten more descriptive and much longer than in previous years it seems that ordinary people with few accomplishments are being elevated in their importance no one it seems is ever average.or led a mundane life a recent one concerned a woman who read tea leaves and people's aura through crystals and led them through past life regeneration.her obit was two full columns and half of a third. she had four ex-husbands

realradiosglow
December 28, 2020, 11:07 am
Badbob, I think I read the same obit. If I remember right, she died due to unforeseen circumstances.

[LLapp]

"You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket." — John Adams

fredsevent
April 16, 2012, 9:05 pm
Dude had big pockets or perhaps they just grew small poets back then.

abra
July 7, 2013, 9:06 pm
Kind of strange.

dmford60
March 1, 2014, 7:36 pm
I think it's kind of a neat thought, carrying a book of poetry with you to keep you company.

universalmom
September 24, 2014, 4:46 am
hahaha i pictured some poor little guy screaming something like "grant me thy fair egress from this foul, unvented confinement!"

ericthirdrow
October 13, 2014, 7:54 am
Is that a poet in your pocket or are you just happy to have some alone time?

writeon
January 20, 2018, 3:51 am
Ring around the roses, A pocket full of poets. Ashes, ashes, Shouldn't have put that cigarette in there.

[oddcouple]

"In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."
— Albert Einstein

badfrog
April 15, 2009, 3:42 pm
In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.
maradnu
May 19, 2009, 10:56 pm
Baaaaaaa.
kb83
August 2, 2017, 2:34 am
I herd this one before.
tavi5280
August 6, 2017, 4:19 am
Flock! kb83, I almost missed your joke
BriddlesBob
December 8, 2017, 12:04 am
So, if one is NOT a sheep, he'd be pulling the wool over our eyes.
Elephino
August 1, 2018, 5:06 am
and then along came Dolly! (link)
Nannienettie
March 23, 2020, 5:42 pm
Baa I think I’m a black sheep
Synonymous
October 4, 2020, 10:20 pm
^There's at least one in every family.

[oddcouple]

"I do not fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you? "
— George S. Patton


Queethebean
March 26, 2013, 5:55 pm
I guess he liked to be on top.
wvwoman
May 15, 2014, 6:04 am
lots of folks do!
universalmom
August 20, 2014, 2:33 pm
naughty girl wv
dovid1946
December 17, 2014, 9:46 am
I heard ike preferred doggie
SippyGurl
March 6, 2017, 6:04 pm
and jimmy likes jellybeans
vintage38
February 19, 2018, 3:56 am
40 seconds
blueladyblue
March 29, 2018, 9:44 am
So we go from fear of failure to sexual positions in 6 comments, assuming vintage38 was chiming in on the previous comments and giving the related timing. Is that an average, vintage38, or minimum, or, heaven forbid, maximum?
tclcac
June 18, 2018, 11:36 pm
I always find the comments interesting - Definitely not boring today!
jbb33054
January 19, 2020, 10:06 am
90
oddcouple
September 6, 2021
Come on, jbb. Tell us-90 seconds or 90 minutes? The world wants to know!

[oddcouple]

"You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
— Sir Arnold Bax


gryhnd51
September 3, 2012, 2:34 am
Oh, I disagree. Folk dancing can be great fun.
contrary
May 3, 2014, 4:26 am
That is why you should experience it many times.
dovid1946
January 9, 2015, 7:12 pm
as can incest- all in the family
hasselblad
April 29, 2016, 12:03 pm
I had pole dancing. I'm a little embarrassed.
marnita
November 10, 2016, 2:20 pm
Well, that would seem to go better with incest.
Nautilus
February 16, 2017, 5:58 am
The real quotation is ". . . incest and morris dancing." A bon vivant restaurant reviewer wrote a book about his gastronomic adventures with the title "Incest and Morris Dancing."
maradnu
October 15, 2017, 8:33 am
You speak from experience, dovid?
marnita
January 6, 2018, 10:37 am
If it had said "morris dancing," I probably wouldn't be here.
DrCryptell
June 10, 2018, 9:28 am
Sky diving falls somewhat in between.
badbob
September 21, 2018, 9:22 pm
how about cleaning the cattle holding area in a slaughter house ? anybody? i can't hear you !!
abra
April 24, 2019, 6:05 pm
I recently read up on Morris dancing, because it's showed up on a couple British TV shows. I never would have thought of it if it had been used in a quote though.
momn8r
April 4, 2020, 12:22 am
Honestly, I did not look at the source and as soon it was solved I was certain it was going to be a Brault quote!

[Toeprint]

"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. "
— Mae West

Andy451
May 20, 2017, 5:36 pm
She doesn't look a day older than 124. And I'm not just saying that because I did the math. Great quote, Mae. May you West in peace.