Classic Comments on the Quote

[LLapp]

"The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men." — Homer

montyb
July 24, 2014, 3:10 am
Just like the NSA.

dovid1946
December 11, 2014, 6:01 am
but unlike the NSA, the gods copulate with mortals

montyb
February 6, 2015, 1:41 pm
And the NSA doesn't???

marnita
September 7, 2015, 4:58 pm
The Secret Service certainly does.

abra
November 22, 2015, 4:08 pm
Interesting thoughts.

kb83
February 22, 2017, 10:57 am
Only on this site, could NSA be equated with the gods. I feel truly blessed.

[Eureka]

Never a good idea, but even more so during our current crisis. Nuh UH, indeed!

"Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you."
— Aristophanes

rose5
January 25, 2019, 5:29 am
The first cryptogram I have solved which mentions Zeus.

abra
February 7, 2019, 1:46 pm
Open you mouth and close your eyes and you will get a big surprise. Straight from Aristophanes to my childhood.

Disturbed1
August 27, 2019, 12:51 pm
I had no idea that Aristophanes was such a prankster.

LLapp
November 19, 2019, 10:53 pm
From somewhere deep inside me, my childhood voice said "Nuh UH!"

[montyb]

"It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it. "
— Edgar Watson Howe

nevadasmith68
September 24, 2013, 3:49 pm
How did this guy ever invent the sewing machine?

Hash
February 12, 2015, 7:26 am
Elias Howe is not the same person as is Edgar Howe.

LLapp
October 2, 2016, 5:46 pm
That's correct. Edgar Howe was the founder of the Cold Clams franchise at Redondo Beach.

Roxanne
March 12, 2017, 5:40 am
Elias Howe invented the machine that sews two halves of a clamshell together, which was much appreciated by all who do not like sandy fried clams. When he was praised for his invention, he merely said "shucks."

[oddcouple]

"The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."
— Gilbert Chesterton


maradnu
April 14, 2009, 12:56 am
They have not gotten me yet.
banzaisequoia
December 31, 2009, 11:39 pm
They're coming to take me away! Ha! Ha!
matarisa
July 19, 2011, 3:22 pm
I'm biting my tongue.
kb77
September 12, 2011, 2:19 am
theyll never take me alive!!!
montyb
July 31, 2012, 2:16 am
I'm going back to my room now, Nurse Ratched.
wvwoman
September 5, 2012, 1:37 am
...to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time...
harmiger
June 26, 2013, 2:13 pm
But only the men, we women are free to do as we believe.
universalmom
April 22, 2014, 6:46 am
He's just being pouty...look at his expression
kb83
September 12, 2014, 8:12 am
He has the most entries in the book of "Senior Moments".
puzzleme
May 12, 2015, 7:06 am
This photo makes him appear to be speaking from experience.
LLapp
June 16, 2017, 2:17 pm
...and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats...
maradnu
October 15, 2018, 5:23 am
Self deprecating humor can lead them astray.

[oddcouple]

"I have become rather like King Midas, except that everything turns not into gold but into a circus."
— Albert Einstein


puzzleme
October 20, 2013, 10:51 am
I can relate to that.
dovid1946
May 26, 2015, 4:46 am
it's all relative
LLapp
March 17, 2016, 6:40 pm
Sad.
BriddlesBob
April 28, 2016, 8:38 pm
Albert use to attend all kinds of family reunions, claiming he was a relative.
emtonsti
March 24, 2017, 10:28 am

Marboy
March 25, 2017, 4:27 pm
You energy, unless you travel faster than the speed of ight - then you matter! (I may have this the wrong way round but I like it anyway!
maradnu
July 14, 2017, 3:20 pm
I'm still a couple clowns short of a circus.
lainecap
August 12, 2017, 3:27 pm
Did you hear about the magician walking down the street who turned into a drugstore.
DrCryptell
January 17, 2018, 7:32 pm
and when he opens a door it becomes ajar
BriddlesBob
April 17, 2018, 2:17 am
no, but I heard about the magician traveling down the street with a young lady and turned her into a motel
DonnaIrene
September 18, 2018, 2:44 am
He's complaining about the fact that when he went anywhere, people recognized him and things turned into a circus. But his friend Robert Berks said, "But deep down, if he really hadn’t wanted any publicity, he would have gotten his hair cut and worn ordinary suits."

[oddcouple]

"A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends. "
— Lord Byron


silveryaspen
May 8, 2009, 9:01 pm
when the man betrays the wife and the mistress another woman ... the betrayal undermines all three and none remain friends!
kjmcaj
April 3, 2013, 5:45 pm
here-here !!!
Allen
July 7, 2013, 1:45 pm
There, there.
maradnu
December 5, 2013, 11:07 am
Where? Where?
abracadebra
February 7, 2015, 4:45 am
Here a mistress, there a mistress, everywhere a mistress, but yet they stay nowhere.
zenith
May 8, 2015, 4:46 am
Ha funny thread, people!
judy100
December 1, 2016, 8:17 am
He learned from his love affairs.
DrCryptell
August 23, 2018, 4:25 pm
What if your mistress wallpapers your house? Is she a friend or a paper layer?
jbb33054
February 26, 2020, 8:39 am
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[oddcouple]

"There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it"
— George Bernard Shaw


Kgun5
April 29, 2013, 3:37 pm
Missing its period.
Lurker
June 24, 2013, 6:31 pm
Compared to some of the other mistakes around here, I'm willing to live without one dot of punctuation at the end.
puzzleme
August 23, 2013, 12:41 am
I thought perhaps it was just pregnant with meaning.
chopstix
September 15, 2013, 3:38 pm
An excellent observation puzzleme!
cindidido
February 26, 2014, 4:45 am
Pity anyone who is finds satisfaction in this manner and is disappointed otherwise.
insomniac
April 15, 2015, 9:09 pm
Not many people don't object to being hanged. I don't think there is any record of an execution by hanging where the person being executed went "WHEEE!!" as s/he dropped.
abra
June 16, 2015, 9:54 am
I can't get no satisfaction...
badbob
February 26, 2017, 8:43 pm
who invented the trap door?
DaveR
October 3, 2018, 6:29 am
A masochist met a sadist. The masochist asked if the sadist can beat him up. The sadist, with a gleam in his eye, answered; "NO."
Altoid701
January 22, 2019, 4:46 am
This is another quote that seems to be repeated on the site. I got this earlier today and it had different comments.
MissKitty
February 8, 2019, 2:46 pm
Kilroy 26
Disturbed1
April 30, 2019, 1:21 pm
Is there satisfaction in hanging a man who does object to it? I've never tried.
DrCryptell
December 11, 2019, 5:51 am
Shoot me, Baby, and after the funeral I'll treat you to a steak dinner.

[oddcouple]

Classic Monty

"It is only through timidity that states are lost. "
— Voltaire

puzzler86
March 31, 2014, 7:14 pm
44 seconds
JD_1947
December 11, 2014, 3:49 am
. . . okay . . .I guess . . .
maradnu
August 22, 2016, 3:20 pm
No, the third reich was not lost through timidity, but rather through greed and arrogance.
Jalapenoman
January 18, 2017, 2:05 pm
They just announced on the news that no one can find Delaware! Can someone please check lost and found?
montyb
December 24, 2017, 2:38 am
I would, but I'm a little timid.
abra
December 31, 2017, 2:58 pm
Very funny.

[oddcouple]

"Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend. "
— Walter Savage Landor

cryptoleon
May 17, 2012, 6:43 am
women like wine need to age to be fully appreciated.
rotorguru
January 16, 2014, 9:56 am
and also when you hit them on the head.
JD_1947
January 12, 2015, 1:56 am
Women, like finger nails, . . . !
marnita
April 9, 2016, 4:12 am
But nails do not lose their effectiveness when you hit them on the head.
zenith
July 20, 2018, 11:18 am
But nails dont "lose their direction" - they just go where you hit them
LLapp
October 14, 2018, 7:36 pm
Let's face it, this is a dumb simile.
killdozer
December 27, 2018, 5:55 pm
Am I driven or am I just hammered?
Persephone59
April 23, 2019, 3:58 pm
Whichever it is, killdozer, you made me smile.

[LLapp]

"What matters is this: you can look at a scar and see hurt, or you can look at a scar and see healing. Try to understand." — Sherri Reynolds

puffybob
January 3, 2015, 7:14 am
I'm going to start adding "Try to understand" after all my wise pronouncements.

jval
March 29, 2015, 6:05 am
Or you can look at a scar and see that you did a stupid thing once when removing a baked potato from the oven. Try to understand.

skeeter
March 27, 2017, 7:07 am
A New Yorker cartoon showed that dogs add, after everything they're thinking, "and what's THAT you're eating?".

Eureka
October 30, 2018, 4:05 am
I understand how dangerous baked potatoes can be, jval.

Synonymous
March 3, 2020, 7:14 pm
Eureka, does baked potatoes = Weapons of mashed destruction?

[LLapp]

Timely wisdom from William James & darkyr...

"Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed." — William James

darkyr
May 22, 2017, 9:16 am
Sometimes those things show us how little we have prepared.

[mistyswiss]

"Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts. "
— Alfred Lord Tennyson

montyb
March 12, 2012, 11:05 pm
Thank goodness for daylight saving time. Now my thoughts are an hour ahead of a fool's reading.

[montyb]

"Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases? "
— Aulus Persius Flaccus

jimdgar
March 3, 2017, 10:38 am
Yeah, yeah, rub it in.

[oddcouple]

"I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more."
— Henry Ward Beecher

octopunchy
November 13, 2012, 4:50 pm
But I thought Dr. Sun has had his license revoked for giving all those people skin cancer...
locodad
May 3, 2013, 2:05 pm
i LIKE YOUR COMMENT OCTOPUNCHY, LOL.
LLapp
November 12, 2014, 5:40 am
Pretty weird quote, coming from a guy who looked like a zombie.
dovid1946
December 13, 2014, 5:46 am
Wasn't he the leader of Korea?
kb83
March 21, 2016, 4:15 am
dovid1946, I thought he (Dr. Sun More) might have been a Korean practictioner of the time.
oddcouple
July 10, 2016, 12:16 am
On the other hand, if you consulted with Dr. Sun Myung Moon, you could have ended up in a cult.
abra
October 13, 2016, 5:22 pm
He certainly doesn't look like he got a lot of sun.
mmfs83
February 24, 2017, 8:50 am
I wonder if he wore a speedo.
skeeter
April 5, 2017, 12:55 pm
Thanks a lot, mmfs83, for painting a picture I can't erase from my mind. Brrrr.
Persephone59
April 30, 2018, 6:16 pm
His alabaster skin blinded one, in the sunlight, as he glistened with lake water after taking a dip to better show off his tight red Speedo... no wonder women swooned at him. Heh.
KSSprague
September 5, 2018, 6:13 pm
Too funny! You are all so clever! Thanks for the laughs.
No2son
April 21, 2019, 9:29 pm
Aspirin Man!
Eureka
August 9, 2019, 8:46 pm
LOL octopunchy!

[bees]

"When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy. "
— Norman Vincent Peale
dovid1946
May 24, 2015, 8:40 am
During the 1952 Presidential campaign, Dr. Peale supported Eisenhower and urged his followers to vote for him, because he found Adlai Stevenson to be insufficiently religious. Stevenson replied-' I find St. Paul appealing and St. Peale apalling'