Classic Comments on the Quote

[ddph]

"By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

oddcouple on 2014-12-07 10:46:16
I love quotes about quotes.

Spenser on 2015-01-16 05:51:57
oddcouple just coined a quote about quotes about quotes.

abra on 2015-08-21 14:18:35
Spenser just coined a quote, about oddcouple coining a quote, about quotes.

marnita on 2016-05-26 07:29:32
Quoting quoted quotes about quotes - this could get ridiculous.

[LLapp]

Another laugh from monty

"Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list."

— Dennis Leary

montyb on 2016-04-03 13:31:59
And where did he learn this abhorrent napism, Dennis?

[ddph]

"For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear. "
— Lord Byron

LLapp on 2015-01-08 11:43:15
If Byron were my best friend, I would totally send all his calls to voicemail.

tgreen517 on 2015-06-12 05:29:26
My favorite poet.

LLapp on 2016-04-04 16:33:29
Oh good, I'll send his calls to you.

[montyb]

Heavily edited to keep it funny.

"Most often, walking alone with my shadow is how I find my answer, the result of gathering together all agreeable parties."
— Robert Brault

fredsevent on 2012-04-02 08:03:19
I've noticed exactly the same thing when I walk alone with your shadow.

Roxanne on 2015-12-25 16:23:08
I wouldn't want to be fredsevent when Robert Brault finds out what his shadow has been up to.

[LLapp]

For momof7

Momof7, here's a nice flashback for you birthday . . .

"Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen." — P. J. O'Rourke

pootie49 on 2011-05-29 14:16:48
uhuh and we prefer it that way. as for illiterate fishermen? i tayk ofenz at that. i fish nd i can reed gud.

momof7 on 2013-04-21 02:43:18
Pootie, I luv yore coment. I shud hav yu over to vizit my iglu wun day. yu can park yore dog sled next tu mine.

[ddph]

"Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods."
— Socrates

stop on 2013-05-12 01:49:33
Ahhh... fewest wants, not newest pants.

universalmom on 2014-01-19 07:08:42
Yes, me too, newest pants

slow1 on 2014-09-20 07:46:18
lol I knew that was silly, but still - it seemed to fit.

montyb on 2014-12-03 14:20:47
The newest pants in my closet really fit me.

abra on 2015-11-01 14:20:46
Newest pants is one of the best alternate solutions, that I've ever seen.

larry149 on 2015-11-06 04:44:23
I have the fewest warts.

wvwoman on 2015-11-17 17:47:52
haha--i like fewest warts!

pegxpeg on 2015-12-15 15:55:15
Newer pants in the days of togas would have been cutting edge. Bill and Ted.

[ddph]

"I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage."
— Henry David Thoreau

bazinga on 2012-02-20 15:44:23
Be glad you missed facebook.

debzhaus on 2014-01-17 13:26:34
LOL Bazinga!

montyb on 2015-03-18 11:22:55
The rest were probably bills.

LLapp on 2015-10-03 17:43:38
Or addressed to "H.D. THOREAU OR CURRENT RECLUSE."

CarpeLanam on 2016-05-02 02:33:20
Well, delete him out of my address book!

[aerie]

"The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability."
— Edgar Allan Poe

bansaisequoia on 2012-10-09 19:10:52
Ratio intolerance is not acceptable.

chopstix on 2013-02-18 18:24:03
that's pretty good bansai, not sure if it's true though.

abra on 2013-06-10 18:55:48
Very good, bansai!!

dovid1946 on 2015-04-12 04:29:15
I didn't know that Poe was such a punny fellow

kb83 on 2015-06-18 10:07:25
And make sure always to use true puns, not false ones.

kb83 on 2015-12-30 07:40:30
True puns can be used with impunity.

ruxpin66 on 2016-03-16 10:44:46
I'd rather ratio intolerance than an intolerant ratio.

LLapp on 2016-04-28 16:08:39
impunity -- kb83, that was remarkable.

[aerie]

"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together."
— Carl Zwanzig

maradnu on 2009-04-18 01:39:47
This analogy is like, lame.

anatolia on 2009-08-05 15:35:14
This analogy is like, the best analogy EVER.

LurkerSmurf on 2010-02-12 23:32:59
I LOVE this quote!

Barnabas on 2012-01-18 17:25:21
If the Egyptians had had duct tape, the Sphynx would still have a nose!

harmiger on 2013-06-21 19:06:41
Duct tape and WD-40 all you ever need. Duct tape to stop things from moving that aren't supposed to and WD-40 to get those moving that are supposed to.

skoogie2 on 2013-07-14 01:49:41
lol, I love it! Duct tape and WD40!

figmo on 2013-07-15 18:51:10
I've heard this quote a zillion times, but I never knew it was attributed to Z! (Yes, I know the guy.)

opallady on 2014-08-19 14:20:39
Duct tape: the handyman's secret weapon. - Red Green

ericthirdrow on 2014-10-29 02:48:50
Yes, duct tape and WD40 are two things that will always be found in my shop. Always.

SippyGurl on 2015-10-17 21:31:49
lol, awesome!

bonlocker on 2016-04-01 22:16:18
Let this be forever be known as the best quote on this site

[ddph]

"Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers - obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls."
— Edward Abbey

nevadasmith68 on 2013-08-08 02:30:33
As a hierarchicalist, I find this quote highly offensive.

montyb on 2014-07-17 12:32:13
As a fool, so do I.

dovid1946 on 2015-01-22 12:23:51
got hung up on the bulldozers

kb83 on 2015-01-26 04:09:26
yeah, and quit dissing bulldozers.

LLapp on 2015-12-10 14:30:40
What does moving earth around have to do with sleeping bulls anyway?

marnita on 2016-04-17 11:15:36
The etymology of the word is not pretty.

abra on 2016-06-10 07:21:55
I never thought about that, marnita.

[maradnu]

another

"Once in a while you meet someone, and soon you both discover the two of you are truly something special to each other."
— Gary Harrington

rwright on 2013-01-01 13:20:24
Too bad you are usually already married.

[wvwoman]

carrots vs twinkies!

"Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can't taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie."
— Astrid Alauda

fredsevent on 2011-12-29 16:29:06
Me like Twinkies. Me no like carrots. Me no like this quote.

billkeiko on 2013-01-09 20:22:56
this was my first online crypt. nice website. thanks

montyb on 2013-06-03 01:06:49
Carrot cake Twinkie?

bansaisequoia on 2013-08-20 00:49:13
Brilliant idea, monty! We'll fill the carrot cake twinkies with cream cheese frosting and make million$!

skoogie2 on 2013-11-15 15:27:59
Oh my gosh! I want a carrot cake twinkie!

abra on 2014-02-26 14:57:20
I'll just eat the frosting. I don't want to taste all that carrot cake, Earth energy.

maradnu on 2015-03-26 16:05:07
I'd rather eat carrots than twinkies. Then again, I'd rather eat fettuccine alfredo than either of those

marnita on 2015-06-09 18:51:04
I don't care for Twinkies, but I could definitely go for Monty and Bansai's carrot cake version!

oddcouple on 2016-01-16 00:38:43
There appears to be no such person as Astrid Alauda, so it very well may be a pseudonym.

abra on 2016-03-30 09:24:02
I only eat carrots, if they're cut the right way. Three or four inch cross cut pieces for stew, cut length wise with pot roast, julienned for soup, grated for salad, never, ever diced in anything. There are no exceptions to the rules. Well there's one exception, if I'm a guest, eating someone else's cooking. In that case, I will try to discreetly mash them with my fork.

[LLapp]

Nice to end June with a laugh

"Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy." — Aeschylus

LiveLoveLaugh on 2009-08-30 23:17:41
honour why not the American spelling?

Tiz on 2009-11-13 09:10:14
Why not the Greek?

Moni on 2011-06-06 23:29:05
why not the British or Canadian?

montyb on 2014-01-03 20:16:25
Why not the Aaron Spelling?

tskaggs6 on 2014-11-06 16:40:59
Or Tori Spelling? Yeah, I've just about had it with you spellingists.

skeeter on 2015-03-03 03:35:59
Before Tori was married, she was Miss Spelling all the time.

universalmom on 2015-04-14 02:03:42
good one, skeeter

lainecap on 2015-04-20 09:32:28
I will just wait a spell before making my comment.

[ddph]

Let's start July with a laugh too

"Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock."
— John Barrymore

matarisa on 2011-06-18 01:40:22
I do wish you'd get a picture that looks like him.

montyb on 2013-02-09 21:36:23
It does look like him.

Lurker on 2013-08-29 20:46:18
Get a picture of a haddock.

chopstix on 2014-04-10 07:06:00
haha - I like Lurker's suggestion!

mtvoyager on 2015-02-24 21:27:27
He drank like a haddock

dovid1946 on 2015-03-20 09:18:32
I had a haddock the other day from doing too many of these crytograms.

dovid1946 on 2015-05-13 16:24:04
something smells fishy to me

SippyGurl on 2015-08-20 17:56:16
ah, drews drunken grandpa, words of wisdom ya drunk.

abra on 2015-08-22 09:58:13
Maybe after the interval, she decided, that he didn't look that great either.

IlLatino on 2016-04-28 02:22:26
wuzza haddock? Oh, yeah, a fish. Knew i'd learn something from this habit.

[ddph]

Where does Monty come up with these?

"Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy."
— Robert A. Heinlein

montyb on 2012-03-24 19:48:22
That is why I have converted my cellar into a dungeon complete with manacles and a rack. Although I sometimes find the rack therapeutic for my back.

bansaisequoia on 2012-10-10 20:46:34
That's it! Give 'em that tough love, monty!

judy100 on 2015-12-10 06:35:11
Hardship builds character.

montyb on 2016-03-24 07:34:10
And I think I'm a bit taller.