Classic Comments on the Quote

[montyb]

For those who want some context for the previous post.

http://images.encyclopedia.com/utility/image.aspx?id=2796494&imagetype=Manual&height=300&width=300

[marnita]

Natural Laws

"Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws "
— Constantin Stanislavski

montyb on 2013-07-08 20:27:43
Well that explains "Peter Pan", "Blythe Spirit", and "Harvey".

[LLapp]

"What a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive." — Unattributed

pootie49 on 2009-03-02 21:15:07
When "first we practice to deceive"

bansaisequoia on 2009-07-06 22:32:37
And the quote is from Sir Walter Scott's, "Marmion," Canto VI, Stave 17.

montyb on 2013-09-28 14:31:40
Nevertheless, one should leave deceptions to the trained professionals.

[ddph]

"The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost. "
— Confucius

kat on 2009-05-16 18:21:34
Pat Sajak?

LiveLoveLaugh on 2011-12-06 06:39:58
LOL kat >^..^<

montyb on 2012-08-14 19:47:38
I thought it turns around Vanna.

bazinga on 2013-10-13 13:53:16
This game is a lot like Wheel, without the big prizes.

Andy451 on 2015-08-24 01:47:10
Vanna White? Merv Griffin enterprises? You all know that Donald Trump says this to himself at least a hundred times a day?

lainecap on 2016-01-11 12:29:39
Vanna turns the letters.

mmfs83 on 2016-06-19 09:45:57
I once read that Merv Griffin only hires people with large he.ads (not referring to egos)

[aerie]

"The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. "
— George Santayana

Wolfie on 2013-09-21 00:57:20
Something tells me that Santayana's primary use of writing essays was to satisfy his impulse to pontificate.


abra on 2014-09-22 09:49:35
He's quite the pontificator.


Barnabas on 2015-04-14 09:26:58
Uh oh, the Santayana winds are blowing again.


LLapp on 2016-06-13 15:14:20
The primary use of cryptograms is to satisfy the impulse to comment.

[LLapp]

Great pun from WRQ9

"Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many. " — Ovid

WRQ9 on 2012-07-04 15:01:51
Or "vice versa"

[opallady]

"If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. "
— Isaac Newton

montyb on 2014-06-30 13:29:01
That and the balancing act you did on the shoulders of giants.

LLapp on 2014-10-27 17:31:04
So it was Newton who developed the binomial theorem -- the beginning of my epic downfall in eighth grade math? That's it, I am not buying any more of his cookies.

dovid1946 on 2015-01-17 04:09:38
He was an alchemist, a follower of Nicholas Flamell, who of course, was a friend of Dumbledore's

[montyb]

"No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. "
— Johann Friedrich von Schiller

universalmom on 2016-04-13 05:34:37
(he said while gazing seductively into her eyes!)

[Barnabas]

"The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person."
— Norman Vincent Peale

montyb on 2012-08-04 03:36:31
The calm center is the result of the formation of a cyclone; it is not the cause.

LLapp on 2015-01-22 06:01:41
Thank you, Monty! Your understanding of basic science has kept you from making millions in the self-help biz.

[ddph]

40 Pages in and still going strong

"A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods."
— Iban Proverb

montyb on 2012-02-02 22:20:02
Then the gods need to get their eyes checked.

wvwoman on 2014-03-21 11:33:58
i knew i'd had that word before (more than once), but couldn't remember what it was (tattoos)--i think being the plural form didn't help--all i could come up with to fit was babboon! once i worked around it, it filled in. yikes!

Barnabas on 2014-04-12 05:43:49
Well, WV... a man without babboons is less likely to be sued by his neighbors.

marnita on 2015-06-04 16:55:32
Babboon! I can't stop laughing!

gryhnd51 on 2015-11-14 18:49:08
The Ibans are a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo

[ddph]

"Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard. "
— Nicolas Martin

maridex love on 2010-06-14 14:22:01
not bad.. its quite difficult..

maradnu on 2013-09-21 12:15:26
True, but prior to DNA testing, one could not easily track illegitimate descendants to their proper fathers. Even now, it is difficult to do so for more than a few generations.

montyb on 2014-02-23 04:58:56
Martin never met my boss.

JenDiaz72 on 2014-10-02 08:14:23
There's the boss thing again montyb... you crack me up... It is like your version of "That's what she said"...

[montyb]

Optimism is the foundation of courage."
— Nicholas Murray Butler

Highpoint on 2015-03-17 19:21:27
I'd say ignorance is the foundation of courage.

sexytary on 2016-05-05 14:36:33
My foundation is Estee. Optimism.. hmm.. I have not heard of that brand before.. hmm.

[ddph]

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are."
— Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

bansaisequoia on 2011-12-03 00:57:08
I eat beefcakes and studmuffins.

montyb on 2012-08-05 21:11:54
I'm kind of partial to corn dogs, myself.

iltquilt on 2013-03-14 19:38:19
Chocolate ... any kind of chocolate. What does that make me?

locodad on 2014-02-03 01:00:02
i want some homemade tacos, not from Taco Smell

momof7 on 2014-12-31 15:31:31
I have a daily hot chocolate.

universalmom on 2015-01-19 04:39:19
I'm a sea salt caramel, apparently

abra on 2015-02-02 06:38:42
I think I'm catching cold. I'd like a grilled cheese sandwich, and some home made chicken noodle soup. That's probably not what I am, but it's what I would like.

LLapp on 2015-03-01 16:06:51
(Stop me if I've told this one before . . . ) So this guy walks into his doctor's office with a sprig of parsley in one ear, asparagus in the other, and a carrot stick up his nose. He says, "Doc, what's my problem?" and the doctor says, "You're not eating right."

wshanley@sbcglobal.net on 2015-05-09 11:23:34
From the look of this guys picture,he doesn't appear to have missed too many lunches.

marnita on 2015-06-19 12:32:43
If I tell you what I eat, you can tell me that I am . . . fat.

[ddph]

"To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it. "
— Leo Tolstoy

bansaisequoia on 2010-10-19 19:49:28
The Baroque makes me break out in hives.

Queethebean on 2013-02-01 17:00:35
You mean you Baroque out in hives?

fredsevent on 2013-02-14 23:58:05
So, for bansai, if it ain't baroque - you don't fix it?

puzzleme on 2013-03-18 06:46:28
I'm so baroque, I can't afford to fix it.

tjsrc on 2013-11-20 17:33:20
I think you guys baroque the pun barrier..

[LLapp]

Thanks marnita!

"We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are." — Adelle Davis

universalmom on 2012-09-24 15:05:57
Especially if we eat too much of it!

Jigawhammy on 2013-03-09 22:08:16
@universalmom Hah! Too true.

montyb on 2014-02-23 15:07:03
Geez, I suddenly crave a turkey sandwich.

montyb on 2014-05-10 13:11:57
Or ham.

Quizzical on 2014-10-17 16:02:06
With fried pork skins. Pure, natural and wholesome.

abracadebra on 2015-02-25 13:17:56
Hey, who spilled the beans,...

dovid1946 on 2015-04-29 08:30:33
I'm taking orders for pizza.

marnita on 2015-07-09 12:56:05
I'm ready for a slice of chocolate cake.

LLapp on 2015-08-18 09:00:38
Who left all these dirty dishes?

marnita on 2015-12-04 13:19:01
You would bring that up, LLapp! Now I have to go wash them.

abra on 2016-05-15 18:20:04
marnita, is the kind of person, you HOPE comes to your party.