Classic Comments on the Quote

[montyb]

Abra wins!

"The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people, took care to put into the hands of their rulers no such engine of oppression as a standing army. "
— Thomas Jefferson

puzzleme on April 23rd, 2013
I beg to differ with President Jefferson on both counts.

LLapp on November 27th, 2014
Regardless of his assertion, I just want to point out the President's exquisite mastery of English syntax. That is a truly graceful sentence.

thedarylscrew on January 26th, 2017
I had creeps and womans.

abra on June 26th, 2018
Beware of Creeps bearing gifts, and when in wome do as the women.

[ddph]

"When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped."
— Marcel Achard

wvwoman on April 22nd, 2013
very funny!!

universalmom on May 26th, 2013
Yes, that's going a bit far!

universalmom on April 10th, 2016
monty, weigh in on this one?

sexytary on June 1st, 2016
hahahaha

kb83 on July 18th, 2016
I love it.

YasmineMK on August 23rd, 2016
well the man isnt asking for much lol

maradnu on August 26th, 2017
Particularly when it is a digital watch

writeon on February 5th, 2018
Time is an illusion so he must have imagined people looking at their watches.

BriddlesBob on April 26th, 2018
I wondered who might have originated this OLD joke that 100's of speakers have mentioned during my lifetime.

blueladyblue on May 31st, 2018
Oh, man, I know what he must feel like. Can you imagine Socrates is giving a lecture to his students, and he catches them checking their sundials? Embarrassing.

darkyr on August 2nd, 2018
A cloud passes overhead and everyone groans in unison.

[LLapp]

"The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too." — St. Teresa of Avila

Queethebean on February 26th, 2013
Well, the least he could do is chip in for gas once in a while.

[ddph]

"I'm not judging people, I'm judging their actions. It's the same type of distinction that I try to apply to myself, to judge, but not be judgmental."
— Jeff Melvoin

puzzleme on June 5th, 2013
To fudge, but not be fudgmental.

montyb on December 27th, 2013
Me too, puzzleme.

LLapp on January 27th, 2016
"Fudgmental"!!!! What a useful word!

tgreen517 on May 30th, 2016
It is hard to live up to fudgespectations.

mmfs83 on March 18th, 2017
Now I want some fudge.

[ddph]

About monkeys

"Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil. "
— Henry Miller

jalexica on April 6th, 2012
monkey see...

Allen on December 29th, 2012
Monkey? Si!

montyb on March 1st, 2014
Monkey Sea.

JD_1947 on November 16th, 2014
So, in other words they void each other out and don't really set an example one way or the other . .

LLapp on February 26th, 2015
That photo of Henry looks a little like a monkey -- see?

phthelen on August 23rd, 2017
Do.

oddcouple on December 23rd, 2017
monkey si

Persephone59 on March 21st, 2018
I had some sea monkeys at one time. Also Magic Rocks.

maradnu on June 7th, 2018
Monk E? Si.

lertsek on June 13th, 2018
Ah, sea monkeys. Marketing at its finest.

imsoeasy on November 4th, 2018
Aside from all the monkey's, this is a perceptive quote.