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Puke October 3rd, 2001 07:18 PM

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dmm:
"He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword." Jesus

Not the best quote for a wargaming forum, though. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon10.gif
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bull, its the perfect quote for a wargaming forum. the man might have meant it as a statement to encourage pacifism, but if you look at it from a Klingon perspective (or space viking, as you may prefer) It encourages a glorious death by which you will attain Valhala (or stovalkor, both of which i probably spelled wrong.)

geoschmo October 3rd, 2001 07:32 PM

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"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" Patton (...the movie. Not sure if Patton the general really said it. But's it's a good quote.)

ZeroAdunn October 3rd, 2001 08:15 PM

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I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us
attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

tesco samoa October 3rd, 2001 08:19 PM

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"History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells "Can't you remember anything I told you?" and lets fly with a club. - John W. Campbell

I also like what my signature stands for.

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Noble713 October 3rd, 2001 11:40 PM

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"Oh people, know that you have commited great sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not commited great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you!"
Genghis Khan, Bukhara 1220

"If you can't say something nice about someone, kill them."
Coach Bricka, Mutant League Football

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Cassius, Julius Casear Act I Scene 2

I'd post more, but my quotes list is on my other hard drive, which I can't access from this OS.

Cyrien October 4th, 2001 12:02 AM

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"Tell the men to fire faster! Don't give up the ship!"

Captain James Lawrence after being mortally wounded.

"Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!"

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (actually they were mines, but the jargon of the time.)


dogscoff October 4th, 2001 01:27 AM

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"War doesn't decide who's right, just who's left." Dunno where from.

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Baron Munchausen October 4th, 2001 02:23 AM

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Hey, I collect quotes. Got some honking big text files full of them. Here are some samples:

Politicians:

"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Benjamin Franklin

"You don't have to explain what you never said." -- Calvin Coolidge

"If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong." -- Morris Udall

"The jawbone of an *** is just as dangerous a weapon today as in Samson's time." -- Richard Nixon

"Television is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy." -- Richard Nixon

Scientists:

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." -- Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." -- Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." -- Albert Einstein

"Imagination is more important than intelligence." -- Albert Einstein

"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." -- Carl Sagan

Writers and comedians:

"Biography lends to death a new terror." -- Oscar Wilde

"The truth is rarely pure, and never simple." -- Oscar Wilde

"The report of my death was an exaggeration." -- Mark Twain

"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." -- Mark Twain

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?" -- Steven Wright

"What's another word for Thesaurus?" -- Steven Wright

"On the planet Earth, Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, and so on... conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than Man for precisely the same reasons." -- Douglas Adams

"A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke

Celebrities:

"I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it." -- George Clooney

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." -- Bill Cosby

"Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another." -- Madonna

"I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it." -- Mae West

Movie and TV quotes:

"Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim." -- Captain Kirk, Star Trek

The more you drive, the less intelligent you are. -- Repo Man

"When someone asks if you're a god, say YES!" -- Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson) in Ghostbusters

"Everyone interesting is somehow mad." -- Dr. Who

And some anonymous goodies:

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

Heisenberg might have been here.

Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.

Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.

Women and cats do as they please. Men and dogs will just have to live with it.

Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.

You go YAHWEH and I'll go mine. -- Bumper sticker

-- Yeesh... I'll be cutting & pasting all night if I don't just arbitrarily stop. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

Spoo October 4th, 2001 02:32 AM

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The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

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Fear the squirrel.

tesco samoa October 4th, 2001 03:24 AM

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Man this topic was written for someone else ( who I will not mention )

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