quotations

With the war in Ukraine going badly for Russia, there's a quote that's been appearing lately: "Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across." It's attributed to Sun Tzu, whose only extant work is The Art of War dating from the Late Spring and Autumn period in China, roughly the 5th...

I had some help from some folks at RatSkep and I have put together a random sig quote generator that I am hosting at: http://3meese.com/3meese/random/godtroll.php And it ends up showing: Feel free to use in places that do allow IMG tags in their signatures (I know they don't here). Keep...

I work at a Drug Misuse centre, with one of my tasks being the rotation of the daily quote every morning. Usually something inspiring about keeping with it. Any suggestions of the most inspiring quotes you can think of? I'd appreciate stuff from people like Paine rather than Madonna.

OK, came across the following quotations in the last couple of days and thought they were worth passing on (please don't disagree too loudly). As you can see, they refer to homeopathy; any have any other mainstream quotes that refer tangentially to that or other woo type subjects? I've put...

The quote attributed to Gough Whitlam on hearing an National Party member state "I'm just a country member", from Gough "we remember". Ian Sinclair, after being acquitted of forging his father's will, being bombarded with "can't sign his own name" Paul Keating going off can anyone add some...

Could use some quick help here. Was it Carl Sagan who said something along the lines of "Keep an open mind, but no so open that your brains fall out" ? I'm pretty sure he did, but haven't been able to find a source. Could someone confirm or correct this? A source would be great too. This is...

I'm fairly new to the movement for "ze truthz" and I want to know... what is your personal favorite quote from our favorite little media whore, Mr Dylan Avery. Mine is the infamous "I'd laugh in their face" tidbit.

Well, we already have 2 threads about stupid Truther quotes. So I figure we need something to outweigh the stupidity, so let's try to post some good posts, quotes or arguments by skeptics. I suppose that, theoretically, we could have good arguments by truthers as well, but seeing as good...

It's early in the year, but it would be a shame to loose some of the jewels our good friend produced today. So here are my first nominations: This last one was apparently removed after being quoted and ridiculed. :)

I was looking through a website containing some of Dubya's greatest quotes and was amazed at how relevant some of them are now in retrospect. I'll try to keep them chronological from the most recent. Here are a few and of course, I encourage all of you to share your favorites. :) ____________...

Some things would better be left unsaid... on a rainy Sunday, I kept trying to remember the most infamous political quotes from Brazilian politicians or pertaining to Brazil. Pure delight. "This city is so beautiful and clean, it doesn't even seem we're in Africa" President Lula, last month...

No big deal here...I just thought I'd note that the quote from Robert Ingersoll absolutely rocks.... The guy is clear and appears to have been chock full of character. Guess I'll have to read up on him. A great start to a long weekend. Tim

Does anyone know the best and quickest way to find out if (funny) quotes are real or made up? I was sent a list, and can't find any reliable sources for them.