Mr.Piffka's Quotes

I don't necessarily stop believing something just because I find out it's not true.

"There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages."
- Richard Lederer, Anguished English

"I have just had eighteen whiskeys in a row. I do believe that is a record." - Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)

I believe he died shortly after...

<clunk... 18!> Hello ReX! Welcome to a2k. Belgium, eh? This one may be obscure for you; a baseball quote.

"Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit."

Babe Ruth (1895-1948)

Yes, indeed!

"...who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe."

- John Milton (1608-1674), Paradise Lost

"We only know the last sad squires ride slowly towards the sea,
And a new people takes the land: and still it is not we."

- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), The Secret People

"We have thrown veils over their hearts lest they should understand the Koran, and into their ears a heaviness; and if thou bid them to the guidance, yet even then they will never be guided."
Allah (Mohammed, 570-632), Qur'an 18:58

"don't count your bridges 'til you burn your chickens"
dyslexia

And for Mother's Day...

"I married beneath me. All women do."
- Lady Nancy Astor (1879-1964)

Smile.

Yeah!

"You youngsters won't believe this, but there was a time when Americans actually made physical things called "products" right here in America."
- Dave Barry (1947- )

Tuesday
"It is easier to stay out than get out." - Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Wednesday
"To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood." - George Santayana (1863-1952)

Thursday
"I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Friday
I will be traveling in Minnesota for the next week. Here's an extra quote to tide you over until I return:

"Any human behavior whatever can be justified by means of a belief." - PK (1949- )

DISCLAIMER:
The following quotation does not represent the view of this writer.
(nevertheless, it made me laugh out loud! )

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Why buy the cow ???
For all those men who say, "why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free", here's an up-date for you.

Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why?
Because women realize it's not worth buying the whole pig to get the little
sausage.


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Good one, Jjorge. <Hugs>

"The Earth is an object lesson for the apprentice gods. 'If you really screw up,' they get told, 'you'll make something like Earth.'" - Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

"Dulce bellum inexpertis." - Gerard Didier Erasmus (c1465-1536)

("War is sweet to those who do not fight.")

"One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool." - Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937)

"We had to take out Saddam because as the Communist head of Germany, he blew up the World Trade Center, and that's why we had to go to Vietnam. Vote Reagan."
- Louis Black, summarizing a 2004 Bush campaign TV spot.

Yup.