Your Quote of the Day

Charb was just quoting an oft said phrase. The point is, he's been assassinated in cold blood by a bunch of Islamists today. Him, 9 fellow journalists and 2 cops.

Not here to debate, just sharing quotes.

Don't civilize the uncivilized !

Filipe de Albuquerque

“If your temper is aroused and you tell 'em a thing or two, you will have a fine time unloading your feelings. But what about the other fellow? Will he share your pleasure? Will your belligerent tones, your hostile attitude, make it easy for him to agree with you? "If you come at me with your fists doubled," said Wood row Wilson, "I think I can promise you that mine will double as fast as yours; but if you come to me and say, 'Let us sit down and take counsel together, and, if we differ from one another, understand why it is that we differ from one another, just what the points at issue are,' we will presently find that we are not so far apart after all, that the points on which we differ are few and the points on which we agree are many, and that if we only have the patience and the candor and the desire to get together, we will get together.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

Good luck with that.

"Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail. Then you can let go when you want to."
--Josh Billings

“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”

(can never have enough Dale Carnegie quotes)

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
― Mark Twain

"There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation." - W. C. Fields

WE ALL HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF FUCKS TO GIVE; PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE AND WHOM YOU GIVE THEM

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates

February 18, 1820, http://www.cracked.com/article_19620_the-9-most-badass-last-words-ever-uttered-part-2_p7.html

“You mere device," he gnarled. "You platitude! Your Gollux ex machina!”
― James Thurber, The 13 Clocks

"It's all right to look on the bright side, but it's wiser to look on both sides."
--Old proverb

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.
- Ferdinand Marcos

“Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward. ”
― George Carlin, George Carlin Reads to You: An Audio Collection Including Recent Grammy Winners Braindroppings and Napalm & Silly Putty

Lewis Grizzard: "Naked is when you ain't got no clothes on. Nekkid is when you ain't got no clothes on and you're up to something."

Guess who said this, edgar:


Age is a matter of the mind--if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

It was Bob Dylan or Mark Twain. I think it was Mark.

“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
― Winston S. Churchill