MB's Quote of the Day - 2008

"Not many men have both good fortune and good sense."

                                                                    - Levy

"Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil."

                                                          - Plato

"Education. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
                                                                                                          - Ambrose G. Bierce

Taken directly from his "The Devil's Dictionary."  You can mine that one for a year, MB.

Chafrlie

What is wrong with you...seriously.
-Robert Gambino

That right there is the best quote of all time.

"Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one."

                                                                    - Nietzsche

"Wit is educated insolence.”

                        - Aristotle

ok sry have to the whole turning into the monsters thing only works at KR hehe

"You can only be young once. But you can always be immature."
                                                              - Dave Barry

  "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."
                                                                                                  - C. S. Lewis

"A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you."
                                                                  --Bert Leston Taylor,
                                                                    American poet

Anyone who asks "How are you?" and I know they really dont care, I will let them know exactly how I'm doing. Typically when those people ask Im in a bad mood and pissing them off makes me feel better.

"If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy."
-Saint Thomas Aquinas

"The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety."
-Neal Stephenson

"I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me."
                                                                                                                                                                                                              - Dave Barry

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook."

                                    - William James

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
                                                              - William Shakespeare

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."

                                                        - Oscar Wilde

I love Oscar Wilde.  He has many entries in the Book of Curmudgeons.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."
                                                                                  --Groucho Marx,
                                                                                    American comedian

Do you have a year for that quote, MB?  Olivier when asked what made a great actor said "Sincerity.  Once you can fake that, you can do anything."

I wonder who cribbed from whom?

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

                                                                        - Abraham Lincoln

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

                                                                        - Abraham Lincoln

That's my cue right?  Should I say something now?

You're an attorney, so the premise is a given, as they say in the logic biz.

What was the name of this thread again?

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."

                                                                    - Benjamin Franklin

I was gonn'a say that, I just didn't have time to check the forums yesterday.

"We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves."

                                                                                                          - William Hazlitt

"We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves."

                                                                                                          - William Hazlitt

I diagree with this. Plenty of people suck and should be quarrelled with by me.