Favorite Quotes

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Got any favorites? Funnies? Pearls of wisdom?

In Vino Veritas.

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In Vino Veritas.

Age quod agis.

Credat Judaeus Apella, Non Ego.

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Age quod agis.

Credat Judaeus Apella, Non Ego.

Iuventus stultorum magister.

In Pace Requiescat.

[dwaskew]

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Thomas Paine

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H.L. Mencken

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. Henry Ford

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. Goethe

A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. Mitch Ratliffe

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Abraham Lincoln

Nobody pays you to be happy. They pay you for the service you provide. Happiness is up to you. Rick Denney

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Go away, son, ya bother me.

I'm your huckleberry.

[ai698]

Rameses: The city that he builds shall bear my name, the woman that he loves shall bear my child. So let it be written, so let it be done.

[SplatterTone]

Those in the Murphy's Law genre:

If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

Anytime a machine is taken apart and put back together, there will always be leftover parts. If you do this enough times, you will eventually have two machines.

90% of everything is crud.

[tofu]

“The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.â€

[windshieldbug]

"Oh ****!" - George Armstrong Custer

[MartyNeilan]

"Now some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate, and for them I cannot disagree.
But, I never learned nothing from playing it safe, I say Fate should not tempt me."
Mary Chapin Carpenter

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"We're the pros from dover."

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"So what if you don't like the way I fixed it... I didn't break it." - bloke

[tuba72]

Never save you dessert for last, eat it first---Garfield

[TMurphy]

"We're the pros from dover."

Actual, full length quote:

[quote="Capt. John Francis Xavier "Trapper John" McIntyre"]Look, mother, I want to go to work in one hour. We are the Pros from Dover and we figure to crack this kid's chest and get out to the golf course before it gets dark. So you go find the gas-passer and you have him pre-medicate this patient. Then bring me the latest pictures on him. The ones we saw must be 48 hours old by now. Then call the kitchen and have them rustle us up some lunch. Ham and eggs will be all right, steak would be even better. And then give me at least ONE nurse who knows how to work in close without getting her tits in my way.

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It's such an absolute shame that the success of the TV show overshadows the movie, which was so, so much better...

[Brassdad]

My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.
Rodney Dangerfield.

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
Rodney Dangerfield.

A girl phoned me the other day and said... Come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. Nobody was home.
Rodney Dangerfield.

I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
Rodney Dangerfield.

Semper Fidelis

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[quote="Capt. John Francis Xavier "Trapper John" McIntyre"]Look, mother, I want to go to work in one hour. We are the Pros from Dover and we figure to crack this kid's chest and get out to the golf course before it gets dark. So you go find the gas-passer and you have him pre-medicate this patient. Then bring me the latest pictures on him. The ones we saw must be 48 hours old by now. Then call the kitchen and have them rustle us up some lunch. Ham and eggs will be all right, steak would be even better. And then give me at least ONE nurse who knows how to work in close without getting her tits in my way.

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Pros "from Dover" being the Dover Air Force Base, about a half-hour south from here.

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I read the book AND saw the movie, so distinctions get a little blurred.

What does NOT get blurred are the differences between the movie and that not-even-close-whose-idea-the-heck-was-it TV series...

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I'm impressed. And here I always assumed that it was just an oblique reference to the "elephant room" at tuba gatherings...

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Wade--

I absolutely love the M*A*S*H movie (which I only saw AFTER having seen many many many episodes of the TV show), but never got around to picking up the book. I've been looking for a new book to read, and that very well may have to be it. I'll look for it at B&N.

[TMurphy]

...and also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

-Walter Sobchek