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18/04/2008, 20:29 Compo Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 731 Favourite quotations... I like quotations - got any favourites to share? How about... "Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket - and do not merely pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one." -  Earl of Chesterfield. (I think it is about big heads!) (And the 'merely's are his - not mine!)    Report

18/04/2008, 20:40 Bugbear Joined on 15/11/2006 Vienne (86) Posts 3,815 Re: Favourite quotations... "Sir, you're drunk!" "Yes, Madam, I am. But in the morning, I will be sober and you will still be ugly."       Winston Churchill. "Life is Short - Forgive Quickly - Love Truly - Laugh Uncontrollably" ............ and get yourself an Apple Mac.    Report

18/04/2008, 20:41 krusty Joined on 13/08/2006 haute vienne (87) Posts 2,590 Re: Favourite quotations... "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.".......John Lennon    Report

18/04/2008, 21:34 Christine Animal Joined on 14/05/2005 Deux-Sèvres Posts 4,322 Re: Favourite quotations... Mohandas K. Gandhi An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. animalaidsaintaubin.monsite.orange.fr/ Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful    Report

18/04/2008, 21:52 egger Joined on 01/08/2006 Posts 253 Re: Favourite quotations... Why do women need men? because vib.......... dont mow the lawn    Report

19/04/2008, 7:23 Compo Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 731 Re: Favourite quotations... egger - ouch! "Getting married is like going out for dinner. You pick what you want, then when you see what your mate has got, you want some of that as well..."    Report

19/04/2008, 8:11 nectarine Joined on 02/08/2007 Lot-et-Garonne Posts 238 Re: Favourite quotations... Life may not be all the party you'd hoped for, but while you're here you might as well dance ... If you look like your passport picture, then you probably need the holiday.    Report

19/04/2008, 8:38 DerekJ Joined on 19/10/2007 Surrey and the Lot Posts 224 Re: Favourite quotations... I couldnt resist another Churchill quote..... Lady Astor to Winston Churchill: " Winston, if you were my husband, I should flavour your coffee with poison." Churchill's reply: " Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it." I can't see our Gordon coming out with something like that Derek    Report

19/04/2008, 9:06 Hoddy Joined on 23/08/2004 .....Forum Moderator..... NW Leics/SE Dordogne Posts 2,137 Re: Favourite quotations... It's interesting how some people have the knack isn't it ? I like this one also from Philip Chesterfield - I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you. Hoddy    Report

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