OldGuy's quotes

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:45:22 -0500

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

— John N. Mitchell

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:50:38 -0500

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

— Jules Renard

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:43:40 -0500

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?

— Bob Moawad

They [The New York Times] are so anti-Bush

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:39:43 -0600

"They [The New York Times] are so anti-Bush now that they won't even use words in the crossword puzzle that have a "W" in it."

— Dennis Miller

There is a fundamental difference between that which is 'not found' and that which is 'found not to exist.'

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:17:57 -0600

"There is a fundamental difference between that which is 'not found' and that which is 'found not to exist.' If I look for something and fail to find it, this does not mean that the thing I am seeking does not exist. Not seeing a thing is not the same as seeing its non-existence."

— The Dalai Lama, "The Universe in a Single Atom"

I've come to the conclusion

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:43:25 -0600

"I've come to the conclusion that roughly 50 percent of the adults in this country are simply too ignorant and functionally incompetent to be living in a free society"

— Neal Boortz, author of "Somebody's Gotta Say It"

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:54:33 -0600

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

— Ronald Reagan

Political Correctness

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:26:24 -0600

"Political Correctness is a doctrine which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

— unknown

Everything is new if you are ignorant of history.

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:17:51 -0600

"Everything is new if you are ignorant of history. That is why ideas that have failed repeatedly in centuries past reappear again, under the banner of ‘change,’ to dazzle people and sweep them off their feet."

— Thomas Sowell

"Now tell me what else I can't do."

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:10:13 -0600

"Now tell me what else I can't do."

— Emmett Smith (NFL "midget" who broke the NFL's all-time rushing record)

"...they're just nonsense words, like 'rama lama ding dong', or give peace a chance."

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:50:14 -0600

"...they're just nonsense words, like 'rama lama ding dong', or give peace a chance."

— Homer Simpson

But maybe he's only a little crazy

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:39:27 -0600

"But maybe he's only a little crazy; like painters or composers or... some of those men in Washington."

— from "Miracle on 31st Street" (1947)

Obstacles cannot crush me.

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:44:38 -0600

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

— Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery.

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:42:12 -0600

"There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there."

— Colonel Sanders

I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster.

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:22:35 -0600

I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster.

— Joe E. Lewis