They Said What??? (colonies, weapons, leader, Roman)

[linicx]

My mother: It is much easier to read about your ancestors then it is to write about them.

[Truly Heartless]

My secrets cry aloud.
I have no need for tongue.
My heart keeps open house.
My doors are widely flung.

Open House [1941], st. 1

[Truly Heartless]

Take nothing on looks; take everything on evidence. There is no better rule.


Great Expectations, 40

[jtur88]

Here's one of my own: "A winning streak says a great deal about the past, but nothing about the future."

Another of my own: "The wheel was not invented by the most industrious worker at the job site, but by the laziest."

In fact, Henry Ford once said that he hired the laziest people he could find, because they thought of more efficient ways to do things.

And, my all-time favorite, from labor union leader Lane Kirkland:

"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, the rich would keep it all for themselves."

[Truly Heartless]

Louis Edward Thayer


I fancy when I go to rest someone will bring to light
Some kindly word or goodly act long buried out of sight;
But, if it's all the same to you, just give to me, instead,
The bouquets while I'm living and the knocking when I'm dead.

Of Post-Mortem Praises, st. 1

[Fred314X]

I don't know why I love you like I do declare myself unfit to hold office furniture at a reasonable price which staggers the economy of any self-respecting society column of marchers seen heading up Fifth Avenue...

--John Lennon (from Skywriting by Word of Mouth)

[TonyT]

"I am not a dictator. It's just that I have a grumpy face." - Augusto Pinochet

"You won the elections, but I won the count." - Anastasio Somoza

"My politics are at the end of the bayonet." - Suharto

"As you know, I am an architect. Besides, I have been roaming far and wide abroad...and everywhere, in every country I've seen, the parliament building is always the most prestigious...Oh yes, I am indeed a meglomaniac." - Sukarno

"I will withdraw to my fortress, and after the slaughter, I will restore order." - Ion Antonescu

"If Allied planes ever bomb Berlin, you can call me Meyer." - Hermann Goering

"I am responsible only to God and history." - Francisco Franco

"The truth is that men are tired of liberty." - Benito Mussolini

"If when I die, I am still a dictator, I will certainly go down into the oblivion of all dictators. If, on the other hand, I succeed in establishing a truly stable foundation for a democratic government, I will live forever in every home in China." - Chiang Kai-Shek

"Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy." - Nguyen Cao Ky

"In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order." - Idi Amin

"There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet." - Muammar al-Gaddafi

[ESFP]

If you want to test a man's character, give him power (A. Lincoln)

[jtur88]

I got this from a fellow news reporter, and I thought at the time he made it up on the spur of the moment. Ive googled the main key words, , and the only places it has been used on line is where I used it myself on sites like this. So here it is, giving credit where due.

"Rules are to guide the wise and command the foolish" --- Rick Seaward.

[Thyra]

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today....Herman Wouk