[Aaron]

"The past is never dead & buried - it isn't even past"

[khebab]

Faulkner, I believe.

[VinceG]

William Faulkner is correct...
However, I think the correct quotation would be "The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past."

[Aaron]

Ok,

So I botched the literal text...

Points for intent?

What other great quotes do you guys know for this thread?

[Reality_Conference]

"'Civilized' society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money, and goods make man count for more than any other animal."

[hotsacks]

"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left."

[Agren]

On a lighter note:
" Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time."
TS Elliot

[Vexed]

"People are afraid of the future, of the unknown. If a man faces up to it, and takes the dare of the future, he can have some control over his destiny. That's an exciting idea to me, better than waiting with everybody else to see what is going to happen." -John Glenn Jr.

"we could be cowards, if we had courage enough." - Thomas Fuller

[MD]

"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. "

[Cool Hand Linc]

I was searching for a quote I know from Honest Abe Lincoln. Haven't found it yet. I found this accidentally during my search.

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. ~Mohammad

I had never heard that Mohammad had said this but ran across it in the quote garden. http://www.quotegarden.com/learning.html

If you can find the correct quote from Abe Lincoln this is close:

It is better to be thought a foul and remain silent than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

edit:

Captain at the prison in the movie Cool Hand Luke:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hat we have here.... is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach.

[JohnnyDangerously]

Close...

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

[which reminds me why i post here so seldom ]



$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cool Hand Linc', 'I') was searching for a quote I know from Honest Abe Lincoln. Haven't found it yet. I found this accidentally during my search.

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. ~Mohammad

I had never heard that Mohammad had said this but ran across it in the quote garden. http://www.quotegarden.com/learning.html

If you can find the correct quote from Abe Lincoln this is close:

It is better to be thought a foul and remain silent than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

edit:

Captain at the prison in the movie Cool Hand Luke:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hat we have here.... is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach.

[doufus]

My favourite saying:

"it doesn't matter where you go in this world- that's where you are".

utterly vacuous but beautiful

[Eli]

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"

[Tyler_JC]

"Oh my dear Benson, you are mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence."

"Mr. Toohey, have so many people tried to kill you that you can't remember their names?"
Toohey smiled and replied, "I'm sure quite so many would like to."

"...working for H&R block is humanity at its absolute lowest."

"We have to destroy her." Hillary Clinton speaking about Jennifer Flowers during the '92 primaries.

"The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the Americans' freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizens of this plight." - JFK
13 Nov 1963.

"So this is how liberty dies -- to thunderous applause ..."

"When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns—or dollars. Take your choice—there is no other—and your time is running out."

"One man's moth is another man's brown butterfly" (I made this one up)

"The first rule of diplomacy: There is no such thing as too many first-strike nuclear weapons. " (I made this one up too)