Favourite Quotes

[rdhopkins2]

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
Theodore Roosevelt

"At least DO SOMETHING! DO! Don't think, don't hope, do!
At least you can come off and say 'I did this, I shepherded, I played on.
At least I did something.''
John Kennedy Snr

"What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises."
Peter Garrett​

Add your favourite quotes to this list, be they inspiring, motivational, a significant moment in history or something that has personal importance to you.

 

[The BIG X]

Sausages - you can grill them, fry them, boil them - at the end of the day they are still sausages. - Allan Jeans.

NFI - Noosa Mad Hawk

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

“Half of life is ****ing up, the other half is dealing with it.” - Henry Rollins

Look to my sig for another Rollins-ism.

 

[go hawks!!!]

As long as i can remember, all i wanted to be was a gangster

-
Goodfellas

 

[moginie]

"Listen three-eyes, don't you try to out-weird me; I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal."

Zaphod Beeblebrox

 

[moginie]

The question is not what a man can scorn or disparage or find fault with, but what he can love & value & appreciate.

John Ruskin

 

[go hawks!!!]

Some quotes from 'Fear & Loathing in Las Vagas'

Raoul Duke: We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.

Picking up a hitchhiker:

Dr. Gonzo: Let's give the boy a lift.
Raoul Duke: What? No. We can't stop here. This is bat country.

Similar to my mate and I as the sun rose in Vegas 2007:

Dr. Gonzo: I have to go.
Raoul Duke: Go?
Dr. Gonzo: Yes. Leave the country.
Raoul Duke: Calm down. You'll be straight in a few hours. Just sit down, sit the fu$k down.
Dr. Gonzo: Don't fu#k around, man. This is serious. One more hour in this town and I'll kill somebody!

Do this when a cop pulls you over:

Raoul Duke: Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. A normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side. This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop heart. Make the bastard chase you. He will follow. But he won't know what to make of your blinker signal that says you are about to turn right. This is to let him know you're pulling off for a proper place to talk. It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work.

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Raoul Duke: I wouldn't dare go to sleep with you wandering around with a head full of acid, wanting to slice me up with that goddamn knife.
Dr. Gonzo: Who said anything about slicing you up, man? I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead.

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Raoul Duke: What kind of rat bastard psychotic would play that song right now, at this moment?

 

[go hawks!!!]

Casino:

Nicky Santoro can be compared to Henry Jr when losing a bet. This is what he said to me when he owed me $50, a quick description below

Nicky's (Henry's) methods of betting weren't scientific, but they worked. When he won, he collected. When he lost, he told the bookies to go f$%k themselves. I mean, what were they going to do, muscle Nicky (Henry)? Henry was the muscle.

This is how I replied to Henry Jr to get my $50:

Nicky Santoro: I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and, uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your f$%kin' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your f$%kin' head open again. 'Cause I'm f$%kin' stupid. I don't give a f#$k about jail. That's my business. That's what I do.

More:

Nicky Santoro: [voice-over] A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all ****in' night.

 

[moginie]

I tend to believe that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth.... certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either. But everyone knows which comes first when it's a question of cricket or sex - all discerning people recognise that. Anyway, don't forget one doesn't have to do two things at the same time. You can have sex before cricket or after cricket - the fundamental fact is that cricket must be there at the centre of things.

Harold Pinter

 

[Henry Jr]

Casino:

Nicky Santoro can be compared to Henry Jr when losing a bet. This is what he said to me when he owed me $50, a quick description below

Nicky's (Henry's) methods of betting weren't scientific, but they worked. When he won, he collected. When he lost, he told the bookies to go f$%k themselves. I mean, what were they going to do, muscle Nicky (Henry)? Henry was the muscle.

This is how I replied to Henry Jr to get my $50

I've often prided myself of being a role model for other posters on this forum. So I get a bit of a kick out of it when younger posters like Go Hawks!!! look upto me in that sense.

Bit dissapointed in one sense though since it looks like a straight Copy & Paste off Google. Actually thought you were a bit of a film buff but I'm obviously wrong.

Keep trying though, one day you will be as good as me.