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jessiecat
Divine Monarch
I wouldn't mind french chefs.
I'm not surprised since they were taught by Italians.
Hasdrubal Barca
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"We will either find a way, or make one." - Hannibal Barca answering to his peers on how to cross the alps.
Verbose
Deity
Fire where you wish, but I forbid you to fire on anything from before the 18th century.
General Joseph Goislard de Monsabert, his order to the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, upon the liberation of the town of Siena, Italy, 3 July 1944.
The vast majority of Siena of course looking like this
:
General Joseph Goislard de Monsabert, his order to the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, upon the liberation of the town of Siena, Italy, 3 July 1944.
The vast majority of Siena of course looking like this
:
holy king
Deity
too funny...
i know siena, and theres really nothing to fire at under those conditions
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
"I do not say they cannot come. I only say they cannot come by sea."
This was said by Lord St. Vincent to House of Lords in 1802 while discussing the possibility of a French invasion of the British Isles. Also realize that the French were the ones who pioneered hot-air balloons so this brought to mind the ridiculous idea that the French would cross the English Channel in a bunch of blimps.
This was said by Lord St. Vincent to House of Lords in 1802 while discussing the possibility of a French invasion of the British Isles. Also realize that the French were the ones who pioneered hot-air balloons so this brought to mind the ridiculous idea that the French would cross the English Channel in a bunch of blimps.
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
"Veni Vidi Vici"
Julius Caesar
"I am weeping because I have no more lands to conquer."
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
"I am weeping because I have no more lands to conquer."
Alexander the Great
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
The vast majority of Siena of course looking like this
Spoiler :
too funny...
i know siena, and theres really nothing to fire at under those conditions
That city looks completely magical to live in.
Verbose
Deity
Yeah, it's the kind of place where no new buildings have been erected since the 14th c., and when you walk by a Medieval church it has a sign on it:That city looks completely magical to live in.
"Watch out for falling angels!"
And beware the weeping ones as well . . .
LightSpectra
me autem minui
When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer. - Plutarch (46 - 120 A.D.)
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
Here is another good Sherman quote:
"Grant stood by me when I was crazy and I stood by him when he was drunk and now we stand by each other always."
Of course knowledge of US Civil War history is useful to appreciate it.
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
-Barry Goldwater
-Barry Goldwater
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Another excellently quotable man.
"Every good Christian should kick Jerry Falwell right in the ass." - Barry Goldwater
Swedishguy
Deity
"We will win the war because we HAVE TO!"
-Hermann Göring
-Hermann Göring
*loads up my random quotes collection...*
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"
- Lord Kelvin
"The amount of eccentricity in a society has been proportional to the amount of genius, material vigour and moral courage which it contains"
- John Locke
"X-rays will prove to be a hoax."
- Lord Kelvin
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
- Douglas Adams
"Radio has no future."
- Lord Kelvin
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth"
- Lenin
"The power to question is the basis of all human progress"
- Indira Gandhi
"Walls with windows and doors from the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home"
- Lao Zi
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong"
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
"The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails"
- William Arthur Ward
"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time"
- Anonymous
"Anything that is produced by evolution is bound to be a bit of a mess"
- Sydney Brenner
"A motor omnibus occupies scarcely more than half the space that is necessary for a horsed omnibus. Therefore the exchange from horsed vehicles to horseless will halve the traffic. Halve the traffic in London, and the greatest problem of the metropolis is solved for a generation at least. And the same is true of New York"
- Lord Kelvin
"You can find inspiration in everything."
- Paul Smith
"And if you can't, look it again"
- Paul Smith
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"
- Lord Kelvin
"The amount of eccentricity in a society has been proportional to the amount of genius, material vigour and moral courage which it contains"
- John Locke
"X-rays will prove to be a hoax."
- Lord Kelvin
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
- Douglas Adams
"Radio has no future."
- Lord Kelvin
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth"
- Lenin
"The power to question is the basis of all human progress"
- Indira Gandhi
"Walls with windows and doors from the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home"
- Lao Zi
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong"
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
"The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails"
- William Arthur Ward
"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time"
- Anonymous
"Anything that is produced by evolution is bound to be a bit of a mess"
- Sydney Brenner
"A motor omnibus occupies scarcely more than half the space that is necessary for a horsed omnibus. Therefore the exchange from horsed vehicles to horseless will halve the traffic. Halve the traffic in London, and the greatest problem of the metropolis is solved for a generation at least. And the same is true of New York"
- Lord Kelvin
"You can find inspiration in everything."
- Paul Smith
"And if you can't, look it again"
- Paul Smith
Julian Delphiki
Anton's key
"I distrust those people who
know so well what God wants
because I notice it always coincides
with their own desires."
probably other version of same quote:
"I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows."
- Susan B. Anthony
"Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be."
- Kurt Vonnegut
know so well what God wants
because I notice it always coincides
with their own desires."
probably other version of same quote:
"I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows."
- Susan B. Anthony
"Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be."
- Kurt Vonnegut
"A lie can run around the world before the truth has even got it's boots on"
Winston Churchill
"the best argument against democracy is a five minute talk with the average voter"
Winston Churchill
"the only difference between real life and fiction is that fiction has to make sense"
Unknown Author
"I can predict the movements of the heavens but not the madness of crowds"
Isaac Newton after losing most of his money in a stock market crash
Winston Churchill
"the best argument against democracy is a five minute talk with the average voter"
Winston Churchill
"the only difference between real life and fiction is that fiction has to make sense"
Unknown Author
"I can predict the movements of the heavens but not the madness of crowds"
Isaac Newton after losing most of his money in a stock market crash
Swedishguy
Deity
"There is something rotten in Denmark."
-Shakespeare
-Shakespeare
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
And you guys think "nuts!" is an appropriate response to an request to surrender. 
"Er kann mich im Arsche lecken!" ("He may lick me in the arse!") – Berlichingen's reply to the Bishop of Bamberg's demand for his surrender - from Memoirs. This is the first recorded instance of a phrase which has since passed into common use. It is commonly used in the form "Leck mich am Arsch" ("Lick my arse") or in the incomplete sentence "In the words of Goetz von Berlichingen ...".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Götz_von_Berlichingen
"Er kann mich im Arsche lecken!" ("He may lick me in the arse!") – Berlichingen's reply to the Bishop of Bamberg's demand for his surrender - from Memoirs. This is the first recorded instance of a phrase which has since passed into common use. It is commonly used in the form "Leck mich am Arsch" ("Lick my arse") or in the incomplete sentence "In the words of Goetz von Berlichingen ...".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Götz_von_Berlichingen
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