Moments of Clarity
Dec 29, 2018 23:40:09 #
Enjoy- emailed to me from a friend
As I sat, strapped in my seat waiting during the countdown,
one thought kept crossing my mind .....
every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.
-John Glenn
When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible
and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray' We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
- Desmond Tutu
America is the only country where a significant proportion of
the population believes that professional wrestling is real but
the moon landing was faked.
- David Letterman
I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. I'm a billionaire.
- Howard Hughes
After the game, the King and the Pawn go into the same box.
- Italian proverb
Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all
over them for thirty years.
- Betsy Salkind
The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test
the strength of the lifeboats.
- Jean Kerr
I've been married to a communist and a fascist, and neither
would take out the garbage.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car
or a new wife.
- Prince Philip
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me
at kickboxing.
- Emo Philips.
Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.
- Harrison Ford
The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit under a tree.
- Spike Milligan
Lawyers believe a man is innocent until proven broke.
- Robin Hall
Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're
a conqueror.
- Jean Rostand.
Having more money doesn't make you happier.
I have 50 million dollars but I'm just as happy as when I had
48 million.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger.
We are here on earth to do good unto others. What the others
are here for, I have no idea.
- W. H. Auden
If life were fair Elvis would still be alive today and all the
impersonators would be dead.
- Johnny Carson
I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very
skeptical.
- Arthur C Clarke
Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can
be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.
- Steve Martin
Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.
- Jimmy Durante
America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric.
- Doug Hamwell
The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to
anyone.
- George Roberts
If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to
get to the airport.
- Jonathan Winters
I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something
for it.
- Robert Benchley
The weather person is the only person that I know, that can
be wrong 99.9 % of the time and still have a job the next day
-Johnny Carson
As I sat, strapped in my seat waiting during the countdown,
one thought kept crossing my mind .....
every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.
-John Glenn
When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible
and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray' We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
- Desmond Tutu
America is the only country where a significant proportion of
the population believes that professional wrestling is real but
the moon landing was faked.
- David Letterman
I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. I'm a billionaire.
- Howard Hughes
After the game, the King and the Pawn go into the same box.
- Italian proverb
Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all
over them for thirty years.
- Betsy Salkind
The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test
the strength of the lifeboats.
- Jean Kerr
I've been married to a communist and a fascist, and neither
would take out the garbage.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car
or a new wife.
- Prince Philip
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me
at kickboxing.
- Emo Philips.
Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.
- Harrison Ford
The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit under a tree.
- Spike Milligan
Lawyers believe a man is innocent until proven broke.
- Robin Hall
Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're
a conqueror.
- Jean Rostand.
Having more money doesn't make you happier.
I have 50 million dollars but I'm just as happy as when I had
48 million.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger.
We are here on earth to do good unto others. What the others
are here for, I have no idea.
- W. H. Auden
If life were fair Elvis would still be alive today and all the
impersonators would be dead.
- Johnny Carson
I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very
skeptical.
- Arthur C Clarke
Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can
be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.
- Steve Martin
Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.
- Jimmy Durante
America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric.
- Doug Hamwell
The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to
anyone.
- George Roberts
If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to
get to the airport.
- Jonathan Winters
I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something
for it.
- Robert Benchley
The weather person is the only person that I know, that can
be wrong 99.9 % of the time and still have a job the next day
-Johnny Carson
Dec 30, 2018 00:22:31 #
Dec 30, 2018 02:53:10 #
Interesting list of quotes, except I don't think it was the missionaries who took the land in Africa. I thought the quote from Emo Phillips about getting beaten at chess by a computer was best.
Dec 30, 2018 04:39:52 #
happy sailor wrote:
Enjoy- emailed to me from a friend br br As I sat... (show quote)
It's not true that all of Friendship 7's parts were built by the lowest bidder. But, we all got his point.
Dec 30, 2018 07:59:27 #
happy sailor wrote:
Enjoy- emailed to me from a friend br br As I sat... (show quote)
These are really good waking me up quick this morning. Thanks
Tom
Dec 30, 2018 08:08:34 #
Dec 30, 2018 08:22:07 #
Dec 30, 2018 09:44:55 #
I personally liked #1. Imagine. Sitting here at the dining room table I think that's really funny. Sitting in the rocket, not as funny.
Dec 30, 2018 18:09:27 #
Dec 30, 2018 18:54:44 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
It's not true that all of Friendship 7's parts were built by the lowest bidder. But, we all got his point.
Yeah! $7,000 hammer and how much was the toilet?
Dec 30, 2018 20:23:54 #
Ka2azman wrote:
Yeah! $7,000 hammer and how much was the toilet?
Just a lightweight vacuum.
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