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Post Info TOPIC: Philosophers of the Century.


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Philosophers of the Century.


 

John Glenn -

 

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind:

 

every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.

 

 

 

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Desmond Tutu -

 

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.

 

 

 

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David Letterman -

 

America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes

 

that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.

 

 

 

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Howard Hughes -

 

I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. God dammit, I'm a billionaire.

 

 

 

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Old Italian proverb...

 

After the chess game, the King and the Pawn go back into the same box.

 

 

 

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Jean Kerr -

 

The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.

 

 

 

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Zsa Zsa Gabor -

 

I've been married to a communist and a fascist, and neither would take out the garbage.

 

 

 

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Jeff Foxworthy.

 

You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.

 

 

 

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Prince Philip -

 

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

 

 

 

 

 

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Harrison Ford -

 

Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.

 

 

 

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Spike Milligan -

 

The best cure for Sea Sickness, is to sit under a tree.

 

 

 

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Robin Hall -

 

Lawyers believe a person is innocent until proven broke.

 

 

 

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Jean Rostand -

 

Kill one man, and you're a murderer; kill a million, and you're a conqueror.

 

 

 

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Arnold Schwarzenegger -

 

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.

 

 

 

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WH Auden -

 

We are here on earth to do good unto others.  What the others are here for, ... I have no idea.

 

 

 

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Johnny Carson -

 

If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead.

 

 

 

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Warren Tantum... (School photo album).

 

I don't believe in astrology.  I am a Sagittarius and we're very sceptical.

 

 

 

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Steve Martin -

 

Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing

 

a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.

 

 

 

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Jimmy Durante -

 

Home cooking.  Where many a man thinks his wife is.

 

 

 

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Doug Hanwell -

 

America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric.

 

 

 

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George Roberts.

 

The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone.

 

 

 

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Jonathan Winters -

 

If God had intended us to fly in airplanes, he would have made it easier to get to the airport.

 

 

 

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Robert Benchley...

 

I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.

Aussie Paul. smile



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I like the Desmond Tutu one. We now have a similar situation. We have the land, China has the money, for God's sake don't anybody blink!!

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The Arnold Schwarzenegger one is a classic. biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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At the change of Government in South Africa, Desmond Tutu was quoted as saying that the gravy train stopped just long enough for some passengers to get off and others to get on. The man had some great insights.



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