Quotes

[Phantom Gtowner]

"A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other." -George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

[Phantom Gtowner]

"Apart from that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?" -Tom Lehrer

[Mark Llew]

"A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him... Of a good leader, when his work is done, they will say, 'We did this ourselves.' " — Laozi

[Mark Llew]

"Leslie Ray “Popeye” C_______ was born in Galveston on November 20, 1942 and passed away January 30, 2017, which was 29 years longer than expected and much longer than he deserved. Leslie battled with cancer in his latter years and lost his battle ultimately due to being the horses ass he was known for. He leaves behind 2 relieved children: a son Leslie Roy C_______ and daughter, Sheila Smith along with six grandchildren and countless other victims including an ex-wife, relatives, friends, neighbors, doctors, nurses and random strangers.

At a young age, Leslie quickly became a model example of bad parenting combined with mental illness and a complete commitment to drinking, drugs, womanizing and being generally offensive. Leslie enlisted to serve in the Navy, but not so much in a brave & patriotic way but more as part of a plea deal to escape sentencing on criminal charges. While enlisted, Leslie was the Navy boxing champion and went on to sufficiently embarrass his family and country by spending the remainder of his service in the Balboa Mental Health Hospital receiving much needed mental healthcare services.

Leslie was surprisingly intelligent, however he lacked ambition and motivation to do anything more than being reckless, wasteful, squandering the family savings and fantasizing about get rich quick schemes. Leslie’s hobbies included being abusive to his family, expediting trips to heaven for the beloved family pets and fishing, which he was less skilled with than the previously mentioned. Leslie’s life served no other obvious purpose, he did not contribute to society or serve his community and he possessed no redeeming qualities besides quick witted sarcasm which was amusing during his sober days.

With Leslie’s passing he will be missed only for what he never did: being a loving husband, father and good friend. No services will be held, there will be no prayers for eternal peace and no apologies to the family he tortured. Leslie’s remains will be cremated and kept in the barn until ‘Ray’, the family donkey’s wood shavings run out. Leslie’s passing proves that evil does in fact die and hopefully marks a time of healing and safety for all.

— Obituary written by his daughter

[Mark Llew]

"How hard can that be, saying Nazis are bad?" -- Barack Obama, September 7, 2018

[John_Bailey]

Santa say's "Ho Ho Ho"

[Mark Llew]

"Voting for a populist party is like diving headfirst into an empty swimming pool, because you’re angry that there’s no water in it." — sleuthfortruth (an anonymous commenter on The Guardian Australia website)

[John_Bailey]

Have faith the sky isn't really falling.

[Phantom Gtowner]

"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." -Winston Churchill 1874-1965.

[John_Bailey]

The best argument against our form of democracy is a five minute conversation with any Politician.

[Phantom Gtowner]

"Nothing I say will teach me anything. So If I'm going to learn I must do it by listening." -Larry King

[Mark Llew]

"It's my face man
I didn't do nothing serious man
please
please
please I can't breathe
please man
please somebody
please man
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
please
(inaudible)
man can't breathe, my face
just get up
I can't breathe
lease, a knee on my neck
I can't breathe
shit
I will
I can't move
mama
mama
I can't
my knee
my neck
I'm through
I'm through
I'm claustrophobic
my stomach hurt
my neck hurts
everything hurts
some water or something
please
please
I can't breathe officer
don't kill me
they're gonna kill me, man
come on man
I cannot breathe
I cannot breathe
they're gonna kill me
they're gonna kill me
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
please sir
please
please
please I can't breathe"
— Last words of George Floyd

[Mark Llew]

“It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see." — President Joe Biden, following the conviction of Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd

[Phantom Gtowner]

"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length." -Robert Frost

[Phantom Gtowner]

"I'm glad my skin is black, I just wish it was a little thicker." -Curt Flood

[Phantom Gtowner]

"The war on drugs is over and the drugs won!" -Unknown speaker in regard to the legalization of marijuana.

[Phantom Gtowner]

"In the 18th and 19th centuries people saw angels and fairies. In the 20th century we saw flying saucers from space. Weird isn't it?" -unknown 1970's

[Mark Llew]

"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." — David Frum, speech-writer to George W Bush (and a Canadian), written a few years back

How true. We are seeing it in the US and we are seeing it in the UK.

[Phantom Gtowner]

"I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact." -Elon Musk