Historical Quotes Game.

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Idej

This shooting it way out there.  Jimmy Dean?

Inkidu

Quote from: Idej on September 12, 2008, 05:26:58 PM
This shooting it way out there.  Jimmy Dean?
Nope go back and read what can be used as a quote.
If you're searching the lines for a point, well you've probably missed it; there was never anything there in the first place.

Fragile Dreams

"Don't try to kill mosquitos with a canon"

Hint: philosopher

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Inkidu

Quote from: Fragile Dreams on October 28, 2008, 03:50:56 AM
"Don't try to kill mosquitos with a canon"

Hint: philosopher

Slow down there, Champ. You've got to guess the previous.

"You can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails." (This one's tricky. ^~^)
If you're searching the lines for a point, well you've probably missed it; there was never anything there in the first place.

Dawg

Quote from: Inkidu on September 12, 2008, 10:25:29 AM
You can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails. (This one's tricky. ^~^)

Jimmy Ray Dean ~ Founder of Jimmy Dean Food Company

Quote from: ?"I would rather be tied to the soil as another man's serf, even a poor man's,
who hadn't much to live on himself, than be King of all these the dead and destroyed."
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Suffering should be creative,
it should give birth to something good and lovely
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Inkidu

Quote from: Dawg on October 28, 2008, 08:27:29 AM
Jimmy Ray Dean ~ Founder of Jimmy Dean Food Company

It might be attributed to him but I remember seeing the original quote as an unknown. I'll let it slide thought, just to move things a long.
If you're searching the lines for a point, well you've probably missed it; there was never anything there in the first place.

Dawg

Quote from: Inkidu on October 28, 2008, 03:56:48 PM
It might be attributed to him but I remember seeing the original quote as an unknown. I'll let it slide thought, just to move things a long.

Saw five sources to him before I posted (just to move things along ;) )
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Clio

Signature by the amazing Amaris.

Lovebug

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""I would rather be tied to the soil as another man's serf, even a poor man's, who hadn't much to live on himself, than be King of all these the dead and destroyed" is the dead Achilles, addressing Odysseus in the underworld in the Odyssey.

"You dress like a cad. You act like a cad. You are a cad. Get out!"

Hint: father to son.


Lovebug


TheWriter

"Do you really want to spend your entire lives praying for longevity? We were born to die! Whoever is with me, come to the battlefield tomorrow morning. Whoever is not, stay where you are and watch me win!"

Aeval

Nobunaga's speech at the Battle of Okehazama.

"Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs."

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”
― Neil Gaiman

dready

David Ben-Gurion.

"failure is only an option if you're wishing to be defeated."

hehe, favorite one out there. ^^