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12-15-2004, 08:29 AM
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
- Albert Einstein


"Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools, because they have to say something."
- Plato


"If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing."
- Bertrand Russell


"Never underestimate stupid people in large groups."
- Unknown


Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know."
- Lao Tzu
550 B.C.-?


"Knowledge is useless unless you can apply it."
- Unknown


"Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams."
- Mary Ellen Kelly


"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
- Balthasar Gracian


"A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure."
- Segal's Law


and one of my favorite which was proven more times than I care to recall:

"Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend."
- Saadi

JoesHO
12-15-2004, 09:02 AM
Wow great finds Serge, and 100% spot on....

Thanks for the read ( I always feel smarter when I come here or when I leave here for the day) :wnw: :wnw:

Winetalk.com
12-15-2004, 09:11 AM
Originally posted by JoesHO1@Dec 15 2004, 09:03 AM
Wow great finds Serge, and 100% spot on....

Thanks for the read ( I always feel smarter when I come here or when I leave here for the day) :wnw: :wnw:
Joe, here is the rest of them, I picked ONLY one liners, there are more
;_)

http://www.matthewdoucette.com/intelligencequotes/

Almighty Colin
12-15-2004, 09:51 AM
"It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge" - Adolf Hitler

Timon
12-15-2004, 09:52 AM
I like this one ;-))


"Don't argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."

Winetalk.com
12-15-2004, 09:57 AM
Originally posted by Timon@Dec 15 2004, 09:53 AM
I like this one ;-))


"Don't argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."
I didn't post it just because it was posted on Oprano already about a year ago
;-))

Another good one the entire "Pay per post" model is built upon:

"Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get rewards."
- Alfie Kohn

Timon
12-15-2004, 09:59 AM
Great place to find good sigs ;-)

Nickatilynx
12-15-2004, 11:13 AM
Originally posted by Timon@Dec 15 2004, 06:53 AM
I like this one ;-))


"Don't argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."
GFY in a nutshell lol

gigi
12-15-2004, 12:16 PM
hahaha, very good, Serge! Thanks for posting those. :)

gonzo
12-15-2004, 02:11 PM
Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Dec 15 2004, 08:30 AM
"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
- Balthasar Gracian



Oprano Credo?

Lee
12-15-2004, 02:16 PM
Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Dec 15 2004, 05:30 AM
"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
- Balthasar Gracian
Thats something i live by on GFY :)

Candice
12-16-2004, 05:34 AM
those are some nice quotes Serge!

Here are my favorites:
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
by: Helen Keller

And this
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love
--Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Winetalk.com
12-16-2004, 05:42 AM
Originally posted by Candice@Dec 16 2004, 05:35 AM
those are some nice quotes Serge!

Here are my favorites:
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
by: Helen Keller

And this
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love
--Francois De La Rochefoucauld
wow!
those are the real GOOD ones!

Thanks for bringing 'em!

SykkBoy
12-16-2004, 10:38 AM
"It's all fun and games until you get your scrotum slammed in the door"

hotmama
12-16-2004, 10:58 AM
Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Dec 15 2004, 05:30 AM


"Knowledge is useless unless you can apply it."
- Unknown



this is my favorite :salute: