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pim Full Member It's still Bertrand Russell's atheist teapot!! Posts: 180	Today's quote Dec 12, 2012 18:00:16 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pim on Dec 12, 2012 18:00:16 GMT 11 Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man. Leon Trotsky
	"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way" - Bertrand Russell;

Freddy Global Moderator Tony Abbott - In your Guts you know he is nuts Posts: 288	Today's quote Dec 12, 2012 22:27:01 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Freddy on Dec 12, 2012 22:27:01 GMT 11 I'm a Trotskyite, and a Damn Proud one at that !!!
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Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Dec 17, 2012 11:47:17 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Dec 17, 2012 11:47:17 GMT 11 "The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you." - Nancy Astor
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Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Dec 18, 2012 10:27:44 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Dec 18, 2012 10:27:44 GMT 11 "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." - Albert Einstein
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spindrift New Member Posts: 32	Today's quote Dec 18, 2012 20:00:36 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by spindrift on Dec 18, 2012 20:00:36 GMT 11 "love your enemies, it scares the hell out of them".... a women whose name escapes me..

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Today's quote Dec 21, 2012 12:26:32 GMT 11

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Post by pim on Dec 21, 2012 12:26:32 GMT 11

You can be a rooster one day, and a feather duster the next

Dunno who originally said it but it's one of my favourite Australian aphorisms. I seem to remember Arthur Calwell (whose nickname, ironically enough, was "Cocky"!) is supposed to have said it as Liberal after Liberal lost his seat in the 1961 elections that came within one seat of making him Prime Minister. It's a saying that Kevin Rudd should have taken to heart when he became Prime Minister 5 years ago.

"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way" - Bertrand Russell;

geopol Full Member Posts: 122	Today's quote Dec 21, 2012 12:47:45 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by geopol on Dec 21, 2012 12:47:45 GMT 11 Fred Daley was also a great enunciator of that aphorism.

Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Dec 28, 2012 10:12:09 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Dec 28, 2012 10:12:09 GMT 11 "So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers
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Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Jan 8, 2013 9:45:48 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Jan 8, 2013 9:45:48 GMT 11 "The world is made up of people who never get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show." - Jacob Bronowski
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Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Jan 9, 2013 9:38:49 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Jan 9, 2013 9:38:49 GMT 11 "I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them." - Edward Verrall Lucas
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Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Jan 10, 2013 9:24:30 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Jan 10, 2013 9:24:30 GMT 11 "It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." - John Andrew Holmes
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Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Jan 12, 2013 10:45:11 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Jan 12, 2013 10:45:11 GMT 11 "The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems." - Gandhi
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Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Jan 15, 2013 10:56:38 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Jan 15, 2013 10:56:38 GMT 11 "Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn." - George Bernard Shaw
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Earl Grey Full Member My cup of tea Posts: 234	Today's quote Jan 16, 2013 10:50:35 GMT 11 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Earl Grey on Jan 16, 2013 10:50:35 GMT 11 "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." - Buddha
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