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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Jun 24, 2010 - 11:16am PT
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Yvon Chouinard-
"We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It is a selfish thing to want to protect nature."
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go-B
climber
In God We Trust
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Jun 24, 2010 - 11:46am PT
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Since it cost a lot to win, and even more to lose, you and me gotta spend some time, wonderin' what to choose -Hunter/Garcia
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jun 24, 2010 - 06:49pm PT
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"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
Shakespeare
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Jun 30, 2010 - 02:26pm PT
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"Skipt, you are an idiot. Jesus hates idiots who are incapable of admitting when they are wrong."
-Weschrist, June 2010
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cliffhanger
Trad climber
California
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Jun 30, 2010 - 03:25pm PT
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Hermann Goering Quote
"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on
a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of
it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people
don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in
Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the
country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to
drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist
dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no
voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked,
and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the
country to danger. It works the same in any country."
by:
Hermann Goering
(1893-1946) Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia and, as Hitler's designated successor, the second man in the Third Reich. [Göring]
Date:
April 18, 1946
Source:
Nuremberg Diary (Farrar, Straus & Co 1947), by Gustave Gilbert (an Allied appointed psychologist), who visited daily with Goering and his cronies in their cells, afterwards making notes and ultimately writing the book about these conversations.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 30, 2010 - 03:37pm PT
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In the spirit of Cliffhanger's post, I'll add:
A cynic is someone who sees things the way they really are...
Mark Twain
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Jun 30, 2010 - 03:57pm PT
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in conversation with the lord, i sputter such as:
gowd fukin dammit!
why do you pry sorrow from me you dos focking c%&nt!
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Jun 30, 2010 - 06:11pm PT
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"A man who hates kids and dogs can't be all bad." W.C. Fields
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 30, 2010 - 06:19pm PT
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A few Churchill quotes...
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
"Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old."
"I like a man who grins when he fights."
"If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack."
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moacman
Trad climber
Montana
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Jun 30, 2010 - 07:08pm PT
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"You can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t"
(Mom)
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 30, 2010 - 07:44pm PT
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"Slurp, chortle, momf."--Brenda Puff
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Jun 30, 2010 - 07:47pm PT
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^^Mom quotes!^^
Regarding a complaint about the small size of the pantry, and the over-sized walk-in closet on the other side, I suggested moving the wall a foot or two. She looked at me aghast and quipped:
"You can't just hack it out with a chainsaw and call it a day!"
haha - I'll never forget that one...
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SicMic
climber
across the street from Marshall, CO
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Jun 30, 2010 - 07:58pm PT
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"Don't slap rude and sail if you're shaky at the grade."
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Mimi
climber
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Jun 30, 2010 - 07:59pm PT
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Saw a good bumper sticker today:
Wag more. Bark less.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jun 30, 2010 - 08:16pm PT
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From my daugher at 5 years old, told we have no money for the toy she wanted to buy....
"There is a money machine over there. You can get some."
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Jul 13, 2010 - 11:44am PT
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"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
-Jonathan Swift
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Jul 13, 2010 - 01:16pm PT
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a blank stare passage comprises a quick quote, held dearly.
conversations with a bullet.
hope flickers, so the finger engages the trigger.
the infant moment following, where he stares upon the business end of the bullet that will soon alight him, is a slight pause in eternity.
the inanimate bullet becomes his chaufer.
"where you wish?" it inquires.
"away from everywhere, into nowhere's open arms." he muses.
the projection of the bullet interrupts while it processes his insufficient request.
then, flight resumes and the bullet mutters,
"dumb f*#k. the pains that i impart will not be temporary. they will be yours and your's until.
with the transaction complete, abiding forces such as acceleration due to gravity and deceleration due to wind drag uphold their duty upon both the bullet and his emotions.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Jul 13, 2010 - 04:22pm PT
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back in late 70s I spotted this bumper sticker (obviously someone fed up with burgeoning environmental love fest) "Nuke the Whales" Not my politics but it did capture an alternative version of life at the time.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 14, 2010 - 08:10am PT
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"Life is a bivouac." -Russ McLean
"You never know..." -Fred Becky
"We cheated death again!" -Russ McLean
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Jul 19, 2010 - 09:41pm PT
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"You didn't check the forecast??? Seems mighty irresponsible."
"This is the kind of mindset that gets people killed. Mountains don't move. It'll be there another day. Rolling the dice on that day with that forecast not only could have gotten you killed, but endangered the lives of SAR professionals."
"When non-climbers weigh in on climbing related issues, it's really outrageous."
-Cragman, July 2010, a Third Pillar of Dana thread
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