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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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Feb 24, 2011 - 10:54pm PT
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“'You are drunk Sir Winston, you are disgustingly drunk. 'Yes, Mrs. Braddock, I am drunk. But you, Mrs. Braddock are ugly, and disgustingly fat. But, tomorrow morning, I, Winston Churchill will be sober.”
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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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Feb 24, 2011 - 10:55pm PT
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"Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth."
-George Burns
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 25, 2011 - 12:24am PT
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hey there all, say, i got some favorite quotes, right about now:
course: they're from folks that are about as fictional as any good fiction folks should be, :)
HERE IS A FEW:
"You need to hand-shake a branch in person, you see?"
(said by sheriff lenny lowrie, to mr. david dare, in:
SOMETIMES CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN -- EXCEPT WHEN THEY DON'T
"Your gimlets a mite crooked, AIN'T IT?"
(said by jade smith, to an snooty old aquaintance of sofia's, in:
"I DON'T CARE IF IT'S BROKEN... I'VE GROWN FOND OF IT..."
"He'll never ben an Alex Humbolt, that's for sure,"
(said by the mingling-crowd, to angie emmeric, in:
ANGIE'S ALARMED ALEX
"Ma also told me there's lots of hoses in the store in town, if a man feels like going a few extra MILES to get one..."
(Jake's "trapped thoughts" good enough for a fine "quote of his own" if he could talk) meant to be said to his wife sofia, in:
"I DON'T CARE IF IT'S BROKEN... I'VE GROWN FOND OF IT..."
okay, that ought to do it for now....
:)
*course, as i always say:
"there's nothing like an unfamous-author to lay down many-a-steppingstones to her ol' books... that is, if she's partial enough to her own writing, to do so..."
said by neebee to the ol' supertopo-taco...
hee hee
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Feb 25, 2011 - 01:26am PT
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In honor of Juan:
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Feb 25, 2011 - 02:25am PT
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Anybody know who Vannevar Bush is?
"To pursue science is not to disparage the thngs of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise."
Vannevar Bush (1946)
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Guernica
climber
the second star to the right
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Feb 25, 2011 - 02:48am PT
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"Be patient towards all that is unsolved within your heart and try to love the questions themselves."
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 25, 2011 - 03:16am PT
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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.
Vannevar Bush
OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1530 P Street, NW.
Washington 25, D.C.
JULY 25, 1945
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT:
In a letter dated November 17, 1944, President Roosevelt requested my recommendations on the following points:
(1) What can be done, consistent with military security, and with the prior approval of the military authorities, to make known to the world as soon as possible the contributions which have been made during our war effort to scientific knowledge?
(2) With particular reference to the war of science against disease, what can be done now to organize a program for continuing in the future the work which has been done in medicine and related sciences?
(3) What can the Government do now and in the future to aid research activities by public and private organizations?
(4) Can an effective program be proposed for discovering and developing scientific talent in American youth so that the continuing future of scientific research in this country may be assured on a level comparable to what has been done during the war?
It is clear from President Roosevelt's letter that in speaking of science that he had in mind the natural sciences, including biology and medicine, and I have so interpreted his questions. Progress in other fields, such as the social sciences and the humanities, is likewise important; but the program for science presented in my report warrants immediate attention.
In seeking answers to President Roosevelt's questions I have had the assistance of distinguished committees specially qualified to advise in respect to these subjects. The committees have given these matters the serious attention they deserve; indeed, they have regarded this as an opportunity to participate in shaping the policy of the country with reference to scientific research. They have had many meetings and have submitted formal reports. I have been in close touch with the work of the committees and with their members throughout. I have examined all of the data they assembled and the suggestions they submitted on the points raised in President Roosevelt's letter.
Although the report which I submit herewith is my own, the facts, conclusions, and recommendations are based on the findings of the committees which have studied these questions. Since my report is necessarily brief, I am including as appendices the full reports of the committees.
A single mechanism for implementing the recommendations of the several committees is essential. In proposing such a mechanism I have departed somewhat from the specific recommendations of the committees, but I have since been assured that the plan I am proposing is fully acceptable to the committee members.
The pioneer spirit is still vigorous within this nation. Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task. The rewards of such exploration both for the Nation and the individual are great. Scientific progress is one essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living, and to our cultural progress.
Respectfully yours,
(s) V. Bush, Director
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
an historic foot note, the Trinity test took place on July 16, 1945. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima was August 6, 1945 and of Nagasaki August 9, 1945.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 25, 2011 - 04:22am PT
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hey there say, gene.... oh my, i just saw you liked a quote from one of my posts, on another thread.... :)) say, i MUST now use that quote in one of my stories, as i has some kind of sparkle to it, now...
:)
hmmm, i reckon i will give that line, to jade... :)
...somehow someway... :)
thanks for the fun smile you brought me tonight...
happy supertopo eve, to one and all...
:)
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seth kovar
climber
Reno, NV
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Feb 28, 2011 - 12:37pm PT
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"In our culture, you have to walk the walk, to earn respect. There are some that climb at the highest level, and some who are just starting, but the shared experience, gives us all something in common." -- Coz
right f-ing on...
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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"If you see it hit it".
Yogi Berra
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Mar 22, 2011 - 09:13pm PT
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"While a battle is raging one can see his enemy mowed down by the thousands, or the ten thousand, with great composure; but after the battle these scenes are distressing, and one is naturally disposed to do as much to alleviate the suffering of an enemy as a friend."
Ulysses S. Grant
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Mar 22, 2011 - 09:39pm PT
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Okay,Whatever-I like those quotes.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Mar 31, 2011 - 06:45pm PT
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We not only came from monkeys, we all came from a tree shrew. And I am proud to come from a tree shrew.
BASE104
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Mar 31, 2011 - 06:47pm PT
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"You can't bolt your door with a stewed carrot".
Ben Franklin.
This was reported to be his favorite saying.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Mar 31, 2011 - 08:43pm PT
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"But this much I know: When the storm breaks, each man acts in accordance with his own nature. Some are dumb with terror. Some flee. Some hide. And some... spread their wings like eagles and soar on the wind."
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Do you see this fine thing? Do you admire the
humanity of it? Because the human beings, my son, they believe
everything is alive. Not only man and animals. But also water,
earth, stone. And also the things from them... like that hair. The
man from whom this hair came, hes bald on the other side, because
I now own his scalp! That is the way things are. But the white man,
they believe EVERYTHING is dead. Stone, earth, animals. And people!
Even their own people! If things keep trying to live, white man
will rub them out. That is the difference.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Gary,
Thanks. I just put Little Big Man (1970) on my movie list. Somehow i missed it, looks really good.
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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"When the shadow of the sash appeared on the curtains it was between seven and eight o’clock and then I was in time again, hearing the watch. It was Grandfather's and when Father gave it to me he said I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire; it's rather excruciating-ly apt that you will use it to gain the reducto absurdum of all human experience which can fit your individual needs no better than it fitted his or his father's. I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools."
-William Faulkner, Sound and Fury, June 2, 1910 (Chapter 2)
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WBraun
climber
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All this lip service here doesn't do sh'it ......
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