Famous Quotes: Who Said It?

[MalahatTwo7]

I'll start with:

Customer Service Philosophy

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption of our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider to our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to do so.

[DennisTheMenace]

I have seen it attributed to Ghandi, but I don't think it is actually his quote.

[RyanEMVFD]

Dave Thomas of Wendy's or Sam Walton of Wal-Mart?

[WaterbryVTfire]

:( Beat me to it...but anyway...

The beast in me is caged by frail and fragile bars.

[manofire2]

Alan Brunacini, just a guess but it sounds like something he would use.

[manofire2]

Another possible is Mr. Macy, the guy from "Miracle on 34th Street"

Oh I used to work in Chicago in Macy's Department Store,
I used to work in Chicago, I did but I don't anymore.

[MalahatTwo7]

I have seen it attributed to Ghandi, but I don't think it is actually his quote.

The source I got it from quotes it as his. Customer Service Desk, Base Information Services, Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, Victoria, BC.

[DennisTheMenace]

The source I got it from quotes it as his. Customer Service Desk, Base Information Services, Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, Victoria, BC.I have never been able to find anything that explanes when he might have said it. Only found quotes with his name under it. My theory is that some of it was a paraphrase of something he said, and folks have added to it and tweaked it along the way.

[MalahatTwo7]

I have never been able to find anything that explanes when he might have said it. Only found quotes with his name under it. My theory is that some of it was a paraphrase of something he said, and folks have added to it and tweaked it along the way.

:D Which means I know as much about it as you do. :D

[dragonfyre]

I'll go next:

"Golf is a good walk ruined."

I don't agree with it.

[manofire2]

I'll go next:

"Golf is a good walk ruined."

I don't agree with it.

This one I definately know, it was Samual Clemens alias Mark Twain

[manofire2]

My turn, who said?

"A picture is worth a thousand words"

[SteveDude]

My turn, who said?

"A picture is worth a thousand words"

I think that one is a translation of a chinese proverb???

What about;


"Success isn't final, failure isn't fatal...it's the courage to continue that counts."

[DaSharkie]

How about this one: (or something very close to it)

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem."

[IACOJRev]

"I drank WHAT?!!" - Socrates

[MalahatTwo7]

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.

And NO.. it was not Chief Woods talking about faar! :D Although he might have been but a yun'n when this was first said.

[DennisTheMenace]

How about this one: (or something very close to it)

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem."Chesty :D .

[MalahatTwo7]

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

[MichaelsDad]

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

A: Churchill

"Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.”

[DrParasite]

"Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.”General George S. Patton

I'll come up with one to post tonight

[FlyingKiwi]

"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. "

Oh how true, who said it?

[Dave1983]

Forget full speed, they have damn torpedoes.



I think that was it. :D

[RoughRider]

One of my favorites; "NUTS!"

[MalahatTwo7]

Forget full speed, they have damn torpedoes.



I think that was it. :D

That would be Adm Farragut during the Civil War.

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."

[FlyingKiwi]

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."

That would be Galileo you wee Rocket Signtist you.

Mine was Marcus Arulius, Roman Legionaire.

[manofire2]

"A picture is worth a thousand words".........Napoleon

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.".............I have no idea but wish it were Bill Clinton

[pwrstrkinsmketr]

One of my favorites; "NUTS!"


General Anthony McAuliffe's reply to the German request for surrender during the Battle of the Bulge. Stumped the hell out of them.

[scfire86]

"I don't suppose its gonna f_____g rain?"
Joan of Arc

[pwrstrkinsmketr]

I need this parade like i need a hole in my head...John F. Kennedy

[DaSharkie]

Chesty :D .


I probably should have restricted who could answer that one. :p



I still like "Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition."

[MalahatTwo7]

"We must conquer war or war will conquer us."

[Dave1983]

This one kinda fits the times...


“Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion.”

[CaptainS]

"The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncomming train" :(

[nyckftbl]

"Leave the gun. Take the cannolis." :p

[hwoods]

Forget full speed, they have damn torpedoes.

I think that was it. :D

Not Quite, It's "Damn the Torpedos, Full speed ahead". This statement is credited to Admiral David Farragut, U.S.N. as he was entering Mobile Bay, Alabama, during a civil war battle.


Speaking of things such as Admiral Farragut's attitude, Who was it who said "There are those in the Fire Service who tremble at the mere thought of Liability. Those people must realize that this business was founded on, and still operates on, calculated risk taking. That's a Fact."?? :)

[Dave1983]

Not Quite, It's "Damn the Torpedos, Full speed ahead". This statement is credited to Admiral David Farragut, U.S.N. as he was entering Mobile Bay, Alabama, during a civil war battle.


Speaking of things such as Admiral Farragut's attitude, Who was it who said "There are those in the Fire Service who tremble at the mere thought of Liability. Those people must realize that this business was founded on, and still operates on, calculated risk taking. That's a Fact."?? :)


I know, it was a weak attempt at humor. ;)

As for that fire service quote, probably that world famous, highly respected guru of all things FD, Chief H. Woods. :eek: :D ;)

[manofire2]

I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out."

[ffjhicks]

Who said "All it takes for evil to prevale, is for good men to do nothing"

[E229Lt]

" We had a 1000 alarm brush fire"
posthumous

[FFFRED]

" We had a 1000 alarm brush fire"
posthumous

Thats an old one....wow. :cool:

FTM-PTB

[CaptainGonzo]

" We had a 1000 alarm brush fire"
posthumous

Also known as "The Great Tumbleweed Conflagration"

Believe it or not, I do miss the late LHS... he did provide some food for thought. The food wasn't always tasty, but it made you think!

[MalahatTwo7]

Try these ones:

"Illegitimis non carborundum."

Lat., "Don't let the baahhstards grind you down."

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You choose to go voluntarily into the fire. The blaze might well destroy you. But if you survive, every blow of the hammer will serve to shape your being. Every drop of water wrung from you will temper and strengthen your soul.

[DrParasite]

Who said "All it takes for evil to prevale, is for good men to do nothing"That sir, would be the words spoken by Edmund Burke

[Dave1983]

"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else"

[Dave1983]

"Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on your way down"

[Dave1983]

"Nothing is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result"

[Dave1983]

"Imagination is more important then knowledge"

[jlcooke3]

"He fears his fate too much and his desserts are small, he who will not put it to the touch to win or lose it all."

[jerrygarcia]

"He fears his fate too much and his desserts are small, he who will not put it to the touch to win or lose it all."

From "My Dear and Only Love"

James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (1612–1650)

:cool:

[tfpd109]

Heres an easy one.

"what we have here is a failure to communicate"

[kevbuffalo]

"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else"--- will rogers

"Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on your way down"---john dryden

"Nothing is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result"--- billy "the thrill" churchill

"Imagination is more important then knowledge"--- A.E. albert einstein


my turn
"I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place."

"Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?"

[kevbuffalo]

"what we have here is a failure to communicate"

well from a call i ran earlier in the night i would say my chief but he must have read that somewhere he's not that origional

[manofire2]

I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out."

I'm really surprised that nobody got this quote from arguably the most famous firefighter of all time, Red Adair.

[ullrichk]

Another to ruminate on:


It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; . . .who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

[manofire2]

Another to ruminate on:


It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; . . .who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Ok that was Teddy Roosevelt. if you are going to include politics who said,

"Beware the socialist who rises to great heights on the shoulders of the people."

Or another from the same man,

"Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy."

[SmittyBR]

"what we have here is a failure to communicate"

well from a call i ran earlier in the night i would say my chief but he must have read that somewhere he's not that origional


Strother Martin, from "Cool Hand Luke"

[Dave1983]

"Be the change you wish to see in the world"

[doughesson]

Sir Winston Churchill,if I am not incorrect.
"Nothing is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result"

[doughesson]

Reading some of the quotes reminds me of what I read in an issue of maxim magazine a couple years ago where they said men would converse in movie quotes all the time if they could.
Whaddaya think?Would you?

[jerrygarcia]

"Beware the socialist who rises to great heights on the shoulders of the people."

Or another from the same man,

"Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy."


Jose Julian Marti

:cool:

[LEWTFL]

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

[SamuelFire]

Who said " the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead"

[jerrygarcia]

Who said " the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead"

Benjamin Franklin

:cool:

[jerrygarcia]

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Lewis Carroll from "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There".

:cool:

[jerrygarcia]

Who said it?

"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

"I'm shopping around for something to do that no one will like."

:cool:

[manofire2]

Who said it?

"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

"I'm shopping around for something to do that no one will like."

:cool:

Both quotes are from the late great(ful dead) Jerry Garcia. Not sure about the connection however.

[manofire2]

Although I don't have the audacity to call myself a "Deadhead", I have had the pleasure of seeing the Greatful Dead live in concert. I believe it was 1985 but I could be out by a year. I was invited by some true Deadheads from Portland to join them on their annual pilgrimage to Oakland to see what I describe as one of the greatest(arguably the greatest) live performing bands of all time. Those who have attended a Greatful Dead concert will know what I mean.

I consider that Greatful Dead concert the 3rd greatest live performance I have had the pleasure of experiencing. Eclipsed only by The Who in Edmonton in 1972 (on or about) and any one of many Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concerts. Again only those who have seen Nitty Gritty live will appreciate what I meen.

[tgreen8100]

fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on umm you cant get fooled again-g. bush

[MalahatTwo7]

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

[QUOTE=jerrygarcia]Lewis Carroll from "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There".

:cool:

Now thats kinda funny cuz I thought that was something that was said in Monty Python.... The Jabberwocky (of which I am the proud possessor of a VHS tape.)

Or was that Beowulf?

[jerrygarcia]

[quote=LEWTFL]Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!



Now thats kinda funny cuz I thought that was something that was said in Monty Python.... The Jabberwocky (of which I am the proud possessor of a VHS tape.)

Or was that Beowulf?

JABBERWOCKY
Lewis Carroll
(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.


"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.


`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

:cool:

[LEWTFL]

Now that's some good stuff!

[LEWTFL]

You just can't get good Bandersnatch anymore.

[CaptainGonzo]

You just can't get good Bandersnatch anymore.

Isn't a Bandersnatch a chastity belt?

[LEWTFL]

And that takes the imagination to what lies within.

Who said " We have met the enemy, and he is us."?

[missingpattaya]

‘While women weep as they do now, I’ll fight. While little children go hungry, I’ll fight. While men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I’ll fight. While there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, where there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll fight — I’ll fight to the very end.’


--William Booth

[missingpattaya]

Isn't a Bandersnatch a chastity belt?


It's Bindhersnatch

[hwoods]

"Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou?"

"Down here in the @#$%$#&* Bushes, the stupid ladder broke".

[hwoods]

"One if by land, two if by sea, two short if by Amtrak, two long if by air, three if by Interstate 95, and...... Paul, why don't we just use Nextel??"

[MalahatTwo7]

"Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou?"

"Down here in the @#$%$#&* Bushes, the stupid ladder broke".


COUGH... CHOKE... SPUTTER... dang Coffee! :D :eek:

[EastKyFF]

missingpattaya, you have cracked me up.

Here are some last words:



"Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal?"


"Let's cool it brothers . . ."


"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . ."


"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."


"That was a great game of golf, fellers."


"Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain?"

[EastKyFF]

missingpattaya, you have cracked me up.

Here are some last words:



"Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal?"


"Let's cool it brothers . . ."


"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . ."


"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."


"That was a great game of golf, fellers."


"Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain?" (Hint: Very tragic)



Now see how many you answer before you scroll down to where I posted the answers.

[EastKyFF]

"Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal?"
--Louis XIV


"Let's cool it brothers . . ."
Malcolm X, just before being shot 16 times


"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . ."
Killed in battle during US Civil War.
General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864


"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."
Oscar Wilde (you probably guessed)


"That was a great game of golf, fellers."
Bing Crosby


"Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain?" (Hint: Very tragic)
7-year-old pilot Jessica Dubroff, moments before crashing her plane

[ullrichk]

"One if by land, two if by sea, two short if by Amtrak, two long if by air, three if by Interstate 95, and...... Paul, why don't we just use Nextel??"


From the cold war days:

One if by land, two if by sea, but if it's by missile forget about three. . .

[FlyingKiwi]

Famous last words....

"That's obvious."

Any Takers?

[hwoods]

"A Man's just gotta know his limitations" Uttered by Inspector Harry Callahan, who was really.................

[MalahatTwo7]

"Now the question you have to ask yourself is this. Did I fire 5 shorts or 6? Ya know in all the excitment, I kinda lost track myself. So do ya feel lucky... Punk?"


(or words sounding similiar to that.... :) )