OT - quotes

dmm · #1 October 3rd, 2001, 06:59 PM

One of my personal Favorites:
"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself." Einstein

From a Soviet-era officers' manual (or maybe it was a WWII German officers' manual; I can't remember):
"The difficulty in planning against the Americans is that their officers never follow their own manuals."

Puke · #2 October 3rd, 2001, 07:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dmm:
"He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword." Jesus

Not the best quote for a wargaming forum, though.

bull, its the perfect quote for a wargaming forum. the man might have meant it as a statement to encourage pacifism, but if you look at it from a Klingon perspective (or space viking, as you may prefer) It encourages a glorious death by which you will attain Valhala (or stovalkor, both of which i probably spelled wrong.)

geoschmo · #3 October 3rd, 2001, 07:32 PM

"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" Patton (...the movie. Not sure if Patton the general really said it. But's it's a good quote.)

ZeroAdunn · #4 October 3rd, 2001, 08:15 PM

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us
attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

tesco samoa · #5 October 3rd, 2001, 08:19 PM

"History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells "Can't you remember anything I told you?" and lets fly with a club. - John W. Campbell

I also like what my signature stands for.

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Inter arma silent leges

Noble713 · #6 October 3rd, 2001, 11:40 PM

"Oh people, know that you have commited great sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not commited great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you!"
Genghis Khan, Bukhara 1220

"If you can't say something nice about someone, kill them."
Coach Bricka, Mutant League Football

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Cassius, Julius Casear Act I Scene 2

I'd post more, but my quotes list is on my other hard drive, which I can't access from this OS.

Cyrien · #7 October 4th, 2001, 12:02 AM

"Tell the men to fire faster! Don't give up the ship!"

Captain James Lawrence after being mortally wounded.

"Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!"

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (actually they were mines, but the jargon of the time.)