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On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:20:40 -0800, "ff" wrote:


"Cliff" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:03:06 -0700, §ñühwØ£f
wrote:

The Germans that got captured by Russians and sent to Siberia,
the return ratio was about 15%.

I hear its very cold up there...


What he said was "The Nazis/Soviets were worse so it's okay to do".
--
Cliff



"I thought I'd host an end of the world party, but the media might take
it seriously." -- Stephen Hawking, reassuring that world was not due to
end with the launch of the Large Hadron Collider.



"Your company is now bankrupt, our economy is now in a state of crisis,
but you get to keep $480 million. I have a very basic question for you:
Is this fair?" -- Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight
Committee, questioning Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld over the bank's
collapse.


Plus they get the same bonuses & no pay cuts while
bushco & the repubs insist on union busting & "American
workers get paid too much & get bennies" complaints.
The other guys get universal medical care in their nations.

"The financial crisis is nothing compared with the environmental
crisis." -- Jean-Christophe Vie, of the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature, on a new report that 25% of the world's mammals
face extinction.


While Palin lies about polar bears & buchco signs away
environmental protection in a rush.

"These new bras represent pioneering work." -- Rudiger Carstens, a
spokeswoman for the German federal police, which has just introduced the
'bulletproof bra'.

"If I see something sagging, bagging and dragging, I'm going to nip it,
tuck it and suck it." -- Dolly Parton reveals her anti-aging procedure.



"Sugar is responsible for a lot of deaths. Arguably more than crack
cocaine." -- Guy Ritchie, who is married to Madonna.

"You know who I am, right? I'm researching a part - I'm doing this for a
part. I've been clean for a long time. Today was the first time I was
relapsing, but you guys saved me. Can you let me go?" -- Tatum O'Neill
to police officers who arrested her for allegedly buying crack cocaine
from a street dealer.



"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger." -- The
Joker as played by Heath Ledger in the new Batman movie The Dark Knight
set to release this summer.

Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. I couldn't
stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going." --
Heath Ledger speaking to reporters recently.



"Every US President has to have a war." -- Mikhail Gorbachev, former
Soviet President, claiming the US military buildup risks leading to a
new cold war with Russia.

"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal." -- US
President George W Bush explaining why he quit the game in 2003.



"I feel my entire life up until this moment has crystallised and come to
fruition since I met this woman." -- 53-year-old action hero Bruce
Willis, about 29-year-old underwear model Emma Heming, who is his
girlfriend.

"There's always someone younger and prettier." -- Actress Gwyneth
Paltrow, 35, faces Hollywood reality.




"I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is
what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door. Show me
where the open door is." -- Sarah Palin, hoping God will show her the
door to the White House in 2012.

"If Jesus came back today, I think he'd throw up." -- Former Gov. Jesse
Ventura on politics and organized religion in his upcoming book Don't
Start the Revolution Without Me!


--
Cliff