Quotable quotes

Originally posted by dale21
"Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess."

Soul is something that allows you to enjoy 6/8 time signatures and a spirit is something that (under heavy quantities) allows you to pretend you have soul.

Cricket civilises people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.

Robert Mugabe

Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item.

Money can't buy friends, but you get a better class of enemy

Used in the front of my PhD Thesis:

"A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking".
Arthur Bloch

Other quotes of his:
Enough research will tend to support your conclusions.
Every solution breeds new problems.
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important.

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time

Live everyday as if it were your last, 'cause one day you'll be right.

Everywhere I go, there I am

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."

- Oscar Wilde

A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.

A policeman stopped me and said: "Would you please blow into this bag, sir?" I said: "What for, officer?" He said: "My chips are too hot."
-- Tommy Cooper

"It is better to shut your mouth and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."

Originally posted by darvlay
"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."

- Oscar Wilde