Name that famous person (from their quotes)!

quote:

Originally posted by GiantRobot "The philosophers have only interpereted the world... the point is to change it." (K.M.)

Karl Marx

"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia"

- T.S.

quote:

Originally posted by GiantRobot "The philosophers have only interpereted the world... the point is to change it." (K.M.)

Karl "mind you, it's other people who will do the dying" Marx

"Say the magic word and win a prize"
GM

quote:

Originally posted by A Clockwork Tomato "Say the magic word and win a prize" GM

Groucho Marx!

"Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink ;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink."

(STC)

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Originally posted by azure turtle ["Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink." (STC)

Samuel Coleridge Taylor, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool."
RPF

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Originally posted by Pygmalion "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." RPF

Richard P Feynman,

"Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer.
--I.K.

quote:

"Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer. --I.K.

Immanuel Kant


"I have come to the comclusion that one useless man is call a disgrace; two constitute a law firm; and that three or more become a Congress."

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Originally posted by Prince-Consort Tesser "I have come to the comclusion that one useless man is call a disgrace; two constitute a law firm; and that three or more become a Congress."

Peter Stone, 1776, A Musical Play
Spoken by John Adams at the opening.

Here's one that'll take you back:

He [Augustus] found a city of bricks, he left one of marble. - CTS

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Originally posted by Pygmalion Here's one that'll take you back: He [Augustus] found a city of bricks, he left one of marble. - CTS

Caius Tranquillus Suetonius ...


"If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like and echo."

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Originally posted by Mega Dominus "If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like and echo."

Bruce Lee.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. - AR

quote:

Originally posted by Pygmalion Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. - AR

Ayn Rand.
That is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bogus!

"If you don't have anything nice to say, sit next to me."
DP

quote:

"If you don't have anything nice to say, sit next to me."

Dorothy Parker

"The great question ... which I have not been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want'?"

F

(Answer: Chocolate and massages. )

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Originally posted by Lady Tesser "The great question ... which I have not been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want'?" F

Smeghead I mean Sigmund Freud.

"Peace in our time." - NC

quote:

"Peace in our time."

Neville Chamberlain

(Yes, I described Fraud as such in one of my classes - the teacher was not amused for some reason.)

"In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes."

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Originally posted by Lady Tesser "In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes."

Andy Warhol!

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." - S.D.

quote:

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." - S.D.

Salvadore Dali (I got it on a coffee mug!)

Oh, and we skipped one ...

quote:

Mega Dominus posted ... "If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia"

That was Thomas Szasz, noted psychologist and annoyer of the Establishment.

Here's mine ...

"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards." - SLC

I'm stumped. I don't know any real quotes but how about this one-


"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get," FG

Just to be silly-

"Mr. Anderssssson," AS

P.S. For real-

"Dare to know." IK

quote:

Originally posted by Prince-Consort Tesser "In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards." - SLC

Samuel L. "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated" Clemens

[When asked why he robbed banks] "Because that's where the money is."
WS

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Originally posted by Darkside I'm stumped. I don't know any real quotes but how about this one- "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get," FG

Forrest Gump!

"God forbid that I should go to a heaven in which there are no horses."
R. B. C G

"People hated it, but i thought it was funny"

A.K.

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Orignally posted by Redd "God forbid that I should go to a heaven in which there are no horses." R. B. C G

Robert B. Cunningham-Graham

{Pass on Trotsky's...}

"Be Prepared" - R. B-P