Name that famous person (from their quotes)!

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Originally posted by John Doe "The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it." -S.T.

Pretty sure that is Sun Tzu...appears in The Art of War, does it not? (I really need to re-read that...I haven't in a long while.)

"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not."

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Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix "Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not."

Epicurius

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." - IA

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"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." - IA

Isaac Asmiov.

"Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings."

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Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix Pretty sure that is Sun Tzu...appears in The Art of War, does it not? (I really need to re-read that...I haven't in a long while.)

Yes! Thats absolutely correct! One of my posts in the Comments thread of the MFL has a extended version of this particular quote.

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Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix Isaac Asmiov. "Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings."

Ugh, tough one. is it Horace?

Heres a quote from the father of rocketry.

"The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot stay in the cradle forever."
--K.T

It was indeed Horace. As for your quote, it was spoken by Konstantin Tsialkowsky. (Had to look up the spelling of the name though )

Parents everywhere would do well to remember these words:

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

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Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix Parents everywhere would do well to remember these words: "I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

Harry Truman...but this one doesn't count since you've already mentioned this one, FP (See page 1).


"Don't talk unless you can improve the silence."

EDIT: Author has been cited to be "unknown" by other sources, so please guess the next one. My mistake...


"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."

- J.B.

Ah, so I did. Eh, my mistake. I have plenty of quotes left, though...including some very nasty ones.

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"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."

~Jorge Luis Borges

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

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Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

Ali Ben Abi Taleb, as translated by James Russell Lowell

"My home is not a place, it is people." - LMB

Good job...I wasn't sure if anyone was going to get that one.

As for your (or shall I say, Ms. Bujold's ) quote...

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"My home is not a place, it is people."

As aforementioned, Lois McMaster Bujold

"Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing."

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Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix As for your (or shall I say, Mr. Bujold's ) quote...

That's MS. Bujold, if you please.

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"Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing."

Aristotle, Aristotle, was a bugger for the bottle...

"To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am." - BMB

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Originally posted by Pygmalion "To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am." - BMB

Every geezer who has ever lived.

"An elephant is soft and squishy."
SG

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Originally posted by Pygmalion "To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am." - BMB

Bernard M. Baruch

I'll pass on ACT's quote for now...

"Creativity is a drug I cannot live without."

CBD

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"An elephant is soft and squishy."

S. Gross, political cartoonist for the New Yorker

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"Creativity is a drug I cannot live without."

Cecil B. DeMille

Now I need a goody ... AH!

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock."

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Originally posted by Prince-Consort Tesser "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock."

~Will Rogers!

Here is a real easy one:

"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

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"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

*yawn* Voltaire

Now here's one from one of Western Civilization's great thinkers ...

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."

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"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."

~The comedian, Groucho Marx.

Here is a quote much less renown than the one of Voltaire's recently posted...

"Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend."

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Originally posted by Prince-Consort Tesser "I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."

Groucho, again.

"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." - AB

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"Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend."

The Persian poet Saadi.

Okay, here's a more subtle one ...

"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"

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Originally posted by Prince-Consort Tesser "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"

Steven Wright. And I can have everything! I'd put it in the First Bank of God. I'm sure He has one of those to store things in.

Oh, and Pygmalion (rather, Bierce's) quote:

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"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen."

~Ambrose Bierce

Here's some really good advice:

"Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people."

Uh...I swear to god that my band teacher said that last year O_O;;
Mr. Cupples

If there was someother person who said that..oh well..



Now for my favorite famous quote ...WHO SAID THIS?

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"It is better to give than to receive...but you need to receive in order to give.

That one is a toughy