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Post by P R O T O T Y P E - A.K on Dec 15, 2011 11:04:27 GMT -5
Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.
By Tom Krause
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Post by P R O T O T Y P E - A.K on Dec 15, 2011 11:10:49 GMT -5
quotes..sayings?....a couple i love to hate..... "so you want your cake and eat it too?"...of course i want to eat it. i woudnt have ordered it if i didnt want to eat it...jeeze.. "why dont you pick on somebody your own size?"....why would i want to do that and risk getn the crap beat outa me one i do like is..."THE WORLD NEEDS DITCH-DIGGERS TOO"...TED KNIGHT...CADDY-SHACK lol. ;D..those are funny...thanks for sharing.(quotes we love to hate has potential to be an another/parallel thread) BTW: I think when it comes to risk in that context..size doesn´t always matters. ;D  there is some other kind of risk coming into the game: it called surprise!. ;D  ;D the one with cake is fantastic.. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 11:21:20 GMT -5
"If there is no God, then all things are lawful."
- F. Dostoyevskiy "The Brothers Karamozov"
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 11:30:17 GMT -5
"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards."
General Abrams, during Battle of the Bulge
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Post by Duke Sarkisian on Dec 15, 2011 11:38:37 GMT -5
like the other saying about size... "i`d rather have a good big guy on my side rather than a good small guy".. i believe that came from a pro football coach..cant remember who..  |
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 11:44:41 GMT -5
"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies."
- Thomas Jefferson, 1816
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 11:54:09 GMT -5
This is a rather crude, although absolutely true, statement given to me as advice when I was in the Navy:
"A person is remembered for their failures, not their successes. A man can be the world's greatest bridge-builder. He has built fantastic bridges all over the world. But you suck one d**k and they don't call you the 'bridge builder' anymore."
Master Chief Ciciora
(advice given to a young power plant operator (me) after I paralleled generators out of phase and knocked out all power to the ship while running full speed)
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Post by P R O T O T Y P E - A.K on Dec 15, 2011 12:01:14 GMT -5
like the other saying about size... "i`d rather have a good big guy on my side rather than a good small guy".. i believe that came from a pro football coach..cant remember who.. ;D...that make sence....alright...i think/hope that pro football-coach knows that we are not playing football 24 hours.. ;D. |
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Post by P R O T O T Y P E - A.K on Dec 15, 2011 12:09:25 GMT -5
"A person is remembered for their failures, not their successes. A man can be the world's greatest bridge-builder. He has built fantastic bridges all over the world. But you suck one d**k and they don't call you the 'bridge builder' anymore." Master Chief Ciciora (advice given to a young power plant operator (me) after I paralleled generators out of phase and knocked out all power to the ship while running full speed) lol ;D..WoW....Master Chief Ciciora must have been tru really hard times to express himself so effective like this... ;D..that one is unforgettable for sure!. ;D...i will borrow it if needed, john...thanks. |
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 13:53:40 GMT -5
Sadly, he is correct. In my experience, the School of Master Chief Ciciora has been a lesson in cruel truth and the best education in life I ever got.
His other piece of advice:
"Wilson, here's how the world works. You can perform miracles every day, but in this thankless world that is considered to be your job. You can turn water into wine on Monday. On Tuesday you can heal the lepers. On Wednesday your boss will say "but today you f***ed up. You are now officially a piece of s**t." Life is not about effort. Life is about results."
His advice has proven true many more times than it has been wrong.
His over-riding theme was "You are only as good as your last f**k up."
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 13:55:38 GMT -5
You want sympathy? Look in the dictionary between sh*t and syphilis.
- Major Payne
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 13:57:35 GMT -5
"I see you have been lifiting weights and getting bigger. Let me tell you something. You will NEVER get so big or so strong that I can't kick your ass. And if you do, I'll shoot you you son of a bitch."
-My Dad
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Post by P R O T O T Y P E - A.K on Dec 15, 2011 14:59:21 GMT -5
John...you must have been tru hard times too and "hard" is somehow relative in this life as you know. But i think that could be 1 main reason, why you are the way you are and that's someone that is authentic & ingenious on the first view and authentic & ingenious on the second view again.And this is something that is not self-evidently from what i saw & learned in my life so far. I say nothing new when i say that you are blessed my Aw-friend and i don´t need any written golden results to see & cherish that.  this below here came again to my mind from a "Master of Peace" as i was reading those quotes above: "If everything is smooth sailing right from the beginning, we cannot become people of substance and character. By surmounting paining setbacks and obstacles, we can create a brilliant history of triumph that will shine forever. That is what makes life so exciting and enjoyable. In any field of endeavour, those who overcome hardships and grow as human beings are advancing towards success and victory in life."
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 22:45:12 GMT -5
A.K.
Thank you. You are too kind. As far as hard times go, I thought I had it rough when I was a kid. When I got older and traveled around the world I found out that my life had been pure luxury. I promised myself that when I got back to the US, if I heard anyone tell me how bad they had it I would punch them square in the mouth.
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 15, 2011 22:50:01 GMT -5
Back to quotes!
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
-Mark Twain
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