Shamu Posted September 18, 2011 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Share Posted September 18, 2011 Not sure is a topic like this is of interest but it was in a previous clan I belonged to. Quotes can often a short interesting read, Here are just a couple: "I have been asked what I mean by 'word of honor.' I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls--walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground--there is a possibility that in some way or another I may escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of the circle? No. Never! I'd die first!" Karl G Maeser. Utah Educator Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even. Will Rodgers A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted September 18, 2011 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted September 18, 2011 ---------"I have been asked what I mean by 'word of honor.' I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls--walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground--there is a possibility that in some way or another I may escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of the circle? No. Never! I'd die first!" Karl G Maeser. Utah Educator ----------- I think this guy is full of shit.. but just my opinion. Maybe I am not getting the context but... number one why would you ever give your honor to never leave a circle... and second he would not die first before leaving... no one would. Food, water, taking a shit or piss.. all factors. Maybe I am looking at this to deep... I just call bullshit on this quote. Now the Mark Twain... so very true.. heard before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted September 18, 2011 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted September 18, 2011 “Who is the strongest, who is the best, who holds the aces, the East or the West. This is the crap our children are learning.” Roger Waters this has deep meaning to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickTheGrip Posted September 18, 2011 Member ID: 177 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 145 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1669 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 281 Achievement Points: 10581 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2023 Birthday: 05/08/1961 Device: iPhone Share Posted September 18, 2011 [On Clint Eastwood running for Mayor] What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who's played with a chimp, could have a future in politics? -- Ronald Reagan An open marriage is nature's way of telling you that you need a divorce. -- Ann Landers The first thing men notice about a woman is her eyes. Then, when her eyes aren't looking, they notice her breasts. -- Conan OBrien I used so much hairspray that I feel personally responsible for global warming. -- Dusty Springfield I’ve never been to an Al-Qaeda Christmas party, but I have seen the invites. No music, no dancing, but we promise the fastest game of pass the parcel you’ve ever seen. -- Omid Djalili Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf. -- Sam Ewing My computer goes down on me more often than my girlfriend. -- Robert Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
trolloc Posted September 18, 2011 Member ID: 143 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 414 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 26 Achievement Points: 2514 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 1, 2014 Birthday: 08/25/1966 Share Posted September 18, 2011 . A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore. Yogi Berra All pitchers are liars or crybabies. Yogi Berra Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours. Yogi Berra Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. Yogi Berra Even Napoleon had his Watergate. Yogi Berra Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. Yogi Berra He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious. Yogi Berra I always thought that record would stand until it was broken. Yogi Berra I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself? Yogi Berra I never said most of the things I said. Yogi Berra I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house. Yogi Berra I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question. Yogi Berra I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did. Yogi Berra If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em. Yogi Berra If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be. Yogi Berra If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer. Yogi Berra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamu Posted September 18, 2011 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 hxtr I think this guy is full of shit.. but just my opinion. Maybe I am not getting the context but... number one why would you ever give your honor to never leave a circle... and second he would not die first before leaving... no one would. Food, water, taking a shit or piss.. all factors. Well, even hostages get bathroom breaks if needed.....lol. Anyway as in as many of the older Anglo - French wars officer prisoners could often give their "Parole" which was a pledge not to try and escape or bear arms against their captors. It was a honor pledge and once given the prisoners were usually free to wander around town at their own discretion. Parole is the agreement of persons who have been taken prisoner by an enemy that they will not again take up arms against those who captured them, either for a limited time or during the continuance of the war.” Parole agreements are promises given the captor by a POW to fulfill stated conditions, such as not to bear arms or not to escape, in consideration of special privileges, such as release from captivity or lessened restraint. Once upon a time, in a land far away, "honor" actually meant something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamu Posted September 18, 2011 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 hxtr “Who is the strongest, who is the best, who holds the aces, the East or the West. This is the crap our children are learning.” Roger Waters this has deep meaning to me... Does not sound like crap to me, nothing wrong with teaching our children to be the best they can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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