@gothmog and Telchar:


'You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udun! Go back to the shadow. You shall not pass!!' - Gandalf

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'Though my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior'
-John Newton

You can tell Gandalf was moonlighting as a bouncer at the Gates of Valinor.
'You're not coming in here with that flaming whip! Formal attire only.'

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More to come!

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"... Telchar wrought it in the deeps of time."
-On Andùril, The Lord of the Rings

"How about start a new topic or go to PM, guys?" - Me, in This Thread.

I do that all the time irl....

Hashut, I am 2 steps ahead of you.

Telchar, I will reply to your post in a PM which I will shortly send.

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"I am the Flying Spagetti Monster. Thou shall have no other monsters before me"
-FSM.

That's more like one step behind..

"At one point in your life, you'll have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't." - Andy Roddick

Without going off topic again, I actually planned to that the day before.

"A Wizard is never late."
-Gandalf, to a plucky Hobbit.

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"I am the Flying Spagetti Monster. Thou shall have no other monsters before me"
-FSM.

"I have just been all around the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it."

"Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away."

- Sir Thomas Beecham

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Better, though difficult, the right way to go, than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe. John Bunyan - Pilgrim's Progress

"I hope someday to meet you in glory of battle where I will crush the life from your worthless human form. Try and get some rest."
- Commander Strax (Doctor Who)

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"The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. The inherent vice of liberalism is the unequal sharing of happiness." - Sir Winston Churchill (I may be paraphrasing).

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"... Telchar wrought it in the deeps of time."
-On Andùril, The Lord of the Rings

"Happiness is the graetest pleasure for the greatest number"
-Bentham, a Utilitarian philosopher

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"I am the Flying Spagetti Monster. Thou shall have no other monsters before me"
-FSM.

More Doctor Who quotes, from the series 6 episode 'The Doctor's Wife'

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Soon the Dark Lord Knighty shall have all he needs to cover the lands in an eevee-related darkness...

I disagree. On philosophers:

"Always act by that maxime you would want to become a general law."
Immanuel Kant.

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"... Telchar wrought it in the deeps of time."
-On Andùril, The Lord of the Rings

If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favourable.

How about some Benjamin Franklin quotes:

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

I didn't fail the test, i just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Edited for noticed typo.

He was a fountain of great quotes. His quote on liberty/security is particularily apt what with the gun debate. Too bad not enough politicians/citizens seem to think the way he does anymore.

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"Leave Sauron to me."
If you're in the Raleigh, NC area, let me know.

I am of the same mind, and that is why I put the first two at the beginning of the post.

Would you two hate me if I said I'm not entirely sure how that Franklin guy is?

@Telchar, lets agree to disagree again shall we.

And, because a quote must be held;

"She's like a Veloceraptor, only better dressed,"
-James Lester in Primeval, about Christine Jonson.

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"I am the Flying Spagetti Monster. Thou shall have no other monsters before me"
-FSM.

No because you are English. A quick run down on him from Wikipedia:

"Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'.[1] He facilitated many civic organizations, including a fire department and a university."

Should throw in another quote from just after the closing of the Constitutional Convention:

Mrs. Powel: "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
Benjamin Franklin: "A republic if you can keep it"