FAVOURITE QUOTES

You know how it is, someone says something or you read something that really strikes a chord, and you decide to remember it. A few days later you have the frustration of realising you have forgotten what it was you decided to remember. Here are a few I made a note of. I will add more as I remember them or discover new ones.

1. If I owned Hell and Texas, I'd live in Hell and rent out Texas. Philip Henry Sheridan (1831 - 1888). Sheridan was a General in the American civil war. Having lived in Texas for a year, I tend to agree with him.

2. Democracy is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle. Christopher G. Moore in one of his books.

3. “Why won’t you let Linda wear the new dress you bought her?”. “Linda’s a whore. If you make a whore look good, her price goes up and you can’t afford her”. Christopher G. Moore in one of his books.

4. Making love to a white woman is the last step on the way to homosexuality. Christopher G. Moore in one of his books.

5. The Early bird gets the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese. I can't remember the source of this one.

6. Gimbert says to Lovejoy "I need you Lovejoy. Ever since my wife died I've needed someone to hate." TV series Lovejoy.

7. "You’ll never make the upper classes Lovejoy – you’re too much of a snob". TV series Lovejoy.

8. Policeman says “This isn’t our turf Lovejoy”. Lovejoy replies “Dirty Harry wouldn’t worry about a little thing like that”. TV series Lovejoy.

9. “You ask too many questions. That makes me suspicious”. Lovejoy replies “You don’t answer many. That makes me suspicious”. TV series Lovejoy.

10. "There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." Indira Gandhi

11. “Splashing the sauce on the edge of the plate is a mistake in a hawker centre, in a classy French restaurant it is art”. Singapore TV program Makansutra.

12. Bond to Q – “You’re clever than you look”. Q to Bond “That’s better than looking cleverer than you are”. The movie Die Another Day.

13. "That Pete, what a sad fuck. He’d obviously fallen for the girl in a big way and when he came into the office he was wound up tighter than a wanker’s wrist watch". The book Private Dancer by Stephen Leather.

14. "Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow". The movie The Island.

15. "What is God?". Reply "Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you". The movie The Island.

16. Herr Zeller "I've not asked you where you and your family are going, nor have you asked me why I am here". Captain Von Trapp replies "Well, apparently we are both suffering from a deplorable lack of curiosity". The movie The Sound of Music.

17. Creasy, an ex mercenary, is body guard to a young girl, she gets abducted and murdered while he is responsible for protecting her. He goes after the kidnappers. One of his friends says "Creasy's art is death. He is about to paint his materpiece". The movie Man on Fire.

18. Creasy is about to take out some of the kidnappers. An old man says to him "In the Church, they say to forgive". Creasy replies, "Forgiveness is between them and God. My job is to arrange the meeting". The movie Man on Fire.

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