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Have some marks to keep them organised.

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and how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods.

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It's a bit black over Bill's Mother's.

   I like this one

If violence never solved anything, it would never be used.
Setanta.

If banning people with no explanation does not work and informs others of nothing, do not ban people without a transparent explanation.

Aussie. 2018.

Of course it does.  That is why Mothra and John Smith are waiting for their suspension to be lifted, and no FD/GMod has made the reason for their suspension transparent.

Aussie. 2018.

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:07pm:


Most definitely. Who's quote is that?

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:40pm:


God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:03pm:



“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”.
Accredited to Albert Einstein

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:04pm:


I use that one with 1stborn.

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:13pm:


You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:17pm:


Very good, can you learn anything from that?

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:13pm:


Pacifist rubbish.

I'll bite your face .....
Alf Stewart

https://youtu.be/mc9vXFLLiMc

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:29pm:


The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:33pm:


No, I have the talking book but when you are thinking about something that is said, you miss the following and rejoin when you have thought about what made you think. It's good to listen to but you tend to miss parts as your mind is often working elsewhere. With a book you would just stop reading and pick up where you left off.

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:45pm:


I tend to look at it as a study in human psychology as I'll never be a general with an army. I see in it ways to deal with everyday problems you may have with people.

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:45pm:




Have you come across this book Gordon ?
A bit of light reading for you.      

How to Lose a Battle: Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders
by Bill Fawcett

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:29pm:



Director: Paul Verhoeven


Setanta,

If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it.

I have it on DVD.

Google;
Paul Verhoeven movies

Yadda wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:38pm:


Are you offering to send me your DVD or pirate it for me?

Yadda wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 12:20am:

"The problem with internet quotes is that you cant always depend on their accuracy" -Abraham Lincoln, 1864

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Kuhn takes a similar view on science.

Aussie wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 4:35pm:


Did you know that this actor earns more per year than the prime minister?

He wants the precious. Always he is looking for it. And the precious is wanting to go back to him... But we mustn't let him have it.

Smegol - Lord of the Rings

Set,

Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character - The Wolf

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 7:40pm:


I reckon the script of Pulp Fiction would make a better bible than the bible or koran.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 7:45pm:


I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd.

Agnes wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 7:51pm:


Yes, and then they shot the farq out of the bloke.  Yadda?  Moses?

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:54pm:


This is one of my favourites. A useful one to remind one's self.

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 7:50pm:


I always assumed that she took off her slippers to run, and she lost one of them.

not so much a quote but a good ideology from Jean Piaget.

how to act in the world.

every action you take should be good for you. (Piaget said you have to detach yourself from yourself and treat yourself in exactly the same way as you would treat someone you were caring for)
AND for your family
AND for your community
AND for the environment.

and it should be good for you now
AND tommorow
AND next week
AND next year
AND in 10 years.

"If I had my life over I'd make all the same mistakes but sooner."

Tallulah Bankhead

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

Groucho Marx

"Too many of our imports come from overseas."

George W Bush

To the guy who was told his fly was undone:
"Oh well, a dead bird never fell out of its nest."

My smartarse ol' man

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:46pm:


.... who was later involved in a murder conspiracy. She was a genuine psychopath.

'The truth is so precious that it must be protected by a bodyguard of lies' - Winston Churchill.

Compulsory voting is not compulsory, you only need to turn up - Libs and Labs

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The first and the last are really sneaky rippers.

My Old Man.

circa 1950s.

Aussie wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 10:05pm:


Allahu Akbar!
Followers of some ideology.

UnSubRocky wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 8:09am:


Good one!

The_Barnacle wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 3:39pm:


youre confusing getting what you want (a bad idea) with whats good for you (a good idea).

so starting a business which might fail is "good for you".
you will learn and grow and your family will see you as resilient and your community will benefit from your courage and you may not make the same stupid mistakes next year or in 10 years.

failing is "good for you" . its "par for the course".

if you think taking a risk is costly, wait til they send you the bill for "not taking a risk"

So do I - I use them in books..... some of them are beauties...

Here's one to think over for today's societal malaises:-

"The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution."

John Adams
1735-1826, Second President of the USA

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Feb 7^th, 2018 at 2:13pm:


Adams would have to say something like that. He was a politician. The only revolution in "America" was changing the name on the deed to the ranch.

Now that human means transcend all human measure and ....

Yadda is a hate propagator. You can quote me on that.

A just war is better than an unjust peace.
- ?

A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things.
- Chinese Proverb

One for aquascoot.         


A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
- Herm Albright

A well bred youth neither speaks of himself, nor, being spoken to, is silent.
- ?

A woman is a weathercock.
- ?

Advise none to marry or to go to war.
- ?

Yadda wrote on Feb 8^th, 2018 at 10:15pm:


How does that leave your "faith" Yada?

See, we can read your posts when they don't ramble!

@yadda
There is a difference between believing something and not believing something. I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief. Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative. If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said? I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference.

Yadda wrote on Feb 8^th, 2018 at 10:13pm:

Curious, but good!(???)

Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:


Setanta,
I have come to the very same conclusion! [wink]
And, i believe some things.
And other things, i do not believe.


A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume


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Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:


If what some people tell me, is contrary to the evidence that i can see 'in the world', then i often choose not to believe what people have told me.


A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume


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Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:


A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume


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Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:


If i was you, clearly, i would choose not believe what the person said.  [wink]


A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume


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Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:


Setanta,
No one really knows or is certain, about what our real circumstances are.
We come into this world as naive and uninformed beings, as small uninformed children.
And as we grow in knowledge and [our own] experience, we each come to some sense of an 'informed' but limited understanding, of the nature of the reality that we find ourselves in.

We 'do' science [in our 'consciousness'], as we learn about the world, and the 'heavens' around us.

We simply build supposition, upon supposition, as we undertake our pilgrimage in this world.

But what is the true nature of this reality, which we seem to be experiencing ?

Does any human being lay claim to know ?

I certainly do not know.

But i certainly do not dismiss the knowledge, or the experience, of new things which challenge my current beliefs and understanding.



You said.....
"I do not believe what people have told me about their gods."

There is nothing at all wrong with embracing a healthy degree of scepticism, when 'interfacing' with men/mankind, imo.


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"O ye who believe!        Ask not questions        about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble.....
Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that account lost their faith."
Koran 5.101, 102


"We sent not a messenger, but to be obeyed..........they ['believers'] can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction."
Koran 4.64, 65


"O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger [i.e. the clerics], and make not vain your deeds!"
Koran 47:33



Setanta,

I'm a person who is always asking questions.

And yet, i have come to a 'place' where i can easily say,      that i believe in, and i fear, and i love, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

And everyday i still seek [for] him.

Everyday, i walk in this world, imperfectly seeking the God that i love.


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Setanta,

Q.
If there is a God [wink], why does God 'hide himself' from mankind ?

Q.
If a person wanted to search for [in order to 'find' and to know God],
what 'prerequisite' would that person firstly need to be in possession of, in order to have an improved chance of 'finding' him ?


Isaiah 45:15
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.


Amos 3:3
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?


Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy:....


Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.


Leviticus 20:26
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.


Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.


James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you....


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Yadda said....
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