"They call it the Peacemaker. S'funny. I ain't never seen no peace made by it." (I forgot where that was from, but Bloodsage reminded me of it. 
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And the Julius Ceasar one did sound a little manufactured but I picked it up from these forums but haven't had the time to check the authenticity. Still good though. Are you sure it might not have been in Shakespeare's Caesar? It's been a long time since I read that... /me tries to find it again.
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Bloodsage had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
Colt Peacemaker, child of God?
That goes real well with this quote...
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George W. Bush said:
"We go to Iraq, not as executioners, but as peacemakers."
I just thought it was funny, because like... Bush ->- Texas ->- West ->- Cowboy ->- Colt Peacemaker.
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Niklas wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
More condensed and quote friendly? It's about as long as yours o_OAnd the Julius Ceasar one did sound a little manufactured but I picked it up from these forums but haven't had the time to check the authenticity. Still good though. Are you sure it might not have been in Shakespeare's Caesar? It's been a long time since I read that... /me tries to find it again.
Yeah but mine includes text from two different people, Goering himself and his interviewer, Gilbert.
And Snopes.com has the whole story on the Goering quote and the Ceasar quote if you want a quick and quality discourse. Snopes is my bitch!
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"We've tested our fears for years. Isn't it time we tested our dreams?"
- Aimee Echo
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"Oh, oh! Time out. I just want to ask, uh, real quick, if I can. Um, you believe in rebellion, freedom, and love, right? Haha. You two are divorced! So love failed. Two, Mom, youre clinging to any kind of scrap new age eastern religion that may justify why the above said love failed, three, Dad, youre a slick, corporate, preppy-ass lawyer. I dont really have to say anything else about you, do I, Dad? Four, you moved from New York City the mecca and hub of the cultural world to UTAH. NOWHERE! To change nothing, more to perpetuate this cycle of money, greed, fascism, and triviality. I mean, your movement of the people, by the people, for the people, got you NOTHING. You just hide behind some lost sense of drugs, sex, rockn roll, oooh, KUMBAYA. I am the FUTURE, I am the future of this great nation, which YOU, Father, so arrogantly saved this world for. Look, I, I have my own agenda. Harvard, out. University of Utah, in. I am gonna get a 4.0 in Damage! I love you guys, dont get me wrong! Its all about this. But for the first time in my life, Im 18, and I can say fuuuuuuuck yooooooou!"
- Steve-o/Matthew Lillard, SLC Punk
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"Another that pisses me off: talkin about who started punk rock music. Was it Sex Pistols in England? Was it the Ramones and the Velvet Underground in New York? Was it the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, BLAGH! WHO CARES WHO STARTED IT?! Its music! I dont know who started it, and I dont give a fuck. But one thing I do know, is that we did it harder, damn we did it faster, and we definitely did it with MORE LOVE, BABY! UNH! And you cant take that away from us!"
- Steve-o/Matthew Lillard, SLC Punk
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"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got."
- Janis Joplin
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"You only call me a cynic because you're afraid I might be right."
- Theresa Koys
[quote]"Time doth flit; Oh, shit."
- Dorothy Parker/quote]
No, Really. Bite me.
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So quoth Bloodsage:According to my OED, the only noun form of "quote" refers to a short form of "quotation marks."
Websters does list the meaning you have, but it is improper usage. That's the fallacy: being listed in a dictionary means people use a word in a given manner, not that it's proper to do so.
Of course, there is constant tension between proper and vulgar usage, and the language evolves, sometimes in unexpected ways. But if one is going to use that as justification for sloppy speaking, we might as well all jump on the Ebonics bandwagon, as it's obviously the wave of the future.
Neener.
Quote can be used in place of an object though, and it can be the object of possession. So therefore it can be a noun.
ie: "Random Quote's of the day" "This Quote is from the morning paper."
to 'Quote' someone refers to it as a verb, as an action, but the actual word quote can be used to represent the action, as a noun. Much like he, her, it can be improper nouns and replace a proper noun. Quote can replace the action quote as a noun. A quote is a person, place, or thing.
Thats the way I learned it anyway. [ 05-03-2003: Message edited by: Faelynn LeAndris ]
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Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about Robocop:
Quote can be used in place of an object though, and it can be the object of possession. So therefore it can be a noun.ie: "Random Quote's of the day" "This Quote is from the morning paper."
to 'Quote' someone refers to it as a verb, as an action, but the actual word quote can be used to represent the action, as a noun. Much like he, her, it can be improper nouns and replace a proper noun. Quote can replace the action quote as a noun. A quote is a person, place, or thing.
Thats the way I learned it anyway.
Please tell me that was a joke.
Please.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about pies:
Quote can be used in place of an object though, and it can be the object of possession. So therefore it can be a noun.ie: "Random Quote's of the day" "This Quote is from the morning paper."
to 'Quote' someone refers to it as a verb, as an action, but the actual word quote can be used to represent the action, as a noun. Much like he, her, it can be improper nouns and replace a proper noun. Quote can replace the action quote as a noun. A quote is a person, place, or thing.
Thats the way I learned it anyway.
True, but "quote", when used as a noun, is just a short form of "quotation". It's more of a slang term, if you will. Whether it's still alright to use "quote" as a noun is best left to the person saying it, however.
I see no problem with using it as a noun.
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From "Julius Caesar":
"Yond Cassius has a lean
and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous."
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Rodent King probably says this to all the girls:
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.Matthew 5:9
Also, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God."
Happens to be the motto of the Victoria Police Special Operations Group, who were nicknamed 'Sons of God' due to the above quote and the initialised format of the section name (SoG).
(FYI, for those who aren't sure, Special Operations Group is the Aussie version of the SWAT)
This has been your weekly Police Trivia post, brought to you by a serving SoG member.
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Bloodsage thought about the meaning of life:
Colt Peacemaker, child of God?
Personally I prefer an automatic to a revolver since they hold more rounds.
More opportunities to "dispense the peace".
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Cavalier- obviously shouldn't have said:
Personally I prefer an automatic to a revolver since they hold more rounds.More opportunities to "dispense the peace".
I knew there had to be some reasonable aussies out there!
Oh, and to actually contribute something;
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I bring this prayer to You, Lord
For You alone can give
What one cannot demand from oneself.
Give me, Lord, what You have left over,
Give me what no one ever asks You for.
I don't ask You for rest,
Or quiet,
Whether of soul or body;
I don't ask You for wealth,
Nor for success, nor even health perhaps.
That sort of thing You get asked for so much
That You can't have any of it left over,
Give me what no one wants from You.
I want insecurity and strife,
And I want You to give me these once and for all.
So that I can be sure of having them always,
Since I shall not always have the courage
To ask You for them.
Give me, Lord, what you have left over,
Give me what others want nothing to do with.
But give me courage too,
And strength and faith;
For You alone can give
What one cannot demand from oneself.-Lt. Andre Zirnheld, "An SAS Soldier's Prayer"
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Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Freschel Spindrift had this to say about Punky Brewster:
I drank what?
socrates?
No, Really. Bite me.
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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
-Albert Einstein
"Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of
things without parallel."
-Ambrose Bierce
"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting
thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things."
-Woody Allen
You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her."
-Anon.
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad."
-Aldous Huxley
"All great truths begin as blasphemies."
-George Bernard Shaw
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
-Mark Twain
"He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead."
-Anon.
"To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all."
-Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvester Bernard, 1881
"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."
-Jules de Gautier
"Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative."
-Oscar Wilde
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
-Anon.
"I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance,
and affection to be art."
-Kahlil Gibran, "A Handful of Sand on the Shore"
I'll stop there, i got a whole lot more though.
Only the insane are strong enough to prosper. Only those that prosper can judge what is sane.
and
Every man is a spark in the darkness. By the time he is noticed he is gone forever, a retinal after-image that is replaced by newer brighter lights.
