Quotes You Like

@caesar-salad said
"Is that a beam in your eye, or are you just happy to see me?"
-- CS

There are many biblical quotes I like even though I am not quite Christian or Jewish, but maybe those should be mentioned in the Spirituality forum instead.

This one is apocryphal or at least non-canonical:

Then He spake unto them, saying: "Now get back out there and give each other hell!"
-- New English Loosely Translated Paraphrase

"Quotes You Like"

This is the thread you are in, where it comes from doesn't actually matter. It isn't imperative that it go in the Spirituality Forum.

-VR

@biffo-konker said
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for ,
there ...[text shortened]... e left to speak out.



Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984)

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for Left winged democrats ,
I laughed my arse off.



Whodey (May 1, 2019)

@whodey said
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for Left winged democrats ,
I laughed my arse off.



Whodey (May 1, 2019)

LOL....So that little story would tell us you're a republican. 😉

-VR

@very-rusty said
LOL....So that little story would tell us you're a republican. 😉

-VR

You are a veritable fountain of useless information.

Did you just now figure this one out?

@suzianne said
You are a veritable fountain of useless information.

Did you just now figure this one out?

Yes I think, Suzie Q that you are stalking my posts? You stalker you!!!! 😛 😉

Did you figure that one out? 😛

-VR

@whodey said
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for Left winged democrats ,
I laughed my arse off.



Whodey (May 1, 2019)

Very well done,whodey.
You have perfectly highlighted the meaning behind the quote.

@biffo-konker said
Very well done,whodey.
You have perfectly highlighted the meaning behind the quote.

No, no, I'm serious.

“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.” ― George Eliot

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
Emo Phillips, Neuropsychology: Clinical and Experimental Foundations

@rookie54 said
I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
Emo Phillips, Neuropsychology: Clinical and Experimental Foundations

LOL

-VR

“The human body was designed by Committee. Why else would you put a recreational area next to a waste treatment facility?"
-- Robin Williams

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" - his wife will tell him what that is.

@torunn said
"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" - his wife will tell him what that is.

As a rule that is the way it works, but not everyone follows the rules!!! 😉

-VR

@very-rusty said
As a rule that is the way it works, but not everyone follows the rules!!! 😉

-VR

Normally I don't accept the thought of difficult and demanding wives telling their husbands what to do - I don't believe it works like that - but I think this is a fun quote for some reason.

I don't care if people love me or hate me, as long as I win.

Francis Underwood.