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"They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me." - Nathaniel Lee on being consigned to a mental institution.

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw.

"His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity." - Taken from an S206 (officer fitness report)

"All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand."

"Never attempt to reason with a pig, it is a waste of time and it annoys the pig." -Mark Twain.

"Suppose I were an idiot, and suppose I were a member of Congresss - but I repeat myself." -Mark Twain.

Suprised nobody mentioned this'n

"But the Persians have so many archers that their arrows shall blot out the sun!"
"Then we shall fight them in the shade." -An unknown Spartan at the Battle of Thermopolye.

And on the Warhammer kick:

"I feel The Warp overtaking me, it is a good pain!" -Dawn of War, Aspiring Champion of Chaos.

"Does he syspect one of us of Heresy?" "He is an Inquisitor - he suspects *everyone* of heresy."


Holy Emperor guide my hand, that I may be the instrument of your will, the avatar of your wrath. Grant me the strength to bring swift death to those who would oppose you. Jonson, first among the Primarchs, be at my side, fill me with courage so that I will never fall back while my enemies live. May my shells strike true, and the hearts of my foes be filled with fear, that I might bring honor to my Chapter..." -Brother Cassian, 36th of his name.

I got a whim to share with you some old French sayings I know. I'll translate them for you, but a lot of them are idiomatic, and that means difficult to explain. Here goes:

A jeune chasseur, il faut vieux chien.
With a young hunter, you need an old dog.

Qui se fait brebis, le loup le mange.
She who makes herself a sheep, the wolf eats.
(Make yourself a sheep, and the wolf will eat you.)

Folle et simple est la brebis qui au loup se confesse.
Insane and simple-minded is the sheep that confesses herself to the wolf.
(Crazy and stupid is the sheep that opens her heart to the wolf.)

Brebis comptées, le loup les mange.
Sheep that he has counted, the wolf eats.
(The wolf eats the sheep he has counted. (Don't be counted among the sheep.))

Les loups ne se mangent pas entre eux.
Wolves do not eat each other.
(Hard to explain, kind of like, even among bad people there is still a sense of honour.)

Entre bride et l'éperon, de toute choses gît la raison.
Between the bridle and the spur, on everything lies reason.
(Reason lies between the bridle and the spur. (I don't know horses well, but from what I understand, the bridle works by gently suggesting to the horse that you want to go/stop/turn, and the spurs drive the point home forcibly. So this basically says, between a polite request and violently forcing your will on someone, reasoning with someone is what makes everything happen.))

Chacun sait où le bât blesse. Or sometimes: Nul ne sait mieux que l'âne où le bât le blesse.
Each knows where the pack wounds. Or: No one knows better than the a** where the pack wounds it.
(I prefer to say it en anglais as: Each person knows how their own burden hurts them. Does that make sense? Or, no one knows better than the person carrying the load how it hurts.)

Le bossu ne voit pas sa bosse, mais il voit celle de son confrère.
The hunchback does not see his hump, but sees that of his fellow man.

Qui n'a point argent en bourse ait miel en bouche.
He who does not have money in the purse must have honey in the mouth. (Actually, I prefer that one en anglais ^_^)

L'art est de cacher l'art.
Art is to hide art.
(What is called art hides true art.)

L'argent est le nerf de la guerre.
Money is the nerve/body of war.

L'an passé est toujours le meilleur.
The year that is gone is always the best.
(Yesterday always looks better.)

Après l'amour, le repentir.
After love, repentance. ^_^

Ami de plusieurs, ami de nul.
Friend of many, friend of none.
(In other words, a politician.)

Au besoin on connaî l'ami.
With need one comes to know a friend.
(When you're in need, you come to know who your friends really are.)

Au long aller, petit fardeau pèse.
On a long voyage, a small burden weighs.

Il vaut mieux perdre un bon mot qu'un ami.
It is better to lose a clever remark than a friend.
(It is better to forget about making a clever remark, rather than to lose a friend. (Don't be a smartass if it will cost you a friend.))

L'adversité rend sage.
Adversity makes wisdom.
(Wisdom comes out of adversity.)

L'aigle n'engendre pas la colombe.
The eagle does not give rise to the dove.
(Kinda like, you can't make a silk dress out of a burlap sack. But in this form it also has connotations like you can't make peace out of war.)

L'argent est rond pour rouler.
Money is round in order to roll.
(Money is made to be moved from one person to another. (Don't be a miser.))

Les avares font nécessité de tout.
Greed makes everything necessary.
(Hard to explain, but maybe if I say "greed makes a necessity out of everything"? Basically, the idea is that if you're a greedy person, you will never be satisfied.)

À bon entendeur, salut!
To the wise, hello!
(You don't need to say much to a wise person.)

À chaque jour suffit sa peine.
Each day's misery suffices.
(You don't need to add more to your own misery than each day will provide on its own.)

À coeur vaillant, rien d'impossible
With a valiant heart, nothing is impossible.

Aide-toi et le ciel t'aidera
Help yourself and heaven will help you.
(Heaven will help you if you help yourself.)

À quelque chose, malheur est bon.
To something, misfortune is good.
(Well, kinda like, every evil is good to somebody. I saw a wicked English expression for this: "It is a bad wind that blows no-one any good" or "Even the worst wind blows well for someone".)

À tout péché, miséricorde.
To every sin, mercy.

Avec des si et des mais, on mettrait Québec/Paris en bouteille.
With ifs and buts, one could put Québec/Paris in a bottle.
(Kinda like, "if I had a penny for each if and but, I'd be a millionaire".)

Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée.
A good reputation is better than a golden belt.
(A good reputation is better than wealth.)

C'est trop aimer quand on en meurt.
It is loving too much when it kills you.
(You are loving too much if it's killing you.)

Ce que femme veut, dieu le veut.
What a woman wants, god wants.
(A woman speaks for god. ^_^ So do what we say.)

C'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron.
It is while forging that one becomes a forger.

C'est la goutte qui fait déborder le vase.
This is the drop that makes the vase overflow.
(I've heard this used two ways. One is like "This is the straw that broke the camel's back". The other is more along the lines of "It's only one drop that makes a vase overflow" or "There is only one drop's difference between overflowing and not overflowing".)

Chacun pour soi et dieu pour tous.
Each for himself and god for all.
(Everyone is for themselves, but god is for all of us. (I also hear this changed slightly to be "Everyone takes for themselves, and god takes from them all".))

Chantez à l'âne, il vous fera des pêts.
Sing to the a**, it will fart on you.
(A more colourful way to talk about throwing pearls before swine. "Give wisdom to a fool, he'll only give you foolishness back".)

Cherchez la femme.
Look for the woman.
(Basically, it is implying that a woman is at the heart of every quarrel. If there's a fight, look for the woman - ie, the cause of the fight.)

Chose promise, chose due.
(This doesn't really translate. The nearest I can get is "If something is promised, something is due" or, "When you make a promise, stick to it".)

Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée.
A door must be open or closed.
(This is for when something can only be A or B, nothing in between.)

Il n'y a que les montagnes qui ne se rencontrent jamais.
Only the mountains never meet.
(Kinda like: "There is no argument where the arguers cannot meet in the middle somewhere".)

La nuit porte conseil.
Night carries counsel.
(Sleep on it.)

La plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle a.
The most beautiful girl in the world can only give what she has.
(This is a clever way of saying "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" or "Beauty is only skin deep". Basically, the most beautiful girl in the world can only give what she has, and if all she has is her beauty, which she can't give, then she has nothing.)

La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.
The reason of the strongest is always the best.
(I think a better way of saying "might makes right" that sounds more cynical.)

L'homme est un loup pour l'homme.
Man is a wolf for man.

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.
Better is the enemy of good.
(Really hard to explain, but that's a literal translation, does it make sense?)

Les absents ont toujours tort.
The absent are always wrong.

Les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas.
Days follow each other and do not resemble each other.
(Something like: "Time passes as it always does, and things change".)

On ne prête qu'aux riches.
One lends only to the rich.

Si jeunesse savait; si vieillesse pouvait.
If youth knew; if the old could.
("If only the young knew, and if only the old could do".)

Souris qui n'a qu'un trou est bientôt prise.
A mouse that has only one hole is soon caught.

Tout est poison. Rien n'est poison. La poison c'est la dose.
Everything is poison. Nothing is not poison. The posion is the dose.
(Too much of anything can be bad.)

Vive la différence.
Long live difference.
(Diversity forever.)

Impossible n'est pas français.
Impossible is not French. ^_^

Heh, yeah, that's right, "il pleut des cordes", literally, "it's raining cords". ^_^ The image is that the rain is coming down so fast it doesn't look like individual drops, but long strings from the sky to the ground.

We also say "il pleut des grenouilles", literally, "it's raining frogs". But my favourite is: "il pleut à boire debout", literally, "it's raining to drink standing up" or "it's raining so hard, you could drink standing up". ^_^

Oh, Français has many, many more sayings, and Anglais, she has plenty also. Sweating buckets, wolf in sheep's clothing, fighting tooth and nail, I didn't realize how many French sayings there were until I started speaking English. ^_^

it's called crap now...

it's like the poor cleaner working at the TIT modern in london who quite rightly threw out a bag of rubbish....
aparently it was "art" and worth thousands....
BUT IT WAS A BAG OF RUBBISH?!?!?!?!

Wow, that was very profound.

Another random boredom quote post - this time, three for the price of one:

"A good friend will come and bail you out of jail... but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, 'Damn... that was fun!'"

"Wear cute pajamas to bed... You never know who you'll meet in your dreams"

"Put on your big girl panties and deal with it!"

"A best friend is a sister destiny forgot to give you."

"I love you more today than yesterday... Yesterday you really pissed me off."

"3 Wise men? ...Be serious."

......"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want fredom, I want goodness. I want sin."
"In fact," said Mustafa Mond, "you're claiming the right to be unhappy."
"All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy." ~A Brave New World

"You're only a rebel from the waist down." Winston, 1984

"I'm neuratic, I need to see other people" "I'm schitsophrenic, I AM other people" ~Richard Jeni

You can't give up on hope just because something's hopeless. You have to hope even more and cover your ears and go 'BLAHBLAHBLAH!' --Fry, Futurama (tonights, where Bender plays God)

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why it's called the present."

"Karma's a b***h. Watch out"Hannibal King: Which means the fat lady should be singing, right... about... now!
[pause where nothing happens]
Hannibal King: Heh, this is awkward.
[still nothing]
Hannibal King: Do you have a cell phone?

"Don't let your mind wander... it's too little to be on it's own..." Everything's eat-able, even I'm eat-able... but that's called canablism, which is considered wrong in many countries~ Willy Wonka

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." --Oprah

"Hell hath no wrath like a woman's scorn."

Now I know the things I know, and do the things I do; And if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you" --Dorothy Parker

Whose line quote: "On behalf of the network, I'd like to apologize to everyone... but the French."

"Don't worry about what other people think, they don't do it often"

"Slowly dying from secondhand stupidity."

"Don't let school get in the way of your education."

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive" --Elbert Hubbard

"School prepares you for real life which also sucks."

A kitten is the rosebud in the garden of the animal kingdom

"We've got a generation [of women] now who were born with semi-equality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attache cases and our three-piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle." --Erma Bombeck

"How come when a man murders a Tiger, it's called a sport, but when a Tiger murders a man, it's called ferocity?" (quote ish not exactly right ^_^; )

How many people must die before they realize God hates mobile homes

Except for slavery, Facism, Communism, and Nazism, WAR has never solved anything

I'm sure I have more somewhere... ninja