Message of the Day Quotes Part III
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“History is the past explained with agents, not principals.” – jaybate 1.0
“History is a gallery of agents, not principals.” –jaybate 1.0
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History is written by the victors. - Winston Churchill
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen - Winston Churchill
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I am easily satisfied with the very best - Winston Churchill…l and probably every other coach in America.
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Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense - Winston Churchill
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There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true - Winston Churchill…and John Calipari
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficult - Winston Churchill
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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it - Winston Churchill…and Coach K
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If you are going through hell, keep going - Winston Churchill…and T-Rob.
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You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life - Winston Churchill…and several posters on the Forum…
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I like Winston Churchill; he was one smart cookie - JayHawkFanToo
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“Regardless of who wins, history is paid for by those with the most money.” –jaybate 1.0
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“Events invariably take a sharp turn once those reading history cease believing those writing history.” –jaybate 1.0
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“Bob Knight says you play the game of basketball, not an opponent. Perhaps, but I have rarely seen the game of basketball cheap shot anyone, when down 10 points.” –jaybate 1.0
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@jaybate-1.0 History was always one of my favorite subjects in school… Of course, there wasn’t as much of it to learn back then.
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That’s a good one Nuleaf.
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If I wake up in the morning breathing, it was a good night.
If I go to bed breathing, it was a good day.Unknown
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“Yes, Lady Astor I might be drunk, but you are ugly. Tomorrow, I will be sober.” -CHURCHILL-
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@wrwlumpy Love it, one of my all time favorites.
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@approxinfinity People ask the difference between a leader and a boss… The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Theodore Roosevelt
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“The KU football coach is someone that signs for 5 years to work for two years for 4 years pay. Hence, KU will never have trouble finding the next new coach.” –jaybate 1.0
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“The toughness and cohesiveness of a Bill Self team equals the number of weeks of boot camp times the square of the trash bag liners.”
–jaybate 1.0
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"Coach Weis ran 30 players without so much as a handshake.
KU runs Coach Weis and he gets millions.
Is this what our soldiers sacrifice their lives to protect?"
–jaybate 1.0
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“You can lead a horse to water, you can’t teach him to rebound.”
–jaybate 1.0
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“Beating Kentucky is like beating a crooked dealer in Vegas at 21. You shouldn’t have to, but it feels good.”
–jaybate 1.0
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“No one ever got rich coaching winning football at KU, but Charlie Weis and Turner Gill got rich coachinglosing football.”
–jaybate 1.0
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“Coaching KU football is a license to print money losing.”
– jaybate 1.0
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You can either pick yourself up by the bootstraps, or just lay there in the dirt and and cow shit.
JRyman
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@approxinfinity Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.
John Wooden
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@approxinfinity Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden
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@approxinfinity I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
John Wooden
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@globaljaybird that kinda goes against what most of these posters like?
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@Crimsonorblue22 But this seems to be the way Bill wants it & he’s the boss.
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@approxinfinity You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.
Yogi Berra
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Why are Wednesday’s called hump day, when most people get laid on the weekends?
Unknown comedian
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101 of the World’s Funniest One Liners !!
- Ninety-nine percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
- Borrow money from a pessimist – they don’t expect it back.
- Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
- Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
- I didn’t fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
- Never answer an anonymous letter.
- It’s lonely at the top; but you do eat better.
- I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
- Always go to other people’s funerals, or they won’t go to yours.
- Few women admit their age; few men act it.
- If we aren’t supposed to eat animals, why are they made with meat?
- No one is listening until you make a mistake.
- Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
- We have enough youth. How about a fountain of “Smart”?
- He who laughs last thinks slowest.
- Campers: Nature’s way of feeding mosquitoes.
- Always remember that you are unique; just like everyone else.
- Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
- There are three kinds of people: Those who can count and those who can’t.
- Why is “abbreviation” such a long word?
- Nuke the Whales.
- I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
- Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
- Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
- A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
- As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.
- Laugh alone and the world thinks you’re an idiot.
- Sometimes I wake up grumpy; other times I let her sleep.
- The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.
- You can’t have everything; where would you put it?
- I took an IQ test and the results were negative.
- Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality check?
- We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.
- 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
- Be nice to your kids. They’ll choose your nursing home.
- If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
- I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
- Eat right. Stay fit. Die anyway.
- My mind is like a steel trap, rusty and illegal in 37 states.
- Nothing is fool proof to a sufficiently talented fool.
- On the other hand, you have different fingers.
- I’ve only been wrong once, and that’s when I thought I was wrong.
- God made mankind. Sin made him evil.
- I don’t find it hard to meet expenses. They’re everywhere.
- I just let my mind wander, and it didn’t come back.
- Don’t steal. The government hates competition.
- Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
- National Atheist’s Day April 1st.
- All generalizations are false.
- The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.
- Work is for people who don’t know how to fish.
- If you don’t like the news, go out and make some.
- For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.
- IRS: We’ve got what it takes to take what you have got.
- I’m out of bed and dressed. What more do you want?
- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not too sure.
- I can handle pain until it hurts.
- No matter where you go, you’re there.
- If everything is coming your way, then you’re in the wrong lane.
- It’s been Monday all week.
- Gravity always gets me down.
- This statement is false.
- Eschew obfuscation.
- They told me I was gullible…and I believed them.
- It’s bad luck to be superstitious.
- According to my best recollection, I don’t remember.
- The word “gullible” isn’t in the dictionary.
- Honk if you like peace and quiet.
- The Big Bang Theory: God Spoke and BANG! it happened.
- Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
- Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
- Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
- A day without sunshine is like, night.
- The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
- Corduroy pillows: They’re making headlines!
- Gravity: It’s not just a good idea, it’s the LAW!
- Life is too complicated in the morning.
- We are all part of the ultimate statistic – ten out of ten die.
- Nobody’s perfect. I’m a nobody.
- Ask me about my vow of silence.
- The hardness of butter is directly proportional to the softness of the bread.
- The last thing on earth you want to do will be the last thing you do.
- Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.
- If ignorance is bliss, then tourists are in a constant state of euphoria.
- If at first you don’t succeed, don’t try skydiving.
- If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
- Stop repeat offenders. Don’t re-elect them!
- I intend to live forever. So far so good.
- Who is “General Failure” and why is he reading my hard disk?
- What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
- I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.
- Energizer Bunny arrested; charged with battery.
- I didn’t use to finish sentences, but now I
- I’ve had amnesia as long as I can remember.
- Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
- Vacation begins when Dad says, “I know a short cut.”
- Evolution: True science fiction.
- What’s another word for “thesaurus”?
- Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
- A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.
- I went to the fights, and a hockey game broke out.
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@RedRooster Thanks for starting my day off with numerous laughs.
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@RedRooster
Very nice, A great read to get your day started on a good note.
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A fine is a tax for doing wrong, a tax is a fine for doing right. - Read by JayHawkFanToo somewhere…
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No matter how many times your body fails you. Never give in, never settle for failure.
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When you think you have nothing left, just look in the mirror. You will not quit on the reflection, you will see fire burning in those eyes, no matter how dim the flames may be. There is still a fire burning.
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Nudity is never advisable in Antarctica.
Trying to make love to a detonating thermonuclear device always leads to premature annihilation.
Truth and falsity are illusions that are hard to disprove.
If Ebola isn’t a reason to end biological warfare testing, then the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was.
-jaybate 1.0
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In a private central bank centric world order with untraceable bailouts, the bottom line is there is no bottom line.
–jaybate 1.0
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In the grand scheme of things, there is no grand scheme, but there seem to be a whole lot of little schemes.
–jaybate 1.0
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@jaybate-1.0 Absolutely I would watch out for them. If you see my post this afternoon under T-shirt subject, we have a legal solution with acme that deals directly with KU.
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Ideals are peaceful, history is violent.
(This is from Fury- and I wasn’t able to find an earlier credit to anyone else.)
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Hi, I moved my comment about reservations about t-shirts over to the correct thread and off the quotes thread.
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@approxinfinity-Bill Self’s opening statement at his postgame press conference, as he took a swig from the water bottle left at the podium for him by the Champions Classic staff.
“I was hoping it was Vodka.”
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Most famous quotes were originally stolen from someone else, so if you want to be quotable, steal from the best and deny it.
–jaybate 1.o stolen from Murray Romanov, who stole if from H.G. Fartwell, who stole if from Marcus Tata, who stole it from Echo Sommerston, who stole if from Seaman Hornsby, who wasn’t feeling too well at all.
