500th post giveaway *Ended*

"Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth." -Chuck Norris

Thanks for the chance,
Connor
 
"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merily determine where you start. Nido qubein
 
"gnorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - C. Darwin

Man, that is a lot of posts. You feel like you've made good use of 'em? If so, congrats! Anyway, thanks for the giveaway!
 
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes
 
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting it's shoes on." Mark Twain. Thanks for the chance.
 
"Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.

There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.

How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten.

More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot."-V for Vendetta




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“Instead of building newer and larger weapons of mass destruction, I think mankind should try to get more use out of the ones we have”

Deep Thoughts.......by Jack Handy
 
"Online I'm an asshole, in real like I'm an asshole with a gun"

A friend of mine who posts on different forums.
 
Thank you for the opportunity to win this sweet knife!

"It's hard to soar like an eagle when your surrounded by turkeys".


- A old wise man I use to work with.
 
Thanks for such a generous GAW.

"Don't write merely to be understood. Write so that you cannot possibly be misunderstood."

~~ Robert Louis Stevenson
 
"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
 
Great Give Away! Thanks for the chance!!!

I'm going to put a couple up here.
They're all actually by me, if that's okay.

"You can try to run from yourself, but you're running on empty with nowhere to go."

"I want to write something so profoundly beautiful, that people cannot even read it until the end. Because the human mind can only handle so much beauty at a time."

~Jessie Griffin
 
Wow. You guys certainly didn't make it easy for me! So many great quotes. From the wise, to the mundane, to the deep, to the personally meaningful, to the universally relevant, to the amusing, to the concrete, the abstract, ancient, contemporary, and everything in-between and beyond... it was almost impossible to choose a "best" quote (in my eyes, of course.) I narrowed down to 33, then 9, then 4; then one...

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
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- Posted by Alann45 (#194)

Congratulations Alann45! Message incoming.
I wish I had a dozen knives to give away, since this was not an easy decision. But the things I thought, learned, and felt, reading through all these quotes, certainly made this more than worth it.
Thanks again; this community seldom disappoints, and I was reminded again of its diversity, knowledge, wisdom, and experience. :)

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