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I'll start the bidding with this gem:
"Most guys I know are are assholes..I have some great asshole friends."
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Post a quote from someone famous & see if anyone knows who said it without using Google [View all]
red dog 1
Apr 2019
OP
Yes, Hitler. I always thought it was Trump who said this, it sounds like something he'd say.
FM123
Apr 2019
#4
No, don't give it to me - Let's see if someone else knows who it is (because I don't)
red dog 1
Jun 2019
#118
"Love Yourself First and everything else falls in line." (Yes a change was made on 5/19/19)
Stuart G
Apr 2019
#9
My hero as I became older was the great Leo Fender because he made one of the first guitars....
Brother Buzz
Apr 2019
#28
"Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense
red dog 1
Apr 2019
#38
and don't forget, Reagan beat Carter in 1980 via criminal acts committed by Wm. Casey et. al.
red dog 1
Jun 2019
#120
Donald Gregg was the White House CIA officer who stole President Carter's debate briefing papers
red dog 1
Jun 2019
#123
"If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them
red dog 1
Apr 2019
#39
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight
red dog 1
May 2019
#40
He was a sick sadist. The good news is that quite a few of those poor dogs were rehabilitated.
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#279
"Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard...He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same
red dog 1
May 2019
#44
"Donald Trump has had several foreign wives..It turns out there really are jobs Americans won't do"
red dog 1
May 2019
#46
"Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on
red dog 1
May 2019
#47
"Love what you are doing because that's the only way you'll ever be really good at it"
red dog 1
May 2019
#48
"The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep"
red dog 1
May 2019
#56
"Democratic socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the
red dog 1
May 2019
#61
"Republicans can only steal elections that are close..Barack Obama proved that in 2008 & 2012"
red dog 1
May 2019
#63
"People tell me there a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely"
red dog 1
May 2019
#69
"I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all my
red dog 1
May 2019
#71
"When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable"
red dog 1
Jun 2019
#91
"When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring...I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket"
red dog 1
Jun 2019
#93
"It's really great to be here tonight...As I look out at the audience I see Courtney Love is here..
red dog 1
Jun 2019
#99
"I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women..The other half I wasted."
red dog 1
Jun 2019
#128
"I don't want your hope..I don't want you to be hopeful..I want you to panic.....and act as if
red dog 1
Jun 2019
#130
"I hate small towns, because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do"
red dog 1
Jul 2019
#134
"The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to
red dog 1
Jul 2019
#135
"Just 'cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town."
red dog 1
Jul 2019
#136
"Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances...It causes compromises and accommodations.
red dog 1
Jul 2019
#146
"Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all."
WheelWalker
Jul 2019
#151
"In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway."
stonecutter357
Jul 2019
#156
Person #1"If you were my husband i would poison your tea" Person#2 "If i were your husband
applegrove
Jul 2019
#162
I have been thinking, good people, I would make a proposition to the Republicans.....
Brother Buzz
Jul 2019
#163
Indeed, but curiously, a lot of people want to attribute it to Harry Truman
Brother Buzz
Jul 2019
#165
"Stated to me for a fact. I only tell it as I got it. I am willing to believe it. ....
Brother Buzz
Jul 2019
#166
"Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner..It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie"
red dog 1
Jul 2019
#174
"You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is"
red dog 1
Jul 2019
#175
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress
red dog 1
Jul 2019
#181
"Some men see things as they are, and ask why..I dream of things that never were, and ask
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#185
Teddy may have repeated that quote after his brother died, but it was RFK's quote
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#190
"I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women..The other half I wasted."
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#186
"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere"
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#187
"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places..He told me to stop going to those places."
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#191
"Just got back from a pleasure trip...I took my mother-in-law to the airport"
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#197
"You say you love your children above all else and yet you are stealing their future in front of
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#198
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time...We are the ones we've
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#216
"The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock & roll
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#220
"I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end....I was angry with my foe, I told
red dog 1
Aug 2019
#221
I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America
The King of Prussia
Aug 2019
#225
"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
Clash City Rocker
Aug 2019
#226
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
Clash City Rocker
Aug 2019
#227
"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep...
Clash City Rocker
Aug 2019
#228
I think it was Tommy who told that joke one time & claimed that it was his grandfather who was
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#232
"In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true."
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#234
"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and stays there"
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#235
"There's no shame in failing..The only shame is not giving things your best shot."
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#239
"I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known."
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#241
"The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#242
"You lied to us..You gave us false hope..You told us that the future was something to look
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#243
"There are worse things in life than death...Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#247
"To succeed, you need something to find something to hold on to...Something to motivate you...
red dog 1
Sep 2019
#249
"You know an odd feeling?..Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar!"
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#251
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#253
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing..If you can fake that, you've got it made"
red dog 1
Oct 2019
#266
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
Skittles
Nov 2019
#276
"Three things that cannot remain long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
catbyte
Nov 2019
#278
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life...A man who lives fully is prepared
MatthewHatesTrump2
Nov 2019
#291
"The reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live!"
red dog 1
Nov 2019
#293
"The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins."
MatthewHatesTrump2
Nov 2019
#297
"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water"
MatthewHatesTrump2
Nov 2019
#300
"Ah, the patter of little feet around the house...There's nothing like having a midget for a butler"
MatthewHatesTrump2
Nov 2019
#302
"School strike week 43. And even though summer holidays are here and school is over,
red dog 1
Nov 2019
#308
"It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people"
red dog 1
Nov 2019
#311
"Everyone in this world is somehow connected, So why not just be nice to everybody?"
MatthewHatesTrump2
Nov 2019
#313
"Just 'cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town."
red dog 1
Nov 2019
#314
"I don't have to go on a tour to find out what's happening in middle America..I just go to Target."
MatthewHatesTrump2
Dec 2019
#343
"Education is like the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those
red dog 1
Dec 2019
#345
"If life was fair, Elvis would still be alive and all the impersonators would be dead."
red dog 1
Dec 2019
#347
"You're only given a little spark of madness..You mustn't lose it."
MatthewHatesTrump2
Dec 2019
#349
I am not a vegetarian for my health. I am a vegetarian for the health of the chickens
mucifer
Dec 2019
#351
"I'll strip the bark off that little bastard and make Willie Horton his running mate."
getagrip_already
Dec 2019
#353
"Room Service is great, if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich."
MatthewHatesTrump2
Dec 2019
#354
"I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game 'Monopoly'."
MatthewHatesTrump2
Dec 2019
#358
"No man for any considerable period can wear one face for himself and another
red dog 1
Dec 2019
#363
You're right, Jefferson didn't survive long after that remark, did he?
MatthewHatesTrump2
Jan 2020
#397
"I'm not against profanity..It's an important part of the language when used properly"
red dog 1
Dec 2019
#369
"I hate war only as a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen it's brutality,
MatthewHatesTrump2
Dec 2019
#371
"Want to get to the front page of the paper?..I have to make some viscous attack..I won't do that!
MatthewHatesTrump2
Jan 2020
#403
"If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country."
MatthewHatesTrump2
Jan 2020
#412
"I remember when I got a part in Seinfeld..It was like an out-of-body experience."
red dog 1
Jan 2020
#414
"The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth."
MatthewHatesTrump2
Jan 2020
#415
"It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people"
red dog 1
Jan 2020
#422
"Any fool can make something complicated - It takes a genius to make it simple."
red dog 1
Jan 2020
#423
"Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit,
red dog 1
Feb 2020
#424