Quotations and tidbits

[Redeye]

uttered by German general Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord. He said the following:

"I divide my officers into four classes as follows: The clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Each officer always possesses two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can under certain circumstances be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts. He has the requisite and the mental clarity for difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous."

[Kashluk]

That is so true

[SenisterDenister]

I'd like to think I qualify as clever and lazy, even if I'm not that clever, I'm definitely lazy.

[Kashluk]

Nefer: No. I brought you here only to show you the gate in my garden wall. Later, when all of my guests have gone... I will be here by my lotus pool.
Sinuhe: Why do you tell me this?
Nefer: Perhaps because I am fond of gifts, and the greatest gift any man can bring to a woman is his innocence, which he can give only once.

Mika Waltari: Sinuhe the Egyptian
(best book ever written)

[Dogmeatlives]

Beauty is only skin deep. But ah! me; freckles go to the bone.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society

- Mark Twain

[VasikkA]

"Where in the bloody hell are my slippers ?!"

-Sir Winston Churchill, uttered circa 1947

[Manoil]

"-- Jews --"
- Mel Gibson