ehsnils Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 "Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines." -- Bertrand Russell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonka Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." --Albert Einstien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 "Good and evil when they attain their full stature are retrospective. That is why, at the end of all things, the damned will say we were always in Hell, and the blessed we have never lived anywhere but in heaven." --C.S. Lewis - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 "I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more," -President Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 “I’m so sick of people treating me like I’m the failure of the Manning family,” he said. “So my brothers play in the NFL. Whoopdee shit. There are 32 starting NFL quarterbacks. You know how many partners there are at regional energy investment company of this size? Not 32, I’ll tell you that. We’re a division of ScotiaBank, godammit! That shit’s international!” -Cooper Manning Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
700watts Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 For a moment I thought it was about Eli... - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 His dad's the real failure. Only quarterback in history to play 10 seasons and never make a playoff game Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Posting this for KRB - 1) Because I know how much he appreciated Justice Scalia, and 2) That he'll find hope in his words. Rest in peace Antonin, you've earned it. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 “A Constitution is not meant to facilitate change. It is meant to impede change, to make it difficult to change.” – Justice Scalia Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 “I love to argue. I’ve always loved to argue. And I love to point out the weaknesses of the opposing arguments. It may well be that I’m something of a shin kicker. It may well be that I’m something of a contrarian.” – Justice Scalia Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 “Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.” – Justice Scalia Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 In reaction to criticism from Obama: “What can he do to me? Or to any of us? We have life tenure and we have it precisely so that we will not be influenced by politics, by threats from anybody.” – Justice Scalia Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 “A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.” – Justice Scalia Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 “I love to argue. I’ve always loved to argue. And I love to point out the weaknesses of the opposing arguments. It may well be that I’m something of a shin kicker. It may well be that I’m something of a contrarian.” – Justice Scalia Sound like anyone else we know? The parallels are interesting. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 That's why I posted it Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 “A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.” – Justice Scalia I think that if you don't create controversy from time to time you are just lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Nils - excellent point. Antonin Scalia certainly wasn't lazy. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 “I love to argue. I’ve always loved to argue. And I love to point out the weaknesses of the opposing arguments. It may well be that I’m something of a shin kicker. It may well be that I’m something of a contrarian.” – Justice Scalia Only in this attitude are Scalia and I alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I'm a textualist you boobs, not an originalist. Get it right for once and learn the difference. -- Antonin Scalia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 It's funny how the entire Arab Spring went bust after the public lost interest when M.J. died. Of course, it was obviously not much of a thing if all it took was one (albeit very famous) dead pop star to distract us all. -- rsilvergun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 http://www.wordsonimages.com/pics/194976-Movie,+star+wars,+quotes,+sayi.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 "The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. It’s only the middle-aged who are really conscious of their limitations — that is why one should be so patient with them." — Saki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 "Society is like stew. If you don’t keep it stirred up, you end up with a lot of scum on the top!" — Edward Abbey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPerron Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 “A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.” – Justice Scalia Scalia's quote is just a dumbed down version of Confusius. "It is not sufficient for a man to be liked by all the good people in a village. He must also be disliked by all the bad people." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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