The Battle of the Quotes

[razz]

So how about a little game. You post a quote, and they have to guess who wrote it. flawed though, as you can find it on any earch engine. Just gotta trust that people respet thier id enough to not do that.

"If you don't read the paper, you're uninformed. Ifyou do read the paper, you're misinformed."

[Jean]

H.L.Menken?

[razz]

nope

[jayson]

Mark Twain?

[razz]

yep twain. find a quote and um... quote it.

[jayson]

okey dokey...

here you go...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors a vacuum and they have not discovered any continuous employment for man's nobler faculties.

[razz]

I won't eve dignify that with a respons. but only becase have no idea

[jayson]

yours was a good one razz, i know the quote as i am an avid media-critic and twain fan. this one shouldn't be too hard, i don't think so anyway.

[razz]

i only know a few, but the fe i know kinda good.

[razz]

sounds like something from johnny the homicidal maniac, though

[OchrisO]

That's Thoreau.

I love Thoreau.

[jayson]

correct Chris, it is Thoreau, whom I too love. all yours sir....

[alinda]

I think this is a very cool idea for a thread,
but the title puts me off abit seeing how
much we really LOVE our bear, I do look
forward to the game , hope I can quess some. ;)

[Matt]

Yep, I am afraid it won't get played much because the title is a bit...offputting. :D

[Brice]

I was just wondering if the thread title is a quote from something...since it is a quote game thread.

[Matt]

I'd wager it must be but I'm surprised that no one has recognized it.

[jayson]

i'd look it up, but the thread rules say no search engines :lol:

[Brice]

:lol:

Well, since it wasn't actually part of the game I googled it. I could find nothing though.

[Jean]

I was sure it was a quote... or else I might have been mildly surprized
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_unsure.gif

[fernandito]

I'm not sure, but I think it's a reference to Johnny the Homicidial Maniac.


Razz?

[OchrisO]

To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.

[Jon]

Walter Pater????

Not real sure.

[OchrisO]

correct

[Jon]

No shit???

I'll have to take a moment.

[Jon]

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. "

[Kevin]

Winston Churchill.

[razz]

I was just wondering if the thread title is a quote from something...since it is a quote game thread.
yeah johnny the homicidal maniac

[Jon]

Winston Churchill.


Yes sir!!

Your turn!

[ZoNeSeeK]

Great game idea Razz - could we change the thread title though, since its not a transient riddle thread but an established game? i.e. something to do with Quote Game etc, let me know and I'll do it.

[razz]

i shall create a new thread then.

[razz]

this is a continuation of the "fuch you mr. bear" thread for a quotes game. I will wait for nyone from the last one to continue with a qoute. but with few more rules.
1.post the name of the country of the person wh is quoted
2post the date, or at least the time period,if known.
3. if you know what bok itis from, pos that too.

[ZoNeSeeK]

Thanks mate ;) I've moved your new post into this thread and renamed it for you (easier than doing it the other way around).

Kevin: You're up!

[cappsy]

okay im a stealin the feather this looked like a fun game

we can do no great things only small things with great love

[Ryan]

Mother Teresa - I just finished reading "A Simple Path"
I don't however, know where or when she said it (I'm pretty sure she said it before she passed on though).

[cappsy]

yeppers feathers yours

[Ryan]

"and we laugh like soft mad children
snug in the wooly cotton brains
of infancy"

[Jon]

"and we laugh like soft mad children
snug in the wooly cotton brains
of infancy"


Jim Morrison/The Doors- The Ghost song.

[Ryan]

Oui, Feather's to Jon

[ZoNeSeeK]

bump - go Jon

[cappsy]

can i steal the feather yet

[Mordred Deschain]

waitin..

[cappsy]

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

1940s american

[Letti]

George Patton

[ZoNeSeeK]

bump

[Jon]

Courtney Love?

[cappsy]

sorry yeah its patton go letti

[ZoNeSeeK]

Go lettster! :)

[Jon]

We need an angel to post.

[Adumbros]

revival! i want revival! this looks like a wicked ass game!

"No man or woman who attempts to pursue an idea in his/her own way is without enemies."

[Mordred Deschain]

yeah this is a cool thread! we still waiting for Letti to post?

[Jon]

yeah this is a cool thread! we still waiting for Letti to post?


Naw...I say we roll with it.

[Adumbros]

presumably not; traditionally, we give only 48-72 hours on a riddle thread, and when one goes "defunct", it usually goes to whosoever leads the revival. hence:


"No man or woman who attempts to pursue an idea in his/her own way is without enemies."

ps~i'm gonna have to ask Brice to kindly refrain from this particular one, being as it's the headline to my Myspace page.

[Jon]

Poor Brice can't play.:nope:

[Adumbros]

Well considering he's No. 2 on my myspace page, it would be a HIGHLY unfair advantage. I would ask Ruki to stray from this one as well, but so far, I haven't seen her on here since my recent return.

[Jon]

Ruki has been absent for a while now.

[Adumbros]

so i've noticed. she would normally be PMing me and Brice every 30 seconds or so. :D

not that that's a bad thing, Ru!

[Jon]

Bump