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Here's a few of mine

"When I give food to the poor, the call me a saint; When I ask why the poor have no food, the call me a communist"-Dom Helder Camara

"I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it."-W.C. Fields

"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with."-W. C. Fields

"If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. "-Albert Einstien

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."-Albert Einstein


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Reply #51 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
"Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it sparkles in the setting of modest self-distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive any injury." --Anonymous
Reply #52 from Stardock Forums Top
Reference # 39

Just some picky comments - otherwise mostly true   

Recoilless rifles - aren't.


Actually, they are - the projectiles are rocket propelled - they are basically vehicle or tripod mounted upgraded bazookas (of about Korean Conflict vintage) (and also used by the govn't folks in the CA mountains to precipitate controlled avalanches)

The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions:
when they're ready.
when you're not.


I think it goes "when 2 conditions are met"

No OPLAN ever survives initial contact.


"No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy" - Field Marshall Helmuth Carl Bernard von Moltke

Military Intelligence is a contradiction.


add "in terms" to the end. I always heard it as: "Military Intelligence is an oxymoron."

And...

"Just because someone states 'They're out to get me!' doesn't necessarily mean they are paranoid. Sometimes 'They' show up." Psychiatric Residency Lecture
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Reply #54 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
"Even Dead clowns are annoying" -Dirge from the Xombie series

"Marines don't die, they go to hell and regroup" -Lord Gunny
Reply #55 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
"When an episode of Walker: Texas Ranger changed your life, you might be a redneck."

Do I really have to tell you who said this?