[Ramspeed]

There is a good chance my backyard is completely underwater right now. N.Phx. It’s been raining for sometime now. Gift from God on Christmas

 

[RickyG]

Rain is keeping the smoke from my brisket local. I have the best smelling backyard in the neighborhood right now.

 

[bearfoot1]

" For God sent not his Son into the world to condemm the world, but that the world through him might be saved" John 3;17

 

[RickWild]

Once you reach 50 you can’t recognize letters unless your up close but you CAN recognize idiots from far away.

Unknown author.

 

[RickyG]

"Well shit."
Myself on multiple occasions

 

[RickWild]

Not a quote but a great opening paragraph, to me, as an outdoorsman and hunter.
“It starts with the first cool evenings in August as something deep inside starts to push everything else from the subconscious mind. Not everyone, in fact, less and less people have this instinct as it slowly gets bred out of the race, being replaced by more material pastimes. The hunter is fortunate to have it, but has to admit it is hard to explain to those that don’t”.
Bill Stonebraker

 

[Dorobuta]

Democracy is not a spectator sport, nor is it something to be studied from a safe distance. You need to fully immerse yourself and fight for your ideals.

I wish I could attribute the right person, but it was a long time ago, and the statement stuck, but the name of the speaker did not.

 

[RickWild]

Quote by Standing Bear, a Sioux
“The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man’s heart away from nature becomes hard: he knew the lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to the lack of respect for humans to”.
I must agree. 80% of society lives in urban areas and have very little knowledge of the outdoors. Hence, they do not treat each other so well. Every time I camp with friends or new folk, I learn respect for all that enjoy the outdoors. And they respect me.

 

[PaulGT2164]

One of my favorite quotes :

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
- Mark Twain

Another one I find pertinent often :

"People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves."
-Albert Camus

 

[RickWild]

“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean, I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff”.
Mariah Carey.

 

[RickWild]

“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it”.

At that time - Al Gore, Vice President.

 

[SteveG]

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it".

At that time - Al Gore, Vice President.

Is that like saying, it was not the bullet that killed ya, it was the hole it left?

 

[rk]

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it".

At that time - Al Gore, Vice President.

I think that quote is actually attributed to Dan Quayle.

 

[Big Tub]

This following group are Quayleisms: that is, comments widely attributed to the former Vice-President that were coined by humor writers as statements that sounded like something he might say rather than something he actually said:

• "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
• "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
• "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/quayle-quotes/

Poor Dan.

 

[John McLaughlin]

This following group are Quayleisms: that is, comments widely attributed to the former Vice-President that were coined by humor writers as statements that sounded like something he might say rather than something he actually said:

Back in the days before Gannett bought it , The Arizona Republic was owned by the Pulliam family of which Dan is a member. I believe they owned the Indianapolis Star also. One reason he was elected US Senator from Indiana. JM

• "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
• "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
• "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/quayle-quotes/

Poor Dan.

 

[Dave Price]

I keep trying to see Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer's point of view, but I can't seem to get my head that far up my ass.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy

 

[lynn1130]

He is a riot. I love him.