# Quotes that, darn it, need to be posted.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 19, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-darn-it-need-to-be-posted/183023 "2003-06-19T22:43:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-darn-it-need-to-be-posted/183023/61 "2003-06-22T19:28:40Z")

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A fish stick is neither a fish nor a stick. It is a fungus.

Matt Groening, from Life In Hell

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-darn-it-need-to-be-posted/183023/62 "2003-06-22T20:53:41Z")

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Karl?  
-Dwight Yoakam’s last line in SlingBlade.

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying.  
The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.  
-DAdams.

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-darn-it-need-to-be-posted/183023/63 "2003-06-22T22:21:09Z")

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This came from a book I read long ago – can’t remember the name:

“You can have anything at all in life if you are willing to pay the price. Most often though, you’ll find the thing you wanted so greatly was not quite worth the price.”

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**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-darn-it-need-to-be-posted/183023/64 "2003-06-23T02:26:08Z")

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Only good one I can think of is the one in my sig. I’m not sure if I’m the first one to think up the saying though, so if anyone has seen it somewhere else before please let me know.

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**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-darn-it-need-to-be-posted/183023/65 "2003-06-23T04:49:28Z")

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So you say you hate your job? Well, why didn’t you say so earlier? There’s a support group for that, you know. It’s called ‘everybody’, and they meet at the bar.  
– Drew Carey (???)

Get busy living, or get busy dying.  
– Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption

I know I have a bunch more, I’ll try to think of them tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![flonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flonks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flonks)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-darn-it-need-to-be-posted/183023/66 "2003-06-23T11:48:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mullinator \*  
> \*\*“The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist.” – Marion Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC \*\*

I’d say gravity is sexist 😃

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