The Official Quote Suggestion Thread

[Narck]

Some of you Apolyton old-timers will still remember this from the early days of Apolyton: There used to be quotes accompanying the "Thanks for posting your message" screens.

Now, Markos decided that he wants to start this great tradition all over again... 3 quotes have already been entered... It's up to you to suggest other ones.

So, in this thread you are invited to suggest quotes (preferably civ-related!), which can be used to accompany one of the three "Thanks for posting your message" screens (for the post reply, post new topic and edit your message "thank you" screens, each of which will have its own quote)

The intention is that each of these 3 quotes will be changed regularly (once a week or less often than that, depending on the fact if there's time available to change it)

Thank you, start the suggestions please... Markos will decide which quotes to use.
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[MarkG]

1) something for oldies to remember... http://apolyton.net/forums/Archives/...-1-000338.html

2) the messages are not random, but there is a separate for the messages after starting a new thread, replying and editing
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[dStryker]

Civ related? I've been seeing Shakespeare quotes instead. "Great men......" (Went back to the regular screen too fast)

Edit: Does editing do that too?

"Be not afraid of greatness, some are born great...."

I've copied a quote!
Need to find some more...
Same quote.

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[Narck]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by dStryker on 03-02-2000 06:39 AM</font>
Civ related? I've been seeing Shakespeare quotes instead. "Great men......" (Went back to the regular screen too fast)

<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>This is why we want YOU to suggest Civ-related quotes

[MarkG]

actually, shakespeare is related due to the wonder

[dStryker]

Just like Magellan?

[Iain Lindley]

It's not Civ-related, but for the benefit of several posters I know here at Apolyton ( ), may I suggest...

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center> - Mark Twain

[Bill3000]

This is Off-Topic.

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>Demesos, true freedom and equality, will rule the Twenty-First Century.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>-Bill3000


PLEASE but it in!
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[Narck]

Civ related in the sense that quite a few Apolytoners are smokers

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>Smokers will be pummeled with punishing blows all over their bodies
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>
-Mark Twain


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[ghen]

"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
-Shakespeare

Only quote I know are the ones in my sig:


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They are like two balls of burning flame.
--Pamela Anderson Lee on the residual pain caused by her surgery to remove breast implants.
I dont see "Markos can suck my *****" threads here...
--MarkG
RAH gets all the posts and we get nadda.
It just isn't fair.
--The Ferrets
I have a "surprise" for the little *********!
--Ming

Fast Eddie Flannigan
Logic Annihilator of the Marvelous PROT!
Member of the 1000 post division.
Leader of the Anti-Sidite movement!

[Theben]

I just put 2 in the OT forum...

Heh, heh. I just looked over that archive. Man, mj and his music, what a nut.

[Narck]

It's best to keep everything in one place, so here are Theben's two suggestions:

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>No plan survives contact with the enemy.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>
-Some British upperclass twit

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>If you know yourself and your enemy, you will have success in every battle. If you know only yourself or the enemy, you will fail as often as succeed. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you shall fall in battle everytime.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>
- Sun Tzu (heavily paraphased)

[Theben]

Alright, here are my quotes:

"No plan survives contact with the enemy." -Some British upperclass twit

"If you know yourself and your enemy, you will have success in every battle. If you know only yourself or the enemy, you will fail as often as succeed. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you shall fall in battle everytime."- Sun Tzu (heavily paraphased)

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"The collapse of communism at the end of the cold war removed from the world's political stage the last pretense of principled opposition to the rule of money, and the pages of history suggest that oligarchies unhindered by conscience or common sense seldom take much of an interest in the cause of civil liberty."- Lewis Lapham

[Theben]

Oh, so you didn't think I was capable of moving it myself, did ya, punk?

I still think a random quote generator would be kewl.

[Narck]

LOL, after you mentioned that you posted yours to the OT, I figured you weren't going to post them in here

I agree on the random generator, but does such a thing exist?