Tennis Frontier Favorite Quotes

[Murat B.]

'Some people believe football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.'

Bill Shanky

 

[Murat B.]

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
Yogi Berra


"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."

Yogi Berra


"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Yogi Berra

 

[shawnbm]

Love me some Yogi Berra. Oscar Wilde has some good ones too.

 

[britbox]

Not quite a quote, but a good proverb.

In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC) Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said

"Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?"

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.

Socrates continued. "You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really"

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor Good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and ashamed.

 

[Kieran]

Very useful stuff, brother! Old Socrates wasn't just the greatest midfielder, he had nous!

Gonna try remember this one...

 

[shawnbm]

Oh britbox, that was stupendous. It has been years since I have read Socrates, but that is good enough!

 

[Murat B.]

"I am going to order a pizza 5 minutes before midnight on the 31st of December and when they arrive to deliver ill say DAMN i ordered this thing a year ago!"

Mario Balotelli

 

[Murat B.]

- Michael Parkinson: "What was the nearest amount of time, before or after a game, that you ever had sex, George?"

- George Best: "Er... It was in half time, I think."

:lolz:

 

[Murat B.]

This one kills me every time I think about it:

(Asked by a reporter if Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world): In the world? He`s not even the best drummer in The Beatles!

Lennon.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

niall quinns disco pants are the best,
they go up from his arse to his chest,
they're better than adam and the ants,
niall quinns disco pants.

chanted/sung by sunderland fc football fans, in the prem, around the year 2000.

 

[Rose]

"Come up and see me sometime" - Mae West

And I can't believe that ClayDeath was here/gone also :speechless:

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

"crystal or funeral, got no hope". Dylan Thomas.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."
-- (attributed to many different people from Yogi Berra to Albert Einstein, not sure
who said it first).