Quote of the Year 2008

[rathcoole_exile]

thanks to Jayjay for this shining example, it certainly gets my vote :


"many of you will lose this kind of money anyway being un-educated so why not give it to me?"

 

[raysor]

I like this one: "In Sept., Moss Bros Chief Executive Philip Mountford said it can hold full-year sales steady because people will dress smarter to keep their jobs as the economy sours"

 

[Paul71]

Anonamous TT member,..."i bought an oscillator off Goldman Sachs for 1500"

 

[BSD]

 

[BSD]

Now that my all time favourite Terrorist-in-Chief will soon be departing from us to a no doubt pretty challenging retirement on a ranch in texas I think we should honour him by sharing some of his inspiring insights he was always kind enough to share with the rest of us.

"You know, I'm the President during this period of time, but I think when the history of this period is written, people will realize a lot of the decisions that were made on Wall Street took place over a decade or so, before I arrived in President, during I arrived in President." --George W. Bush, ABC News interview, Dec. 1, 2008

"I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008

"I want to share with you an interesting program -- for two reasons, one, it's interesting, and two, my wife thought of it -- or has actually been involved with it; she didn't think of it. But she thought of it for this speech." --George W. Bush, discussing a company that improves access to clean water in Africa, Washington D.C., Oct. 21, 2008

"This thaw -- took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw." --George W. Bush, on liquidity in the markets, Alexandria, La., Oct. 20, 2008

"We're fixing to go down to Galveston and obviously are going to see a devastated part of this fantastic state." --George W. Bush, Houston, Sept. 16, 2008

"The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer -- prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I'm one of them." --George W. Bush, Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 3, 2008

"First of all, I don't see America having problems." --George W. Bush, interview with Bob Costas at the 2008 Olympics, Beijing, China, Aug. 10, 2008

"I'm coming as the president of a friend, and I'm coming as a sportsman." --George W. Bush, on his trip to the Olympics in China, Washington, D.C., July 30, 2008

"There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk -- that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments." --George W. Bush, speaking at a private fundraiser, Houston, Texas, July 18, 2008

"And they have no disregard for human life." --George W. Bush, on the brutality of Afghan fighters, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008

"The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It's not as good as we'd like, but -- and to the extent that we find weakness, we'll move." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008

"Let's make sure that there is certainty during uncertain times in our economy." -- George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2008

"We got plenty of money in Washington. What we need is more priority." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2008

"And so the fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there's jobs at the machine-making place." --George W. Bush, Mesa, Arizona, May 27, 2008

"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008

"I thank the diplomatic corps, who is here as well." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 12, 2008

"Your eminence, you're looking good." --George W. Bush to Pope Benedict XVI, using the title for Catholic cardinals, rather than addressing him as "your Holiness," Rome, June 13, 2008

Link: Bushisms

 

[fifty2aces]

"It's not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a really large number."
Treasury spokesman on $700B bailout

 

[rathcoole_exile]

BSD, that's too easy a target, pick on someone your own size !! poor wee Georgie .....

 

[fifty2aces]

Of course there's also JJ: "on a idea and vision i had...Im a businessman and found a business oppotunity as i felt there was a gap in the market for real education which many lack in the trading business"

Finally an opportunity to pay hundreds of pounds a month to be taught by someone who's trading abilities are nearly as questionable as his mastery of the English language! Truly a unique idea/vision/business opportunity.

 

[Skill Leverage]

Me on Facebook chat with a friend:

Friend: "I think I might be dislexic"
Me: "It's 'dyslexic'...."
Friend: "****."

 

[BSD]

BSD, that's too easy a target, pick on someone your own size !! poor wee Georgie .....

I know, I know...

What my mother always tells me too !!!

 

[rathcoole_exile]

it has a certain, what the French call....oh, i don't know what ....

 

[raysor]

reminds me of the insomniac, dyslexic atheist. He lay awake all night thinking about the existence of Dog.