Favorite Quote

[markpj23]

A Navy Captain I once worked for gave this advice to those officers whom he was about to certify as "qualified" to drive his ship:

"...and remember; the most important thing is to call me 30 minutes before you do anything stupid!"

[sneuman]

Originally Posted by amytom

"If you chosse not to decide, you still have made a choice" - Rush Freewill

"Send them all to their maker and he"ll settle 'em down" - Toby Keith and Willie Nelson


Come to think of it; why isn't Willie Nelson part of the cabinet? He has the tax history for it.

Actually, Pope Innocent III beat Toby and Willy (and a few others) to that one: Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset or "Kill them all. God will know His own."

[TaoJones]

Originally Posted by sneuman

Actually, Pope Innocent III beat Toby and Willy (and a few others) to that one: Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset or "Kill them all. God will know His own."

I don't believe the historical record supports Innocent III as the original source of this quote. Rather, Arnaud-Amaury, Abbot of Citeaux, is the likely speaker.

The Abbot was the papal legate who was the spiritual and military head of the crusade against the Cathars (also called the Albigensian Crusade). When the town of Béziers fell under seige by the army of crusaders on July 22, 1209, the Catholic inhabitants of the town were allowed to leave unharmed. Several, however, chose to stay and fight alongside the Cathars.

Arnaud was supposedly asked how to tell the Catholics from the Cathars. Caesar of Heisterbach, a fellow Cistercian, recalled (several hundred years after the fact) that the Abbot replied, "Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius." — "Kill them all, the Lord will recognise His own."

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathars, the ensuing "battle" is described as follows:

"The doors of the church of St Mary Magdalene were broken down and the refugees dragged out and slaughtered. Reportedly, 7,000 people died there including many women and children. Elsewhere in the town many more thousands were mutilated and killed. Prisoners were blinded, dragged behind horses, and used for target practice.[9] What remained of the city was razed by fire. Arnaud wrote to Pope Innocent III, "Today your Holiness, twenty thousand heretics were put to the sword, regardless of rank, age, or sex."[10][11]. The permanent population of Béziers at that time was then probably no more than 5,000, but local refugees seeking shelter within the city walls could conceivably have increased the number to 20,000."

The Latin quote is variously given just as sneuman posted, but also as above ("Caedite eos. Novite . . ."). sneuman's quote is more accurate, and literally says, "Kill them all! God will know His own." The literal translation of "Caedite eos. Novite enim Dominus qui sunt eius," is "Kill them! The Lord has known indeed, who are His."

TaoJones

[Christian Van H]

Anyone have a clue who first said "I want to be the first person to ever circumnavigate the globe and NOT write a book about it!" ? I love that quote, but cant remember where I first heard it...

[gramos]

I almost had a physcic girlfriend once , but she left me before we met ....

[gramos]

and why, when you visit a physcic , do they ask you for your name and address ?

[Christian Van H]

Garmos, they both sound like Steven Wright jokes. Are they?

[fred]

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."

John F. Kennedy

[CarlF]

"and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." Christopher Columbus.

Said by Sean Connery in Hunt for Red October

And:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.

Carl

[captain58sailin]

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein
The difference between an adventure and an ordeal is attitude. - Latts & Atts. Magazine.
When you sit down to eat with the Devil, be sure and use a long handled spoon.-Nigerian proverb.

[captain58sailin]

Takes a big dog to weigh a ton.-Uncle Claude

[captain58sailin]

Do not try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig.-Unknown

[Boracay]

"A ship, a ship, my kingdom for a ship."

[MarkJ]

Or this bit where Shakespeare is obviously a marine urveyor in The Tempest:

"the ship were no stronger than a nutshell, and
as leaky as an unstanched wench."


LOL

[svstrider]

Close enough is good enough, only counts with horse shoes and grenades.