What's your favorite quote and why?

From Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
Although this quote might Depress some people... It doesn't me... This is most likely the dumbest place to post such a quote... but it is a fav of mine anyway... Charles DarwinI like this quote Because many people seem to misunderstand what a theory really is Thomas Huxley after Reading Darwin's Origin of Species

As wj said, yes.Churchill really was one of the greatest quote-makers. Thanks to Phatboy for adding to the list. Here are a couple more I dug up:

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The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives.

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In a speech to the House of Commons:

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I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.

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Of Hitler, after the invasion of Russia:

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All his usual formalites of perfidy were observed with scrupulous technique.

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In searching for these, I find that it was Lady Nancy Astor, the first female member of the House of Commons, who was the source of your quote about poison and my quote about Winston being drunk. She was quite a wit herself; here are a few quotes from her:

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I married beneath me. All women do.

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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on a woman.

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We are not asking for superiority for we have always had that; all we ask is equality.

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Her last words:

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Am I dying or is is this my birthday?

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Just watched this film today for the first time in at least 10 years, and it made me want to come back here and post another quote:

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Revenge is a dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold.

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- Louis Mazzini (played by Dennis Price) in Kind Hearts and Coronets.The character is speaking about his plans to kill about a dozen of his relatives, one by one, in order to gain title to a dukedom. The film, a 1949 British black comedy, puts the audience in the position of cheering for the heartless, tart-tounged killer. Mazzini speaks mostly in epigrams. Here's another quote, his desciption of how he killed a female relative riding in a balloon throwing out suffragette literature to a cheering crowd:

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I shot my arrow through the air, she fell to earth in Barclay Square.

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All of the victims are played by Alec Guinness, and Joan Greewood does a marvelous turn as a spoiled little rich girl. If you haven't seen this film you should find a copy and watch it. I promise you'll have a good laugh.

Best last words in history... I've heard from some sources that they're bonafide, and I've heard from others that they're not, but either way, Oscar Wilde's:"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."

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"Perhaps you should take your furs and your literal interpretations to the other side of the river."
-Anya

Well, if we're allowed to quote stupid films, I love the part in "The Man from Snowy River" where Clancy is eating Kirk Douglas' wallabee stew.

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1. You've been offering me food for twenty years, too, but all I ever get is Wallabee stew.

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Then, when Kirk Douglas asks if it's good...

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2. Yes, in a toxic, festering sort of way.

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3. You should market this as a miracle cure for appetite.

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This is a quote from a teenage friend. It needs a brief introduction. I live in Selmer, Tn. Hornsby is a little town nearby that I'm told owns one police car. When this teenager and a couple other young people were put in charge of the horse demonstrations for Selmer's local horse club, I was impressed. He didn't think I ought to be impressed, so he said:

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It's kind of like being the mayor of Hornsby.

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We were in a youth meeting, but I lost it. He's a quiet sort of kid, and I didn't expect a line like that from him. I laughed for about five minutes, holding my sides and curling up in the big chair I was in.

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"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubble gum."-Rowdy Roddy Piper, in They Live

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"Perhaps you should take your furs and your literal interpretations to the other side of the river."
-Anya

"They could'nt hit a elephant at this distance."Last words of Maj Gen John Sedgewick while describing the Confederates marksmanship.The General was subsequently shot at a distance of at least 200 meters from across the river by a Confederate sniper.

Here are a couple of my favorite quotes:

"Lifes a bitch, and shes back in heat." Same movie..same character.

My two kids and I were sitting at the counter in a Greek diner in Waltham, MA. My then-6-year-old son was impressed with the amount of pictures of Jesus on the wall above the stove but not with the service. He finally said, "Who do I have to heal to get a sausage around here?"I was tempted to high-five him, but instead I suspended him and shut down the thread.regards,
Esteban "Chip off the Old Block" Hambre

kids say the funniest things..LOL.

The quote is of Sir Philip Sydney
"Either I will find a way or i will make one"

I have two. Murphy's Law "If something can go wrong it will, and at the worst possible time.And O'Toole's Commentary On Murphy's Law. "Murphy was an optimist."You have to wonder what kind of life O'Toole led.

Speaking of Peter O'Toole, he once starred in a black comedy in which he plays an insane character who thinks he's Jesus Christ. When asked by a relative how it is that he came to know he was God, O'Toole replies:

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Oh, that's easy. I suddenly realized that when I was praying, I was actually talking to myself!

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