Favourite quotes

[MaestroZidane]

"Is that what they are supposed to tell your mother when they send her another folded up American flag?

Tell her that when you found me, I was with the only brothers I had left, and that I wasn�t about to desert them."

-Saving Private Brian

 

[Seán D]

The future is only the past with lights on

 

[Zlatan]

All from El Salvador, Johan Cruijff.

* De bal is een essentieel onderdeel van het spel.
o Translation: The ball is an essential part of the game.

* Elk nadeel heb z'n voordeel.
o Translation: Every disadvantage have(Grammatical error, Amsterdam accent) its advantage.

* Ik geloof niet. In Spanje slaan alle 22 spelers een kruisje voordat ze het veld opkomen, als het werkt, zal het dus altijd een gelijkspel worden.
o Translation: I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.

* Ik wil geen dief van mijn eigen portemonnee zijn.
o Transaltion: I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet.
o On moving from Ajax Amsterdam to Barcelona.

* Italianen kunnen niet van ons winnen, maar we kunnen wel van ze verliezen.
o Translation: Italians cannot beat us, but we can certainly lose against them.

* Om te winnen moet je 1 goal meer scoren Shifty je tegenstander.
o Translation: To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent.

* Snelheid wordt vaak verward met inzicht. Als ik eerder ga lopen Shifty de rest, lijk ik sneller.
o Translation: Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

* Toeval is logisch.
o Translation: Coincidence is logical.

* Voordat ik een fout maak, maak ik die fout niet.
o Translation: Before I make a mistake, I DO NOT make that mistake.

* Zonder de bal kun je niet winnen.
o Translation: Without the ball, you can't win.
* Je moet schieten anders kun je niet scoren
o Translation: You have to shoot in order to score
* En un momento dado
* Vellekip

...amongst dozens more.

 

[Sir Calumn]

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."

"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade."

"People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it."

~ Noel Coward, an adequate alternative to Oscar

 

[Run DMB]

"The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States, and yet lands only in Europe."

- Tom Wolfe

 

[Run DMB]

"The problem with leisure - what to do for pleasure"

"We all have good intentions, but all with strings attached"

- Gang of Four, "Natural's Not in it"

 

[Deisler]

Paris: What a wounderfull morning brother, the Gods have blessed us.
Hector: The Gods can bless you in the morning and curse you in the afternoon.



Achilles: Myrmidons, do you know what's there? Beyond that beach? Imortality. Take it, it's yours.



Achilles: If you sail any slower you will miss the war.
Ullyses: What's the point being here at the start as far as i am here in the end.



Kid: The man you are fighting, is the biggiest man i have ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him.
Achilles: That's why no one will remember your name.