DireWolfSpirit Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 "Plata O Plomo?" -Pablo Escobar Plata o plomo is a Colombian Spanish slang phrase that translates to “silver or lead.” A person saying the phrase is telling the listener to either accept a bribe (plata, meaning “silver,” a common slang term for money in Colombia) or lose their life (plomo, a metonym for “lead bullet”). Wade1865 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Overhead at a Zoom meeting between a music engineer and music editor: "AI has come along at just the right time to save these tracks!" They were talking about the messes that some boom tracks are, those recorded not by the video camera's own mic, but outside that, and how to get the sound right on the video edits, for doing which an AI gadget has just come along that can separate and pull out one voice out of a group of voices, among other things, and then restore what that voice would be sounding like in person, for voicing on the video, where it may have lost in the mix otherwise, i.e. not heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik of Hazelfield Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank DireWolfSpirit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu dog-days, Inkdaub, Darryk and 7 others 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I can resist everything but temptation Oscar Wilde my man Fragile Bird, Mladen and maarsen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liffguard Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 "I can lose my hands, and still live. I can lose my legs and still live. I can lose my eyes and still live. I can lose my hair, eyebrows, nose, arms, and many other things and still live. But if I lose the air I die. If I lose the Sun I die. If I lose the Earth I die. If I lose the water I die. If I lose the plants and animals I die. All of these things are more a part of me, more essential to my every breath, than is my so-called body. What is my real body?” – Jack Forbes DireWolfSpirit and Larry of the Lawn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids." -- Uncle Joe Edited August 6, 2022 by Wade1865 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 "Corn Pop was a bad dude, and he ran a bunch of bad boys ... He was waiting for me with three guys with straight razors. Not a joke." -- Uncle Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 "The country is doing well in so many ways. But there's such divisiveness." -- Big Donald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigoTheCarpathian Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) “I’m a very stable genius.” Edited August 9, 2022 by VigoTheCarpathian Just realized my quote was entirely unattributable. Apologies to Tinyfinger. Wade1865 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. Larry of the Lawn and Wade1865 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 "Find what you love and let it kill you." "If you're going to try, go all the way." -- Charles Bukowski That's some phenomenol writing. Sounds like he was kinda horrible as a person, but what an insightful man with such applicable words. If you love gaming -- play -- and go all the way. If you love warfare -- fight -- and go all the way. If you love money -- hustle -- and go all the way. If you love family -- reproduce -- and go all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 “I would give myself an A-plus.” -- God Emperor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebla Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 "Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy" --F. Scott Fitzgerald Fragile Bird and Wade1865 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 On 12/25/2021 at 1:05 PM, DireWolfSpirit said: "Plata O Plomo?" -Pablo Escobar Plata o plomo is a Colombian Spanish slang phrase that translates to “silver or lead.” A person saying the phrase is telling the listener to either accept a bribe (plata, meaning “silver,” a common slang term for money in Colombia) or lose their life (plomo, a metonym for “lead bullet”). DireWolfSpirit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebla Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 A few more... "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened" - Terry Pratchett (Boy do I feel that way!) “Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never grew old by the fire.” -Stephen King (we adopted two kittens last year when we found a litter under our shed. The other 3 have been safely adopted) My below quote was my mantra while going through a divorce years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 "Ask not what you can do for your country- ask what your free government sex robot can do for you." -Thanks Obama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 ON MONEY. "Money is the wise man's religion." -- Euripides "Fortune favors the brave." -- Virgil, et al. "Play the game." -- God Emperor "I'm living in America. And in America, you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business. Now fucking pay me." -- Brad Pitt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik of Hazelfield Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I have a new favourite, from Dune: Quote What do you despise? By this are you truly known. In the film, I think it was shortened to “judge a man by what he hates” or something like that. The more I think about it, the more I realise how true it is. What do you hate? Racism? Imperialism? Slavery? Gays? Libtards? It really does tell you loads about a person. Wade1865 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Erik of Hazelfield said: I have a new favourite, from Dune: In the film, I think it was shortened to “judge a man by what he hates” or something like that. The more I think about it, the more I realise how true it is. What do you hate? Racism? Imperialism? Slavery? Gays? Libtards? It really does tell you loads about a person. Erik of Hazelfield — not knowing the context, it sounds like a warning from an instructor; a lesson on concealing what you despise, to avoid an opponent targeting it as a vulnerability. For example, if I’m known to despise close quarters combat, my enemy will judge me as someone to close the distance with before attacking, gaining advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.