It was probly George Bernard Shaw who observed that anyone who is not

[Jackpine Radical]

a socialist in their youth has no heart, and anyone who is not a conservative in their older years has no brain.

Ya know what? Like so many other things in my life, I got this stuff backwards too.

[baldguy]

1. So that means young conservatives are heartless & brainless.

[groovedaddy]

2. I've noticed that myself! n.t

[Joe Chi Minh]

3. Better late than never, Jack.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Well, of course in this case "late" means

approximately 1968.

[Joe Chi Minh]

8. Better still.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. That's usually attributed to Churchill

But apparently a lot of other people may be the actual source:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5952/unquote.html

[Jackpine Radical]

6. Wow, thanks for that link.

It just took about a half hour out of my life.

Best quote:

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today.
Teach a man to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

:rofl:

[DavidDvorkin]

7. So true!