Quotes

Don't lie, everyone secretly wishes they had a pouch like a Kangaroo. Imagine all the stuff you could carry.

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

Happiness is not my destination, it's my mode of transport.

"One night I looked up at the beautiful stars and began to think.. Where is my roof?!"

"By the time you finish reading this message you'll realise you have wasted 5 seconds of your life."

"Cry me a river, build me a bridge, now do me a last favor and jump off!"

"If you can count all your money.. you dont have enough."

"Why did the pervert cross the road? That's where the chicken went."

"A blonde girl phoned me asking for my phone number."

"Instant emo; just add water."

"Me and you is friends. You smile, I smile. You hurt, I hurt. You cry, I cry. You jump off a bridge.. Im gonna miss your e-mails!"

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

During my moderate experience of this game I've been thinking of some useful tips to bring your account to the next level.

:think:

1) Always use fast production on goods. This has great economic advantages.
2) When fighting make use of the legendary Outpost Ship stack. This gives great ratios and can devestate enemy bases.
3) Before attacking, scout out enemy targets using Death Stars. They are fast, cheap and very inconspicuous.
4) Steal debris and United Colony occupations from large sensitive guilds wherever possible. They will find this amusing and wil fill your inbox with many praises.
5) It is very important not to build multiple bases. This increases the chances of them crashing into each other.

Polonius. What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet. Words, words, words. (II,ii)

...for there is nothing either good or
bad, but thinking makes it so.

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” ~ Jack London

“To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin,”

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Speak softly but carry a big Death Star ~ Teddy Roosevelt (AE twist )

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Will Rogers

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.
Richard Lamm

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
James Russell Lowell

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
Jorge Luis Borges

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Sydney J. Harris

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
P. J. O'Rourke

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Thomas Paine

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.
William E. Gladstone

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
Alexander Woollcott

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
Paul Harvey

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint Augustine

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.
- Benjamin Franklin