Favourite sayings

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by NickyC

Oh I just remembered another one:

"That kid is as sharp as a mashed potato".

LOL

Similar to "He / she is not the sharpest knife in the drawer."

[SunnyD]

"The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog"

- Mark Twain

[bimmette]

Another Mark Twain:
"Travel is fatal to prejudice..."

And I like:

If you want something you've never had, then you've got to do something you've never done.

[GOLFFRR]

if it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make cents

[Lups]

Originally Posted by GOLFFRR

if it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make cents

A day without sucking up to goldfinger is a day wasted.

(I need a car!)

[Delta0311]

"Although a fighting spirit and a pure and courageous approach can achieve a great deal, in the end this spirit will always succumb to material advantage."
Lt. Peter Stölten

[Dackelone]

A mechanic I use to know, was fond of this saying... "just because its a new part doesn't mean it IS a GOOD part!"

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by Needbmwpartzz

Wow nice contribution!
You reminded me of one:
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Two things are certain in this world...death and taxes.
Money makes the world go round and so does Pussy(did I just say that....(internal dialogue)......Yup!)

Thank you.

All the best.

[Gesler]

Some people bring happiness wherever they go, some whenever.
Oscar Wilde

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
PG Wodehouse

[Needbmwpartzz]

Originally Posted by Gesler

Some people bring happiness wherever they go, some whenever.
Oscar Wilde

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
PG Wodehouse

Love that second quote.....that's church right there.

[RickFLM4]

One more: Be careful what you wish for...

[MrRoboto]

If the Horse Is Dead, Dismount

[Needbmwpartzz]

If all you want is money,go make some.

-me.

[ASBSECU E93]

Insanity is doing the same things over and over but expecting a different result.

Humans are the only animals that blush with embarrassment, or feel the need to.

[ASBSECU E93]

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

One more: Be careful what you wish for...

That reminds me of a some more, most of which are things said by others and that I use/paraphrase from time to time, or that inspire me to create my own version of their sentiment and tone:

• The truth is the truth regardless of whether you believe it. (Tyson)
• Wishing won't make it so. (this one is mine)
• ...is your illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. (H.L. Mencken)
• Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. (Einstein)
• Mae West -- That woman had more cool and pithy sayings than I can shake a stick at.
  • You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
  • Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
  • An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
  • Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
  • I never said it would be easy; I only said it would be worth it.
  • Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
  • Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.
  • Look your best - who said love is blind?
    This on I turn into advice for my kids: Be sure to look your best because even though love may be blind, your date isn't.
  • To err is human - but it feels divine.
  • I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
    
    I remember paraphrasing that one when I gave my kids "the sex talk." I did so because even though the key point of the "sex talk" is to teach kids about doing the right thing, it's equally important that they understand that sex is best when it's also done right.
  • Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand. (Does anyone else here play bridge?) This is one I passed on to my sons. I don't know if my ex shared the same principle with my daughter. Odds are she did.
  • Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
  • The curve is more powerful than the sword.
    
    This one I recast as the bawdier:
    
    "Women, not men, have all the true power in the world because even though men control more than 80% of the nations on the planet, women control 100% of the pussy."
  • She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. (One of my favorite insults to toss out when fitting.)
  • If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
  • Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart.
    Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.
    
    This one I turn into, "The way to my heart does not go through the kitchen."
  • I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.
  • What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more.
• Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car. (Keillor)
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. (Henson)
• All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. (Schultz).
• Luck is preparation meeting opportunity. (Oprah)
• I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. (Groucho Marx)
• The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. (Pratchett)
• Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint. (Herz)

Another writer whose "stuff" and sensibilities I use often is Lewis Carroll. Since I listed so Mae West sayings, I'll save Carroll's for another post.


All the best.

[ASBSECU E93]

@tony20009

Mae was a pioneer....ahead of her time.

[ASBSECU E93]

It takes two to make a thing go right...
It takes two to make it outta sight.

Rob Base

[Needbmwpartzz]

Originally Posted by ASBSECU E93

It takes two to make a thing go right...
It takes two to make it outta sight.

Rob Base

Good tune!

Without music,life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

[Needbmwpartzz]

Originally Posted by tony20009

That reminds me of a some more, most of which are things said by others and that I use/paraphrase from time to time, or that inspire me to create my own version of their sentiment and tone:

• The truth is the truth regardless of whether you believe it. (Tyson)
• Wishing won't make it so. (this one is mine)
• ...is your illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. (H.L. Mencken)
• Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. (Einstein)
• Mae West -- That woman had more cool and pithy sayings than I can shake a stick at.
  • You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
  • Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
  • An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
  • Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
  • I never said it would be easy; I only said it would be worth it.
  • Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
  • Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.
  • Look your best - who said love is blind?
    This on I turn into advice for my kids: Be sure to look your best because even though love may be blind, your date isn't.
  • To err is human - but it feels divine.
  • I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
    
    I remember paraphrasing that one when I gave my kids "the sex talk." I did so because even though the key point of the "sex talk" is to teach kids about doing the right thing, it's equally important that they understand that sex is best when it's also done right.
  • Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand. (Does anyone else here play bridge?) This is one I passed on to my sons. I don't know if my ex shared the same principle with my daughter. Odds are she did.
  • Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
  • The curve is more powerful than the sword.
    
    This one I recast as the bawdier:
    
    "Women, not men, have all the true power in the world because even though men control more than 80% of the nations on the planet, women control 100% of the pussy."
  • She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. (One of my favorite insults to toss out when fitting.)
  • If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
  • Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart.
    Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.
    
    This one I turn into, "The way to my heart does not go through the kitchen."
  • I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.
  • What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more.
• Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car. (Keillor)
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. (Henson)
• All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. (Schultz).
• Luck is preparation meeting opportunity. (Oprah)
• I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. (Groucho Marx)
• The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. (Pratchett)
• Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint. (Herz)

Another writer whose "stuff" and sensibilities I use often is Lewis Carroll. Since I listed so Mae West sayings, I'll save Carroll's for another post.


All the best.

Gold star for you....great quotes there and some people I forgot existed.
Thanks.

[upstatedoc]

Take some breaths in for me.

Ok, breathe normal.

Take a breath in and hold it.

[ASBSECU E93]

I like big butts and I cannot lie ~ Sir Mix-a-Lot