Meaningful Quotations

[Tombstone Mountain]

_{Don't re-invent the wheel}

_--Unknown

[goose]

Never verb a noun.

[Tombstone Mountain]

You don't get chocolate from the anus of a weasel

--Arabic Proverb

[x1yyz]

You don't get chocolate from the anus of a weasel

--Arabic Proverb

 

[toymaker]

You don't get chocolate from the anus of a weasel

--Arabic Proverb

 

"Some things go without saying." - toymaker

[Day of Light]

"The goats are wise; eat everything, climb everything, and if something kicks you, kick it back!" -Braum

 

"Mother always said - float like iceberg, sting like thrown iceberg!" -Braum

[goose]

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

[goose]

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

[goose]

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

[goose]

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

[goose]

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

[goose]

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

[toymaker]

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

 

Fantastic!

 

That's up there with "Don't go away mad. Just go away."

Edited February 19, 2016 by toymaker

[goose]

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

 

Fantastic!

 

That's up there with "Don't go away mad. Just go away."

That was Oscar Wilde, by the way.

[JARG]

Never verb a noun.

 

Verbing weirds language.

[Principled Man]

Flying planes can be dangerous.

 

 

-- Noam Chomsky

[Principled Man]

You have enemies? GOOD. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

 

 

-- Winston Churchill

[HemiBeers]

You don't get chocolate from the anus of a weasel

--Arabic Proverb

Huh. I've been mistaken all these years.

 

Does that mean that Rabbit turds aren't Cocoa Puffs?

[Segue Myles]

Goose, I know we have had our issues in the past, but some of these proverbs you have quoted here are amazing. If you model your life around some of these sentiments, then I truly have much to learn from you!

[goose]

Goose, I know we have had our issues in the past, but some of these proverbs you have quoted here are amazing. If you model your life around some of these sentiments, then I truly have much to learn from you!

:cheers:

[Segue Myles]

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

Dear

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

 

These two are golden. I will remember these next time I am relapsing into a strong case of depression.

[x1yyz]

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

 

Fantastic!

 

That's up there with "Don't go away mad. Just go away."

 

Ha ha! That reminds me of "Some people are like Slinkies. They're not good for much, but they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs."

[Day of Light]

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

 

Fantastic!

 

That's up there with "Don't go away mad. Just go away."

 

Ha ha! That reminds me of "Some people are like Slinkies. They're not good for much, but they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs."

 

Also reminds me of the other classic Oscar Wilde insult:

 

“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”

[Principled Man]

If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?!

 

 

 

-- My mother. (Yes, SHE said it first.....)

Edited February 20, 2016 by Principled Man

[toymaker]

If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?!

 

 

 

-- My mother. (Yes, SHE said it first.....)

 

And the answer, as always, is "depends on the bridge."

 

Or, "depends on whether the bodies piled at the bottom would be enough of a cushion to mitigate the effects of impact"

Edited February 20, 2016 by toymaker