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11-26-2010, 05:01 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Truisms
From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Truism: an undoubted or self-evident truth; especially one too obvious for mention.
Quote your fav or make up your own.
From one of my favorite pontificators of wisdom:
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....But then I repeat myself."
-Mark Twain
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11-26-2010, 09:07 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Submarines & navigation: "Wherever you go, you're in the way there you are."
My other favorite truism is: "Oooh, that's gonna leave a mark"...
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11-27-2010, 03:22 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Leeward Oahu
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How about:
It is what it is.
I could be wrong.
Your mileage may vary.
Nobody gets out of here alive. (not to be confused with death and taxes)
Inside every silver lining - there's a dark cloud. (apologies to George Carlin in "Take Offs and Put Ons")
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Ko'olau's Law -
Anything which can be used can be misused. Anything which can be misused will be.
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11-27-2010, 06:51 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Yes dear, you are absolutely right!
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11-27-2010, 08:17 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: NC
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Truisms are in the mind of the beholder of course. Here are just a few of my favorites chosen at random. Complete list attached (11 pages, I've been collecting them all my life)...
·You are only wealthy if you have something that money cannot buy. Garth Brooks
·If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be tempting but I would have to decline, for life would no longer teach me anything. Allyson Jones
·The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. A. Einstein
·This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Emerson
·You never learn anything with your mouth open.
·When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you’re going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
·A successful marriage depends on two things: 1) finding the right person and 2) being the right person.
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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11-27-2010, 08:18 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: Denver, Colorado
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"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." -- Will Rogers (popular variant)
Actual quote: "There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do is report the facts. I don't even have to exaggerate."
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"It's tough to make predictions, especially when it involves the future." ~Attributed to many
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." ~(perhaps by) Yogi Berra
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."~ Lau tzu
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11-27-2010, 08:29 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Location: Orlando, Fl
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My Fav's are:
Never try to teach a pig to sing. You'll waste your time and annoy the pig.
So many bad drivers. So few bullets.
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"Some people describe themselves as being able to see things as a glass half full. For some, the glass is half empty. Me? I can't even find the f***king glass."
Silver
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11-27-2010, 09:33 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Never wrestle with a pig. You'll get dirty, and the pig will enjoy it.
A.
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If you understood everything I say, you'd be me ~ Miles Davis
'There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.’ Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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11-27-2010, 09:34 AM
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My favorites are the funny ones, that fall into the category of Paraprosdokian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Like: "If I am reading this graph correctly — I'd be very surprised." (Stephen Colbert)
And a few others:
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
Or for many of us: I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted pay checks.
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No more lawyer stuff, no more political stuff, so no more CYA
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11-27-2010, 09:38 AM
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gone traveling
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"I would rather die with money than live without it"...
"Risk is the price you pay for opportunity"...
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11-27-2010, 09:52 AM
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"A man’s got to know his limitations." - Dirty Harry (I think)
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We are, as I have said, one equation short. – Keynes
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11-27-2010, 10:12 AM
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Never trust a dog to guard your dinner plate.
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"There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means." Calvin Coolidge
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11-27-2010, 10:12 AM
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gone traveling
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Originally Posted by ronin
"A man’s got to know his limitations." - Dirty Harry (I think)
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11-27-2010, 10:13 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
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"Everybody has to be someplace."
"Never argue with an idiot; they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."
"I'd rather sell a kidney than go back to work or get married."
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"Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone..."
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11-27-2010, 10:16 AM
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We are, as I have said, one equation short. – Keynes
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11-27-2010, 10:43 AM
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Financial math has taught me that 1+1= 1 using sufficiently small values of 1.
Also 1+1=3 for sufficiently large values of 1.
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11-27-2010, 10:53 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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You will never again be younger than you are today.
Today is the oldest you have ever been.
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11-27-2010, 11:26 AM
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gone traveling
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Location: Eastern PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calmloki
You will never again be younger than you are today.
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True, but I can "bring down the average" by getting a younger girlfriend  ....
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11-27-2010, 12:11 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Cooksburg,PA
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"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."
Still Life With Woodpecker
Free to canoe
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11-27-2010, 12:35 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rescueme
True, but I can "bring down the average" by getting a younger girlfriend .... |
"You're only as old as the one you feel."
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