Quotes. Your favourite?

[Lcountz]

"This too shall pass"

and:

"Some people only talk when they have nothing to say".

 

[MichaelB]

When asked if he had ever been a communist, Harpo had no comment.

 

[Jmo1969]

Dyin' ain't much of a living.

Clint Eastwood

 

[bld999]

As the circle of light increases, so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Einstein

 

[tinlizzy]

As the circle of light increases, so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Einstein

Reminds me of

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract. Olivier Wendell Holmes

 

[seraphim]

I rather like my signature line

 

[Jmo1969]

Opportunity knocks softly.

Love this.

 

[Rosie]

"Doing nothing is underrated."


-- me

 

[traineeinvestor]

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes"
- Oscar Wilde

 

[Marc]

"Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero"

Horace

Of course, I temper this with investing for FIRE.

Marc

 

[Koolau]

Back in my last art class (8th grade - it was required) I had absolutely no talent. Still, I did okay on one assignment which was to produce a poster, hand lettered in Old English. I think the teacher gave me a decent grade because she loved the saying I used.

Those who think in inches
But talk by yards
Should be kicked by feet.

Think I've shared this here before. But I still love it after 50 years.

 

[Sarah in SC]

Back in my last art class (8th grade - it was required) I had absolutely no talent. Still, I did okay on one assignment which was to produce a poster, hand lettered in Old English. I think the teacher gave me a decent grade because she loved the saying I used. Those who think in inches But talk by yards Should be kicked by feet. Think I've shared this here before. But I still love it after 50 years.

I've never heard that, but love it! Boy, that applies to a lot of blowhards I know!

 

[target2019]

What is measured, is managed.

 

[citrine]

I have two...

“When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: either there will be ground to stand on, or you will be given wings to fly.”


― O.R. Melling, The Summer King

"I am just another bozo on the bus!"

 

[kaudrey]

The quote in my signature line, and:

"And this, too, shall pass away"

A quote Lincoln used in a speech, as part of an ancient story in which a monarch asks his men to come up with a saying that would be always true, in all times and all situations.

 

[Keim]

Any idiot can pay full price.

See my sig line for a good one from my father in law. I added the second line.

You can put lip stick on it, but it is still a pig.

 

[chilkoot]

As fate would have it, I received a book by Tom McGuane in the mail today. This line, from the preface, jumped right out at me:
"It serves no one to suggest that broken hearts are never repaired..."

 

[Hamster]

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Lord Acton

 

[Jmo1969]

Loose lips sink ships.

 

[ls99]

What... me worry? Alfred E Newman.

 

[easysurfer]

“Comparison is the death of joy.” ― Mark Twain

No wonder Facebook gets folks depressed

 

[Unpaintedhuffhines]

"If there's a 50-50 chance of us winning, 9 times out of 10 we will."

"I'd make a mental note, but I don't have anything to write on."

"Creativity is simply forgetting where you stole the idea from."

 

[Jack_Pine]

"A good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow"

"Those who constantly worry what others think of them would be surprised to learn how little they really care"

"stupid prizes for stupid people"

 

[NW-Bound]

"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines" - Anon.

"The early bird gets the worm, but the 2nd mouse gets the cheese" - Anon.

"Hard work pays off in the future, but laziness pays off now." - Anon.

 

[NW-Bound]

I have too many favorites to list them all. Here's some more.

"A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice." - Bill Cosby

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." - Isaac Asimov

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." - Lily Tomlin"