Favorite Sayings? Philosophy?

[herbu]

Listened to a podcast today on Confucius. Dumbed down for my benefit, he believed a society that was moral and polite because they wanted to be, was stronger than one that acted that way out of fear. Of course the warlords of the day, who ruled with fear, disagreed. So he was fired from an important government job, and died penniless.

What are your favorite quotes, sayings or philosophies?

 

[jinjuku]

Never stomp out a flaming newspaper.

 

[Alex2507]

Do unto others and then split.

 

[psbfan9]

I like the random thoughts of people like Ambrose Bierce, Sam Clemens, and Bob Newhart.

Ambrose Bierce; An egotist is a person low taste, more interested in himself than me. Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Mark Twain; Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Bob Newhart; I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.

 

[Ponzio]

My dad had a million old world sayings. My favorite one.

Thank god for stupid people, they make us rich. We're not too bright ourselves, so we need as many as possible.

 

[JMJVK]

"All information is imperfect. We have to treat it with humility." - J Bronowsky, The Ascent of man.

 

[sawzalot]

"Closed Thread"

I just like the way that sounds every once in a while.

"A real man is not finished when he is defeated,
He is finished when he quits, Nobody likes a quitter so how do you succeed?
Simple, don't lose"

 

[herbu]

"If somebody's swinging a crowbar at your head, they've defined the terms of your relationship." Masaad Ayoob

 

[Chu Gai]

I'm not married.

 

[Tomorrow]

You're not drunk if you are on the floor and don't have to hold on.

Anonymous

 

[Swerd]

Yes, I’m drunk, and you’re a damn fool. Tomorrow morning I’ll be sober, but you’ll be a fool for the rest of your life. – W.C. Fields or Winston Churchill

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. – H.L. Menken (this is the short version which Menken never said)

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and to remove all doubt. – attributed to many including Abe Lincoln & Mark Twain

 

[Swerd]

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. – Oscar Wilde

 

[j_garcia]

Impossible to choose because I have an amalgam of different thoughts on life.

Respect mother nature, because she has ZERO respect for you.

When in doubt, FLAT OUT - Colin McRae (RIP)

 

[Adam]

The phrases that I remember are not famous, but they've stuck with me for years.

"It's all in the eye of the way you look at it." - My Dad, at the dinner table when I was younger

"Speaking of ham..." - My Dad, again at the dinner table, interjected into a conversation that had absolutely nothing to do with ham

"If I was in a room full of man-eating lions, and there was one door, and you were the doorknob...I'd rather die than touch you." - Girl that I had a crush on in high school, said to me before French class

"Is this going to take long? I'm in the middle of brushing my teeth." - Girl that I had a crush on in college, said near the end of a our only short-but-exceedingly-painful conversation in which I had called her up to ask her out

 

[j_garcia]

If it ain't broke, it ain't goin' fast enough.

 

[herbu]

"Of all the money ever I had, I spent it in good company.
And all the harm I've ever done, Alas! it was to none but me." --- Lyric in The Parting Glass

"Vegetables are what food eats." --- Unknown, but I like him!

 

[panteragstk]

Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy - Benjamin Franklin
Anything worth doing is worth doing right - Hunter S. Thompson
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere - Van Wilder
Time is a precious thing. Never waste it. - Willy Wonka

 

[j_garcia]

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker - various, but I liked it when Willy Wonka said it

Do it right or do it again - me

 

[Adam]

Do it right or do it again - me

"We never have time to do it right the first time, but we always have time to fix it."

 

[defmoot]

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard Feynman

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"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." - Richard Feynman