View Full Version : What Life Maxims do you live by?
RufflyRustic
14th October 2005, 09:29 AM
What sayings/proverbs etc do you find you tend to live by?
What goes around comes around
Pay it forward
Treat others as you'd wish to be treated
There's always a gold lining in a black cloud somewhere, however small.
cheers
RufflyRustic
silentC
14th October 2005, 09:45 AM
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
There's no such thing as a free lunch
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Life is full of contradictions
;)
bitingmidge
14th October 2005, 09:52 AM
Life is full of contradictions
No it's not.
P
:D :D
Kev Y.
14th October 2005, 09:52 AM
Never argue with an idiot
Do unto others before they do unto you
dont put off today what you can put off tomorow
NewLou
14th October 2005, 09:53 AM
Do unto others as they do to you
Just do the best you can with what you have at the time
Wisdom is good knowledge put into action
Actions speak louder than words
It works if you work it
Ops I forgot one.........................HUNT For Positives
REgards Lou
echnidna
14th October 2005, 09:59 AM
No it's not.
P
:D :D
Yes it is :)
bitingmidge
14th October 2005, 10:03 AM
If you want your bum to be smaller, get off it.
P
Wongo
14th October 2005, 10:06 AM
You can never have too much rice. :)
A dead cat is a good cat. :D
Zed
14th October 2005, 10:06 AM
do unto others before they do unto you
dont get caught
a bird in the hand is soon in the oven
if at first you dont suceed, stop trying
if you cant win fairly, cheat
its only stealing if you get caught
beauty is only skin deep, ugly goes to the bone.
:D :D :D :D
Gumby
14th October 2005, 10:13 AM
Don't take up more space than you have to! :D :D :D
craigb
14th October 2005, 10:16 AM
shyte happens
bitingmidge
14th October 2005, 10:21 AM
No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it.
P
normell
14th October 2005, 10:22 AM
Every day above ground is a good day
Another beautiful day to be alive
Your not lost, unless its a dead-end street
Ignore that rat that's running around in you head
Never listen to expert's, 'cause an expert is a (has been drip under pressure)
Measure twice, cut once, but it still makes good fire wood
Normell
zenwood
14th October 2005, 10:32 AM
"This statement is false."
silentC
14th October 2005, 10:34 AM
There's more than one way to skin a cat... but my way is best.
Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt.
JackoH
14th October 2005, 10:37 AM
He who laughs last, laughs longest. (But he also gets a reputation for being an idiot!}
shrek
14th October 2005, 10:38 AM
Live each day as if it is your last, as one day you are sure to be right.
Driver
14th October 2005, 10:39 AM
1. He who laughs last thinks slowest.
2. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.
3. A day without sunshine is like... night.
4. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
6. I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
7. Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.
8. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
9. I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe
10. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
11. Honk if you love peace and quiet.
12. Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
13. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
14. It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living.
15. Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.
16. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
17. It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try and pass them.
18. You can't have everything, where would you put it?
19. Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.
20. The things that come to those who wait are usually the things left by those who got there first.
21. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
22. It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
23. Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.
24. I wished the buck stopped here, as I could use a few.
25. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
26. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Gumby
14th October 2005, 10:41 AM
If it wasn't for gravity, the sky would be full of dead birds :eek:
dan_tom
14th October 2005, 10:42 AM
Number one and number two nothing else goes down the loo.
Everybody is trust worthy until proven otherwise.
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well, until you get bored, make a mistake, realise doing well wastes time or you cannot be bothered.
The grass should look greener on your side of the fence... damn water restrictions.
Finally, be nice to others and they might be nice to you.
Cheers
Tom :D :D :D
Groggy
14th October 2005, 10:44 AM
Assume people are doing their best.
Just do it.
Christopha
14th October 2005, 10:52 AM
Don't look at me, I didn't do it and not only that but I didn't know she was married!
I'm sorry but seem to have mistaken me for someone who gives a schidt.
Barry_White
14th October 2005, 10:57 AM
Never argue with an idiot
Because anyone watching may not know the difference.
Andy Mac
14th October 2005, 10:58 AM
You reap what you sow
Assume the best of people untill they prove otherwise
Measure twice cut once
If at first you don't succeed, give up before you smash the ****ing thing
Never put your finger where you wouldn't put your willy first
Cut your way in and weld your way out
Cheers,
Driver
14th October 2005, 10:59 AM
Here are a few more:-
1. If you're too open minded, your brains fall out.
2. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
3. On the other hand, youth and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.
4. . . . and artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you haven't tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. There is not one shred of evidence to support the notion that life is serious.
8. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
9. If you look like your passport photograph, you probably need the trip.
10. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of cheques.
11. A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
12. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
13. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
14. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
15. There is always one more idiot than you counted on.
16. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognise a mistake when you make it again.
17. By the time you've figured out how to make ends meet, theyve moved the ends.
18. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
19. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
20. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
silentC
14th October 2005, 11:00 AM
These are my Dad's:
Smile and the world smiles with you. Fart and you stand alone.
I'd rather by an old fart than a young d!ckhead
DPB
14th October 2005, 11:21 AM
It's not what happens to you that matters, but how you deal with it.
duckman
14th October 2005, 11:34 AM
Conscience is the little voice that tells you someone might be watching.
What goes around, comes around.
Stick to first principles and you'll never go wrong.
The harder you work, the luckier you'll become.
Cliff Rogers
14th October 2005, 11:37 AM
& a few more thanks to Google.... I was lookinmg for the 4th last one & found this lot.
Never name a pig you plan to eat.
Country fences oughta' be horse high, pig tight, and bull strong.
Life ain't about how fast you run, or how high you climb. It's about how good you bounce.
Keep skunks and gossipers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.
A bumble bee is faster than a John Deere tractor.
Trouble with a milk cow is...she won't stay milked.
Don't skinny dip with snapping turtles.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
Meanness don't happen overnight.
To know how country folks are doing, look at their barns, not their houses.
Never lay an angry hand on a kid or an animal. It just ain't helpful.
Teachers, Moms, and hoot owls sleep with one eye open.
Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.
Don't sell your mule to buy a plow.
Two can live as cheap as one...if one don't eat.
Don't corner something meaner than you.
You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar...if you're in to catchin' flies.
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
Don't go drinkin' with a fellow named Chug-A-Lug.
You can't unsay a cruel remark.
Every path has some puddles.
Don't wrestle with pigs. You'll get all muddy, and the pigs'll love it.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about never happens.
The early bird gets the worm. But...the second mouse gets the cheese.
Ivan in Oz
14th October 2005, 12:46 PM
Subtlety and moderation.
To that I often add Innuendo :D :D :rolleyes:
also:-
There are always exceptions to exceptions :eek:
eg:- Science....'I' B4 'E' except after 'C'
OH!! Yea, Right :mad: :( :o :confused:
silentC
14th October 2005, 12:49 PM
I've always thought there was something a bit weird about that "i before e" rule ;)
AlexS
14th October 2005, 01:06 PM
Old age & rat cunning will beat youth & enthusiasm every time.
Youth is wasted on the young.
If it could be incompetence or malice, it's usually incompetence.
You can never have too many clamps
Simomatra
14th October 2005, 01:09 PM
If it works its not broken
Ashore
14th October 2005, 01:20 PM
You only get out of life what you put into it
Do unto others as you think they might be going to do unto you , but get in first
Trust not and you won't be disapointed
Always cut the longest piece first, then when is wrong you can still get the shorter piece from it.
Always carry two handkerchiefs when you are married, have children or grandchildren.
When sharing a cab with others always sit in the back
Never change a nappie , once they get you to do one they want you to do them all
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
Ashore
craigb
14th October 2005, 01:46 PM
If it ain't broke don't fix it
When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging
RufflyRustic
14th October 2005, 02:01 PM
Amazing! - some new ones for me too.
Keep 'em coming!
Cheers
RufflyRustic
silentC
14th October 2005, 02:09 PM
Is it broken?
| |
| No -> Leave it alone
|
Yes
|
Did you break it?
| |
| No -> Leave it alone
|
Yes
|
Did anyone see you?
| |
| No -> Leave it alone
|
Yes
|
You're in the ****.
Sturdee
14th October 2005, 02:09 PM
From my dance hall romeo days :
The early worm gets the bird.
Peter.
Wood Butcher
14th October 2005, 02:18 PM
Those at the bottom of the ladder always look up to see a bunch of arseh*les.
Let the grudges go, cause lifes to short to get upset over someone's shortcomings.
Cliff Rogers
14th October 2005, 02:18 PM
I've always thought there was something a bit weird about that "i before e" rule ;)
Yeap, it is 'their' rule, not ours. :cool:
Auld Bassoon
14th October 2005, 02:46 PM
Due to budget cuts, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.
I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is not looking good either.
I love deadlines. I especially like the Whooshing sound as they go flying by.
I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With An Unarmed Person.
I Haven't Lost My Mind. It's Backed Up On Disk Somewhere.
Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE;
1. You believe in Santa Claus.
2. You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3. You become Santa Claus.
4. You start to look like Santa Claus.
Some days you are the pigeon. Some days you are the statue.
Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult
The money is always greener in the other guys wallet.
If We Quit Voting, Will They All Go Away?
Too many freaks. Not enough circuses.
She Who MUST be obeyed
Chaos. Panic. Disorder. My work is done here.
I thought I wanted a career. It turns out I just wanted a paycheck.
When money talks, no one criticizes its accent.
I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
My reality check bounced.
I love my cat. My cat does not care.
If At First You Don't Succeed...Blame Someone Else And Seek Counseling.
My bank account needs month-to-month resuscitation.
You're Just Jealous Because The Voices Are Talking To Me.
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
I don't suffer from stress. I am a carrier.
Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe in chocolate.
Only in America, could a letter offering a million dollar prize be considered junk mail.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark. Professionals, on the other hand, built the Titanic.
I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Don't worry about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.
A pat on the back is only a few centimetres from a kick in the butt.
The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.
What if the Hokey Pokey is really what its all about?
bitingmidge
14th October 2005, 03:01 PM
I've always thought there was something a bit weird about that "i before e" rule ;)
I think we should ask Neil for an adjudication.
P
;)
craigb
14th October 2005, 03:37 PM
You only go 'round once
Studley 2436
14th October 2005, 05:29 PM
Things to see
Places to go
People to do
My personal favourite
One Crowded hour of Glorious Life
Is Worth an age without a name
Studley
Ashore
14th October 2005, 05:41 PM
Beware of the light at the end of the tunnel, cause it's proberly a train
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
Russell
DaveInOz
14th October 2005, 05:52 PM
What goes around comes around.
Family before all others
We are not special, We are not beautiful and unique snowflakes, We are the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
You are not your job.
Taking the blame is only a problem if you care.
Paul H
14th October 2005, 05:53 PM
Always admit to your mistakes.
That way you can deny the biggie and everyone will believe you.
Paul H
14th October 2005, 05:55 PM
No matter how badly off you think you are, there are at least 5 billion people worse off than you. and some of them still smile!:)
TEEJAY
14th October 2005, 06:51 PM
Life is like a box of chocolates
Happiness is largely a matter of digestion
Babies are the nicest way to start making people
All creatures have a sense of territory except children
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings
Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
Never to sufferwould have been never to have been blessed
Some people are so sensitive they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them
Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends.
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
Cheers
JDarvall
14th October 2005, 07:01 PM
Mother-in-laws suck
Skew ChiDAMN!!
14th October 2005, 08:01 PM
You will pay for free appetisers.
Life's like a bowl of nuts; the odds are good that someone sucked the chocolate off.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably good eating.
TANSTAAFL
Spiel chequers are a pane.
Kev Y.
14th October 2005, 09:20 PM
Be kind to your children, for it is THEY who will decide if you end up with a warm kerosene bath or a cold one. :eek:
Wood Butcher
14th October 2005, 09:24 PM
TANSTAAFL
Huh?:confused:
Skew ChiDAMN!!
14th October 2005, 09:27 PM
TANSTAAFL = "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"
Which raises another couple:
Don't assume common knowledge is.
Common sense isn't.
biotechy2k
14th October 2005, 09:56 PM
One which my Da would quote
"There is nothing as good for the inside of a man As the outside of a horse"
and
My rat is smarter than your pHd Student
Rats are what keep Researchers employed and a Personal favorite
"I Perform Unspeakable Acts of Beauty and Random Kindness -- I Rescue
Rats!"
Louise Dux Y2K/5
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrissyRatRescue (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrissyRatRescue/)
E. maculata
15th October 2005, 12:04 AM
I try not to live life by any common axiom as there are too many contradictory ones, which we often use in debate to highlight a point rightly or otherwise,
............... but despite that there is something I say occassionally "if when they're kicking the dirt into the hole in the ground, & people say he wasn't a bad fella and no-one was unduly wronged by him, then that life was a good one.
savage
15th October 2005, 12:23 AM
Smile, it is rewarding when a stranger smiles back!
A true friend is someone who drops everything to help you!..Don't forget to do the same for them!..
Even when you know someone doesn't care for your company, be pleasant in theirs!
Be foregiving, some people do not know when they are being an idiot!
Take all that life gives, one day it will stop giving!..
A lady slaps you once, if you are a gentleman, cop it, you probably asked for it!..If she tries to do it again, warn her!...Third time give as good as you get!..
Never be ashamed of making a mistake, it's part of human nature to screw up everything we touch!..Just don't keep touching it!!...
savage(Eric):)
doug the slug
15th October 2005, 12:43 AM
A true friend is someone who drops everything to help you!..Don't forget to do the same for them!..
a good friend wil bail you out of jail, a true friend will be sitting beside you in the cell saying " That was ****ing great"
Harry72
15th October 2005, 01:04 AM
I have one simple one to live by...
NIKE
.
.
.
:DJust do it!:D
RETIRED
15th October 2005, 08:00 AM
Keep it clean or put it in the other forum. :cool:
JDarvall
15th October 2005, 09:20 AM
Just do 'what' Harry ?
What other forum ?
Nobody make any sense around here .....
Gingermick
15th October 2005, 01:16 PM
From Star wars of all things, "Your focus determines your reality"
Wood Butcher
15th October 2005, 02:09 PM
From Star wars of all things, "Your focus determines your reality"
Another from yoda after luke complains about being hit on the head
"forget it, it is in the past!"
Gingermick
15th October 2005, 02:36 PM
that one is in The Lion King too.
fxst
15th October 2005, 04:39 PM
mine is simple
KEEP BREATHING :D
Pete
Pat
15th October 2005, 06:02 PM
KISS principle = Keep It Simple Stupid
If it is broken, the sledge will fix it for good! :D
There is nothing that will not be fixed by a 12 guage.
TOAD = Take Off And Die!
This property protected by 12 guage.
Shoot first, ask questions at the coronial inquest.
Join the Army, travel overseas,
Meet new people, learn their language, eat their food,
Then shoot the ***** out of them!
Gingermick
15th October 2005, 06:10 PM
Keep it simple and sincere :D
Harry72
15th October 2005, 10:28 PM
Just do 'what' Harry ?
Whatever your contemplating, what else...
Kev Y.
15th October 2005, 10:39 PM
Just do 'what' Harry ?
What other forum ?
Nobody make any sense around here .....
WE could tell you but then it wouldn't be a secret :p
MathewA
15th October 2005, 10:53 PM
Ignorance is the mother of invention
If you don't have any idea that you can't do it you'll probably pull it off.
rick_rine
15th October 2005, 10:56 PM
a really deep one from a self help book i read 20 years ago .
control your feelings by controling your thoughts .
RufflyRustic
15th October 2005, 10:57 PM
This is brilliant! There are so many new ones here I've never heard before. I think we could write a very interesting book if we all added a story to our favourite saying/s.
Another maxim, or ideal:
face your fears, they are never as big or as scary then
take responsibility for your own actions
Any my most favourite would have to be Rudyard Kipling's poem - If.
cheers
RufflyRustic
Rusty
15th October 2005, 11:14 PM
a really deep one from a self help book i read 20 years ago .
control your feelings by controling your thoughts .
Careful, Rick, you'll get a reputation as a weirdo!:rolleyes::D
I get a lot more work done when I remember my signature (below).
Regards,
Rusty.
Gumby
15th October 2005, 11:15 PM
Any my most favourite would have to be Rudyard Kipling's poem - If.
cheers
RufflyRustic
If what ?? :confused:
Gumby
15th October 2005, 11:17 PM
Ignorance is the mother of invention
Yeah but who was the father ? :)
rick_rine
15th October 2005, 11:31 PM
Yeah but who was the father ? :)
Are you still seeking your father Gumsy ?
Driver
15th October 2005, 11:33 PM
Yeah but who was the father ? :)
Nobody can remember. Rumour has it that he buggered off back to sea on the Very Little Gravitas Indeed :eek:
craigb
15th October 2005, 11:48 PM
If what ?? :confused:
If I go to the cricket tomorrow will I be dissapointed?
MathewA
15th October 2005, 11:51 PM
Yeah but who was the father ? :)
She was too ignorant to even know she was pregnant let along who the father was
RufflyRustic
16th October 2005, 12:14 AM
Dearest Much-Loved Gumby,
I've waited a while to say this:
DO A SEARCH!!!! :p :eek: :D
And for all others while Gumby is making friends with Google (as I just did):
___________________________________________
[IF]
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling
Sturdee
16th October 2005, 01:41 AM
I've waited a while to say this:
DO A SEARCH!!!! :p :eek: :D
Feels good to say that, doesn't it. :D
Peter.
RufflyRustic
16th October 2005, 07:08 PM
Err, yes :o , but I have to remember,
What goes around comes around.
cheers
Wendy
Gumby
16th October 2005, 08:11 PM
OK, I googled and got the following...
If a picture paints a thousand word,
then why can't I paint you, ?
How stupid is that. I ask a question and get another bloody question for an answer :D
ROB NZ
16th October 2005, 08:19 PM
I've always been fond of this one, from an Elizabethan playwright mate of Shakespeare (or was that Spokeshave?):
"Drink today and drown all sorrow, perhaps there shall be no tomorrow"
ROB NZ
outback
16th October 2005, 08:39 PM
Nature is a mother
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn
There is always one more bug
savage
16th October 2005, 09:52 PM
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn
Ouch!...
The truth hurts!
Learn from your mistakes!..(thats why I hit the same finger, doing the same thing not twice, but three times).
Well, third time proves it!..I don't know what?...But thats what they reckon!...
OK!...I know left myself open for a roasting, so hit me!...
savage(Eric):)
echnidna
17th October 2005, 01:08 AM
OK, I googled and got the following...
If a picture paints a thousand word,
then why can't I paint you, ?
How stupid is that. I ask a question and get another bloody question for an answer :D
Coz there aint no hair on your head to dip into the paint can :D
Ashore
17th October 2005, 01:26 AM
If a picture paints a thousand word,
then why can't I paint you, ?
:D
Thats from a song by bread ( David Gates)
Another line from the same song goes
If a man could be two places then I would be with you
If you are writing home to YSBH and she doesn't know the song then its a great line , when she hears it some time later though duck
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
Ashore
AlexS
17th October 2005, 02:46 PM
We live in a society, not an economy
Andy Mac
17th October 2005, 03:11 PM
We live in a society, not an economy
I like that, should we fwd that to our glorious leader?
Daddles
17th October 2005, 04:01 PM
We live in a society, not an economy
I like that, should we fwd that to our glorious leader?
I don't think George Bush'd be interested ... oh, you meant THAT leader. Bonsai probably wouldn't be either
Richard
Pat
18th October 2005, 09:20 PM
SNAFU . . .
Situation Normal All Fouled Up!
(, betcha thought I was going to swear with that one! :D :D :D )
echnidna
19th October 2005, 12:35 AM
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil,
Fortunately I have lapses so I enjoy life :)
maglite
19th October 2005, 01:17 AM
every day is a good day, if you wake up in the morning.
A couple of kangaroos short in the top paddock
A few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Good looks will take you somewhere, Knowledge will take you anywhere.
I opened the door for you Madam because i am a gentleman......not because you are a lady.
Respect is earnt as are friends.
If you dont like me, it is all mind over matter,...i dont mind and you dont matter.
The next civil war will be between the HAVES and the HAVE NOTS.
Common sense isnt common.
Your self esteem is your most valuable asset.
Honesty is the best policy.
Liars and theives are known by everything they say and everything they do.
If you look for the worst in people....most times you will find it.
Better to be a good friend for a day than a bad friend for life.
Dont judge people by their bank balance.
Driver
19th October 2005, 11:06 AM
And just to take it to a classical level!
Polonius's advice to his son Laertes:
Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatchd, unfledgd comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in,
Beart that the opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each mans censure, but reserve thy judgement.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy:
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are the most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For a loan oft loses both itself and friend;
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all to thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Act I, Scene III of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
silentC
19th October 2005, 12:09 PM
Translation:
Keep you mouth shut and stay out of trouble.
Keep your mind out of the gutter.
Don't hang around with people you don't know.
Keep out of arguments.
Shut up and listen, you might learn something.
Frenchies are poofs.
Don't borrow money from a mate and don't lend him any either because the bastard might not pay you back.
Be honest with yourself - even if you're trying to screw someone - you might still get away with it.
LineLefty
19th October 2005, 12:32 PM
This is a maxim that I do actually live by, much to the chagrin of SWMBO.
"When all else fails, use brute force".
TEEJAY
19th October 2005, 01:33 PM
To get the best effect brute force should be in tandem with theatrical aggression.
Knowledge advances by steps not leaps
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good dead by stealth and have it found by accident.
Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.
A swollen head is naturesfrantic effort to fill a vacuum.
An old maxim is when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Friendship is love minus sex plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex minus reason. :)
A mans home is his wife's castle.
When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger the other represents opportunity.
Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn.
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot - George Bernard Shaw.
Contract: an agreement that is binding on the weaker party.
As a final incentive before giving up a difficult task, try to imagine it successfully accomplished by someone you violently dislike.
The line that is straightest offers the most resistance.
We rarely confide in those that are better than us.
He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.
The darkness of the soul is not lighted by moving the body to another place.
You can get almost everything accomplished if you don't mind who gets the credit.
Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes along.
You may be disappointed if you fail but you are doomed if you do not try.
It happens.
Cliff Rogers
19th October 2005, 02:08 PM
To get the best effect brute force should be in tandem with theatrical aggression....
A bloke's girlfriend just bought his laptop in for repair.....
It had a virus & he decided to 'delete a few files' to see if he could get rid of it. :rolleyes:
Anyway, the thing no longer runs windows. :cool:
Here's the kicker... it also seems to have several faulty keys in the middle of the keyboard. :D
reeves
19th October 2005, 03:08 PM
there is no paranoia anymore, it's all true....
who dares wins....
sieze the day....
the path of execcess leads to the palace of wisdom...
if at first u dont succeed....etc
life is too short for things that dont work...