Mazz Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 What are some of your favorite quotes or sayings? Here are a few of mine: 1. Far better to refrain from speaking and let others think you stupid, than to speak and remove all doubt. - I think the author Mark Twain said words to this affect. 2. Don't get on the band wagon if you can't toot a horn. 3. Some people are not evolutionarily blessed to the point where there rectum and their cranium have become detached. 4. Arguing with a building inspector is much like mud wrestling with a pig. Not long and the pig starts to enjoy it. 5. People are a lot like dogs, only not as forgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 A few from when I was a child If I left the doors open in the house, moreso in winter, I was asked if I was born in a field If while playing I was a little over zealous (climbing, skating too fast etc), I would be reminded Don't come running to me when you break your leg :lol: Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 in answer to the question "what is best in life?" "crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women" Conan the barbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 two of my all-time favorites: say what you want to say, and do what you want to do. Because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. friends are like stars. You can't always see them, but you know they're always there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeonah Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 A couple of mine have already been mentioned but another is :- Don't knock the system if it works. Gary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessiezara90 Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Anger is like grasping a hot coal with intent of throwing it at someone... Your the one getting burned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazz Posted September 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Anger is like grasping a hot coal with intent of throwing it at someone... Your the one getting burned. I like that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterchillz Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 My all time favourite one is: “If you must choose between two paths, either of which will bring death and defeat, then choose the path wherein you die fighting for honour and justice.†by Pan Ku (Pangu). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 ooh another one: Love is like a sand. The harder you grasp it the more you lose it. This quote is actually slit under the glass on top of my school's administration office desk. Most Asian parents are overprotective and doesn't hesitate to pressure their children, so that quote really fits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 (edited) A few from when I was a childIf I left the doors open in the house, moreso in winter, I was asked if I was born in a fieldIf while playing I was a little over zealous (climbing, skating too fast etc), I would be reminded Don't come running to me when you break your leg :lol:Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk 4 Mine are similar to these "were you born in a barn?". (to which I was tempted to say if it was good enough for the son of god......but didn't dare! Lol) "don't come crying to me when you hurt yourself", "look where you're going, not where you've been", "look with your eyes not with your hands", "you've got eyes bigger than your tummy", "because I said so!!!" "close your mouth, you're catching flies", "if your friend jumped off a cliff would you do the same?". Heard that a lot as a teen, lol. " money doesn't grow on trees!". Heard that even more than the last, lol. And some more.... "she's as mad as a march hare" "blow that for a game of soldiers", means rather them than me, apparently, "off to spend a penny", "she's a few sandwiches short of a picnic", love that one,use it frequently! "when god was giving out brains, u thought he said trains and asked for a slow one", not sure where that came from but I think it to myself quite often, lol. Edited September 2, 2013 by emma1979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted September 3, 2013 Report Share Posted September 3, 2013 can't help myself.. some rather-funny-to-write-in-another-language Indonesian and Javanese sayings that I hear a lot "Brain on your knees!" <-> "Idiot!" "He has the brain of a shrimp" <-> "He's stupid" "You're slapping with a borrowed hand" <-> You're doing something wrong and refuse to admit it "She's light-handed" <-> She likes to hit people or she likes to help others. I know, it's contradictory yet "light-handed" actually means both! "Rubber hour" <-> refers to Western Javanese culture of not being on time "The traffic in that highway is tight and creeping" <-> means the traffic is moving slower than normal, but not stopping so can't call it a traffic jam "Do you think I have a money tree?" <-> obvious. Looks like this one is international. "Raining gold in others' land, raining stones in one's own land" <-> the grass is always greener on the other side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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