Favourite quotes or sayings?

leeCal

Just for fun I’m wondering if anyone has some favourite quotes, perhaps funny, I have his one from Stephen Wright
 “The early bird gets the worm, but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese.” ?

Ami2301

@Ibelive2020 posted a quote a while back and it's stuck with me ever since,

"Don't swim an ocean for someone who won't even jump through a puddle for you" (It was something along them lines, I apologise if I have worded it wrong)

janer1967

Mine are all classics from my childhood 

Wait till your dad gets home!!

Shut the door were you born in a barn 

Whats for tea mum ? 
Bread and jam 

Ami2301

@janer1967 That takes me back to where I used to live, my Mum always said about the neighbours - Shut the door, were you born in a barn? To be fair though, they did always leave the entrance door open which was annoying.

leeCal

I like many quotes by Bob Hope, like this one.

”A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.”

(a variation on this theme is, a bank will lend you an umbrella but if it starts raining they Want it back.)

janer1967

Any more of that bad language I will wash your mouth out with soap 

leeCal

It actually happened to someone I knew when I was a boy @janer1967

janer1967

If you are late your dinner will be in the dog (we didn't have a dog) 

vikingqueen

    I don't exercise, if God had wanted me to bend over he would have put diamonds on the floor ... Joan Rivers got it right 

leeCal

I like this one too by Groucho Marx.

Outside of a Dog, a Book is Man’s Best Friend. Inside of a Dog, It’s Too Dark to Read

Lisatho11987777

Wait untill your dad gets home 

Ibelive2020

Thanks @Ami2301 hope you're áll ők xx

leeCal

“I’d love to go visit my grown up children but they won’t move out!”
me.

(true up until a year ago ha ha)

leeCal

“I’m at a place in my life when errands are starting to count as going out.”
Anonymous.

leeCal

Another quote I like is; ‘It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.’

The quote is often attributed to Mark Twain or Abraham Lincoln, but may be neither.

fluffycat

Heard a quote on a film which helped me recently. (Shopkeeper part of his family were on life-support, with no hope)


“Bravest thing is letting someone go to a better place”

(Slight context with death of ill pet, made slightly braver though still raw after PTS) 

Caz_Alumni

@fluffycat That's lovely. You're right. It's particularly moving when a quote just hits home on a personal level as well At the right time and in the right context, as you say. 

Lots of really good suggestions. I have a few in mind But I'm still trying to settle on my one preferred maxim. Hmmm?

chrisjordan0282

Give each day a chance to be the most beautiful of your life.

(Mark Twain)

66Mustang

leeCal said:

Another quote I like is; ‘It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.’

The quote is often attributed to Mark Twain or Abraham Lincoln, but may be neither.

I've heard that one, quite funny, I like it

66Mustang

Knowledge is knowing it's a one way street, wisdom is checking both ways anyway

Duninn

A diamond without friction is just coal