Favourite quotes or sayings?
leeCal
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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.” ?
“The early bird gets the worm, but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese.” ?
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@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)3 -
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 jam3 -
@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.4
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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.)3 -
Any more of that bad language I will wash your mouth out with soap4
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It actually happened to someone I knew when I was a boy @janer19670
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If you are late your dinner will be in the dog (we didn't have a dog)2
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I don't exercise, if God had wanted me to bend over he would have put diamonds on the floor ... Joan Rivers got it right2
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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
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Wait untill your dad gets home1
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Thanks @Ami2301 hope you're áll ők xx2
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“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)2 -
“I’m at a place in my life when errands are starting to count as going out.”
Anonymous.
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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.3 -
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)1 -
@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?
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Give each day a chance to be the most beautiful of your life.(Mark Twain)2
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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.1 -
Knowledge is knowing it's a one way street, wisdom is checking both ways anyway2
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A diamond without friction is just coal2
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