Words to live by

[usedto]

"The higher, the fewer."

 

[BSome]

Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten.

On the flip side of that is a phase I heard Judge Milian say on her court TV show some years back. She credited her grandmother and it sounded a lot better in Spanish, then translated the phase.

The Cheap gets Expensive.

 

[bluesky]

"Without Solitude - no great work can be accomplished." (Pablo Picasso)

"If you run out of Red, just use Blue." (Pablo Picasso)

 

[bluesky]

"Everything in 90% bullsht and 10% fact." (Henry Ford of Ford motor company)

 

[theophile]

"Everything in 90% bullsht and 10% fact." (Henry Ford of Ford motor company)

When one considers that the word Everything consists of the words Very Thin and the letters EG, it tells us that for example (eg) Truth is very thin on the ground.

 

[harman/kardon]

MONICA: Are ya... are you trying to tell me that... that this whole universe revolves around one note?

SPIDER: No, it doesn't revolve around it; that's what it is. It's one note.

(Frank Zappa, Civilization Phase III)

@Steve Bro

 

[Lord Patrick]

‘Whoever doesn’t pee in company is either a thief or a spy’ - Italian proverb.

 

[ernieb1536]

"Everything in 90% bullsht and 10% fact." (Henry Ford of Ford motor company)

“ nothing like being over worked for job security ! “

 

[justjed2]

Don't die.

 

[Descartridge]

Fortune favors the bold.

 

[theophile]

Don't die.

What's that awful smell...

 

[Apreggiator]

Up close, things seem tragic.
Distance yourself from it, and you get comedy.

 

[theophile]

Nothing exceeds like excess.

 

[DeadRock]

Up close, things seem tragic.
Distance yourself from it, and you get comedy.

...a slight variation: "Tragedy plus time equals comedy."

 

[justjed2]

But, sometimes it takes a LONG time before you can find the humor.....

 

[Quadman2]

So, I get the usual really not caring question from store employees, clerks or maybe neighbours I see ever so often in passing, "How're doing?"

No more the response of, "Doing good", or "great". I reply, "I'm adequate, thank you". Then I get the look.

Try it! Makes them think.


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[spicer]

So, I get the usual really not caring question from store employees, clerks or maybe neighbours I see ever so often in passing, "How're doing?"

No more the response of, "Doing good", or "great". I reply, "I'm adequate, thank you". Then I get the look.

Try it! Makes them think.


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Depending, I often say surviving, usually gets an immediate warm response and we go from there about what ever.

 

[justjed2]

If someone says 'Ok, now, you have a good one!', meaning have a nice day,
just smile and say 'Thanks, yers ain't too bad either!' That, and a quick wink
as you turn to go, will either make their day, or leave them wondering what
you REALLY meant by that!

 

[justjed2]

Started out good, rolled out of bed, and it was my my feet that hit the floor, not my face. Now, if I can just keep it that way, it should be a decent day.....

 

[Quadman2]

Started out good, rolled out of bed, and it was my my feet that hit the floor, not my face. Now, if I can just keep it that way, it should be a decent day.....

And by the same token...some of us used to "pole vault" outta bed, but not any more!


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