Favorite Sayings, Quotes, Proverbs, etc.

Good philosophies to live by

[Marshall]

We all have a favorite saying: “Do unto others…,” “It’s better to give than to receive,” and let’s not forget the unique, all encompassing “Dooh.” But what off-the-wall, less popular saying(s) to you subscribe to? Pat yourself on the back if you know the source.

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: ‘Try to please everybody’.”
- Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist, 1882-1958

Marshall

[King_Fisher]

" Time and tide wait for no man " Shakespeare

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

"The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley".

Robert Burns.

[King_Fisher]

Bee Dee.

" often go astray...? " KF

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Well done, that's correct.

Gang = Go, Aft = Often and Agley = awry or astray. It comes from Robert Burn's poem in the Scot's dialect, "To a Mouse". He wrote this after turning over a field mouse's nest with his plough. Being a both a poet and a lover of the natural world he felt sympathy for the mouse's plight so he wrote and dedicated his poem to the mouse.

The verse from which the line comes is,

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!

(This line incidentally is where John Steinbeck got his title for the Book "Of Mice and Men".)

Sorry folks for going into such detail but I am a Burn's lover and I never miss an opportunity to promote his work.

[edited by: BeeDeeDubbleU at 8:18 am (utc) on July 6, 2007]

[ringsoft]

"You can take a horse to water, but a pencil has to be led"

- Stan Laurel

[Automan Empire]

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. -Heinlein

Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth. -Twain

Do not to attribute to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity (unk)

"Like the mirror told me this morning, it's all done with people" - Wavy Gravy

[Neo541]

So, why don't you make like a tree, and get out of here? - (Biff in Back To The Future)

[edited by: Neo541 at 9:53 pm (utc) on July 6, 2007]

[phranque]

"so it goes" - kurt vonnegut

[DrDoc]

function DrDoc() { 
    // do nothing 
}

[vik_c]

Bessie Braddock said to Winston Churchill: "Winston, you're drunk!"

Churchill replied: "Bessie, you're ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober"

[tedster]

No one makes you feel angry or happy without your active participation.

[digitalghost]

Shurla burla. Like this, like that. Thank the Turks for that one.

[King_Fisher]

" Penny proud and pound foolish "

" In for a dime, in for a dollar "

[TammyJo]

One that haunts and taunts me to move on...

"Do what needs to be done, When it ought to be done, Whether you like it or not!"

"Enough is as good as a feast" Mary Poppins

[grandpa]

"We Love You"

Heard from many campfires throughout the night at any Rainbow Gathering.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Just came across this one today ...

'Credibility is like virginity - you can only lose it once'

Excellent ;)

[sc112]

The time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

[King of Bling]

"Be like water"

~ Bruce Lee

[Rugles]

Ideology never meets reality with any grace - Bob Weir

[JudgeJeffries]

#*$! happens

[kickingit]

i came, i saw, i conquered - julius caeser

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Actually this was before he learned English, he actually said, "Veni, vidi, vici". ;)

[ytswy]

"And on the pedestal these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains...

[Dabrowski]

Actually this was before he learned English, he actually said, "Veni, vidi, vici". ;)

Veni, vidi, velcro.

I came, I saw, I stuck around.

:D

[justgowithit]

Mediocrity is easy, the good things take time The great need commitment, right down the line - Bob Seger

.... and to describe the perfect woman

Either comin' or goin' know her best sides showin' - Garth Brooks ;)

[TammyJo]

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out" :)

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Does anyone remember the one that Windows used to come up with?

"Don't run with scissors in your pocket" ;)

[ann]

It's too late to remember to drain the swamp when you are up to your a** in alligators.

[ronin]

Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably.
The lesson is: never try.

Homer Simpson

[edit_g]

You can't polish a turd (but if you're very careful, you can tie a little bow on it).