What are some of your favorite sayings?

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brilliant line! Laughed so hard I nearly fell off my chair. Hope you won't mind my plagiarizing and pilfering that for future use.


"Those who speak from a true position of strength, need not threaten"

Who begins too much accomplishes little.
-German proverb

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
-James Taylor

I've seen this in a couple of offices:

"Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part"

How often I wish I'd had the gumption to say this to the idiots who knock at my office door with their list of fire-fighting demands

Cernunnos,

A related saying is: Proper prior planning prevents p*iss poor performance.

some more quotes;

Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may
never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin Franklin

I am not afraid of storms,
for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.
The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
William E. Channing

I cannot teach anybody anything,
I can only make them think.
Socrates

Time heals all things - except a leaky faucet.
Sam Ewing

You win lose, you some some.

I plagiarized it to begin with... just remember: call it "research".

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. - Robert A. Heinlein

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful - just stupid). - Robert A. Heinlein

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you. - Oscar Wilde

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. - Mark Twain

Don't let schooling interfere with your education. - Mark Twain

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. - Mark Twain

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. - George S. Patton

"Dear God, it's Lampshade Head Man from the 'Quiet Hill' series!!"

Nope, it's Porco Rosso (lit. "The Crimson Pig") from the 1992 anime film by Hayao Miyazaki of the same name.



I can see the resemblance, though. Separated at birth?

Er, I was quoting Cactuar from Resident Cactuar.

"For +3 endurance, I'd wear my own underwear over my armor."-Red Mage.

Evil will always win, because good is DUMB.

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
-James 2:10

"What's up with that?"-The April Fool, Fairly Odd Parents.