What are your favorite quotes?

[Pappy]

 

[KSav]

"I'm taking the time for a number of things / that weren't important yesterday."

That's from "Fixing a Hole" by the Beatles. I'm thinking Paul was the main songwriter.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

 

[Trade]

 

[Pappy]

 

[OldFeller]

"Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more."

 John Updike

 

[Rindee]

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog." Mark Twain

 

[Rossana]

 

[Capt Lightning]

If you do something for nothing, make sure it's for yourself.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

 

[Pappy]

 

[Wren]

 

[Rich]

In response to "Money can't buy happiness": "Generally, it can. And when it can't, it can buy some of the most remarkable substitutes.”

—Rhett Butler​

Zsa Zsa Gabor said: "Money can't buy happiness but what it can't buy I don't want"

 

[Rich]

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. –Will Rogers

 

[smiley]

never let the backwards drive you down

 

[OldFeller]

"life links us with more people than our hearts can hold"
- Merle Shain from her book, Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

 

[fuzzybuddy]

For some reason this cracks me up.
In ancient Egypt, a supposed tomb robber was questioned. The hieroglyphic text says:
"we examined the suspect, and he denied everything, we further examined him with a stick, and he confessed."
































. The papyrus text says:
"we examined the suspect and he denied everything, we further examined him with a stick and he confessed".

 

[Axel Slingerland]

Today has been cancelled. Go back to bed. --Unknown.

 

[Manatee]

Did you know that a destitute snake hasn't got a pit to hiss in?

 

[Axel Slingerland]

If I had a Dollar for every time I thought I was a Genius I would be rich. But still not a Genius. --Unknown

All this time we've been worried the next War would be caused by Artificial Intelligence. Turns out the Real Danger is Natural Stupidity. --Stephen Colbert

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

 

[Sandie5]

Youth's a mask but it don't last. Rod Stewart.

I look at all the young people posting their selfies because they love how gorgeous they look but it's only temporary and their looks will fade. Nature blessed us with good looks in our youth so that we find a mate and reproduce. Once that's past, our looks fade away so that we're not in competition with young people.

 

[Rich]

A hundred years ago, when foreign aid was unthought of (except as tribute or a bribe), we were a respected and admired country. After a century of philanthropy, everyone hates our guts." PJ O’Rourke

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

Youth's a mask but it don't last. Rod Stewart.

I look at all the young people posting their selfies because they love how gorgeous they look but it's only temporary and their looks will fade. Nature blessed us with good looks in our youth so that we find a mate and reproduce. Once that's past, our looks fade away so that we're not in competition with young people.

Looks are nothing, wisdom and experience can't be beat.

 

[Pendle]

Whoever said “ Money can’t buy happiness “ has never bought a puppy.