There are millions of quotes in the world regarding every possible topic. For example, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Or the more popular government version, "If it ain't broke, fix it till it is." Without using quotes from our family, (ie, Mom and Dad) give the most creative saying you can find, or invent. The most memorable/creative wins.
My husband loves this Terry Pratchett quote:
ReplyDelete"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
If that doesn't give you an idea of what my sense of humor is like, I don't know what will.
Ha ha Fromagette, I love that! :D
ReplyDeleteThis quote I heard in a movie...can't remember the name. It had Tom Selleck in it...about China. Anyway, here is the quote that I always find myself using:
"The ox is slow, but the earth is patient."
I will probably post again, but I wanted to share this one that I have carried in either a wallet or planner for years: "Whether you believe you can, or believe you cannot, you are right." I believe it was Henry Ford who said it.
ReplyDeleteOk, Fromagette, this is for you. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he'll spend thousands of dollars on equipment and days on end away from home.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine always quotes Captain Kirk who said, "We learn by doing."
ReplyDeleteWait, are we supposed to make one up or give you our favorite?
ReplyDeleteWe can either invent one, or quote someone else, but we aren't allowed to quote our parents. :)
ReplyDelete"I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound -- if I can remember any of the damn things."- Dorothy Parker
ReplyDeleteThat's not my entry, I'm still trying to think of one....
"Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, "I think I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em!"?"
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"If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life." -
-- Bill Watterson, Calvin And Hobbes
I love this one: If you can't keep your skeleton in the closet, you'd best teach it to dance. -Oscar Wilde
ReplyDeleteWell this is my first Joust but anyway, here's my entry:
ReplyDelete"When the good Lord sends us tribulation, he expects us to tribulate." - Mark Twain
or from my favorite quote author
"When you die, if you get a choice between Regular Heaven and Pie Heaven, choose Pie Heaven. It might be a trick, but if it's not... mmmm, boy." - Jack Handey
It's the storm, not you, that's bound to blow away. (Unknown source)
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ReplyDeleteYou have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself in any direction you choose, you're on your own, and you know what you know, you are the guy who'll decide where to go. -Dr. Seuss
ReplyDeleteI stole this from someone on Facebook, so I am not sure of the author. I assume they borrowed it from somewhere else. :)
ReplyDelete"Your life is your garden, your thoughts are your seeds, if your life isn't awesome, you've been watering the weeds."
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
ReplyDeleteI use this on my e-mail account and it is posted behind my desk at work with an "I voted" sticker on it. (ahem)
I'm still not competing, but I can't resist:
ReplyDelete''...people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right...''
Albus Dumbledore
This is not a funny quote, but has been such a powerful one for me. I have seen it in movies and in print. Marianne Williamson said,
ReplyDelete"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
This is the opening of a very powerful statement in her book. Read the whole thing, but that part gives me chills.
I'm not sure who said it but I'm going to put this on my blog soon. "No one can be you as well as you can" I had some more but I can't remember them. I guess they weren't very quotable!
ReplyDelete"When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it."
ReplyDelete- Lewis B. Smedes
"If you do not choose the kingdom of God first, it will not matter in the end what else you chose." -- Neal A. Maxwell
ReplyDelete"All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own." -- John Ruskin, 19th Century Art Critic
"Of All the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." -- Ozzy Osbourne
ReplyDeleteOnce again, can't remember the author but I'm sure y'all know who it is. "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got"
ReplyDeleteThis seemed appropriate for today (my first day of school). After Mr. Holland's wife tells him she made $32 today, he replies:
ReplyDelete"Bid deal, I made 32 kids sleep with their eyes open."
I'm going to call this one. I think it could go on forever. I'm declaring Fromagette the winner for her entry on August 9th. I like the humor in this one along with the double meaning that can be more serious.
ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks! I don't know when I'll be able to post a new game. I'm in the process of moving right now, but I will do my best.
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