Share your wise sayings!

[voztimbrada]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:19pm

Post any bits of wisdom about life, proverbs, sayings, mantras, etc. Let's hear 'em!

[Lamc16]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:27pm

it's obviously not mine, but one i've always lived by:

*You can't always get what you want*

...ain't it the truth.

[wexy]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:31pm

From the late William Caunitz, who wrote a few good cop novels in the 80's.

"You might as well be happy because nobody gives a f**k if you're not."

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:35pm

Don't sleep in the subway, darlin',
Don't stand in the pourin' rain...

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:39pm

Courtesy of Bette Midler

"F$ck them if they can't take a joke."

[voztimbrada]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:42pm

"It is better to be honest and tell the truth, than to not."

-my idiot girlfriend in highschool

[voztimbrada]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:43pm

"Rome wasn't built in a day"


a good one for actors to remember

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:45pm

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It's all small stuff.

[ohhoney_]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:47pm

whoever follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd

[DawnlikesRent]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:47pm

"Sucking all the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone"

[Luscious]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:50pm

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change".

[voztimbrada]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:56pm

"Confusious say: Person who toot in church, sit in own pew."

-Confucious

[Aigoo]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:09pm

The first few lines in my signature I actually came up with for a world politics paper.


And Maya Angelou: "You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you."

Updated On: 2/14/06 at 08:09 PM

[Princess_Pook]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:14pm

"Don't get too stressed out about life, it's only a temporary situation"

-Some cute little old man I met

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:17pm

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; don't walk behind me I may not lead; just walk beside me and be my friend"

[Elphaba]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:19pm

You can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometimes....you just might find, you get what you need.

the Stones

Updated On: 2/15/06 at 08:19 PM

[JLSatUD]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:21pm

I first heard of this one here on these very boards ...

"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." Bertrand Russell

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:23pm

"man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day"

my friend cory used to say that alot in high school

[grizzabella]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:29pm

Two that I (try to )live by:

It is what it is; we'll deal with it.

In ten years, it won't matter in the slightest.

[KelRel]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:31pm

Cliche`d, but true- "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

[morosco]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:35pm

When going to hide, know how to get there.
And how to get back.
And eat first.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta2]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:40pm

Rosanne Barr: " Being a victim is not your fault....but remaining one is."

[morosco]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:41pm

Pizza is like sex....even when it's bad it's still pretty good.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:42pm

Man who enters turnsile sideways is most certainly going to Bangkok.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta2]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:45pm

Man who lives in glass house should undress in basement.