Random sayings!

[another1]

"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."








Robert McCloskey quotes

　

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The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be"


Marcel Pagnol quotes (FrenchWriter, Producer and Film Director, 1895-1974)

　

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Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."


James Dean quotes (American motion picture actor, symbol of rebellion, 1931-1955)

　

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Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it."


Swedish Proverb quotes

　

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."


Maya Angelou quotes (AmericanPoet, b.1928)

　

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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."


Albert Pine quotes (English author, d.1851)

　

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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."


Albert Einstein quotes (German born AmericanPhysicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. 1879-1955)

　

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The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."

　

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Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow."

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

　


Oscar Wilde quotes (IrishPoet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)

 

[Ms. Kianna]

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”

― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax


“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”

― Dr. Seuss

 

[peterh6308]

"lifes just a cocktail party on the street" Mick/Keith

 

[stowe1]

"If 'if's and buts' were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas" - Brother Jim Miller, CSC

"You can't let the inmates run the asylum" - my Mother commenting on out of control spoiled children. (This obviously can be used in many contexts.)

"Who died and made you king (or queen)? - my Mother commenting on people who tried to co-opt a leadership role that wasn't due them.

"Who does he think he is - King Shit of Turd Island? - my Mother commenting on someone who thinks way too highly of himself. (My Mother was a wonderful woman, God rest her soul, who had quite a salty tongue in private.)

"Faith alone without good works is dead." - St. James the Apostle in his Epistle, commenting on the fact that just saying you believe is not enough. You must practice it as well.

And finally...

 

[Beth]

"If 'if's and buts' were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas" - Brother Jim Miller, CSC

"You can't let the inmates run the asylum" - my Mother commenting on out of control spoiled children. (This obviously can be used in many contexts.)

"Who died and made you king (or queen)? - my Mother commenting on people who tried to co-opt a leadership role that wasn't due them.

"Who does he think he is - King Shit of Turd Island? - my Mother commenting on someone who thinks way too highly of himself. (My Mother was a wonderful woman, God rest her soul, who had quite a salty tongue in private.)

"Faith alone without good works is dead." - St. James the Apostle in his Epistle, commenting on the fact that just saying you believe is not enough. You must practice it as well.

And finally...

I swear, we must have had the same mother! Also, my mother would always tell me to "go to hell in a hand basket!" Ah mom, I do miss you; and yes, I still hear you in my head!

 

[SGVBOB]

(I'm sure someone famous has quoted this), but....

if not


"If I can't be MYSELF, then who CAN I be?"

 

[lpdude86]

"I'll know where it is when I find it."Me when my mom asked where my passport was. She will never let me forget saying that.

" It's as cold as a well diggers butt outside" can't remember

"She must have swallowed a watermelon seed" a family friend referring to a pregnant lady, my sister never would eat watermelon after hearing that.

"if brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose." My mom yelling at my sister when she did one of her numerous stupid things

"If I kill you, I can go out an make another one just like you tonight." My mom yelling at my sister for one of her numerous stupid things.

"Why can't you be more like your little brother, at least he knows his ass from a whole in the ground." My mom when yelling at my sisters for one of her numerous stupid things.

"When I wan't your opinion I will give it to you". My mom .....

"Stop that crying or I will give you something to cry about". My mom ....