What statement, expression, saying made a change to you?
Submitted by Dreamweaver on Wed, 2007-12-05 18:51
We come across whitty retorts, profound historical and contemporary sayings, glib raconteurs and spur of the moment untterances. Amongst these, what was the ONE that made a difference to how you approach life?
For me it was:
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why they call it THE PRESENT.
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Get off your butt
So I went fishing, and on a day which looked like being a waste of time for fishing, I hooked my first kingfish.
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Mine
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I like that one salmo
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Does a one legged duck swim in an eliptic circle
Just one more cast , honest !!!
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Goatch - Yes I've read
Goatch - Yes I've read that many times across your posts and laugh every time!
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Salmo - I like that one too - makes sense for all the wrong reasons
This expression didn't change my life - but I'm fond of often requoting it:
The Definition of Insanity is expecting a different result from the same repeated process.
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I Guess does a ...
Does a one legged duck swim in an eliptic circle
Just one more cast , honest !!!
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You could actually say that
You could actually say that an 'eliptical circle; is an oxymoron - eleiptical means - oval - like the earths rotation around the sun - it's a distorted circle (apahealeon/perihealeon(sp)), or the moon around the earth - (apogee/perigee).
Yup Goatch - good attititude!
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Yours are all so profound :)
'Noli Illegitimi Carborundum'
Bit of a mouthfull but roughly translates to "Don't let the bastards grind you down'
Oh and the important one, which allows me to deal with all of life's little crisis ........" f*ck it "
I do whatever the little voices tell me to do
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Yup love that expression
Yup love that expression Jody!
Whilst we are extolling latin, there's also
Carpe Diem - Seize the Day
Carpe Noctem - Seize the Night
absit iniuria verbis - let injury by words be absent
and one of my favourites:
post hoc ergo propter hoc - after this, therefore because of this - because of this" A logical fallacy where one assumes that one thing happening after another thing means that the first thing caused the second. The title of a West Wing episode.
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"Semper Fidelis"
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As yes BQ - Always
As yes BQ - Always faithfull.
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From the movies
to stand up for others.
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I live by a few simple
I live by a few simple quotes.
what goes around come around
treat others as you would like to be treated.
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Kalmer
Yes Neander I'm a great believer in Kalmer.
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never
Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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"Why go out for cream when
"Why go out for cream when you have got the cow at home"....Al Bundy
I like this one because its actually a compliment but sounds like an insult.
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Ha Ha
Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Adam - saw elsewhere an expression - If you are argueing with an idiot, make sure they're not similarly occupied.
LMAO Noha - that IS good - and typical Bundy (one of the few american shows I find funny).
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Turkeys
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Those turkeys have a lot to answer for
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better to ask??
Better to ask a stupid question, than give a stupid answer!
Wishin I was fishin and only 500k's to the water..
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With you there Deegs but no
With you there Deegs
but no such thing as a stupid question right? 
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good question
Wishin I was fishin and only 500k's to the water..
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50Ks
Geez Deeg and I thought 50K's was bad
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How's this one?
(Maybe I have been in my job too long
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
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Or
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
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ha ha jody thats some funny
ha ha jody thats some funny stuff. simple yet poinient
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New one for today!
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
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All Very True!
All very true Guys!
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Acceptance is the key to all
The truth will set you free but first it may piss you off.
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Ex Job Wise
Ex job wise Col, I can certainly relate to the second one
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ody
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Hi Ya, "One day my boat will
Hi Ya,
"One day my boat will come in and I'll be at the airport"
"If you don't know you don't know, then you don't know you don't know and if you don't know you don't know then you don't know what to ask to find out."
aAd after recent events (well, 2 years ago) "Any day I wake up is a good day and any day I go to bed is a beter one."
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Two panadol
Ody mate, I need to two panadol after that second one
I also like this one:
Commonsense - Every one HAS it, but there's precious little OF it.
As words go, I reckon it's the greatest contemporary misnomer in the English language.
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New one
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Aint...
Aint that the truth max
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Knees , back ...
What were we talking about , ahh shit this is'nt Penthouse forum, what am I doing here
Does a one legged duck swim in an eliptic circle
Just one more cast , honest !!!
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I have a balanced
I have a balanced personality- a chip on each shoulder