« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: Memorable Sayings  (Read 3530 times)

Offline Texas Mac Man

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 1722
    • View Profile
    • http://
Memorable Sayings
« on: February 03, 2009, 03:30:16 PM »
Over the years, I’ve heard many memorable sayings, but two in particular have stuck with me. Don’t remember when or  where I read or heard them. Occasionally, I’ll get the chance to repeat them in a conversation. (As I get older, it's harder to remember, but I don't think I'll ever forget these two sayings.)

Luck is the residue of hard work.  Example: Pittsburgh's comeback win in the Super Bowl.

Words don’t have meanings. People have meanings for words.

Care to share your memorable sayings?
Logged
Cheers, Tom

Mac PRAM, NVRAM, CUDA/PMU & Battery Tutorial
https://sites.google.com/site/macpram/mac-p...attery-tutorial

Offline Xairbusdriver

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 26388
  • 27" iMac (mid-17), Big Sur, Mac mini, Catalina
    • View Profile
    • Mid-South Weather
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2009, 04:01:58 PM »
Memorable? As in "memory?!" Whazat? smile.gif

I just like to make up my own, it usually causes a pause in the conversation while the others try to figure out where they'd heard something very similar, but not quite... Thinking.gif Thinking almost always causes people to 'stop and enjoy the...quietness!' tongue.gif
« Last Edit: February 03, 2009, 04:03:03 PM by Xairbusdriver »
Logged
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:

Offline kbeartx

  • TS Addict
  • Posts: 6772
    • View Profile
    • http://
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2009, 08:06:16 PM »
Never ascribe to malice what is easily explained by stupidity.

KB coolio.gif
Logged

Offline Paddy

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 13797
    • View Profile
    • https://www.paddyduncan.com
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2009, 09:29:51 PM »
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. - Maryon Pearson
Logged
"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in." ~Author unknown •iMac 5K, 27" 3.6Ghz i9 (2019) • 16" M1 MBP(2021) • 9.7" iPad Pro • iPhone 13

Offline krissel

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 14735
    • View Profile
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2009, 11:38:32 PM »
It's important to have an open mind, but not so open that it can't hold a thought.  --unknown

If art and life are the same, then one of them is unnecessary.  -- one of my college professors
Logged


A Techsurvivors founder

Offline Mayo

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 3215
    • View Profile
    • http://
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2009, 12:56:07 AM »
QUOTE
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. - Maryon Pearson


I like that one; it's going into my Eudora signature list.

Here are a few:

"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
 (Anything in Latin sounds profound.)

"It is not the poet but what he observes that is revealed as obscene."
           Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl"

“Les cimetières sont pleins de gens irremplaçables.”
 (The cemeteries are full of irreplaceable people.)
          Old French Saying

(I hope that this one is OK for a PG-rated forum! I don't know why it makes me laugh, but it does...)

"Heterosexuals say "our side of the fence is right and your
side is wrong."  Homosexuals say "your side of the fence is wrong
and our side of the fence is right."  Bisexuals say "Oooh, this
fence feels good."




Logged

Offline jwboyd

  • Super Duper Poster
  • ****
  • Posts: 912
    • View Profile
    • http://
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2009, 11:09:37 AM »
"You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're talkin'." - unknown
Logged
I'm not a complete idiot -- a few parts are missing!

Offline gunug

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 6710
  • TS Palindrome
    • View Profile
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2009, 01:59:27 PM »

"ALL THOUGHT FLIES AWAY" -- Cut into the head that is a gate to the garden of Bomarzo in the province of Viterbo, Italy!


This is especially appropriate for me on friday evenings!
« Last Edit: February 04, 2009, 02:10:58 PM by gunug »
Logged
"If there really is no beer in heaven then maybe at least the
computers will work all of the time!"

Offline Xairbusdriver

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 26388
  • 27" iMac (mid-17), Big Sur, Mac mini, Catalina
    • View Profile
    • Mid-South Weather
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2009, 03:27:41 PM »
Man! If that image is really reduced 97% it must be a wall-sized image!!! WOW.gif

Is that cave for storing 'spirits' such as wine?! wink.gif Looks rather like a face...'...over the gums, here it comes...' Groaner.gif
Logged
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:

Offline gunug

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 6710
  • TS Palindrome
    • View Profile
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2009, 08:53:39 PM »
Bomarzo is one of the places I would go if I could; it is a "garden of monsters" created under orders from Pier Francesco Orsini on family lands in the late 16th century.  I don't think the picture itself is any larger than necessary to actually read the words but I could make it smaller if it scares you too much!  biggrin.gif
« Last Edit: February 04, 2009, 08:55:18 PM by gunug »
Logged
"If there really is no beer in heaven then maybe at least the
computers will work all of the time!"

Offline krissel

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 14735
    • View Profile
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2009, 11:07:53 PM »
Oh, jw reminded me of another of my favorites, similar to the one he quotes:

"Better to listen ... talking only repeats what you already know."

Logged


A Techsurvivors founder

Offline george

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 1267
    • View Profile
    • http://
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2009, 03:25:18 AM »
Don't know the author who made this observation regarding politicians "talk a lot but don't say much"
George
Logged

Offline Paddy

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 13797
    • View Profile
    • https://www.paddyduncan.com
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2009, 07:50:08 AM »
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.” ~ Douglas Adams
Logged
"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in." ~Author unknown •iMac 5K, 27" 3.6Ghz i9 (2019) • 16" M1 MBP(2021) • 9.7" iPad Pro • iPhone 13

Offline dolphin

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 2769
    • View Profile
    • http://dolphin13.com/designsbyroy/
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2009, 06:07:34 PM »
You must be the change you want to see in the world......Mahatma Ghandi
Logged
"If it aint broke; don't fixit"
Roy

Offline Xairbusdriver

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 26388
  • 27" iMac (mid-17), Big Sur, Mac mini, Catalina
    • View Profile
    • Mid-South Weather
Memorable Sayings
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2009, 10:56:02 PM »
QUOTE
You must be the change...
I guess that's why I don't change much, I never have any cash! wallbash.gif
Logged
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »