SAYINGS

[Doodoo]

"My philosophy is: What people say about me is none of my business.
I am who I am and do what I do.
I expect nothing and accept everything.
And that makes life easier.--
We live in a world where funerals are more important than the deceased, marriage is more important than love, looks are more important than the soul.
We live in a packaging culture that despises content."
Sir Anthony Hopkins

[Doodoo]

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism. Claude Pepper

[Doodoo]

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

[Laan Yaa Mo]

“Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.”
― Rod Serling

[Doodoo]

"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T.S. Eliot

[Laan Yaa Mo]

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. Socrates

[Laan Yaa Mo]

In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages.

Robert E. Lee

[Doodoo]

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Empress Wu of the T'ang Dynasty:

“I, the ordinary restless child, the plain adolescent, the commoner who had been a nun twice, would prove to be a Daughter of Heaven.”
― Shan Sa

[Doodoo]

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” — Albert Einstein

[Laan Yaa Mo]

O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast. Anne Boleyn

[Doodoo]

"Politics is the only Profession were one can lie, cheat, and steal and still be respected"

Mark Twain

[Laan Yaa Mo]

“Of course it happened. If I wrote something that hadn't really happened, and I tried to sell it, I could go to jail. That's fraud.”
― Kilgore Trout

[Doodoo]

Remember when you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It is only painful for others.

The same applies when you are stupid

And who else would give us a quote like this'?
Ricky Gervais
Bravo

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Remember when you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It is only painful for others.

The same applies when you are stupid

And who else would give us a quote like this'?
Ricky Gervais
Bravo

Quote??? I thought this was the sayings thread.

'A quote is the exact reinterpretation of something that someone has said or written. The person concerned is known and often mentioned. A proverb on the other hand is a saying that dates back to medieval times. The person who said or written is not known, and is commonly referred to as a proverb.'

Hope this helps,

[Udon Map]

Quote??? I thought this was the sayings thread.

'A quote is the exact reinterpretation of something that someone has said or written. The person concerned is known and often mentioned. A proverb on the other hand is a saying that dates back to medieval times. The person who said or written is not known, and is commonly referred to as a proverb.'

Hope this helps,

Oh, dear, -- our pedant tendencies seem to be getting the better of us. I didn't see any mention of proverbs in this thread. And quotes versus sayings?

A quote is something we know was said by one particular person

A saying is something where we don't know who said it first, but now lots of people use it

Do people here feel the need to distinguish between them and exclude quotes based on the thread title? Udon Map certainly won't be removing any posts here because they are direct quotations and thus not consistent with the thread title.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

I don't see any need to remove anything at any time unless it is racist or against forum rules. I think there is a quotes/quotation thread already, which would appear to be the appropriate place to post quotes. However, if the Sayings thread is more or equally appropriate, so be it. What do you think?

[Udon Map]

I don't see any need to remove anything at any time unless it is racist or against forum rules. I think there is a quotes/quotation thread already, which would appear to be the appropriate place to post quotes. However, if the Sayings thread is more or equally appropriate, so be it. What do you think?

I have no problem with quotes being posted in the Sayings thread or vice versa.

[Doodoo]

"The only way to get smarter is to play smarter opponents"
Fundamentals of Chess 1883