BringBackFergy Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 We have a lot of intelligent people here on TBD. What are some of your favorite sayings and life principles that others here might appreciate? Give a quick summary of how this saying may impart wisdom to others. Here's one: "Never look a gift horse in the mouth." (Meaning: Back in the old days, a person buying a horse would look in the horse's mouth to check the strength of the horse's teeth. If someone "gives" you a horse, take it and don't look inside it's mouth. Say thank you and walk away with horse in tow. What they don't tell you, though, is what if the horse has mad cow disease or some rare, devastating, contagious condition...if you take the gift horse back to your farm and he infects the rest of your farm stock, you should have checked it's mouth. So check the mouth anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 I like it...simple and to the point. Wait....are you giving me advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Seeking Words of Wisdom Let it be, let it be It it aint broke, don't fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElectricCompany Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) Don't **** where you eat. Appreciate the little things. Having money is a good thing, but time and flexibility is far more important. Edited June 19, 2017 by TheElectricCompany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Don't **** where you eat. Appreciate the little things. Having money is a good thing, but time and flexibility is far more important. That's a good one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Just keep swimming. - Dory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsidethebox Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Enjoy every sandwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Came here to post the exact same line! Enjoy every sandwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocemur Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnysteel Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 you don't get what you don't ask for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” That was excellent. Who said it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 you don't get what you don't ask for is that like this No, you can't always get what you want But if you try sometime you find You get what you need ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Mansion humanity to man. I can't tell you how many times that phrase has reminded me to give back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 That was excellent. Who said it? Google says Quote by C. S. Lewis: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 You can pick your friends. You can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 You can pick your friends. You can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's nose. you can't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 don't pay for strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 You can tune a piano. But you can't tune a fish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy "I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 percent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves." - Jerry Garcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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