What are your favorite sayings?

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  1. kirstenblog profile image81
    kirstenblogposted 13 years ago

    I love using colorful sayings when both talking and writing. I got to wondering what sayings you guys love? This could be more fun then a barrel of monkeys! If you would be so kind as to share that would be tickety-bo big_smile

  2. prettydarkhorse profile image58
    prettydarkhorseposted 13 years ago

    hi Kirsten,

    "If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything."
    -- Author Unknown

    1. kirstenblog profile image81
      kirstenblogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I like this one, has a wise ring to it smile

      1. prettydarkhorse profile image58
        prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        thanks kirsten..

  3. Ms Chievous profile image67
    Ms Chievousposted 13 years ago

    At work when things are out of my control I just say "Whatever!"

    1. starme77 profile image80
      starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I have a plaq on the wall in  my ofice that says that exact thing smile

  4. topgunjager profile image59
    topgunjagerposted 13 years ago

    not making a decision is a decision=)

    1. prettydarkhorse profile image58
      prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      hi topgun...wazz up, happy thanksgiving

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    Sarra Garrettposted 13 years ago

    You have been weighed.  You have been measured.  Yet, you have been found wanting.

    1. XTASIS profile image61
      XTASISposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You're anorexic !

  6. Black Lilly profile image61
    Black Lillyposted 13 years ago

    Every fish has its net.

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    Justine76posted 13 years ago

    What doesnt bend, breaks

  8. manlypoetryman profile image79
    manlypoetrymanposted 13 years ago

    Git R' Done...! (Still is one of my favorite...to date!)

    http://www.horseshoehammond.com/images/Property/uha/events/UHA_Larry_the_Cable_Guy_4x3_300x225.jpg

    Oh yeah...that reminds me...this one, too...lol

    http://www.casinos-one.com/Bill%20Engvall.jpg


    Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll...!

    1. XTASIS profile image61
      XTASISposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      hi manly ! big_smile

    2. prettydarkhorse profile image58
      prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      hi manly, happy thanksgiving to all, and blood, hmmm, thats funny and nice one though..

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    Justine76posted 13 years ago

    Ohhh woops, "colorful" sayings!! umm...I like..."you cheeky monkey"

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    There are no problems too big, only hammers too small...

  11. Shil1978 profile image88
    Shil1978posted 13 years ago

    "Live as if you will die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever'' -- Mahatma Gandhi

  12. rhamson profile image74
    rhamsonposted 13 years ago

    An old Amish saying, "The hurrier I go, the more behinder I get"

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      Justine76posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      oh, I thought that was jsut a thing on a card I ogt once, didnt know it was amish?
      In the words of lyricsingray...I have to go pee!!!

  13. manlypoetryman profile image79
    manlypoetrymanposted 13 years ago

    XTASIS and PDH...Howdy...Right back to ya'll...and rhamson...that Amish saying is a great one!

    1. prettydarkhorse profile image58
      prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I will remember that "Git R' Done"

  14. Ivorwen profile image68
    Ivorwenposted 13 years ago

    "There is no problem that the proper amount of high explosives won't solve."  ~saw it in a junk catalog.

    "It's all going to burn anyways."  ~My husband.

    They remind me not to worry.  smile

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    You can't make an omlete without breaking some eggs

    1. Ivorwen profile image68
      Ivorwenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      It is true, and many problems can't be solved without upsetting someone.

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    The end justifies the means

    1. drej2522 profile image70
      drej2522posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      hateful phrase...but appropriate at times

  17. drej2522 profile image70
    drej2522posted 13 years ago

    http://www.ebaychatter.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/02/jeff_hotdog2_7.jpg

    you are what you eat

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    95% of the world's problems would be solved if everyone minded their own damn business.

    1. myownworld profile image75
      myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      lol...someone ought to post this in those religious threads above...they're tearing each others throats there...!

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        bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        I post stuff in those threads all of the time and then sit back and watch them fight about it.

        1. myownworld profile image75
          myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          lol!! I never do...but today I made the mistake....and afterwards, hated myself for it! such negativity really....ah...reminds me...if u don't have anything nice to say, then don't say it!

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            bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Don't hate yourself for it.  You didn't start the negativity, you merely made a comment.  Everyone else ran with it.

            1. myownworld profile image75
              myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

              smile the ever forgiving....blood! better than a thousand believers!

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    It's not a crime if you don't get caught!

    It's not a job if you don't get paid.

    She's not a whore if you don't get laid.

  20. rhamson profile image74
    rhamsonposted 13 years ago

    Shakespere: "This above all: to thine own self be true"

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    Equal Rights for Everyone.....Special Treatment for No One!

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    You don't decide your future, you destiny chooses you..

  23. kirstenblog profile image81
    kirstenblogposted 13 years ago

    Ohhh some good ones!

    How about

    Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither

    Think that was from one of the fist presidents?

  24. drej2522 profile image70
    drej2522posted 13 years ago

    Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. ~ Abraham Lincoln

  25. eyeofh profile image60
    eyeofhposted 13 years ago

    Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ~ Abraham Lincoln

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    'Idle hands are the devil's workshop'

    1. myownworld profile image75
      myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      hands if channelized right...can make dreams happen too....!

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        bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        hands not channelized right...can destroy dreams....!

        1. myownworld profile image75
          myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          that is why we've been given a mind...and a heart. Stay true to them...and your hands will follow! smile

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            bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Right you are!

  27. Lady_E profile image64
    Lady_Eposted 13 years ago

    I haven't read thru the thread, so hope I'm not repeating anyone's


    "what goes around, comes around"

    (you reap what your sow)

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    You made your bed, now you have to lay in it

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    Never shit where you sleep

    1. myownworld profile image75
      myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      btw. who DOES that??? yikes (except toddlers!!!)

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        bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        You know like fuck the neighbor's wife.  You just don't do that without disrupting everything

        1. myownworld profile image75
          myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          or the the neighbor itself! yes, some dreams are better in the head...then down below!

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    Pleasures of the flesh are only sin deep

    1. myownworld profile image75
      myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      and the deeper...the more pleasure! wink

      1. XTASIS profile image61
        XTASISposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        lets be doomed !

        1. myownworld profile image75
          myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          doomed pleasure is the greatest of all...!

  31. BeccaHubbardWoods profile image90
    BeccaHubbardWoodsposted 13 years ago

    Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children.

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      Justine76posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      it cant rain forever

      1. myownworld profile image75
        myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        it can darling. u haven't lived in london! wink

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          Justine76posted 13 years agoin reply to this

          its from a movie...
          i live in new england..trust me, its aptly named
          in june we had 3 days without rain

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            bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I live in the good ol' midwest, and we have a pretty good mix.

          2. myownworld profile image75
            myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            (((lol..stop getting serious!! i'm just playing with the quotes silly!!)))

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              Justine76posted 13 years agoin reply to this

              ooohhhh...heh.....just kidding?  lol
              i have to run....y'all have fun. c ya monday!!!!

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                bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                Have a great Thanksgiving

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      bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Now I really feel like crap with you saying this right after I was talking about defiling the neighbor's wife....

      I am going to hell...

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        Justine76posted 13 years agoin reply to this

        you were going to hell way before that
        id rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints...

  32. kirstenblog profile image81
    kirstenblogposted 13 years ago

    I think I may have coined a new one on a religious thread big_smile

    It takes all sorts and there are nutters every where you look lol

    Whadya think?

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      bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Everytime I go on a religous thread and say:
      "Heaven doesn't want me, Hell isn't hiring so you are stuck with me"

      People usually start bashing me without delay

      1. myownworld profile image75
        myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        bashing -  with or without delay never cures a sinner!

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          bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Try convincing a ruler swinging nun that...

          1. myownworld profile image75
            myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            a little swinging goes a long way....!

      2. kirstenblog profile image81
        kirstenblogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        I sympathize mate. As for heaven it sounds boring, hell sounds way too exciting, where is the 3rd option?

        Maybe God will create one to suit an enigma like me yikes

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          Justine76posted 13 years agoin reply to this

          purgatory...or DMV  smile

    2. myownworld profile image75
      myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      big_smile that should go right atop HP forums!

  33. aware profile image65
    awareposted 13 years ago

    proofs in the pudding

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    The minute you can't take endure any more, is the minute that you have truely just begun

    1. myownworld profile image75
      myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      endurance is so overrated! a little resistance is always a good thing...! wink

      ((hugs to justine...have a great one!!)

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    wordscribe41posted 13 years ago

    "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."  Try to live my life this way...

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    Is it the purity of perfection or the perfection of purity?

    1. myownworld profile image75
      myownworldposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      both purity and perfection mark the beginnings of misery!

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        bloodnlatexposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Truer words have never been spoken

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    lyricsingrayposted 13 years ago

    If you got em, smoke em.lol

  38. Lily Rose profile image85
    Lily Roseposted 13 years ago

    My all time favorite:

    "It's better remain silent and be thought of a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt."

  39. Casper021 profile image61
    Casper021posted 13 years ago

    life is a bitch so get on with it

  40. Black Lilly profile image61
    Black Lillyposted 13 years ago

    It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

  41. Black Lilly profile image61
    Black Lillyposted 13 years ago

    Take me to bed or lose me forever wink

  42. Himitsu Shugisha profile image75
    Himitsu Shugishaposted 13 years ago

    It is what it is.

  43. Jonathan Janco profile image61
    Jonathan Jancoposted 13 years ago

    "Paranoia" you only have to be right once to make it all worthwhile."

    -George Carlin

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    ralwusposted 13 years ago

    I twisted off last night.

  45. NaomiR profile image77
    NaomiRposted 13 years ago

    This is my grandmother's favorite saying, "You've got to give respect to get respect." She says it ALL the time!

  46. SEGREEN profile image57
    SEGREENposted 13 years ago

    Every dog has it's day

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    L. Andrew Marrposted 13 years ago

    I always say my work is

    "From the mad ravings of a deluded mind."

  48. mega1 profile image69
    mega1posted 13 years ago

    No matter where you go, thre you are - Mr. Natural

  49. rmcrayne profile image93
    rmcrayneposted 13 years ago

    A gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do.  Minnie Cody

  50. blondepoet profile image66
    blondepoetposted 13 years ago

    I want to be your favourite hello and your hardest goodbye

 
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