Thought for the day...

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   darksideposted 17 years ago

   An ignoramus is someone who doesn't know something that you learnt yesterday.

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      secondsamuelposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      I can't remember what I lurnt yesterdee.

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      docbendukeposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      He is also that knows nothing but claims he knows something..

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         spryteposted 16 years agoin reply to this

         Actually...the ironic part of this quote is that the day before yesterday it was the figurative "you" that was the ignoramus.

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            Mishaposted 16 years agoin reply to this

            “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”

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   Mishaposted 17 years ago

   Well, the biggest problem about this is that tomorrow you might as well learn something that makes your yesterday's knowledge irrelevant... And your opponent right

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      Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      LOL that was well stated!

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   The Indexerposted 17 years ago

   That's a bit like the undeniable truth that anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot and anyone who drives faster is a maniac!

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      Mishaposted 17 years agoin reply to this

      Not for me, though - I got over this long ago

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         Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

         And anyone who drives beside you always at the same speed is a stalker?

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   About-The-Homeposted 17 years ago

   Is that because you have learned to drive faster than anyone else?

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      Mishaposted 17 years agoin reply to this

      It still would not eradicate idiots. In fact, it would turn every other person on the road into an idiot
      
      As The Indexer, I tend to think it has nothing to do with the actual speed you drive It has to do with the mindset...

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   The Indexerposted 17 years ago

   I stick to the speed limits and count how many cars catch me up!

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      Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      I only go 55 on surface streets... tis the only way to keep the engine from cutting off

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   The Indexerposted 17 years ago

   I just wonder if people might have missed the tongue planted firmly in cheek when I made my original remark?
   
   !!!

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      Mishaposted 17 years agoin reply to this

      Every joke has some truth in it   Actually I think your observation is absolutely true for quite a few drivers - and quite a few people in general for that matter. At least it was a truth about me some time ago

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   ClodaxXIIIposted 17 years ago

   nope, we saw it!!!!!!!
   what is up!
   need people to talk to me,
   TALK TO ME

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   darksideposted 17 years ago

   "A date is where a man or woman agrees to see you in an intimate setting. It is not a date if police or a sedative is involved."

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      Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      A date is an interview, the resume is the line of questioning. To get the job you just have to be quick to answer the questions the way "she" needs you to answer them.

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         Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

         o.k. that sounded naughty but wasn't intended to be

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   darksideposted 17 years ago

   "I can't tolerate intolerance."

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    The Indexerposted 17 years ago

    "Moderation in all things, including moderation"

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    topstuffposted 17 years ago

    What was done that must not be done.What i didn'nt that must be done.

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    Inspirepubposted 17 years ago

    I would not join any club that would have me as a member ...
    
    Groucho

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    funrideposted 17 years ago

    "Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first."

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    Inspirepubposted 17 years ago

    Nothing would ever be done, if one was first required to overcome every possible objection to it.

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    Hovalisposted 17 years ago

    "We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities."
    Oscar Wilde
    
    You can always rely on Oscar Wilde for just the right quote with that edge of sarcasm.

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       quicksandposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       Oscar Wilde was in a pretty comfortable position from which he could say anything he wanted and "get away with it." He is even supposed to have said, or is credited to have stated that people blame the circumstances and not themselves ... Well, just a remark.

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    Mishaposted 17 years ago

    If you don't drink and you don't smoke you are healthy when you croak
    
    Translated from Russian folklore joke Misha (c) 2008

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       Angela Harrisposted 17 years agoin reply to this

       This one is priceless. I'm adding it to my list of favorite sayings.

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    topstuffposted 17 years ago

    Look before you leap.

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       Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       "Leap before you think" (I think that was by Jerrico Usher)

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    jimmythejockposted 17 years ago

    Give a man a fish, and he will eat for that day, give a man the tools to fish and he will feed himself and his family forever, what if he lives in the desert?

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       Kenny Wordsmithposted 17 years agoin reply to this

       Good question, LOL!
       And now my thought for the day:
       
       Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.
       - Peter De Vries

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       Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       same scenario only his tools will be saran wrap and a sand pit, the fish becomes a plant possibly a cactus and the "eat" part becomes water.

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       quicksandposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       He'll walk to the nearest oasis. You can't keep a good fisherman down!

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    ClodaxXIIIposted 17 years ago

    too late
    
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    ClodaxXIIIposted 17 years ago

    OOPS WRONG POST!

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    kellyfilmgirlposted 17 years ago

    "80% of success is showing up." - Woody Allen

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       Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       Life is 10% action and 90% how you react to it (something like that)

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    jimmythejockposted 17 years ago

    Standing at an elephants rear end when it lets one go, is said to be unlucky, I wonder why?

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       kellyfilmgirlposted 17 years agoin reply to this

       LMAO!
       
       I'd imagine it's doubly unlucky if you happen to be standing downwind.

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    Patty Inglish, MSposted 17 years ago

    Hasty deduction like ancient egg. Look good from outside. - Charlie Chan

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    waynetposted 17 years ago

    The one who has the knowledge can change their life for the better or worse depending on whether the knowledge is relevant...

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    Stacie Naczelnikposted 17 years ago

    "You can't count your eggs if the chicken is already dead."  --Stacie Naczelnik

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    Inspirepubposted 17 years ago

    The man who first discovered how to get milk out of a cow .... what was he DOING?!?
    
    Jenny

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       Thom Carnesposted 17 years agoin reply to this

       That's the best one yet, Jenny!

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       aidenofthetowerposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       Oh my gosh...that has to be one of those rare times when I can type LOL and it is true.

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    Inspirepubposted 17 years ago

    I live to please ...
    
    Jenny

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    daflaposted 17 years ago

    Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
    Norman Ralph Augustine

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    darksideposted 17 years ago

    Blunt knives are pointless.

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    Uninvited Writerposted 17 years ago

    She ran the gamut of emotions from A to B... Dorothy Parker

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    Hovalisposted 17 years ago

    Fall seven times, stand up eight.
    - Japanese Proverb

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       quicksandposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       after seven falls, it is inevitable you would fall the eighth time too ... by sheer habit, or you could call it a conditioned reflex !!!

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          Hovalisposted 16 years agoin reply to this

          I thought it took 21 days to form a habit. ;-)

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             quicksandposted 16 years agoin reply to this

             LOL! I was counting the number of events!

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    Inspirepubposted 17 years ago

    If'n da Good Lawd had meant for people to be running around nekkid, they'a bin born dat way ...

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    ripplemakerposted 17 years ago

    "If you want to see a rainbow, you got to put up with the rain."
    
    It's hot here...i'm wishing for rain and rain and rainbows...

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    darksideposted 16 years ago

    "Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century." - Dame Edna Everage

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    Eric Graudinsposted 16 years ago

    Here's 2 of my favourites:
    
    "Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense"
    ~ Gertrude Stein, 1874 - 1946
    (Wonder what she'd say today ! ! ! - EG)
    
    A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove ... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.
    ~  Forest Witcraft

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       Zsuzsy Beeposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       I love the second one Eric. That is my sentiment exactly.
       Here is my contribution: Oscar Wilde said "Experience is the name eveyone gives to his mistakes".
       zs

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       ripplemakerposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       Hey Eric, I love the second quote too.  I included it in my inspirational quotes for teachers   Amen to that.

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    Inspirepubposted 16 years ago

    If you are going to learn from experience, at least make sure it is someone else's experience.
    
    Good decisions come from good judgement.
    Good judgement comes from experience.
    Experience comes from bad decisions.
    
    Jenny

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    darksideposted 16 years ago

    "The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to ones own self, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else."

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       Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       That would be funny if it weren't happening to me? or that is funny unless it's happening to me..

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       aidenofthetowerposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       Shown every time we laugh at something bad that happens to something else. If we took a moment to think of it happening to us we would find we would be terrified. Of course...it is possible that the same people we laughed at would laugh at us!

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    darksideposted 16 years ago

    "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!" - Randy Pausch

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    Ananta65posted 16 years ago

    Rita Mae Brown:
    Writers will happen in the best of families.

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    darksideposted 16 years ago

    "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

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    oxymoronposted 16 years ago

    Nice all

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    Lifebydesignposted 16 years ago

    "Erotic is using a feather while kinky is using the whole chicken"

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    blogdigzposted 16 years ago

    The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
    
    - John D. Rockefeller III

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       Jerrico Usherposted 16 years agoin reply to this

       nice.

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    Karen LaVelleposted 16 years ago

    It is a "sin" not to "sin"!    =o)

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    terenceyap07posted 16 years ago

    Life is short; live well and be happy!
    
    *smiles*

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    terenceyap07posted 16 years ago

    Tomorrow will be a better day!
    
    *smiles*

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    terenceyap07posted 16 years ago

    What role do you choose to play in your destiny:
    
    victim, spectator, or participant?
    
    *smiles*

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    terenceyap07posted 16 years ago

    You can either be your best friend or your worst enemy, depending on how you choose to think.
    
    Choose well.
    
    *smiles*

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    ripplemakerposted 16 years ago

    “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
    
    --Richard Bach

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    jyuvaposted 16 years ago

    Immature love says "I Love You because I need You."
    Mature love says "I need you because I Love You".

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