Wise Sayings...or Not

[ibike2havefun]

actually I was thinking
Evil Woman- Electric Light Orchestra

You could be right; I wasn't certain.

 

[JetRanger]

actually I was thinking
Evil Woman- Electric Light Orchestra

Yup... 3rd verse: "You made the wine, now you drink the cup".


Are we that old?

 

[Daboo]

“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
― George Washington

 

[Daboo]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." -- Declaration of Independence, 1776

 

[docw1]

We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the efficiency of the public schools, and the number of people who can and do read worthwhile books—W.E.B Du Bois

 

[docw1]

“Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.” —Malcolm S. Forbes (November 1972)

 

[Daboo]

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

Wow. Can we ever appreciate what they gave?

Chris

 

[docw1]

“By the time you’re 80 years old, you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” —George Burns (December 1977)

 

[docw1]

“You’ve got to try your luck at least once a day because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” —Jimmy Dean (December 2020/January 2021)

 

[ST1100Y]

Before you go off and do something stupid this weekend…

Remember the judge won’t be in until Tuesday...

 

[Daboo]

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." -- Thomas Jefferson

 

[Odie1]

“You’ve got to try your luck at least once a day because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” —Jimmy Dean (December 2020/January 2021)

 

[docw1]

"When you cut out a man’s tongue, you’re not proving him wrong. You’re only showing the world that you fear what he has to say"—George R.R. Martin

 

[Daboo]

The problem with conspiracy theories is that you have to keep coming up with new ones as the old ones get proven true. -- Me

 

[Daboo]

"It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

-- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775​

 

[docw1]

Teach a man to fish, and he won't come to work. Give him a fish and he won’t go fishing.

 

[Daboo]

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13)

 

[docw1]

“After 30, a body has a mind of its own.” —Bette Midler (June 1982)