quotes, sayings, blessings, toasts, fortune cookie texts... please add your favorites here

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

From yesterday's lunch: We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

[rsdsharp]

1. "Stay away from all lawyers."

I got that one the night before I started law school.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

10. What if you're not guilty

[empedocles]

31. My law school lesson was: 'The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and poor,

to sleep under bridges, begging in the streets and to steal bread.'

[Phentex]

2. If you use what you have, you have what you need...

[Marie Marie]

3. I will add: Want what you have.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

11. "It's not having what you want It's wanting what you've got"

Sheryl Crow

[Iggo]

4. Heard this one when I was little, and corny as it is, it's still the best.

May you be in heaven an hour
Before the Devil knows you're dead.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

12. Erin Go Bragh

May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping!

[Iggo]

23. Nice!

[ProudLib72]

57. And this one

Go n-éirí an bóthar leat

Which I always thought was weird. Why would you want the road to rise up and meet you? I mean, I want my roads to slope downwards.

[ProudLib72]

5. The one I came up with when I was in undergrad

The theme is the same as it was before,
Ex amore, solum dolor



I was so dark and mysterious back then!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. Illegitimi non carborundum

[Kali]

6. Arriba! Abajo! Al centro! Al dentro!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. salud y amor y tiempo para disfrutarlo

Good morning!

[orangecrush]

42. May you

Get into heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead!

[panader0]

72. Aqui estamos y ya nos vamos.

La osa mas peluda es la osa mas hermosa.
The Mexican guys I laid block with had many of these sayings.

[First Speaker]

7. "This Too Shall Pass..."

...that was my Mom's favorite saying. And the older I get, the more true it seems to become...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

15. As the Algonquians of Waumbik would say...

...if you don't like the weather wait a minute.

Or as we say in my house, "Will you be long in the bathroom?"

[NJCher]

8. May the wind be at your back.

Cher

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

16. May the frost never afflict your spuds.

May the leaves of your cabbage always be free from worms.
May the crows never pick your haystack.
If you inherit a donkey, may she be in foal.

[Aristus]

9. Semper ubi sub ubi.

Always wear underwear.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

17. Recommended work attire:

https://www.amazon.com/Funny-Latin-Tee-Always-Underwear/dp/B07PLKB36J?customId=B0753779LY&th=1

[Bantamfancier]

18. Still makes me smile.

May the bird of paradise fly up your nose
May an elephant caress you with his toes
May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose

[Harker]

19. Favorite fortune cookie.

"If you don't like what you get, think of all the things you don't like that you don't get."

[Harker]

20. My personal motto:

Cogito ergo cogito sum.

[uriel1972]

21. Cogito erg doleo.... nt

[Harker]

24. Itaque...

non sine causa.

[uriel1972]

40. Sic transit my latin...

I have some but not an extensive vocabulary and my grammar is execrable. Not to mention the dropped "O" in ergo.

[Harker]

41. I'm sketchy at best.

English gives me lots to handle...

[uriel1972]

22. May the road rise with you...

Heard that in a Public Image Limited song "Rise"

Also from that song "Anger is an energy"

[Tikki]

36. In a similar vein.."Life is a scream Man is an engine Blowin' off steam An engine With a vengeance"

from “The Scream”...The Screamers (1977)


Tikki

[DFW]

25. My favorite is a translation of my sig line

“Croyez ceux qui cherchent la vérité, doutez de ceux qui la trouvent.” --André Gide

("Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it" )

I also like: "Les cimetières sont pleins de gens irremplaçables, qui ont tous été remplacés"--Georges Clemenceau

("The cemeteries are full of irreplaceable people, all of whom have been replaced" )


And, there's always: "Unfortunately, 'get a life' is not enforceable in a court of law."--DFW

My wife had this to contribute: "Männer über 30 sind wir öffenliche Klos--sie sind entweder besetzt oder beschissen"--lament of a (presumably single) anonymous German woman

(Men over 30 are like public toilets--they are either taken or they are full of shit)

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

49. Success in marriage isn't in marrying the right person, it's being the right person

[Siwsan]

26. Iechyd Da!

Welsh for Good health!

[Clash City Rocker]

27. People won't care how much you know, until they know how much you care

It’s a little corny, but I have found it to be true.

[empedocles]

28. 'This time, like any other, is a good time, if you can [figure] out what to do with it.'

[I had to personally adjust, just a bit, r.w. emerson]

[Tikki]

29. "Well I don't know, but I've been told. You never slow down, you never grow old."..Thomas Earl Petty

Tikki

[MuseRider]

30. After a large meal,

uncomfortably overdue with my first son, I got one that said..."A Blessed Even Is About To Occur". I could not believe it. He arrived about 14 hours later. I still have it packed away somewhere.

[iamateacher]

32. An Irish saying

- A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.

[kairos12]

53. If you are always ready, you never have to get ready.

[jpak]

33. Here I sit Broken Hearted...

[iamateacher]

34. An Irish sayng

- A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.

[missingthebigdog]

35. "Lord, Give me patience, because if you give me strength,

I’m gonna hurt someone.”

[enid602]

37. B & K

It’s always the ones that lead the Barbie & Ken lifestyles that end up shocking you the most. Amen.

[Grey]

38. Just because you can doesn't

mean you should...

Grey...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

50. Money can't buy love, but it sure gets you a great bargaining position.

[A HERETIC I AM]

39. "Everything happens for a reason.....

Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions"

[smirkymonkey]

63. I love that one!

[bluecollar2]

43. Using the checklist is statistically safer than thinking.

Attributed to a British Airways check airman.

[eppur_se_muova]

47. Most hospitals agree. nt

[lastlib]

44. a Native American (Kiowa, I believe, but not 100% sure) blessing:

"Ochanami Wambli"--Translate :"May you walk with eagles."

This from Carl Sagan: "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."

And from Arthur C. Clarke: "Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic."

[DFW]

45. One of my favrites from (of all people) Billy Joel

"And you know that when the truth is told, you can get what you want or you can just get old."

from "Vienna"

[Hotler]

46. Your lucky numbers are 3, 12, 21, 28, 34, 42............nt

[eppur_se_muova]

48. 35% of all accidents happen in the home. We suggest you travel !

(This was in the window of a travel agency ...)

[applegrove]

51. There are only two types of people in the world: those who think

There are only two types of people; and those who don't.

[bobbieinok]

52. Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. A motto to a Father Greeley novel

I believe he attributed it to GK Chesterton

[3catwoman3]

54. This one is my own creation.

If no one needs a casket, major surgery, or bail money, life is good.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

56. Professional soldiers are rather predictable; unfortunately the world is full of dangerous amateurs.

[frogmarch]

58. The Parting Glass

Last edited Tue Apr 16, 2019, 04:59 PM - Edit history (1)

"The Parting Glass" is an old Scottish poem that became a traditional song often sung in Scotland and in Ireland at get-togethers and also at wakes and funerals. It faded in popularity when Robert Burns wrote "Auld Lang Syne," but it's still loved by many.

Here's the Face Vocal Band of Boulder, CO, performing my favorite rendition of "The Parting Glass."

EDITED to add (from wiki or somewhere):

The Colorado band has been bringing audiences to their feet for seventeen years, using their uncanny ability to identify rock hits and the masterful talent to turn them into something completely new. When they take the stage, there are no guitars, no drums, no Marshall stacks—just their voices.

“We’re kind of easy, because it’s five guys, with five mics,” says Forest Kelly, the band’s audio editing and post-production engineer, and also the "bassist". His sonorous and crystal-clear voice often holds down the root of the group’s chord structures, while his partner in rhythm Mark Megibow provides a battery of percussion sounds using a rapid-fire beatbox technique that would astonish many drummers.

“Mark was a percussion major at Northwestern, joined Face Vocal Band as a singer, and when we decided to go vocal rock he learned to do beatbox, and now he’s one of the best,” says Stephen Ross, the band’s music director, music arranger, as well as baritone/countertenor.

In the picture, Mark Megibow is the one with the curly grey hair on the far left.

[jazzcat23]

59. One of my favorite sayings...

mainly because I am always late... "The world is round....I'll get there!"

[frogmarch]

62. Clever. :)

I'm going to steal it because I am too.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

60. A somewhat more boisterous ballad

[frogmarch]

61. I'll say! :)

Very cute and funny! Love it.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

65. Perhaps I should included a not appropriate for work note

Sorry if it was offensive. But glad you liked it. I love The Parting Glass.

[FakeNoose]

64. If your only tool is a hammer, then all your problems look like nails.

Somebody said this once, I swear!

[Iggo]

66. May the bird of happiness fly up your kazizzy and eat all your azunga.

Still not sure if that's a blessing or a curse...lol.

[lpbk2713]

67. Mess with the bull, you get the horns.

...

[Dem2theMax]

68. Life is like a great big canvas,

and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

~ Danny Kaye

[kairos12]

70. Life becomes much happier when you give up all hope.

[artislife]

71. Big dogs, big messes. nt

[Iggo]

73. If you wanna shit with the big dogs, you gotta go where the big dogs shit.

Truer words have never been spoken.