# Favourite Wise sayings to Live your life by! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052 "2016-01-03T11:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/121 "2016-01-10T07:28:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > “Either listen to the whole conversation, or stay the fuck out of it.” Or these days: either read the whole thread or stay the fuck out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/122 "2016-01-10T08:01:19Z")
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” -William Arthur Ward ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/123 "2016-01-10T22:14:52Z")
\*“_Don’t try to be a great man_, just be a man. And let history make its own judgments.” \*—Zefram Cochrane, 2073 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/124 "2016-01-10T23:08:27Z")
Saylavee. Saw it on a licence plate once. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/125 "2016-01-11T06:43:14Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > My favorite actually came down to me from my paternal grandfather - there are three reasons a woman wears a sweater; one is to keep warm and the other two are usually obvious. I’m sure he stole it from someone but I always liked it. There was a young lady named Etta Who always wore a very tight sweater Three reasons she had: To keep warm was not bad But the other two reasons were better! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/126 "2016-01-11T17:24:06Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > “Never stick your elbow in your ear.” While I never tried it I didn’t understand > this advice until I was nearly fifty. Felt like an idiot when I finally got it. I don’t get it… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/127 "2016-01-11T17:41:45Z")
Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never play cards with a man called Doc. And never, ever, under any circumstances, sleep with anyone crazier than yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/128 "2016-01-13T01:28:04Z")
When in danger or in doubt Run in circles, scream and shout. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/129 "2016-01-13T03:51:18Z")
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