Regards,
Shodan
If someone says they can’t do something they haven’t tried, one woman would say, “Can’t never could do nothing!”
“I fear that one day, there will be a wave of people making up inspirational quotes, attributing them to me, and posting them on the internet.” - George Washington
But seriously, I think “Actions speak louder than words” can save you from a lot of hurt.
“Never confuse motion with action.” - Franklin
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” - Twain
First thing ya learn is that ya always gotta wait.
Lou Reed.
If they were going to do it, they would already have done it.
William Gibson
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A good French one is
It’s not that the well is too deep, it’s that the rope is too short
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I’ve heard one attributed to, maybe Finland?,
There is no bad weather, only bad clothes
The versions of that sentiment that I’ve always liked:
Somedays chickens. Somedays feathers.
And
Sometimes you get the bear. Sometimes the bear gets you.
On a different note, one I’ve lately fallen in love with is from Mandy Patinkin (from his wife he says) and it’s from the Time magazine article about The Princess Bride being quoted often by Ted Cruz. Easy to find with google.
“Hurt people hurt people.”
And beware the person who can’t be bothered with details.
Be true. - Stephen R. Donaldson
If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even the tax-gatherers do as much. - Jesus
One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you’re going to wind up with an ear full of cider. - Sky Masterson, Guys and Dolls
Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.
As my great-grandfather once told me: I’d rather be lucky than good.
Sometimes you’re the dog, sometimes you’re the fire hydrant.
One my grandmother used to have on the kitchen wall.
"I had no shoes and complained
Until I met a man with no feet"
Apparently an old Persian proverb.
A single “oh shit!” can erase a thousand “atta-boys!”
Everyone has heard Satchell Paige’s “Don’t look back; something may be gaining on you”, but I prefer his “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?”
Wrong reference. Dustin Hoffman, not Larry Niven.
It’s better to *be *alone than to wish you were.
I had a teacher in my freshman year of High School (1964) who garbled it thusly:
*“I cried because I didn’t have shoes, but then I saw a guy walking down the street without any legs.” *
Hilarity ensued.
“Piss when you can.”–Duke of Wellington when asked for a military insight