Hey! That's a neat thought!

I better write that down…

I love collecting pithy little sayings (here’s a favorite: Momma, I am pooped up to my ass), but over the years, I have also tried to collect my own thoughts and personal aphorisms. Here’s a sampling:

*Child, open that clenched fist you call a mind.
(I taught HS English for ten years.)

You learn more by taking a good fall than by fighting a good throw.
(I teach judo, too)

The most important part of all is the part you didn’t hear.

I don’t need to beat myself, life does that enough already.

The secret of writing is not to have terrible, huge events occur to you; to write powerfully, you need to look with large eyes, eyes of wonder, to see the enormous power in the smallest movement.

I am happy in the sharpness of my pleats.

When you are wrong, apologize, expect nothing in return, and go on.

The less threatening I am, the more dangerous I can be.

I can not truly believe in something I do not truly question.*

I would love to hear what original scintillating wit and profound wisdom all you marvelous Dopers have composed yourselves. Variations on a theme borrowed from some famous source are ok, but I invite you to string your truly original pearls on this thread.