# "I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure" - other examples **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810 "2014-09-18T11:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/61 "2014-09-19T01:41:59Z")
Not a lot of people know it, but I’m pretty famous. (paraphrasing Sam Malone from _Cheers_) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/62 "2014-09-19T07:54:55Z")
When you come to a fork in the road, take it. 90% of this game is half mental. Both of these attributed to Lawrence P. Berra. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/63 "2014-09-19T10:55:19Z")
I think astrology’s a load of rubbish. We Tauruses are sceptical like that. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/64 "2014-09-19T14:15:34Z")
Mark Twain once wrote “I was going to send you a short letter, but I didn’t have time, so I wrote a long one instead”. My favorite Yogi Berra is “That restaurant is getting so popular, nobody eats there anymore.” ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/65 "2014-09-19T14:21:59Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Mark Twain once wrote “I was going to send you a short letter, but I didn’t have time, so I wrote a long one instead”. That isn’t necessarily nonsensical or self-contradictory. (I’ve heard the same quote attributed to the French philosopher and theologian Blaise Pascal.) It can in fact be easier and quicker to “let it all out”, stream-of-consciousness-wise; than to take the time and trouble to craft a communication which strives to put what one wants to say, as succinctly and neatly as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/66 "2014-09-19T14:26:01Z")
[Fumblerules of grammar](http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/01/fumblerules-of-grammar.html), created by the late great William Safire in his NY Times column On Language. My favorite is a paraphrased of rule #32: As you are walking though the valley of the shadow of death, do not use too many prepositional phrases. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/67 "2014-09-19T14:57:42Z")
Remember, you are a unique individual. Just like everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/68 "2014-09-19T15:23:13Z")
Nostalgia isn’t as good as it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/69 "2014-09-19T15:23:44Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Not a lot of people know it, but I’m pretty famous. > > (paraphrasing Sam Malone from _Cheers_) Josef Tura, Jack Benny’s character in _To Be or Not to Be_, was described as being “world famous in Poland”. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/70 "2014-09-19T15:24:05Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I may appear profound on the surface, but deep down I’m very superficial. Ha, that one cracked me up. I hope I can remember it and use it. -There’s a lot to be said for keeping your mouth shut. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/71 "2014-09-19T16:20:55Z")
> [@Voltaire](#): > > A witty saying proves nothing. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/72 "2014-09-19T16:28:27Z")
> [@vontsira](#): > > That isn’t necessarily nonsensical or self-contradictory. (I’ve heard the same quote attributed to the French philosopher and theologian Blaise Pascal.) It can in fact be easier and quicker to “let it all out”, stream-of-consciousness-wise; than to take the time and trouble to craft a communication which strives to put what one wants to say, as succinctly and neatly as possible. I knew that, and the reason the statement is “catchy” is precisely because it embodies an apparent paradox. Here’s another – “They don’t make things the way they used to, and never did”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/73 "2014-09-19T16:52:53Z")
You have to make your own decisions in life- ask anybody! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/74 "2014-09-19T16:54:36Z")
Take my word for it- you can’t trust anyone. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/75 "2014-09-19T16:59:18Z")
I might be inconsistent, but not all the time. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/76 "2014-09-19T19:21:13Z")
Nothing is certain, you can be sure of that. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/77 "2014-09-19T19:25:08Z")
I’m not sure why she asked me to explain Occam’s Razor- I can only surmise that there must be some very strange, complicated sinister reason. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/78 "2014-09-19T20:14:12Z")
There is no statement that is true all the time. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![OpusThePenguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7bcc69/32.png) [@OpusThePenguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpusThePenguin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/79 "2014-09-19T20:18:53Z")
I took a placebo this morning. I think it’s working. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/80 "2014-09-19T20:54:22Z")
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