# Thought for the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261 "2004-12-30T16:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/21 "2004-12-31T17:47:16Z")
Some men learn by reading. Some men learn by observing. Some men have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. –Ranger Doug (later called Yer Ranger) ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/22 "2004-12-31T21:40:23Z")
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. --Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/23 "2005-01-01T11:07:58Z")
> [@IrreverentTone](#): > > If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning. — Catherine Aird [Mistakes - Despair, Inc.](http://www.despair.com/mis24x30prin.html) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/24 "2005-01-01T21:51:28Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > “Never play cards with a man named Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. And finally, whatever you do, never ever lie down with a woman who has more troubles than you do.” – Nelson Algren > > Wish I knew the exact wording – every site I Googled gives a slightly different version. from Paul Dickson’s _The Official Rules_[sup]©[/sup]: “ **Algren’s Precepts.** Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never play cards with an man named Doc. And never lie down with a woman who’s got more troubles than you.” The note says its from “What every Young Man Should Know” ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/25 "2005-01-02T08:32:15Z")
Life is like a box of chocolates. If you’re not paying attention, you’ll poke yourself with the corners. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/26 "2005-01-04T11:17:54Z")
There’s no junk food that tastes as good as being healthy feels. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/27 "2005-01-04T12:03:26Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > There’s no junk food that tastes as good as being healthy feels. Bears repeating. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/28 "2005-01-04T12:50:38Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what it is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. (Henry Ford) “Some advice is crap and other advice is good, but you can’t always tell the difference until it’s too late and you won’t necessarily decide to apply the good advice even if you recognise it in time.” - Mangetout, 2005. Or in other words, I disagree with Mr Ford - not that I don’t recognise his achievements of course - too many people sit around _waiting_ to find out their destiny - as if it’s going to be written across the sky, rather than getting out there and _creating_ their destiny. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/29 "2005-01-04T16:34:24Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Bears repeating. Is this about those bears on Grateful Dead shirts? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/30 "2005-01-04T19:22:02Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Bears repeating. Not me. I listen to what a bear says the first time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/31 "2005-01-04T19:30:14Z")
“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.” - Minna Antrim ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/32 "2005-01-04T19:32:05Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Not me. I listen to what a bear says the first time. 😉 A wise move on your part my dear. 😃 Does a wild bear repeat in the woods? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/33 "2005-01-05T00:18:08Z")
I heard this on the radio today: “God works with you, not for you.” And my sig line, too. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/34 "2005-01-05T00:56:02Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Does a wild bear repeat in the woods? Why are you asking _us_ that? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Detritus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@Detritus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Detritus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261/35 "2005-01-09T03:07:24Z")
Dust. Wind. Dude. _–Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/282261.md?page=1)