# Thought for the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737 "2005-03-22T17:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/1 "2005-03-22T17:20:46Z")
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” (Andre Gide) ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/2 "2005-03-22T18:16:56Z")
Minds are like parachutes. They function only when open. Someone had to say it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/3 "2005-03-22T18:19:06Z")
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/4 "2005-03-22T18:23:00Z")
The brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working as soon as you get up. And then continues working right up until the moment you get into work. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/5 "2005-03-22T18:23:33Z")
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. - Niccolo Machiavelli ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/6 "2005-03-22T18:42:49Z")
Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good. -Louis H. Albert / Poker players the world over. ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/7 "2005-03-22T19:03:15Z")
Things that don’t kill you make you _weaker_. Great minds don’t think alike. If they did, the patent office would only have about 50 inventions. I started getting suspicious when I cried over spilt milk and the cashier took it off my bill. ~\* that shirker guy in Dilbert\* ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/8 "2005-03-22T22:12:56Z")
Its always easier to get forgivness than mercy (Dennis the Menace) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/9 "2005-03-22T23:28:41Z")
Indecision is the key to flexibility. Ya think? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/10 "2005-03-22T23:32:01Z")
The ultimate inspirational quote… sausage ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/11 "2005-03-23T00:01:06Z")
When you disagree with someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when the fight starts, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/12 "2005-03-23T00:43:34Z")
If you like killing kittens, masturbate often. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man… uhh… well, one out of three isn’t bad… ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/13 "2005-03-23T01:14:05Z")
If at first you don’t succeed, you should probably not take up skydiving as a hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/14 "2005-03-23T01:15:30Z")
If life gives you lemons put them in your trousers and pretend you have big testicles. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/15 "2005-03-23T02:39:58Z")
From my history professor today: Any idiot with a computer and a phone line can make a website. It takes a special kind of idiot to get published in a peer reviewed journal. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/16 "2005-03-23T02:44:53Z")
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. If it still don’t work, hit the son of a bitch with the biggest hammer you got. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/17 "2005-03-23T02:50:21Z")
If at first you don’t succeed, try something else. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/18 "2005-03-23T13:30:25Z")
Better to say nothing and let them think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/19 "2005-03-23T14:18:26Z")
He had the ability to put the most words in the smallest idea of any man I ever met. -Abraham Lincoln But actually just said that one because of the previous poster. Mine for today is: All is beautiful that is new. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/20 "2005-03-23T14:40:45Z")
“Once the testicles start getting bitten off, you won’t see me going in to break up a fight either.” From the thread about dogs fighting. No, I don’t have the link. Find it yourself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737.md?page=2)