# What is your family motto? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074 "2013-07-09T20:08:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![the\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/61 "2013-07-11T12:13:24Z")
It’s Hell bein’ stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/62 "2013-07-11T13:35:07Z")
My wife and I have a motto: “Two bodies, one brain.” I guess it’s not really a motto, though, more of an observation.\* \*The corollary to this is that there are times when one of us has the brain and the other does not. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/63 "2013-07-11T13:49:58Z")
We love one another like crazy. And it’s a little easier to do so at a distance. ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/64 "2013-07-11T13:52:06Z")
“All things in moderation” ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/65 "2013-07-11T13:56:21Z")
We have two. 1. It only takes two people for an argument. Based on the face that we bicker about every little thing. My dad and I have had epic arguments about which route is the fastest. It drives my mom nuts, but Dad and his whole extended family will bicker and argue just to kill time if they are bored. 2. What time is our next meal? Again, the entire family plans there day around where are we eating and at what time, and what food. This can tie in with number 1. ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/66 "2013-07-12T01:00:54Z")
Long before WWJD\* our family had, in honor of our most competent member, What Would Aunt Betty Do? - We were really pissed when the Christians ripped that off, too. ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/67 "2013-07-12T03:00:25Z")
Don’t wake Dad unless you’re bleeding. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/68 "2013-07-12T03:02:39Z")
“In 20 years it will all be a joke.” (KoDad) ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/69 "2013-07-12T03:28:08Z")
\*\*Never let them see you cry. \*\* It’s a sign of weakness. We don’t even cry at funerals. My mother always said - if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all\* My father always said - if you don’t tell the SOB that he’s acting like an ass how do you expect him to improve?\* ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/70 "2013-07-12T03:30:58Z")
My mother’s side: Fortitas My father’s side: We love sheep. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/71 "2013-07-12T03:38:18Z")
> [@Pixel\_Dent](#): > > pontis transimus quom pervenimus Just take things as they come. Don’t worry, be happy. Don’t expect failure. ??? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/72 "2013-07-12T03:45:47Z")
We never really had a family slogan. The family came apart too easily, I guess, and we were scattered to the four corners of the province. If we _did_ have one, it would probably have something to do with music. If I ever get awarded a coat of arms, the slogan will be: _Rigardu, kaj vi ekvidos._ Which means, “Look, and you will begin to see.” It’s a line from a song. > [@sisu](#): > > “Jour de Ma Vie” Singular? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/73 "2013-07-12T04:09:34Z")
Nothing is ever simple. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/74 "2013-07-12T04:27:06Z")
J’espere ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/75 "2013-07-12T04:56:30Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “Don’t tell your grandma/uncles/aunts/cousins _anything_”. > > It was drilled into us kids prior to all family get-togethers. Dammit, you stole mine! Seriously, though, that’s what I tell my daughter before any visits to her grandparents or aunts and uncles. 🙂 My dad’s was, and is, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Not sure where he got it, but it has served me well, and I suffer the consequences when I choose to ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/76 "2013-07-12T07:27:26Z")
If I had asked either of my parents what our or their family motto was, hilaritry–no, strike that. Amusement would have ensued. I have always liked Esse Quam Videre (To be, rather than to seem) ---
**Author:** ![meels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@meels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meels)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/77 "2013-07-12T11:20:25Z")
Tomorrow has its own ---
**Author:** ![sherrylynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@sherrylynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sherrylynn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/78 "2013-07-12T20:58:23Z")
“If you’re going to be dumb, you’d better be tough” ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/79 "2013-07-12T21:35:46Z")
“Let’s not talk about it.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074/80 "2013-07-12T21:52:43Z")
The coat of arms of Mom’s family, or a branch of it way back, said “Firm.” A useful thought. The closest I have to a motto is the motto of my classroom, which is “Disce aut morere.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-family-motto/663074.md?page=5)