# What is your life motto? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801 "2010-06-19T19:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/21 "2010-06-19T23:30:30Z")
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/22 "2010-06-19T23:33:29Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > “Do It Now” This is awesome if you use Ahnold’s voice. DO IT. DO IT NOOOOOOOOOW. I guess I have some philosophies of life which can be boiled down to one sentence. I like these: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Do the next right thing. Keep swimming. Be careful who you step on going up, you’ll see them again on your way down. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/23 "2010-06-20T01:24:21Z")
Calm down; it isn’t that bad. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/24 "2010-06-20T01:26:49Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Always… no, no… never… forget to check your references. That’s been mine since my first day at Pacific Tech. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, “… I drank what?” ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/25 "2010-06-20T01:33:46Z")
Blessed are the flexible for they WILL be bent out of shape. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/26 "2010-06-20T01:36:21Z")
Mind your own business. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/27 "2010-06-20T01:38:08Z")
Moderation in all things… There is humor in \*\*\*all \*\*\*situations. Find it, and recognize when it is appropriate to point it out… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/28 "2010-06-20T01:49:41Z")
It is better to know than to not know. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/29 "2010-06-20T01:54:37Z")
Why not? 😃 Seriously, I love that phrase. Inflection alone gives it a half dozen or more meanings: challenging, questioning, devil may care agreement, careful consideration, curiosity, frustration, anger, resignation… For me, it’s mostly a challenge to myself. I’m very timid by nature, and prone to say “no” to things that I fear. “Why not?” forces me to actually consider my fears and whether they’re serving me or holding me back. (It’s not why I chose it as my username, though. I was frustrated that the system kept telling me I couldn’t have the usernames I was trying for, so I typed “Why Not?” And it let me have that one. 😛 With time, though, I’ve come to love it.) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/30 "2010-06-20T02:26:14Z")
Always have a goal in mind. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/31 "2010-06-20T02:27:07Z")
Sometimes finished is better than perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/32 "2010-06-20T02:33:43Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Fuck 'em if they can’t take a joke. If you’re too drunk to dance, fight or fuck - it’s time to go home 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/33 "2010-06-20T02:56:25Z")
Everything in moderation. Especially moderation. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/34 "2010-06-20T03:01:06Z")
Life is not a dress rehearsal. First, last and only time I’ve ever taken advice from a bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/35 "2010-06-20T03:08:52Z")
You gotta live like you’re on vacation. Make the system work…for you. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/36 "2010-06-20T03:10:01Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > [QUOTE=Lunchy] > If they’re old enough to go to the store, they’re old enough to get bred. Uh… [/QUOTE] Most unfortunate typo ever! Greatest response to most unfortunate typo ever! > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > There is humor in \*\*\*all \*\*\*situations. Find it, and recognize when it is appropriate to point it out… Excellent! Not exactly my life’s motto, but good advice all around. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/37 "2010-06-20T03:43:17Z")
“This too shall pass.” Unfortunately, it’s equally as true of good things as it is of bad… ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/38 "2010-06-20T04:02:25Z")
I gave up “don’t sweat the small stuff” because sometimes there’s nothing you can do about the big stuff either. My new motto is: fuck it. Just keep going. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/39 "2010-06-20T04:02:53Z")
If you can’t dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/40 "2010-06-20T04:09:12Z")
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