Words to live by... Hey, what's your motto?

[ahinton]

susan, susan?  am i cloned now?

Not at all - or at least not by me, anyway; Susan subject and Susan object in the same sentence for the reasons that should be obvious from the sense of that sentence (and I use the terms subject and object in the purely grammatical sense here, since I would never refer to you as any kind of object in any other sense, as I assume you would realise).

james the VI.  hmm. have to look into that.  after my soap opera.  these things help me externalize emotion.  *wonders what he looked like with bagpipes hanging from his mouth.

Soap opera? I thought you didn't usually watch such things. In case you weren't entirely sure if I read your posts, I distinctly recall your writing "i got sidetracked yesterday with  a soapopera.  i NEVEr watch soapoperas.  i think something is going wrong with me." I cannot imagine how a soap opera would help anyone, including you, to "externalise emotion", especially if it is not being watched. And to save your fertile imagination working even more overtime than usual, let me assure you that you need not trouble yourself to wonder how I might look with bagpipes hanging from my mouth , for I do not possess any bagpipes and cannot in any case play them or any other wind instrument.

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

today it was the spanish channel soaps.  i can't understand many words - but am impressed at how they are so obviously putting it on.  i actually want to star in a soap opera.  a spanish one.  ok. the first thing i noticed is that they pick wigs for their hairstyles - so obviously right away one feels as though they are watching an opera.  there's the diva and then there's the person with bandages around the head - laid up in a hospital bed.  the emotion comes in when the diva visits.  i cried when she cried.  it felt so good to cry over someone that had a headbandage with no blood on any part of it - and the person who was in the hospital bed looked actually healthier than the other lady.  i would have liked - for a brief moment to just see what they would look like switching spots.  no matter.  there's always a cute latin looking guy in these shows too - but i became bored and fell asleep.  then, i had to dash off to catch my first-graders coming home bus.

'star in your own soap opera.'  that's my new motto 

[bachundrach]

Ah ha!

Susan and *pianistimo* are one and the same person - Aaaaccchhh! My bad.......

Saw a Scottish Terrier today at the Mall pet shop.  The pup was 1.5 months old and sooo very cute.  Methinks I shall purchase it and name it McCleod.

Now for a wee dram or two of Bruichladdich single malt whiskey.


Ta-ta.......

[m1469]

"who cares"

[m1469]

"If you call me stupid and expect that I will believe you because you say it, then you are either respecting my intelligence enough to recognize your opinion on this matter, or you are satisfied that within my stupidity -- and my accepting it as such-- I will think that you are smart."

[allthumbs]

My words to live by....

When someone asks me why my wife is cutting the grass on a hot summer day, I tell them, 'Why keep a dog and do your own barking!'  hahahahaha

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[chopininov]

"If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?"

[m1469]

"YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEE" !!!!

[Bob]

(joins in)  Yippee!


I know what I'm celebrating.  What are you celebrating?

[wotgoplunk]

"If life gives you lemons, evaporate them into citric acid, and create an explosion of dust."

[pianochick93]

I live by the motto of "Eagles may soar but weasles don't get sucked into jet engines"

It sounds stupid at first, but if you contemplate it is has a deeper meaning.

[term]

I live by the motto of "Eagles may soar but weasles don't get sucked into jet engines"

It sounds stupid at first, but if you contemplate it is has a deeper meaning.

in the sense of "stay modest, if you fly too high you'll end up falling deep"?

[pianochick93]

pretty much.

[m1469]

Even the best of intentions don't have a life, until you give them one.

[clhiospzitn]

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare, from Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2

[instromp]

We had to do something like this in my English12 class, by coming up with a life philosiphy.

I pretty much thought this suited me.

Neutrality can be worse,have an idea, your mind is powerful

I try to apply this everyday 

[chopininov]

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

[rc]

"All of you leave me alone!"

[ihatepop]

Sleep and Eat

[pianowolfi]

My coffee pot is broken. I have to get a new one asap.

[zheer]

  Never say never.


  Life is not a dress rehearsal.



  It aint over till the fat lady sings.

[rc]

My coffee pot is broken. I have to get a new one asap.

Another fellow who lives by the principle of coffee <- (my coffee stained teeth)

[pianowolfi]

Another fellow who lives by the principle of coffee <- (my coffee stained teeth)

Yes. Coffeinists of all countries, get united

[pianowolfi]

  Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Life is a performance? hmmmmm.....

[thalberg]

Yes, everyone is dying to  be someone else.  I'll live my own life if it kills me.

--e.e. cummings

[thalberg]

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare, from Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2

This is brilliant.  Lately my life has been really bad, but I've discovered that if I just don't think about it, then it's not so bad.  It's like a magical coping skill--not thinking.   I hope I don't become stupid from this, though, that's the only worry.

[ahinton]

Life is a performance? hmmmmm.....

If so, it's probably being recorded for training purposes...

Best,

Alistair

[gaest]

Time is too long for life,
For knowledge, not enough.
(The first line of a poem by Rosario Castellanos)

This line (the entire poem) has followed me my entire life.  When I was a moody teenager, I took it the pessimistic way and figured, what was the point of anything?

Thankfully, I've grown up quite a bit since then, and now it's taken on a new meaning: life is short, live it fully, and you'll never stop learning - in fact, you can never learn too much.

[m1469]

Just because there is not time enough for everything, it is not excuse enough to do nothing.

[communist]

my motto is " your needy or greedy

[m1469]

This little light of mine ... I'ma gonna let it shine.

[ihatepop]

Just being curious here...how many of you actually follow your motto? I know I don't.

[pianochick93]

I sort of do.

Sometimes I just can't help being too smart though
my maths class is full of idiots, If I flew as low as them, I'd be driven underground.

[Essyne]

Sleep and Eat

along the same lines - - - "Sleep 'till you're hungry; eat 'till you're tired!!"

Seriously - - - "Fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity" - Gen. George Patton

[Essyne]

EDIT: "FIXED fortifications . . . . " 

[pianowolfi]

Just being curious here...how many of you actually follow your motto? I know I don't.

If I wouldn't follow it it wouldn't be my motto.

At the time my motto would be a piece: Scherzo no 2 by Chopin.

[pianochick93]

I have a new motto:

An open mouth gathers no foot.

[m19834]

My newest motto is :  "Just because you have ears, eyes, a mouth, and an opinion, doesn't mean you're an expert."

Just sayin', really.  I kind of mostly just needed a place to express my expert opinion.

[liordavid]

being a foodie I have one that will really annoy vegetarians. it is " I don't judge food by what it is, I judge it by how it tastes.

[quantum]

being a foodie I have one that will really annoy vegetarians. it is " I don't judge food by what it is, I judge it by how it tastes.

Not being a vegetarian, I like this. 

[doctor_ivory]

[alessandro]

being a foodie I have one that will really annoy vegetarians. it is " I don't judge food by what it is, I judge it by how it tastes.

I'm sorry, I'm off topic since I don't have any motto to present, but really, this is really a stupid quote.   I'm wondering if there are other effects than annoy vegetarians on the one hand, and gain some sort of feeling of cleverness by stating this quote.   No frankly, wow, "by how it tastes";  sounds a little bit silly.
And actually, this word "foodie", it smells.

Kindly.

[lostinidlewonder]

" One cannot understand and disagree at the same time."

[pianowolfi]

Care only about the clarity of your message.

[m1469]

Care only about the clarity of your message.

Somehow I missed this when it was posted, or else I read it and was just so consumed at that time in my life about some things.  But, I indeed appreciate this very much .

My motto for today :  "There is plenty of time to be a child prodigy.  In the meantime, concentrate on being the best musician you can be."  hee hee.

[m1469]

Don't be stupid.

[dapianokid]

"YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEE" !!!!

YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEE!!!!
I'm sorry. It was just the only thing that caught my attention here. That and the horrible crucifixion video. *eughhh.*

[dapianokid]

I hate Dapianokid.

I'm sorry, WHAT?!

[littletune]

Life is a performance? hmmmmm.....

[dapianokid]

Of course HE would say that.........




"Practice makes perfect! Waita.... If nobodies perfect... Why practice! :S"