They’re easy to mock, but hard to ignore , it seems the inspirational quote is everywhere these days, but how easy is it to come up with one of your own?
May I start the ball rolling with this ‘ There are seven days in the week, but someday isn’t one of them’*
Pretty good I think you’ll agree, but can you do better?
(Or simply share your favourite existing quote with the group)
*not my own work, bonus points to whoever can identify the origin
Gatz says
A problem shared a problem halved – so next time you have a problem think of it as half of somebody else’s.
Neela says
Democracy is a lovely idea, but why give it to the people?
Sadly not mine, but relevant for a while now.
Rigid Digit says
Even the word “Hopeless” has “Hope” in it
(“Scunthorpe” is the usual reply)
Freddy Steady says
@lemonhope
Was it David Brent?
Lemonhope says
No, but bonus points for not googling.
It’s from a film I was watching earlier
Black Celebration says
There’s no time like the present.
And there’s no present like time.
Lemonhope says
That’s why it’s called the present – because it’s a gift
hubert rawlinson says
inter faeces et urinam nascimur
Saint Augustine
Sitheref2409 says
I think you’ll find that this holds just as much truth:At ego adulescens miser ualde, miser in exordio ipsius adulescentiae, etiam petieram a te castitatem et dixeram, ‘Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo
Lemonhope says
I wanna do right , but not right now
bricameron says
I can get with that!
hubert rawlinson says
Or there’s this
“They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more.”
bricameron says
“Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.”
Groucho.
Moose the Mooche says
A good woman’s knees are never smooth.
bricameron says
I had a girlfriend in her twenties that had no naturally occurring hair on her legs anywhere at all. From thigh to ankle. 😜
Moose the Mooche says
It’s not about hair, you putz. And stop doing the twist, do you want us both out of this suit?
bricameron says
Who are we suing?
Moose the Mooche says
That sounds so great in your accent.
bricameron says
I picked daffodils once with an East Indian fellow who had limited English language skills. ” Don’t you call me fuck-Off!”
😂😜😜
Moose the Mooche says
I worked in a greenhouse once – transplanting primroses, lobelias, verbena and the like. A female supervisor sent a youngish lad off for some “labia labels”.
He didn’t find them.
bricameron says
😂😂😂
Bamber says
I’ve a few variations on the Daniel O’Connell quote about the Duke of Wellington being born in a stable not making him a horse. (Wellington was born in Ireland and apparently resented it AFAIK).
I work with young offenders and would try and get them to recognise that that’s not all they are. So I might say “If you swim in the sea, that doesn’t make you a fish”. It might sound a bit daft but it usually gets the message across that you are not your environment or that you can get out of that (under)world without letting it define you.
bricameron says
(Tips 🎩)
Mousey says
One of many from Frank Zappa
Remember there’s a difference between kneeling down and bending over
rocker49 says
The hand that gives is always above the hand that receives.
Gary says
A boiled owl won’t stand up in fog.