Steal a man's fishing pole and you can drink beer on a boat for a day. Steal a man's wife and eventually she'll force you to stop fishing and get a real job.
Steal a man's fishing pole and you can drink beer on a boat for a day. Steal a man's wife and eventually she'll force you to stop fishing and get a real job.
Steal a man"s wife and soon you'll realize why he allowed her to be stolen!
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat today. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat forever. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he’ll dine on steak and caviar with a new floozie every night.
Maxim 21: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow. -Howard Tayler
"Familiarity, the first myth of reality: What you know the best, you observe the least." (Mistform Mutant) "Devotion, the second myth of reality: The faithful are most hurt by the objects of their faith." (Mistform Dreamer) "Conviction, the third myth of reality: Only those who seek the truth can be deceived." (Mistform Skyreaver) "Fellowship, the fourth myth of reality: As the tides of war shift, so do loyalties." (Mistform Wall) "Trust, the fifth myth of reality: Every truth holds the seed of betrayal." (Mistform Mask)
There are times that I want to take someone from the far left and aomeone from the far right, put my arms around their shoulders, whisper about imparting wisdom, and when they lean forward, smash their heads together and tell them to quit being such d*ckheads.
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Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Steal a man's fish, and you'll eat for a day.
Steal a man's fishing pole and you can drink beer on a boat for a day. Steal a man's wife and eventually she'll force you to stop fishing and get a real job.
Pretty sure that IS Confucius...
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat today. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat forever. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he’ll dine on steak and caviar with a new floozie every night.
Maxim 21: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow.
-Howard Tayler
Isaiah 54:17 (The first half at least.)
- H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau
I have a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel.
-- Ben Elton and Richard Curtis, Blackadder the Third
"Familiarity, the first myth of reality: What you know the best, you observe the least." (Mistform Mutant)
"Devotion, the second myth of reality: The faithful are most hurt by the objects of their faith." (Mistform Dreamer)
"Conviction, the third myth of reality: Only those who seek the truth can be deceived." (Mistform Skyreaver)
"Fellowship, the fourth myth of reality: As the tides of war shift, so do loyalties." (Mistform Wall)
"Trust, the fifth myth of reality: Every truth holds the seed of betrayal." (Mistform Mask)
- Magic: The Gathering Cards
Cheap, accurate, fast. Pick any two.
- Anybody who has ever worked in QA
Don't be irreplaceable, if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
-- Dilbert, Scott Adams
Let's take the non-conformists' oath!
I Promise to be different!
"I Promise to be different!"
I Promise to be unique!
"I Promise to be unique!"
I Promise not to repeat things other people say!
"I Pro--"
Good!
-- Steve Martin (and audience)
The Men's Prayer
I'm a man, but I can change, If I have to, I guess.
-- The Red Green Show
The official motto of The Possum Lodge on The Red Green Show
Quondo Omni Flunkus Moritadi
(When all else fails, play dead)
When I started driving, the dashboard was filled with dials and gauges.
They've taken all that away and replaced them with idiot lights...
That's not a complement.
-Red Green
The motto of the City Watch of Ankh-Morpork:
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNK
-Terry Prachett
There is no problem a good miracle can't solve.
-- Shick's Law
- Ayn Rand
To know much is often the cause of doubting more.
-- Montaigne
There are times that I want to take someone from the far left and aomeone from the far right, put my arms around their shoulders, whisper about imparting wisdom, and when they lean forward, smash their heads together and tell them to quit being such d*ckheads.
- me
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
-- Carl Sagan
"Bad decisions lead to great stories"
~ almost verbatim Jay CrownoverBrevity is the soul of wit.
Shortness good.
Enjoyed it?! One more drink and I'd have been under the host!
-- Dorothy Parker
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
-- Thucydides
Better to break your word than do worse in keeping it.
-- Thomas Fuller
Where there's a will there's a way.
To iterate is human; to recurse, divine.
- (unknown)