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[mcfirth]

" I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it." - Terry Pratchett

I just felt that any quotation thread needs a Pratchett or two

[Ztruker]

"When the tides of life turn against you, and the current upsets your boat.
Don't waste those tears on what might have been, just lay on your back and float."

Ed Norton to Ralph Cramden - "The Honeymooners"

[Jkc73]

Here's one that I recall an inspirational old tradesman used to say as he walked around the workshop losing his mind.
I was only 16 - 17, he was going on retirement at 65 or more. Wise man,...

If at first you don't succeed,...suck eggs.

[mcfirth]

Here is 'or two'

There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who's been pinching my beer? - Terry Pratchett

[Ztruker]

or ...

The glass is half full - Optimist
The glass is half empty - Pessimist
The glass is the wrong size - Engineer

[Jkc73]

or ...

The glass is as full as it is empty, at all times. - Jkc73

[terry1966]

or ...

The glass is as full as it is empty, at all times. - Jkc73

the glass is always full,

just the substance it is filled with may change,

beer/water or air..

[JonTom]

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. - Marilyn vos Savant

[Tomk]

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. - Benjamin Franklin

[Jkc73]

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce

The quote is not so inspirational, though this clip is quite inspirational, entertaining and funny.....The Mom Song with lyrics ..

[Jkc73]

or ...

The glass is as full as it is empty, at all times. - Jkc73

the glass is always full,

just the substance it is filled with may change,

beer/water or air..

I like my little bit of spin that I put on it, creates some confusion in the not so full department

We are never prepared for what we expect. ~ James A. Michener

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed waste-paper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing. ~ D.H. Lawrence

[Tomk]

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero - 55 BC

[Jkc73]

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero - 55 BC

Amen.

[Jkc73]

"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." - Theodore Roosevelt

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up, he needs education to turn him around. - Jim Rohn

Edited by Jkc73, 01 February 2011 - 05:55 PM.

[Doug]

The beatings will continue until staff attitude improves. " the Management"