Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
-Mae West
-Mae West
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A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is. -Pauline Kael - Ygaria_Varr [2811829]
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'The most important things to do in the World are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody who loves you.' -Brendan Behan - DedeSiregar [2430598]
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I accepted my fate that my friends will come to me when they need help but will never invite me to their parties. - me I hate parties. I only go to parties if the food is free and good. …
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DedeSiregar [2430598] ×2
Yesterday someone told me "not to be so nice".
"I haven't had this much fun since I lanced my hemorrhoids."
-Unknown hockey fan at a game
-Unknown hockey fan at a game
When you think about it feet are just shit hands
- Wise man
- Wise man
I accepted my fate that my friends will come to me when they need help but will never invite me to their parties.
- me
I hate parties. I only go to parties if the food is free and good. After I eat I will find excuse to leave early.
- also me
- me
I hate parties. I only go to parties if the food is free and good. After I eat I will find excuse to leave early.
- also me
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
-Ambrose Bierce
-Ambrose Bierce
“I rode over the mountains to Huddersfield, a wilder people, I never saw in England. The men, women and children filled the streets as we rode along and seemed just ready to devour us.”
John Wesley, 1757.
My home town.
John Wesley, 1757.
My home town.
A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.
-Pauline Kael
-Pauline Kael
'The most important things to do in the World are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody who loves you.'
-Brendan Behan
-Brendan Behan
"The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.". -Miguel de Cervantes
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
-Aristotle
-Aristotle
"all that glitters is not gold."
-some dude
-some dude
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.
-Alex Haley
-Alex Haley
I rarely see people talk about seeing others from good and bad, considering options from all angles, or tolerating some annoyances. Then we wonder why we get tired chasing unicorns and we are lonely.
- Dude in that forum
- Dude in that forum
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Charles Dickens
A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
Samuel Johnson
Charles Dickens
A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
Samuel Johnson
“…beware of certain orators who resort to using sage quotations of historical figures…as a claim to some kind of wisdom…”
Lol. From Tom Hanks’ Harvard Commencement speech last week. 100% worth a half hour of your time
Speech
Lol. From Tom Hanks’ Harvard Commencement speech last week. 100% worth a half hour of your time
Speech
We are just a season in someone’s life and they are just a chapter in our book. Solution of this problem is by growing. Grow in other place with other people where you can bloom beautifully in yourown way and pace.
Happiness starts with 4 words: "Not my f**king problem"
-Meme
-Meme
Here's one that weighs on my mind from a recent suicide this week.
"I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that."
-Robin Williams (maybe)
"I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that."
-Robin Williams (maybe)
And a lighter one more Torn appropriate.
"Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It’s called fun." :p
"Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It’s called fun." :p