Uplifting and Helpful Quotes

roflamao

 

Not particularly UPLIFTING, but often helpful - if not appreciated.

 

"get over it" is helpful advice ? I thought it was just code for "don't bother me with your problems", a bit like the mafioso standard, "don't worry about it"

 

Is it the opposite of the convivial drunks response to every urging, "No Prollem."?

 

"Here's something to remember when you're older Thomas - never pass up a bathroom, never waste a hard-on, and never trust a fart." - Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson in the Bucket List)

 

Good one

Reminds me of the old peoples home where last thing at night they give them a hot cup of cocoa and a viagara (I know how to spell it but its on the censored list!).

Stops them rolling out of bed in the night...

 

Don't ask how I know, I've pretty much got it blocked out now . . .

 

Economics: At best a branch of psychology; at worst a branch of theology - Me

 

Not getting what you want
is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Dalai Lama

 

One of my father's favorites:

Non illegitimis carborundum: "Don't let the ******** grind you down."

 

Back in college I adopted as my own a silly phrase that is actually meant to remind how not to respond, though I've occasionally given in and taken the advise literally just for funsies to blow off steam.

"When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!"

 

Eric, I prefer:

Commolitis usque adulteri. Your Latin is actual not, but a British pseudo - a joke of sorts, from around the turn of the 19th to 20th century. Another mock-Latin aphorism, meaning the same would be Ne carborundum, though considering it's roots, maybe "don't let the ******** polish you down" would be more appropriate . . .

 

"Vini Vidi Castratavi Illegitimos"

 

At'sthay unnyfay[snort].

 

Hi Paul,
Yes, I am aware of the many variations of that phrase, and it's purported meanings. But that is the way my father used it. I am also sure that my Latin teacher sister would find faults with it. But that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

Eric