Your Philosophical One Liners

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  1. Don Alaska

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    I thought it was Plato's Republic....
     
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    Ya know, I missed that about 50 years ago too. As it was then, it is now. I simply didn’t think about it and allowed my fingers to do what my brain should have.
    Thanks Don for the correction.. :).
     
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    Back when I was growing up, probably mostly when I was a teenager, my mom had a saying that she would tell me if I wanted to do something that she thought was risky.
    Her words were, “It is better to be a live chicken than a dead goose”.
     
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    The Devil finds work for idle hands?
     
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    Yes, that's the one I was thinking of.

    (Curiosity killed the cat is good too.)
     
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  6. Joe Riley

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    I like "Idle hands, are the devil's workshop".
     
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  7. Joe Riley

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    “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” - On John Wayne's gravestone
     
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  8. Hal Pollner

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    About 35 years ago, in one of his comedy routines, Steven Wright said:

    "If i get a penny for my thoughts, and then I put in my 2 cents worth, someone's makin' a penny."

    Hal
     
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  9. Hal Pollner

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    Confucius say: "Many men smoke, but Fu Manchu."

    Hal
     
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  10. Joe Riley

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    One that can be used to show how you really feel about life...

    " Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys "
     
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  12. Thomas Stearn

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    Who said that?
     
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  13. Joe Riley

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    It is a Polish proverb. The Polish also hold their thumbs for good luck, instead of crossing their fingers.
     
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    Thanks, Joe, I didn't know that.
     
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  15. Joe Riley

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    "Failure is success, in progress." - A. Einstein
     
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