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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:19 AM Original message |
What is the WISEST thing anyone has said to you? (Or that you've learned.) |
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Tredge (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Question... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Okay, it can be something you read. |
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leftyandproud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 04:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. republicans are idiots. *NT* |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. Relax....... forget who said it. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Fake it till you make it." |
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Tredge (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. For what it's worth... |
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Raenelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. Other ways of saying the same thing as fake it till you make it |
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Chomskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nixon of all people |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Don't run with that- |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. Today is the first day of the rest of your life |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I am I, and you are you, and if by chance we two shall meet... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Effinay, Burt... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And your music to accompany it... |
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WeirdSceneGoldmine (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Pink Floyd - Echos |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. "All we are is dust in the wind..." |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If I may quote Michael O'Donoghue.... |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. "the 1 good thing about poverty is that you're never on call" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. You don't even live once. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. More Kraus: How is the world ruled and how do wars start? |
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CandyCrim21 (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. There are actually a few! |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. "Life |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. I agree..there have been many..just can't remember now n/t |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. The most |
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Tredge (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. I might catch heat for it, but... |
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dreissig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. Don't Shut a Door |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That could be a larger metaphor, too. |
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nyrnyr1994 (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Reminds me of something my grandfather used to say... |
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nyrnyr1994 (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
23. "Wherever you go... |
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kalashnikov (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. "shut up!" |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
28. Just because you had a crummy childhood... |
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kalashnikov (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. as my wise mother once said "Shut up!" |
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WeirdSceneGoldmine (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
30. Love is neither earned or deserved |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. this isn't the wisest thing |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
32. "God helps those who help themselves." . . . Mom (n/t) |
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MSchreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. "Don't sweat the small stuff" |
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BritishHuman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 12:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Don't sweat the petty stuff |
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MSchreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Now, now |
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Booberdawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
34. Never let you feet end up higher than your ass. |
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WeirdSceneGoldmine (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 04:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Right now my feet are on two pillows and a gun case |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 05:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Welcome to DU |
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WeirdSceneGoldmine (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 05:58 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Thanks. This is not the end |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. Small minds think about other people. Average minds . . . |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
40. "A good job or no job" and "You ain't the Lone Ranger"... |
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WeirdSceneGoldmine (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
41. Ok, it's not original but it holds water |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. I've always told my kids this...not sure where I heard it... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
43. "It ain't what you DON'T know that gets you in trouble. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
44. To learn something from EVERY experience. Whether it's a good experience |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
45. My personal fav.. |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
46. The second wisest advice |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
47. Never let your last words to someone be those you would regret... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
48. They can take everything from you...but they can't take your |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
49. Enjoy the journey |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
50. When I was pregnant |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
51. When I was growing up in NY... |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
52. Get an education |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
53. Mom's advice when I married |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. There's often little point in getting upset |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
56. A Counsellor once told me to make my life better |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. Place no head above your own |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
58. The older you get the more dead people you know. |
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pdx_prog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
59. Keep your mind full, and your bowels empty....lol |
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pdx_prog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. Admit when you are wrong and shut up when you are right. |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. My momma once told me... |
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Raenelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'm not OK, you're not OK, but that's OK. |
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Scottie72 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
64. This actually came |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. From one of my older sisters: |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
67. Oh, that's easy |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
68. There's a lot of wisdom in this thread. |
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