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Oh! I like this quote!

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thatbags Sat 08-Oct-16 08:05:33

"Character is what you do when nobody’s watching".

Please add more smile

LullyDully Sat 08-Oct-16 08:07:44

"Though I sang like the sea in my chains. " It's Dylan Thomas and has always summed up the human spirit to me .

Eloethan Sat 08-Oct-16 08:33:29

thatbags I don't understand that quote.

Anya Sat 08-Oct-16 08:46:49

“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.”

Tupac Shakur

obieone Sat 08-Oct-16 09:03:39

I could agree with you but then we would both be wrong

Im68Now Sat 08-Oct-16 09:06:27

Is this a quote, I seem to say it a lot, so it must be smile

POGS Sat 08-Oct-16 09:59:54

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Terry Pratchett if I remember correctly.

ninathenana Sat 08-Oct-16 10:13:13

Perfect people are boring
(no idea who originally said that )
If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. ?? Disney character

Neither are profound but I like them

Jayh Sat 08-Oct-16 10:18:14

There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.
Shakespeare

Also
Brevity,Soul,Wit
Coffee mug

Eloethan Sat 08-Oct-16 10:40:43

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
Albert Einstein

"My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I've finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already."
Dave Barry

Ana Sat 08-Oct-16 10:44:14

Shouldn't it be:

“The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.” ?

(I googled to try and make sense of what thatbags posted)

Greyduster Sat 08-Oct-16 10:57:09

"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence of ever having tried."

Stansgran Sat 08-Oct-16 11:19:46

My favourite at the moment is

KatyK Sat 08-Oct-16 11:46:48

I used to think I was indecisive but now I'm not so sure

sunseeker Sat 08-Oct-16 12:31:21

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength
while loving someone deeply gives you courage

Lao Tzu

If you can't convince them, confuse them

Harry S Truman

hildajenniJ Sat 08-Oct-16 12:35:50

My philosophy: Never do today, what you can put off until tomorrow.

Alima Sat 08-Oct-16 12:36:18

"I told you I was ill". Spike Milligan.

"Life's too short to stuff a mushroom". Shirley Conran.

thatbags Sat 08-Oct-16 12:47:10

I think you got it, ana. Does it make sense now, eloethan?

hildajj, my dad's favourite version of that one is: "never put offf till tomorrow what you can put off till the day after". I don't know where it's from originally.

Flossieturner Sat 08-Oct-16 13:06:40

I feel better for being stoned.

Cherry.

sunseeker Sat 08-Oct-16 13:13:35

Oscar Wilde said "I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do the day after"

I love his wit - he also said

The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination

All women become like their mothers, that is their tragedy. No man does, that is his.

nanatobe Sat 08-Oct-16 13:29:56

If you want the rainbow you've got to put up with the rain". Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she's just a big pair of tits. Said by David Brent The Office grin

Eloethan Sat 08-Oct-16 13:58:43

Yes thank you thatbags and ana.

hildajenniJ Sat 08-Oct-16 14:27:18

Ah, Oscar Wilde. I knew I always misquoted it but it's nice to know where it can from.

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that, you've got it made.". Groucho Marx.

Grannyknot Sat 08-Oct-16 17:09:17

"Sciences will be forever changing, but human truths are eternal". Dunno who said that.

One of my other favourites is:

"Don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining". My former boss.

grannyqueenie Sat 08-Oct-16 17:16:29

"There's only one way to eat an elephant, one bite at a time" Desmond Tutu