Today's Saying

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Over the last few days, I have seen a couple of saying that I wish I had written down or recorded somehow, so I thought I would start a thread as such.

So have you seen a saying today that just stuck or applied or you just fancy airing?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I'll start with

Moods are handy for letting you know if things are working out as you hoped.

On the bottom of a twin pack of Booja Booja Hazelnut Crunch truffles

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The other one I saw yesterday at a bottle store (aka off-licence) was

“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”

Benjamin Franklin

 

[sidevalve]

or as W C Fields said " never drink water - fish f--- in it"

 

[epicuric]

Mantra of modern Chinese manufacturing:

"There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person's lawful prey."

(actually, John Ruskin)

 

[classic33]

The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

J. Cook.
North Riding of Yorkshire.

 

[classic33]

Wise man say, early bird gets the worm, however second mouse gets the cheese.

 

[classic33]

Never put a sock in a toaster.
Eddie Izzard

 

[creative]

He who laughs last didn't get the joke!

 

[classic33]

In wisdoms way you'd wisely seek,
five things observe with care.
To whom you speak, of whom you speak,
and how and when and where.

 

[Lynne Guinne]

"It's nice to be nice."

~~~ my Dad

 

[Lullabelle]

If you don't know what it is, don't put it into your mouth.

 

[classic33]

Life is like a tin of sardines, and we're all looking for the key.

 

[buckytom]

“I have noticed that most people in this world are about as happy as they have made up their minds to be.”

Abe Lincoln (questionably)

 

[creative]

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.... (Henry D. Thoreau)