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kapusta:not sure!
He is not blocked; I found him here: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/why-yidden-are-the-best
bemused: nice detective work! i was ganna get to that after finishing with my other cases! thanx for doing the work for me! 😉
Segal’s Law
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
– Richard Whately
HAM AND EGGS – A day’s work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig.
– Anonymous
Kapusta,
Who knows. Although usually when the mods get sick of the multiple screen names, they block them all, so perhaps Chuck Scwab was his own man…
Bemused, yes, but I’m almost sure he was included in a list of multiples. I’ll see if I can find it.
Bemused, I really, really tried to find the post. Cant. Maybe someone wants to help us out. 🙂
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde
A man travels all over the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
— George Moore
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
— Winston Churchill
As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
— Andrew Carnegie
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
— Confucius
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.
— Robert Frost
If you aren’t living on the edge, then you are taking up too much space.
— Anonymous
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
— Harry S. Truman
If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse.
— Anonymous
Life is an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
— Carl Sandburg
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.
— Author Unknown
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
— Henry Ford
The time to repair a roof is when the sun is shining.
— John F. Kennedy
Jax, all EXCELLENT!
kapusta: want more?!
cause here’s more!
The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
— Lily Tomlin
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
— Albert Einstein
We could all take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
— Author Unknown
We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are.
— Talmud
kapusta: thanx here’s more! i really like this thread!
You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
— Booker T. Washington
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
— Carl Jung
To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.
— Eric Maisil
Jax, continue, they’re great!
kapusta: alrighy!
A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
— Winnie the Pooh
A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
— Winnie the Pooh
Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.
— Winnie the Pooh
I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
— Winnie the Pooh
you should give those to Itzik! Lol, it seems we went from gemarah to winnie the pooh (lehavdil) in one night. They’re still excellent!
Today’s Quote
“Americans grew tired of being thought to be dumb by the rest of the world,
so they went to the polls and removed all doubt.”
mepal, nice one!
Nobody will manufacture a lock without a key…
Similarly, G-d won’t create a problem without a solution
“Changing the face” can change nothing
“Facing the change” can change everything
areivim, EXCELLENT! 🙂
areivim, sharp! Thank you.
~a~ the real one
awesome one!
>>/strong>Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.— Joan Collins
Always use tasteful words. You may have to eat them.
— Author Unknown
An accountant is someone who solves a problem you didn’t know you had in a way you don’t understand.
— Author Unknown
An adult is someone who has stopped growing at both ends and started growing in the middle.
— Author Unknown
Dressing a baby is like putting an octopus into a string bag, making sure none of the arms hang out.
— Chris Evans
If you can’t convince them, confuse them.
— Harry S. Truman
Men like to barbecue. Men will cook if danger is involved.
— Rita Rudner
My grandfather likes to give me advice, but he’s a little forgetful. One day, he took me aside and left me there.
— Steven Wright
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
— Phyllis Diller
Simply because nobody disagrees with you doesn’t mean you’re brilliant – maybe you’re the boss.
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
— Fran Lebowitz
The greener grass on the other side is probably artificial turf.
— Author Unknown
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
— Lucille Ball
Things hurt me now. My knees hurt, my back hurts. But your head still thinks it’s twenty-three.
— George Clooney
When all else fails, read the instructions.
— Author Unknown
You better live every day like it’s your last day, because one day you’re doing to be right.
— Ray Charles
You know you’ve reached adulthood when 90 per cent of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work. — Author Unknown
A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.
— Hermione Gingold
Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate.
— Jo Brand
Be careful when reading health books; you may die of a misprint.
— Mark Twain
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
— Author Unknown
Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.
— David Sarnoff
I lent a friend of mine $10,000 for plastic surgery and now I don’t know what he looks like.
— Emo Philips
If at first you don’t succeed, order pizza.
— Author Unknown
If you want your children to listen, try talking softly – to someone else.
— Ann Landers
My husband says I feed him like a god; every meal is a burnt offering.
— Rhonda Hansome
Some people pay a compliment as if they expect a receipt.
— Kin Hubbard
The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them.
— Jackie Collins
The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
— Isaac Asimov
The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.
— Quentin Crisp
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
— Henry Kissinger
ok i done with quotes for the night!
jax i luv your quotes
i just do not see how they inspire
GoldieLoxx: they inspire me! to find more quotes that do inspire then! 😉
whats inspiring about the quote about feeding the husband burnt offering cause hes a g-d?
funny?ya
inspiring?nope
GoldieLoxx: that quote was actually in my top five fave category! LOL!
so make a new topic
jax’s awesome quotes 4 the nite!!
GoldieLoxx: good idea! but i want this thread to hit 1,000 posts soon! 😉
Jax, TIP: post each quote separately!
Jax, great ones there!
mepal, I once tried saying the same thing but 72 said if there were too many posts they would all just be deleted. 🙂
Really? Strange…go figure…
mepal, when you get to be a mod, do me a favor and change the policy. 😉 (and of course you would make it mandatory for all the mods to eat kapusta once a week 😉 )
An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived.
– Herbert Samuel
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap … but by the seeds you plant!
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.
– Benjamin E. Mays
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
– Arthur Ashe
sorry mepal :/
kapusta: nice ones! 😉
here’s some inspirational ones:
A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
— Mark Twain
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
— Henry David Thoreau
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.
— Oscar Wilde
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
— Phillips Brooks
Jax, all excellent, I’m having trouble deciding which one is my favorite. 🙂
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
— Dr. Dale Turner
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
— Voltaire
Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.
— David Seabury
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
kapusta: thank you! me too, all are great ones!
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