Classic Comments on the Quote

[LLapp]

"Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are." — Oscar Wilde

kb83
November 29, 2016, 11:57 am
Venus de Milo was.

[oddcouple]

"The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments."
— Mad Magazine


nevadasmith68
July 31, 2013, 3:45 pm
HAHA--True!
montyb
December 30, 2013, 2:43 pm
What about white elephants?
LLapp
September 27, 2014, 5:03 pm
Yes - a quote from MAD! More, please.
gryhnd51
April 12, 2015, 9:10 pm
So true....so sad.
opallady
August 29, 2017, 11:00 am
You can get all the things you seek/ For a dollar down and a dollar a week.
Persephone59
January 21, 2018, 9:36 pm
I tried to hide it from the neighbors, but it kept trumpeting from the back yard!
vintage38
March 12, 2018, 7:13 am
35 seconds
blueladyblue
April 22, 2018, 9:49 am
Mad is not right. My elephant only cost peanuts. Still, I had to put it on layaway at Walmart. When I finally brought it home, I put it in the backseat of my car and the trunk in the trunk.
letfreedomring
August 16, 2019, 5:53 pm
My first job in HS was in a credit department of a major department store. I leaned about credit accounts before I graduated and throughout my life found ways to get a zero % interest card to effect changes needed to my home. Suze Orman is right when she tells people to get rid of their credit card debt.
Synonymous
February 4, 2021, 10:42 pm
blueladyblue very funny...
jbb33054
April 2, 2021, 7:24 pm
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abra
September 14, 2021, 8:44 pm
It would scare me to have credit card debt. Suze is a smart woman. Credit cards are very convenient, but don't stack up the debt.
jbb33054
November 15, 2021, 6:40 pm
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figmo
March 16, 2022, 4:51 pm
Even better, if you can figure out which MAD writer wrote the quote, it'd be great! A friend of mine was a Senior Editor of MAD for more than half of its existence.

[LLapp]

The disappearing first comment...

"What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult, or even return the blow, but simply ignore it." — Seneca

chopstix
October 16, 2012, 2:36 am
Very observant of you MissLynx... and it's still there!

Allen
October 22, 2013, 1:25 pm
What would we do without Miss Lynx's observation?

CarpeLanam
April 16, 2017, 11:14 am
From "De Constantia Sapientis (the firmness of a wise man)" "'At sapiens colapho percussus quid faciet?' Quod Cato, cum illi os percussum esset: non excanduit, non uindicauit iniuriam, ne remisit quidem, sed factam negauit; maiore animo non agnouit quam ignouisset." Cato, the quintessential Stoic philosopher, was once accidentally struck by a stranger in the bath, who apologized profusely. But Cato rose above the potential insult and ignored it, to his own and the stranger's benefit. This was quite a fun quote to research!

SippyGurl
September 5, 2018, 2:46 am
what became of MissLynx's observation?

Fudi
January 29, 2020, 12:21 pm
It was given a blow, apparently. We should ignore it, I guess.

Synonymous
May 20, 2020, 12:43 am
SippyGurl, She's now the Missing Lynx.

[LLapp]

"What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!" — Terence

montyb
November 25, 2019, 8:09 am
I always tried to be fair and supportive to my son, Prisoner 694322.

[LLapp]

"The honorable gentleman had better spare his interrogations if they are as senseless as that one." — Charles Tupper

Eureka
December 1, 2018, 11:12 am
This quote definitely needs context to make any sense.

kb83
April 22, 2019, 3:12 pm
The argument was over someone questioning the concept of storing foods in plastic.

abra
October 6, 2019, 5:34 pm
LOL, my mom was a Tupperware lady for decades.

kb83
January 20, 2020, 1:12 pm
Actually he was a Canadian Statesman and a "father of confederation," i.e. of unifying the British colonies in North America. He coined the phrase "Keep a lid on it."

Eureka
October 16, 2020, 9:36 pm
LOL kb83!

[LLapp]

"All things may be bought in Rome with money. " — Juvenal

maradnu
November 23, 2013, 8:08 am
Most places, for that matter.

LLapp
October 23, 2015, 7:30 am
Without context, I wonder whether he meant that even political influence could be bought or that you can't go into town and expect to be buying things with chickens.

judy100
November 30, 2015, 12:40 pm
Money talked 2000 yrs ago, and talks louder now.

Persephone59
October 11, 2017, 1:10 am
Love, sex, political influence. People, too, I suppose (slaves). The usual.

judy100
March 31, 2018, 11:12 pm
Silence too.

imsoeasy
December 11, 2018, 1:23 am
I've been to Rome. They used to accept chickens, now its Euros.

Wordigo
August 12, 2020, 9:46 pm
Follow the money.

Ian123
May 4, 2022, 1:26 am
Follow the chickens.

[LLapp]

"Tell us your phobias, and we will tell you what you are afraid of." — Robert Benchley

DrCryptell
June 27, 2019, 2:19 am
Tell me your name and I will tell you how they call you to dinner.

blueladyblue
August 6, 2019, 4:53 pm
Tell me your height and I will tell you how tall you are.

montyb
September 15, 2021, 2:50 pm
Tell me your bank account number and I’ll get back to you later.

[LLapp]

"People have always scared me a bit - they're so complicated. I suppose that's why I prefer horses." — Separate Tables

kb83
April 24, 2015, 3:41 am
Who is Mr. or Ms. Tables?

montyb
August 5, 2015, 2:28 am
I don't know, but I believe they are now separated.

SippyGurl
September 26, 2015, 4:16 pm
Seppy, for short

BriddlesBob
December 1, 2015, 10:08 am
Well, the bit in the horses mouth is complicated and scary too!

wvwoman
June 20, 2018, 1:14 pm
wiki says: Separate Tables is a 1958 American drama film starring Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, and Wendy Hiller, based on two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan that were collectively known by this name. Niven and Hiller won Academy Awards for their performances. The picture was directed by Delbert Mann and adapted for the screen by Rattigan, John Gay and an uncredited John Michael Hayes. Mary Grant and Edith Head designed the film's costumes.

mtvoyager
December 28, 2018, 7:31 am
I remember that movie.

abra
October 12, 2019, 4:00 pm
I don't know if I ever saw it, but I do remember that there was such a movie.

blueladyblue
June 27, 2020, 6:51 pm
I think Separate Tables was married to Patio Tables. Their children, Dinner and Multiplication, went on to great careers -- one was a chef and the other a zookeeper. We can't always live up to our name.

kb83
November 22, 2020, 8:43 pm
great retort, Montyb!

Jrdad
March 24, 2022, 1:38 pm
Separate's brothers, Billiard, Craps, and Turnthe, worked for the Mob in Vegas.

[Eureka]

(Sometimes an author's name elicits some pretty funny comments, too! )

"Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?"

— Ashleigh Brilliant

kb83
January 16, 2017, 5:49 am
He had siblings Oddleigh, Naturalleigh, and Simpleigh.

SippyGurl
March 3, 2017, 7:14 pm
...and the runt of the litter, hardleigh

[oddcouple]

"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. "
— Wayne Dyer

drebosy4eto
March 9, 2015, 9:51 am
Damn... I always thought that "karma" is written with "c" in English. I would have been so much faster if I knew it... Oh, well...
montyb
May 1, 2016, 11:26 am
Karma's a bitkh, man.
killdozer
August 15, 2016, 7:06 pm
My dogma got run over by my karma.
maradnu
May 10, 2017, 2:41 pm
Karma is such a chameleon
pickleball
November 2, 2021, 9:31 pm
hahaha
blueladyblue
February 12, 2022, 5:58 pm
LOL monty. You've kome a long way as a komedian.

[oddcouple]

"It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish. "
— Heraclitus


kat
February 21, 2009, 6:46 pm
24 sec.
montyb
March 20, 2012, 4:20 pm
Not even once?
universalmom
May 4, 2016, 10:45 am
Hmmmmm, maybe once...
NotTooOld
March 3, 2017, 6:25 am
Three wishes.
toddcmz
March 9, 2017, 5:23 am
"There are many hungers it is better to deny than to feed..."
oddcouple
August 29, 2017, 11:20 pm
A man walks along a beach where he finds an old bottle Remembering the story of Aladdin, he rubs it. Sure enough a genie appears and offers him three wishes in gratitude. The man asks for a brand new sports car. Poof! There it is. Then he wishes for the trunk of the car to be filled with $100 bills. Poof! There it is. He can't think what he wants for his third wish, so he decides to wait until later. He decides to got touring in his car and starts listening to the radio. The jingle comes on "I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener." and he starts singing along. Poof! There it is.
Persephone59
November 15, 2017, 9:31 pm
And they wondered why they found a crashed sports car with only a wienie in it.

[LLapp]

"We need to attend diligently to the state of our soul, and to deal fervently and effectively with God about it." — John Owen

ednak
October 13, 2011, 9:27 am
This is true because we are to work out our own salvation.

jnoodles
July 30, 2013, 1:46 am
Which God?

Allen
August 22, 2014, 11:58 am
The one on the left.

LLapp
May 18, 2016, 5:57 pm
No, not that one. Here, check out my new iGod. It's awesome.

skeeter
November 6, 2017, 11:12 am
Good one, Allen.

MamaB
February 7, 2018, 1:06 pm
Good one, LLapp.

skeeter
March 22, 2019, 10:13 pm
Good one, MamaB.

skeeter
April 30, 2019, 3:46 pm
Good one, skeeter.

NotTooOld
May 28, 2019, 9:57 pm
Good one ednak.

badbob
January 23, 2020, 12:45 pm
good one, badbob

Elephino
April 10, 2020, 1:44 pm
good one John Owen

pickleball
April 18, 2020, 7:23 pm
good one, god

Wilbur
July 13, 2020, 8:32 pm
Good god

Wordigo
July 17, 2020, 11:30 am
Good.

Persephone59
March 20, 2022, 3:27 am
You sound like some deranged Walton family! Goodnight, John Boy.

[oddcouple]

"I dream of wayward gulls and all landless lovers, rare moments of winter sun, peace, privacy, for everyone."
— William Claire


abra
July 19, 2014, 8:19 am
I first thought he was dreaming of wayward bulls, and that didn't seem particularly soothing, to me.
Dagaz
September 1, 2014, 12:58 am
Abra -- me, too! haha
abra
October 8, 2014, 2:46 pm
Did it again.
dovid1946
March 10, 2015, 11:43 am
I thought the quote was about the running of the wayward bulls in Spain
LLapp
August 12, 2015, 10:52 pm
How am I supposed to get peace and privacy with all these wayward gulls and landless lovers on my front lawn?
tclcac
January 19, 2018, 7:16 pm
I set a new "very slow" record for this one.
lertsek
June 12, 2018, 10:08 pm
I dream of lost birds and renters. Snow blindness and isolation.
bigfatted
September 12, 2018, 1:44 am
I also dreamt of peaceful wayward bulls.
jbb33054
October 22, 2018, 7:59 am
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pickleball
December 22, 2019, 10:05 pm
i dream of jeannie
LLapp
August 15, 2020, 3:21 am
Wayward bulls!! RUN!!!
MadDoctor
March 1, 2021, 2:04 pm
Wayward gulls are a nightmare, not a dream.
hrossa
August 28, 2021, 12:09 pm
Plus it's just bad poetry.

[LLapp]

This is why I love this website!

"In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing." — Plutarch

skoogie2
January 24, 2014, 1:56 am
to everything, turn, turn, turn

montyb
February 23, 2014, 2:18 pm
...there is a season, turn, turn, turn...

wordfairy
September 28, 2014, 8:41 pm
...and a time for every purpose under heaven...

abra
August 17, 2015, 10:59 am
A time to be born, and a time to die A time to plant, and a time to reap...

opallady
September 26, 2015, 11:33 am
A time to kill, a time to heal. A time to laugh, a time to weep.

wvwoman
October 31, 2015, 1:53 pm
a time to build up, a time to break down a time to dance, a time to mourn...

LizardLeap
January 23, 2016, 9:52 am
a time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together...

emtonsti
August 4, 2016, 10:34 am
to everything turn, turn, turn

wvwoman
October 17, 2016, 10:30 am
a time of love, a time of hate a time of war, a time of peace a time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing...

LLapp
September 21, 2017, 1:44 pm
A time to gain, a time to lose, a time to rend, a time to sow, a time for love, a time for hate...

Jalapenoman
September 26, 2017, 1:37 pm
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late!

Persephone59
August 9, 2018, 4:04 pm
Stop it, aging hippies! Stop it! lol

Eureka
January 12, 2019, 3:51 am
True then and true now.

oddcouple
October 28, 2019, 9:17 am
Ah, yes, The Byrds back in the 60s. And the Bible a few thousand years before that.

Jrdad
October 22, 2020, 10:44 am
That was a real Kumbaya moment. See, we can do it!

[LLapp]

"The impossible can always be broken down into possibilities." — Unattributed

CCCookie
October 31, 2018, 10:52 am
So, if I want to live on the surface of the sun that can somehow be done if I just break the problem down into small enough pieces? Somehow I can't buy into that.

DaveR
October 22, 2019, 3:32 pm
Easier to live on the surface of the sun at night time.