Classic Comments on the Quote

[oddcouple]

"I do not fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you? "
— George S. Patton


Queethebean
March 26, 2013, 5:55 pm
I guess he liked to be on top.
wvwoman
May 15, 2014, 6:04 am
lots of folks do!
universalmom
August 20, 2014, 2:33 pm
naughty girl wv
dovid1946
December 17, 2014, 9:46 am
I heard ike preferred doggie
SippyGurl
March 6, 2017, 6:04 pm
and jimmy likes jellybeans
vintage38
February 19, 2018, 3:56 am
40 seconds
blueladyblue
March 29, 2018, 9:44 am
So we go from fear of failure to sexual positions in 6 comments, assuming vintage38 was chiming in on the previous comments and giving the related timing. Is that an average, vintage38, or minimum, or, heaven forbid, maximum?
tclcac
June 18, 2018, 11:36 pm
I always find the comments interesting - Definitely not boring today!
jbb33054
January 19, 2020, 10:06 am
90
oddcouple
September 6, 2021
Come on, jbb. Tell us-90 seconds or 90 minutes? The world wants to know!

[oddcouple]

"You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
— Sir Arnold Bax


gryhnd51
September 3, 2012, 2:34 am
Oh, I disagree. Folk dancing can be great fun.
contrary
May 3, 2014, 4:26 am
That is why you should experience it many times.
dovid1946
January 9, 2015, 7:12 pm
as can incest- all in the family
hasselblad
April 29, 2016, 12:03 pm
I had pole dancing. I'm a little embarrassed.
marnita
November 10, 2016, 2:20 pm
Well, that would seem to go better with incest.
Nautilus
February 16, 2017, 5:58 am
The real quotation is ". . . incest and morris dancing." A bon vivant restaurant reviewer wrote a book about his gastronomic adventures with the title "Incest and Morris Dancing."
maradnu
October 15, 2017, 8:33 am
You speak from experience, dovid?
marnita
January 6, 2018, 10:37 am
If it had said "morris dancing," I probably wouldn't be here.
DrCryptell
June 10, 2018, 9:28 am
Sky diving falls somewhat in between.
badbob
September 21, 2018, 9:22 pm
how about cleaning the cattle holding area in a slaughter house ? anybody? i can't hear you !!
abra
April 24, 2019, 6:05 pm
I recently read up on Morris dancing, because it's showed up on a couple British TV shows. I never would have thought of it if it had been used in a quote though.
momn8r
April 4, 2020, 12:22 am
Honestly, I did not look at the source and as soon it was solved I was certain it was going to be a Brault quote!

[Toeprint]

"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. "
— Mae West

Andy451
May 20, 2017, 5:36 pm
She doesn't look a day older than 124. And I'm not just saying that because I did the math. Great quote, Mae. May you West in peace.

[oddcouple]

"Marriage is a meal where the soup is better than the dessert."
— Austin O'Malley


jobdevaa
August 14, 2013, 9:20 pm
Waiter, there's a hair in my soup.
WRQ9
August 16, 2013, 6:20 pm
There's a wig in mine.
universalmom
August 29, 2014, 3:45 pm
shhhhh, be quiet or everyone will want one!
abra
January 25, 2015, 2:01 pm
I'm not really sure what this means, but I guess that it's a good thing?
haverwench
March 20, 2015, 7:12 am
It doesn't have to be, if you're willing to put some effort into your cooking.
dovid1946
April 8, 2015, 2:57 am
my soup was cold and my dessert gave me a stomach ache
hisashiburi
August 27, 2015, 1:41 pm
Soup comes at the beginning of a meal, desseert comes at the end.
Jalapenoman
November 12, 2016, 2:07 pm
Abra, I think that the writer is trying to say that the beginning of marriage (the appetizer) is better than the end.
YorkiesRule
February 1, 2017, 2:18 am
I think this quote, like many other quotes about marriage, is missing the word "my" in the beginning. "My marriage is..."
bkmcincinnati
February 3, 2017, 3:15 am
I haven't gotten to dessert yet, but I am enjoying the courses I've had so far. I agree the word "my" would have saved me some annoyance.
abra
August 30, 2019, 11:12 pm
J-man, that makes sense. I guess everyone else got it. I've enjoyed it all so far. The soup, the salad, the meat and potatoes. I suppose we are at or nearing the dessert course. I agree. Austin should speak for himself.
imsoeasy
March 11, 2021, 10:45 pm

[oddcouple]

"Unlike those who pretend to be immaculate, fallen angels are usually more intriguing because their earthliness is heavenly."
— Carl Polloi

chopstix
August 30, 2013, 8:23 am
I'm going on FaceBook and unliking them right now!
gryhnd51
October 23, 2013, 8:58 am
I wonder if Carl is related to Hoi?
abra
October 24, 2013, 11:03 am
Maybe Hoi is his middle name.
montyb
January 24, 2014, 3:40 pm
Oy!
LLapp
January 11, 2015, 4:55 pm
(link)
kb83
March 16, 2017, 3:43 am
They tried to find young Carl Polloi. Ever since he was just a young boy. But he never was proud Nor stood out in a crowd And the searchers complained "Oy, Polloi".
Persephone59
July 7, 2017, 12:58 am
Thanks for the limerick.
balderdash
October 8, 2017, 10:07 am
Satanly.
mistyswiss
March 13, 2020, 11:50 am
I'm going to solve just one more crypto today - but it's only to read the comments

[Toeprint]

"It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. "
— Robert Louis Stevenson

kb83
January 8, 2015, 3:57 am
If you take care of the "no"s then the "ayes" have it.

[oddcouple]

"I have thought too much to stoop to action."
— Adam De L'Isle


LLapp
September 22, 2015, 11:13 am
I hope this was meant to be funny.
IlLatino
October 13, 2015, 3:11 pm
Last time I had to stoop I didn't have much time to think about it.
LLapp
April 22, 2016, 4:36 pm
Sounds like Oscar Wilde.
JJ20paws
September 15, 2018, 8:28 am
At my age, you gotta weigh "is it worth getting down there?" if getting back up is gonna be tough. By the time I've thought about it, I've lost interest...
abra
January 11, 2020, 2:47 am
LOL, JJ20paws.
No2son
April 8, 2020, 1:39 pm
I'm with JJ20!
Elephino
May 16, 2020, 2:28 pm
A friend told me once that her boyfriend, having left the house and walked to work before her, left a trail of pennies knowing that she wouldn't be able to make it down the sidewalk without stooping to pick up every one of them. I think of that story every time I don't bother to pick up a penny on the ground.
MatthewReynolds
July 24, 2021, 5:17 pm
That is such a bizarre story. Why would her boyfriend want to make her late for work like that? I hope there is more backstory to that, because on the face of it, it sounds rather mean-spirited.

[oddcouple]

"Winners never quit, and quitters never win. "
— Vince Lombardi


gryhnd51
May 7, 2014, 6:39 pm
Sinners never plan, and planners never sin. Anyone else??
jason jiujitsu
September 11, 2014, 1:30 pm
23
Lurker
October 27, 2014, 12:36 pm
What if you planned to sin?
kb83
December 19, 2014, 10:47 am
However, non-quitters sometimes lose.
LLapp
May 27, 2015, 8:32 am
Winners never flip, and flippers never win.
wvwoman
June 10, 2015, 10:35 pm
i started with manners and went downhill from there--finally noticed who said it and realized it was winners, of course!
montyb
December 27, 2015, 1:39 pm
What about smokers who quit? Do they not win?
marnita
September 23, 2016, 7:23 am
Or gamblers, or alcoholics?
SippyGurl
December 22, 2016, 6:24 am
pfft faillers never win
Persephone59
February 17, 2018, 6:07 am
There's another crypto on here, that I had earlier today, that uses a different verb for quit. I tried every combination I could think of, and had to give up. Couldn't be sinners either, as the s has already been used. Getting this one kind of infuriated me, actually.
GtrZan
March 1, 2018, 7:50 am
but you didn't quit
CCCookie
June 10, 2018, 8:01 am
If winners are the people who find success in their lives, however they define success, then a winner may quit many times as the person recognizes that the current path isn't going in the right direction after also. I suppose it also matters how you define quitting. It may not be quitting if you quit using this plan because it isn't working and move on to that plan in hopes it will work better? And if your plan is to prove that the world is flat it won't matter how long you persist or how many methods you seek, failure is inevitable.
mmfs83
September 1, 2018, 2:27 am
I've had this one once or twice before, but I couldn't come up with quit.
imsoeasy
October 16, 2018, 3:48 pm
There are really smart people with really fast times doing these cryptos. No way am I going to beat them. I'm quitting trying to beat them. Resigned to being a loser.
abra
November 17, 2020, 2:43 am
For a couple of seconds I thought it had something to do with a cannery or maybe canners. then I looked at the source.
Synonymous
December 27, 2020, 9:53 pm
imsoeasy losers and quitters don't get to see the comments. LOL...
Elephino
May 14, 2021, 2:50 am
never say never
jbb33054
June 16, 2021, 7:07 pm
200
hrossa
August 8, 2021, 1:15 am
LOL Synonymous, often they are the best part!. Imsoeasy, I'm not going to beat them either, but it's still a lot of fun to solve cryptos.
jbb33054
August 21, 2021, 1:35 pm
143

[LLapp]

"The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body." — George Sheehan

MatthewReynolds
January 27, 2018, 12:21 am
But what if I am merely a disembodied brain stuck in a mason jar somewhere, labeled "Abbey Normal"?

darkyr
February 17, 2018, 1:33 pm
Ah. You've discovered the jar. Good, you've taken the first step.

Barnabas
October 18, 2018, 3:44 am
Fire bad.

montyb
December 31, 2018, 12:03 pm
No, fire is our friend. Just keep your thumbs out of the way.

LLapp
May 11, 2019, 2:53 am
This guy and his wife Mary raised 12 children! On top of that, he was largely responsible for inspiring all those people jogging through the streets in running shorts and headbands in the late 1970s.

darkyr
June 8, 2019, 2:56 am
And even now he is still inspiring disembodied brains to wear mason jars.

darkyr
February 16, 2021, 10:08 pm
Myself I prefer a loose fitting water pitcher. Wearing a mason jar correctly is just too much pressure.

[oddcouple]

"You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself."
— Beryl Markham

fishbum
March 31, 2011, 6:12 pm
Plato had something to say about the "unexamined life".
JenDiaz72
January 16, 2015, 12:40 pm
You may discover more about yourself by learning about others.
LLapp
April 24, 2015, 1:56 pm
No fun gossiping about yourself.
balderdash
September 28, 2017, 10:17 am
Self-knowledge is an iffy proposition, I'm a-Freud.
susanith
December 7, 2017, 8:50 pm
For myself, I have spent a lot of my life in 'introspection' -- and then used my self-knowledge to grow in my understanding of others. [Tehee, balderdash]
rnodding
December 30, 2018, 6:16 am
"The unexamined life is not worth living" was attributed to Socrates by Plato.
montyb
October 31, 2019, 11:14 am
I tried gossiping about myself, but I had already heard everything before.
Nannienettie
March 20, 2020, 4:48 pm
Good one montyb

[oddcouple]

"Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform."
— Bertrand Russell


abra
September 26, 2015, 3:26 pm
At the last second, I changed WORD to WORK, bad move.
darkyr
July 25, 2016, 6:58 am
At the last second, I clicked submit to solve the cryptogram.
LLapp
September 28, 2016, 6:35 pm
This is the way the cryptogram ends, not with a bang but a whimper.
obsessedreader8
October 9, 2016, 3:33 am
Almost all letters were used at least once.
Persephone59
August 25, 2017, 10:29 pm
'... to which not only the actual worm, but every possible worm, must conform'
LLapp
May 2, 2018, 9:06 pm
^Way better than Bertrand's version!
zenith
July 22, 2018, 3:25 am
Most worms are conformists, but there's those few radical individuals....
MadDoctor
December 5, 2018, 12:35 am
I had "work" then changed it to "word". At the last moment, I realized it should be "work", but the signal had already left my brain and I couldn't stop submitting. Huh.
abra
June 3, 2019, 2:45 am
Now the red letters would have prevented my mistake.
pickleball
August 13, 2019, 12:10 am
i always have too many red letters
mohamm1
November 7, 2019, 5:28 am
Word! Words in math??? The crypto ended with a whimper for me.... "I solved the crypto for THIS cryptic message about may???"

[oddcouple]

"The inertia hardest to overcome is that of perfectly good seconds."
— Martin H. Fischer


wvwoman
April 11, 2014, 5:07 am
seconds?
LLapp
September 4, 2014, 6:35 pm
57 of them - slightly below average.
Highpoint
September 3, 2015, 8:11 pm
No idea what that quote means.
BriddlesBob
December 1, 2015, 2:54 am
It means when you sit down at a good meal, it is very hard to resist taking "seconds." (lol)
SwampySox
August 9, 2016, 6:34 am
Buuurrrrp!
universalmom
September 2, 2016, 9:32 am
Or maybe being second rather than first?
kb83
January 24, 2017, 11:52 am
Or it could be "seconds" of motions, and that creates an inertia of approving a motion? This quote can mean anything you want it to.
darkyr
April 19, 2017, 10:27 am
Food seconds is probably what he meant, I think.
Andy451
May 9, 2017, 3:33 pm
Nice pun!
fishbum
August 3, 2017, 11:06 am
Perhaps if you have gained a 'perfectly good' second place you don't want to try so hard for something better.
lertsek
March 26, 2018, 11:04 pm
Being a doctor, maybe he was talking about perfectly good second opinions.
zenith
May 1, 2018, 3:33 am
Really hard to know what this is supposed to mean - second helping of a meal seems to fit but doesn't seem to relate to inertia (well, i guess you stay at the table, but you're eating so you're not inert). How about if he meant seconds as a unit of time? So when i'm enjoying perfectly good seconds doing something like, i dunno, say Cryptograms for example, it leads to inertia with respect to my work. Oh crap! I have a report due - gotta go!
Roxanne
June 19, 2018, 7:45 am
You just start eating and keep on eating and eating and eating, not getting up from the table. That's culinary inertia as distinct from the physics definition of inertia.
tgreen517
July 15, 2018, 5:01 pm
Yeah. I don't think so.
Altoid701
February 7, 2019, 6:27 am
Wow, Andy, I'm shocked your comment was only two words long!
mistyswiss
February 7, 2020, 3:17 pm
He overcame his usual inertia!

[oddcouple]

To get the best out of a man go to what is best in him."
— Daniel Considine

JenDiaz72
October 3, 2014, 7:06 am
Eating... I can make a wonderful dinner and my man wil do anything for me...
abra
August 13, 2015, 8:27 am
Cookies. Around here homemade cookies are worth their weight in gold.
SippyGurl
December 7, 2016, 2:04 am
blondies are easier than cookies
Jalapenoman
October 14, 2017, 2:16 am
Not ALL blondes are easy.... some require a big paycheck first!
letfreedomring
November 5, 2017, 6:01 am
^I believe blondies is a kind of brownie but your comment says a lot about you.
rasbury
August 17, 2020, 11:52 pm
Sounds like a quote from a cannibal cookbook.

[Queethebean]

"The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end."

— Benjamin Disraeli


vintage38
May 17, 2018, 6:25 am
28 seconds


kahvecowgirl
August 3, 2019, 12:25 pm
Usually last a little longer than that.

[Toeprint]

"In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek. "
— Proverb

chopstix
December 28, 2012, 5:42 pm
and occasionally that cheek is not found on the face.