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  • "Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. " -- Zig Ziglar

    montyb
    May 10, 2012, 12:51 pm
    If I fall off a cliff, I will fly no better than a brick would, regardless of how positively I am thinking about flying.

    maradnu
    January 20, 2013, 11:08 pm
    But you will be so much happier when you hit the ground. ;-)

    bansaisequoia
    March 25, 2013, 3:55 pm
    Will positive thinking make me a better cynic?

    wvwoman
    October 13, 2013, 8:39 am
    (you guys give me such good laughs!)

    Quizzical
    January 23, 2015, 10:16 am
    Better cynic. Oxymoron?

    darkyr
    May 10, 2016, 7:40 am
    Positive thinking will make you the very best cynic.. Now, who's ready for some cliff diving?

    killdozer
    August 16, 2016, 6:37 pm
    I would try to be a positive tinker, but I know I would be terrible at it, so why try? The great thing about being a pessimist is that you are never disappointed.

    LLapp
    November 1, 2016, 7:23 pm
    Birthday card I wish I had bought: "Happy birthday to a pessimist. Here's hoping your birthday isn't as bad as it probably will be anyway."

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    • "By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent."
      — Ralph Waldo Emerson


      oddcouple
      December 7, 2014, 10:46 am
      I love quotes about quotes.
      Spenser
      January 16, 2015, 5:51 am
      oddcouple just coined a quote about quotes about quotes.
      abra
      August 21, 2015, 2:18 pm
      Spenser just coined a quote, about oddcouple coining a quote, about quotes.
      marnita
      May 26, 2016, 7:29 am
      Quoting quoted quotes about quotes - this could get ridiculous.
      marnita
      July 20, 2016, 5:14 am
      Just ask Melania Trump.
      vintage38
      April 16, 2018, 7:36 am
      54 seconds
      BriddlesBob
      November 30, 2019, 2:04 am
      quoath the raven,nevermore
      imported_bees
      September 10, 2020, 8:57 pm
      I had MY not BY. retryx3
      blueladyblue
      August 1, 2021, 7:56 pm
      So many quotes about quotes about quotes about quotes. Ad nauseum. Love it.
      pickleball
      November 11, 2021, 3:01 pm
      love your name , Ralph!!
      gracefulghost
      July 7, 2022, 4:13 pm
      Custom ID patch on front on uniform of busty lady Marine: Emerson Biggens

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      • "The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive."
        — John Morley

        jnoodles
        September 19, 2016, 12:56 pm
        History is written by historians. Victors be damned!

        badbob
        February 12, 2019, 2:45 am
        victory is written by victorians

        montyb
        February 7, 2020, 4:52 pm
        Who is this Victoria, Badbob, and why are her minions meddling with history?

        glassguy
        May 7, 2020, 3:34 pm
        That, montyb, is Victoria's Secret.

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        • "The less their ability, the more their conceit."
          — Ahad HaAm

          montyb
          May 18, 2014, 4:17 am
          Absolutely perfect people, like myself, wood dispute this.

          ericthirdrow
          October 31, 2014, 5:30 am
          Perfect people would use the word would. As wood ironic people.

          LLapp
          December 22, 2014, 4:22 pm
          Perfect golfers use both wood and irony.

          puzzleme
          June 11, 2015, 9:06 pm
          Good one, LLapp!

          Persephone59
          January 15, 2017, 5:20 pm
          Wow, 'forfeit' worked as well as 'conceit' in this.

          vintage38
          February 11, 2018, 5:43 am
          20 seconds

          lertsek
          March 13, 2018, 1:02 pm
          see Trump

          Eureka
          November 24, 2018, 12:22 pm
          Good one, montyb!

          Capy
          August 14, 2019, 8:49 am
          Comments good especially Llapp

          FrostySusi
          January 15, 2020, 5:06 pm
          My highlight of solving a cryptogram is getting the read the comments.

          didit
          January 4, 2021, 9:19 am
          I'm waiting for montyb's response to Llapp.

          hrossa
          September 18, 2021, 10:01 am
          I wonder to whom he was referring? Anyone know?

          maradnu
          October 7, 2021, 10:43 pm
          He can't use irony, since his iron is broken
          [B][I]"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."[/I] [/B]-- Albert Einstein

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          • "Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung." — William Morris

            LLapp
            August 31, 2016, 9:15 pm
            I was here.

            abra
            December 27, 2016, 6:47 pm
            Me too.

            imsoeasy
            July 31, 2020, 3:40 pm
            I wasn't here and you didn't see me.

            LillyLilly
            December 8, 2020, 3:40 pm
            What do I get for vouching for ya, imsoeasy?

            Wordigo
            August 15, 2021, 7:22 pm
            Two strands. DNA is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions in all organisms.

            LLapp
            October 13, 2021, 4:43 am
            Speaking of DNA, William Morris, who was made from the stuff, was a British poet, artist and textile designer who is now most famous (to me, anyway) for his prolific and beautiful contributions to the British Arts and Crafts movement. Google "William Morris wallpaper" and you'll see some very familiar old patterns.

            imsoeasy
            August 4, 2022, 1:47 am
            Lillly, how about you get a 15% cut on the jewels I lifted from Morris while he was hanging wallpaper?


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            • "He who goes to law for a sheep loses his cow. "
              — Proverb

              kat
              March 9, 2009, 3:55 pm
              I hate when that happens.
              bansaisequoia
              November 1, 2009, 4:48 pm
              Don't have a cow, man.
              LiveLoveLaugh
              November 14, 2009, 5:03 pm
              that's why I avoid the law
              bansaisequoia
              January 5, 2010, 9:16 pm
              I fought the law and the law won.
              kat
              May 8, 2010, 4:49 pm
              Still pining for my lost cow...
              bansaisequoia
              June 1, 2010, 11:49 pm
              kat don't have a cow!
              kat
              October 24, 2010, 4:26 pm
              Don't rub it in Bansai! I KNOW I don't have a cow! That's why I'm pining...
              iltquilt
              August 15, 2012, 1:53 am
              cowabunga
              locodad
              November 25, 2013, 12:44 am
              moo
              momof7
              March 10, 2015, 2:59 pm
              That's the cost of a lawyer. They charge by the syllable.
              abra
              September 26, 2015, 3:09 pm
              As the great Harry Caray would have said "Holy Cow!!!!".
              SippyGurl
              October 16, 2015, 4:56 am
              so mooving
              LLapp
              January 9, 2016, 10:15 am
              Kat's cow is a moo point. I wouldn't lose any sheep over it.
              debzhaus
              March 22, 2016, 5:33 pm
              It's like a cow's opinion. It doesn't matter.
              Barnabas
              May 30, 2016, 2:39 am
              And sometimes he loses his ass, too.
              Persephone59
              August 27, 2017, 11:16 pm
              I love sheep and cows equally. Moussaka one night, hamburgers another.
              Persephone59
              January 11, 2019, 9:42 pm
              Tonight was moussaka. :-D
              mmfs83
              February 18, 2019, 2:08 am
              I sure didn't think I'd get this one. I'm not too familiar with sheep or cows.
              momn8r
              February 11, 2020, 5:47 pm
              Udderly ridiculous!
              DrCryptell
              April 5, 2020, 6:05 am
              I went to law for broccoli. Law issued a citation for missing a headlight and I wound up losing my mashed potatoes. I yam so sorry for this nonsense.
              Synonymous
              May 11, 2020, 5:22 pm
              I'm with momn8r!!
              badbob
              October 4, 2020, 1:04 pm
              i knew a korean guy named Ho Lee Kao
              kb83
              January 18, 2021, 2:40 pm
              And if you do lose a cow over a sheep, don't ruminate over it.
              jbb33054
              October 31, 2021, 10:20 am
              119

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              • "The white light streams down to be broken up by those human prisms into all the colors of the rainbow. Take your own color in the pattern and be just that."
                — Charles R. Brown


                nevadasmith68
                September 12, 2013, 3:46 pm
                Later Charles married Lucy Van Pelt. Snoopy was best man.
                bazinga
                October 27, 2013, 7:38 pm
                They met at Woodstock...'s nest
                JenDiaz72
                February 9, 2015, 8:06 am
                Did Snoopy ever actually steal Linus' blanket?
                montyb
                February 19, 2015, 2:23 am
                Yep! (link)
                abra
                November 8, 2015, 8:27 am
                Oh, poor Charlie Brown. He was so in love with the little red headed girl, and he ended up with the crab apple.
                puzzleme
                March 2, 2017, 5:19 pm
                Schroeder played Mendelssohn's Wedding March while the little red haired girl sobbed in the choir loft.
                Andy451
                April 24, 2017, 2:25 am
                Oh, he's a clown. That Charlie Brown. It's good to see that all those nickels Charlie has been paying Lucy all those years are finally starting to yield good results.
                DrCryptell
                February 6, 2018, 2:45 am
                Somewhere over that rainbow Charles got high.

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                • "Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free." — Danish proverb

                  universalmom
                  March 12, 2015, 4:06 pm
                  Isn't that the truth!

                  Roxanne
                  January 17, 2016, 8:37 am
                  Er det ikke sandheden!

                  lainecap
                  February 4, 2017, 2:55 pm
                  ja det er sandheden, Roxanne

                  darkyr
                  February 18, 2017, 2:35 pm
                  Ja, what you two wrote.

                  krabbe
                  April 15, 2017, 4:13 am
                  ofte rigtigt, desværre

                  abra
                  February 20, 2019, 12:07 pm
                  Press one to continue in English.

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                  • "It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic. " — Herbert Marshall McLuhan

                    Jalapenoman January 25, 2015, 7:14 am
                    Does this mean that you don't need critical vision to drive a stick shift?

                    JenDiaz72 February 25, 2015, 11:02 am
                    Well maybe. First gear can sometimes be a b**** to get into.

                    LLapp July 5, 2015, 5:38 pm
                    It means, use cruise control but keep your eyes on the road.

                    blueladyblue April 24, 2018, 8:50 am
                    Maybe you're supposed to keep watching the gear shift or it will stop being in gear.

                    eholland October 22, 2018, 5:52 am
                    He's talking about automatic firearms.

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                    • "I don't think America will have really made it until we have our own salad dressing. Until then we're stuck behind the French, Italians, Russians and Caesarians." — Pat McNelis

                      universalmom
                      February 15, 2012, 8:24 pm
                      Okay I was with you until the Caesarian part!

                      montyb
                      May 9, 2013, 12:39 am
                      We're even behind the Thousand Islandians.

                      figmo
                      June 18, 2013, 3:26 am
                      What about the Ranchers?

                      nevadasmith68
                      July 30, 2013, 5:05 pm
                      HAHA-Funny!

                      mtvoyager
                      August 6, 2013, 2:12 am
                      How about the vinegar and oilians?

                      momof7
                      September 28, 2013, 5:50 pm
                      If Thousand Islands counts, does that mean Canada has made it?

                      nehiyawiskwewniya
                      April 7, 2014, 5:38 pm
                      How about ...American Melting Pot Dressing .. sound appetizing?

                      bansaisequoia
                      July 5, 2014, 9:02 am
                      Yeah, well show me a slice of Russian Cheese.

                      montyb
                      October 18, 2014, 4:07 pm
                      That would be Putin, Bansai.

                      abra
                      April 23, 2015, 4:04 pm
                      Does anyone remember the Monk episode, where his date tells him, that she was born Caesarian? He tells her, "I was born normally, but I was raised Caesarian". I'm not sure we can come up with anything, as good as the Roquforarians.

                      pj48
                      December 3, 2016, 6:43 pm
                      I've seen every episode of Monk, and I don't remember the quote you cited. Hilarious show.

                      bkmcincinnati
                      February 20, 2017, 10:54 pm
                      At least we have our green goddesses.

                      BrainCellKeeper
                      June 24, 2017, 9:19 am
                      I Googled Pat McNelis and am still puzzled.

                      abra
                      April 30, 2018, 5:36 pm
                      PJ48, it was the one where he had a date with a woman and they had a reservation at a restaurant on the top floor of a building. He wouldn't take the elevator so they had to walk up. That was part of their conversation. It might be Mr. Monk and the Blackout.

                      hrossa
                      March 3, 2021, 1:10 am

                      Descifrador
                      March 24, 2021, 1:22 am
                      Cesarians... That would be "Mexicans". The Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico.

                      abra
                      September 7, 2021, 2:53 am
                      Caesar Cardini was Italian. He started in San Francisco, but, then he went to Tijuana to avoid taxes. Is it Italian, American or Mexican??

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                      • "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
                        — Bernard Meltzer

                        bansaisequoia
                        October 9, 2012, 3:50 pm
                        Slightly?
                        montyb
                        October 26, 2012, 8:46 pm
                        From this cracked egg to another, Bansai.
                        momof7
                        October 19, 2013, 2:42 pm
                        I feel more scrambled.
                        wvwoman
                        November 30, 2013, 3:39 am
                        cracked AND scrambled here.
                        SippyGurl
                        June 2, 2014, 10:13 am
                        soft boiled am i
                        nothing
                        January 26, 2015, 4:00 pm
                        Ahh - my true identity - I am all types of eggs: sometimes hard boiled, sometimes poached, benedict. souffle or flambe
                        oddcouple
                        May 1, 2015, 1:33 am
                        Fried for me.
                        dovid1946
                        May 10, 2015, 8:25 am
                        eggs-actly
                        marnita
                        May 24, 2015, 7:46 am
                        An egg is not of much use until it is cracked.
                        mmfs83
                        July 14, 2016, 10:03 am
                        I like hard boiled eggs with mustard. Try it.
                        wigoddess
                        December 25, 2016, 8:47 am
                        all of the above
                        SuzyToo
                        November 17, 2017, 5:31 am
                        Better a cracked egg than an evil spawn.
                        nelnose
                        January 24, 2018, 2:57 am
                        I'm over medium. Don't start rumors.
                        mmfs83
                        September 16, 2018, 9:34 am
                        I think I'm coddled .or is that cuddled.
                        Capy
                        October 8, 2020, 5:58 am
                        Like all your comments!

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                        • "A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself." — Henry Ward Beecher

                          susanith
                          September 24, 2016, 3:37 am
                          To me this quote implies that a man's worth is in his values and perspectives, not in the outer accrual of wealth and societal status.

                          marnita
                          November 11, 2016, 7:30 am
                          Well, why didn't he say that, then?

                          wigoddess
                          January 24, 2017, 12:37 pm
                          right?

                          abra
                          April 9, 2017, 9:34 am
                          Because he was a pretentious and pompous twerp.

                          cherylab1963
                          June 17, 2017, 10:21 am
                          He did say that.

                          marmot
                          July 9, 2017, 1:19 pm
                          Susanith, can I quote you on that?

                          marnita
                          September 30, 2017, 6:59 am
                          I'm with abra.

                          LLapp
                          December 30, 2018, 2:08 pm
                          Definitely with abra. Well said.

                          badbob
                          February 8, 2019, 9:07 pm
                          speaking for all pretentious twerps, i am highly offended beecher was our leader

                          Persephone59
                          June 24, 2019, 2:10 am
                          You know, I've read Henry Ward Beecher's bio many times, but it never occurred to me until now that he was 62 when his adultery trial occurred. Late bloomer (more likely late to get caught.)

                          oddcouple
                          June 7, 2020, 5:05 am
                          LOL at badbod! Very clever!

                          LLapp
                          January 18, 2021, 10:49 pm
                          Badbob, oddcouple has given you a new name.

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                          • Beecher’s head was certainly up a part of himself. He never got that rich or powerful, though. Or was he talking about prison wallets?

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                            • Open mouth, Red, and insert foot.

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                              • "Trees outstrip most people in the extent and depth of their work for the public good."
                                — Sara Ebenreck


                                jobdevaa
                                July 21, 2013, 7:31 pm
                                So true
                                msswitch
                                May 9, 2014, 6:31 am
                                Let's hear it for the hardworking trees....
                                montyb
                                January 3, 2015, 4:18 am
                                Which they have been doing long before the public existed.
                                jimdgar
                                February 14, 2018, 9:36 am
                                What about grass? It works as hard as the trees, and people just walk all over it.
                                MissKitty
                                February 25, 2018, 10:47 am
                                great point jimdgar. Kilroy 84
                                judy100
                                October 26, 2019, 4:09 pm
                                How are about the California wildfires?
                                Nannienettie
                                March 20, 2020, 11:29 pm
                                Love trees. My daughter had a tree planting ceremony for her wedding.
                                fishbum
                                July 9, 2020, 1:07 pm
                                Aspens are quacking and willows are weeping.
                                montyb
                                December 3, 2020, 7:05 pm
                                And maples are just sappy.
                                Synonymous
                                September 6, 2021, 9:35 pm
                                Interesting, we should look into electing some trees to Congress and other public offices. They can't do more damage than is already being done. (Notice, I didn't cite a party.)
                                Wordigo
                                November 17, 2021, 5:43 pm
                                ^good point. Let’s root for the trees and turn a new leaf.
                                DrCryptell
                                January 26, 2022, 12:41 am
                                I know an elm and an oak that reside on my street that work their roots off and "leave" naught unturned as they burrow for the public good. Not so for the willow near the barn who weeps all day in an attempt to fill the well alongside the pasture that the cows might drink and fertilize the lawns.
                                jbb33054
                                August 7, 2022, 12:39 pm
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