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From yesterday's lunch: We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
rsdsharp
(9,239 posts)I got that one the night before I started law school.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)to sleep under bridges, begging in the streets and to steal bread.'
Phentex
(16,334 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)Sheryl Crow
Iggo
(47,599 posts)May you be in heaven an hour
Before the Devil knows you're dead.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping!
Iggo
(47,599 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Go n-éirí an bóthar leat
Which I always thought was weird. Why would you want the road to rise up and meet you? I mean, I want my roads to slope downwards.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Ex amore, solum dolor
I was so dark and mysterious back then!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)Kali
(55,032 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)Get into heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead!
panader0
(25,816 posts)La osa mas peluda es la osa mas hermosa.
The Mexican guys I laid block with had many of these sayings.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...that was my Mom's favorite saying. And the older I get, the more true it seems to become...
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)...if you don't like the weather wait a minute.
Or as we say in my house, "Will you be long in the bathroom?"
NJCher
(35,840 posts)Cher
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)May the leaves of your cabbage always be free from worms.
May the crows never pick your haystack.
If you inherit a donkey, may she be in foal.
Aristus
(66,530 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)Bantamfancier
(366 posts)May the bird of paradise fly up your nose
May an elephant caress you with his toes
May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose
Harker
(14,139 posts)"If you don't like what you get, think of all the things you don't like that you don't get."
Harker
(14,139 posts)Cogito ergo cogito sum.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)Harker
(14,139 posts)non sine causa.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)I have some but not an extensive vocabulary and my grammar is execrable. Not to mention the dropped "O" in ergo.
Harker
(14,139 posts)English gives me lots to handle...
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)Heard that in a Public Image Limited song "Rise"
Also from that song "Anger is an energy"
Tikki
(14,565 posts)from The Scream...The Screamers (1977)
Tikki
DFW
(54,520 posts)Croyez ceux qui cherchent la vérité, doutez de ceux qui la trouvent. --André Gide
("Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it" )
I also like: "Les cimetières sont pleins de gens irremplaçables, qui ont tous été remplacés"--Georges Clemenceau
("The cemeteries are full of irreplaceable people, all of whom have been replaced" )
And, there's always: "Unfortunately, 'get a life' is not enforceable in a court of law."--DFW
My wife had this to contribute: "Männer über 30 sind wir öffenliche Klos--sie sind entweder besetzt oder beschissen"--lament of a (presumably single) anonymous German woman
(Men over 30 are like public toilets--they are either taken or they are full of shit)
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)Siwsan
(26,333 posts)Welsh for Good health!
Clash City Rocker
(3,402 posts)Its a little corny, but I have found it to be true.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)[I had to personally adjust, just a bit, r.w. emerson]
Tikki
(14,565 posts)Tikki
MuseRider
(34,142 posts)uncomfortably overdue with my first son, I got one that said..."A Blessed Even Is About To Occur". I could not believe it. He arrived about 14 hours later. I still have it packed away somewhere.
iamateacher
(1,090 posts)- A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.
kairos12
(12,906 posts)jpak
(41,761 posts)iamateacher
(1,090 posts)- A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.
missingthebigdog
(1,233 posts)Im gonna hurt someone.
enid602
(8,679 posts)Its always the ones that lead the Barbie & Ken lifestyles that end up shocking you the most. Amen.
Grey
(1,581 posts)mean you should...
Grey...
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,382 posts)Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions"
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Attributed to a British Airways check airman.
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)lastlib
(23,389 posts)This from Carl Sagan: "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
And from Arthur C. Clarke: "Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic."
DFW
(54,520 posts)"And you know that when the truth is told, you can get what you want or you can just get old."
from "Vienna"
Hotler
(11,485 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)(This was in the window of a travel agency ...)
applegrove
(118,947 posts)There are only two types of people; and those who don't.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)I believe he attributed it to GK Chesterton
3catwoman3
(24,138 posts)If no one needs a casket, major surgery, or bail money, life is good.
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discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)frogmarch
(12,161 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:59 PM - Edit history (1)
"The Parting Glass" is an old Scottish poem that became a traditional song often sung in Scotland and in Ireland at get-togethers and also at wakes and funerals. It faded in popularity when Robert Burns wrote "Auld Lang Syne," but it's still loved by many.
Here's the Face Vocal Band of Boulder, CO, performing my favorite rendition of "The Parting Glass."
EDITED to add (from wiki or somewhere):
The Colorado band has been bringing audiences to their feet for seventeen years, using their uncanny ability to identify rock hits and the masterful talent to turn them into something completely new. When they take the stage, there are no guitars, no drums, no Marshall stacksjust their voices.
Were kind of easy, because its five guys, with five mics, says Forest Kelly, the bands audio editing and post-production engineer, and also the "bassist". His sonorous and crystal-clear voice often holds down the root of the groups chord structures, while his partner in rhythm Mark Megibow provides a battery of percussion sounds using a rapid-fire beatbox technique that would astonish many drummers.
Mark was a percussion major at Northwestern, joined Face Vocal Band as a singer, and when we decided to go vocal rock he learned to do beatbox, and now hes one of the best, says Stephen Ross, the bands music director, music arranger, as well as baritone/countertenor.
In the picture, Mark Megibow is the one with the curly grey hair on the far left.
jazzcat23
(176 posts)mainly because I am always late... "The world is round....I'll get there!"
frogmarch
(12,161 posts)I'm going to steal it because I am too.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)frogmarch
(12,161 posts)Very cute and funny! Love it.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)Sorry if it was offensive. But glad you liked it. I love The Parting Glass.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)Somebody said this once, I swear!
Iggo
(47,599 posts)Still not sure if that's a blessing or a curse...lol.
lpbk2713
(42,776 posts)...
Dem2theMax
(9,662 posts)and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
~ Danny Kaye
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kairos12
(12,906 posts)artislife
(9,497 posts)Iggo
(47,599 posts)Truer words have never been spoken.