Dog Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 If a problem has no solution,it may not be a problem,but a fact - not to be solved,but to be coped with over time. Rajesh RanaAlso attributed to Shimon Peres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 From the Telegraph letters page today:SIR – I notice that ministers have discovered a cure for difficulties such as foreign workers. They say in a slow voice that they understand people’s feelings. So that’s it, then – problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.JC Penney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 My boss at work had this notice on his wall: "A problem shared is a problem two people have." He wasn't joking either [:@] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.Italian Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters.Czech Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter@pons Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Never take sleeping pills and laxatives at the same time! ANON. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 A silent man is the best one to listen to.Japanese Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baypond Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Goldfish have 3 second memories and, on average, it takes them 4 seconds to do a lap of a goldfish bowl... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 The black hen also lays white eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I can't use the quote function for your post which is:The black hen also lays white eggs.I so love this one I just had to post to say so![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 But does a white hen lay black eggs? (or heads - says Kevin the teenager). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Odile, LOL!! Love it! Hmm, maybe not a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home. Aboriginal proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 From Lao Tzu's Tao te ching - the book of the wayI have just three things to teachsimplicity, patience and compassionThese three things are your greatest treasuresSimple in actions and in thoughtsyou return to the source of beingPatient with both friends and enemiesYou accord with the way things are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,Moves on: nor all your Piety nor WitShall lure it back to cancel half a Line,Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of itOmar Khayyam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit. Unknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 [quote user="Dog"]Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters.Czech Proverb [/quote]I have been thinking of this quote ever since you posted it, Dog. I met my husband at a skittles' match and he has been playing ever since.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 [quote user="odile"]From Lao Tzu's Tao te ching - the book of the wayI have just three things to teachsimplicity, patience and compassionThese three things are your greatest treasuresSimple in actions and in thoughtsyou return to the source of beingPatient with both friends and enemiesYou accord with the way things are.[/quote]Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude'Benjamin Disraeli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 This one's for Gordon Brown. Chombo cha kuzama hakina usukani. A sinking vessel needs no navigation.Swahili proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Listen! Or your tongue will make you deaf. - Cherokee sayingBe careful when speaking. You create the world around you with your words. - From the Navajo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue. Russian Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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