“You can always depend on me, but please do not become dependent on me.”
What every parent should tell their child; what every spouse should tell their spouse.
“I’m looking for an answer, To a question I don’t know.”
Most people
“Some rains are wetter than others.”
Guy who forgot his raincoat
“If you spend your whole life searching. What if you never find anything? Maybe the searching is what you were looking for?”
A guy without a map
“People spend their whole life trying to make a buck. Sometimes one of us makes a whole lot of bucks. They spend the rest of their life trying to get rid of it.”
Paraphrased from a guy I know who made a whole lot of bucks
“Spreading ideas, Can be like spreading wealth. But sometimes, It is worse than spreading disease.”
A thought while watching three seconds of Tucker Carlson
“Farmers need the rain. But so do mosquitoes.”
Captain Obvious
“I like it simple. Especially when things get complicated.”
A DNA molecule
I once heard a five year old describe why leaves change color. She said, “leaves change color because it makes the tree pretty”. She renewed my faith in cause and effect.
God
“Why is letting go, So much easier, After you let go?”
Most people
“I cannot seem to separate the fact, That the belief that there is consciousness, Other than where we see and feel consciousness, Comes from the same brain that creates consciousness.”
A brain
“Words of wisdom, Are words of wisdom, Only to those with knowledge and experience. Much experience.”
A guy that left his bubble
“I’ve always said moderation is the way. Especially if done to excess.”
My philosophy
“Even black and white. Have their shades of gray.”
Said none of the people that stormed the Capital
“I was in the gym lifting weights, When this ant crawls up and starts to bench-press ten times his weight. He gives me a look of superiority. Pissed me off. So, I stepped on him.”
Guy who came to a knife fight with a gun
“Whoever said ignorance is bliss. Was not ignorant.”
On a bathroom wall (changed “piss” to “bliss”)
“We are forever connected. And. We are forever alone.”
Guy who loves a good paradox
“In order for a balloon to let air out – do work on it’s own. One needs to stop blowing in support.”
Someone send this to a Helicopter parent
“Even the two of clubs, Can be part of a straight flush.”
Grandmother of the Two of Clubs
“A great paradox. Being a fanatic against fanaticism. Being intolerant of intolerance. Guilty.”
Sounds like something I’d say
“Living on the edge can be expensive. Ever bought a beach house?”
Guy who likes friends with beach houses
“He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.”
Albert Camus
“Keep the door closed and you keep out the gnats, But you also keep out the unicorns.”
A hungry unicorn
“We have to believe in free will. We have no choice.“
– Isaac Bashevis Singer
“Success is getting what you want, Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Dale Carnegie I am adding the date: November 12, 2024 so we can look back and see if we learned a lesson. I use this quote for a goal setting class but, today I am looking at it from the perspective of elections. This last presidential one in particular but, applies to them all. Yep, success, your candidate won. Happy with what you get? We will see.