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When I worked in a yacht yard, my supervisor told me: "Time, tide and Paint, wait for no man.

Platitude?

It is what it is.

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
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Rule #1: I am always right.
Rule #2: See rule #1.
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Those who think they know everything are particularly aggravating to those of us who do.
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That's what she said.
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What? You talkin' to me?!
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Say it to the hand.
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Been there.
Done that.
[appropriate action or condition to the context of the dialogue at hand, for example, ...Bought]...the t-shirt.
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1st person: Good to see you
2nd person: Good to be seen.
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Yes, it's lonely at the top, but damn, the view is great.
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He who dies with the most toys wins.
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It is good to be King.
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That's all I can spare for now.

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.

Quod est veritas?
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The truth will set you free.

The cream may rise to the top, but so does the scum.

I'd rather be sharp than out of tune.

"Around every silver lining, there's a dark cloud!" -- Al Sleet, the Hippy-Dippy Weatherman (a.k.a. George Carlin)

Haste makes waste
but
He who hesitates is lost.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it:
When I'm with you, time seems to stand still, or
Your face could stop a clock.

My dad always had a little plaque above his fly-tying bench that read: "The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get".

The profundity of this one has always choked me up:

"A bird in hand gathers no moss."

Ace wrote:The profundity of this one has always choked me up:

"A bird in hand gathers no moss."

... also, "A penny saved is worth two in the bush" ...

I am amazed no one has quoted the President of Malaprops, the High Guru of Platitudes, that man with the misqouted quip of the day, Yogi Berra:

"They pay you in cash, which is as good money"


Chuck"waiting"Jackson

goodgigs wrote:

Chuck Jackson wrote:I am amazed no one has quoted the President of Malaprops, the High Guru of Platitudes, that man with the misqouted quip of the day, Yogi Berra:

"They pay you in cash, which is as good money"


Chuck"waiting"Jackson

I think there was a time when this was literally true !

You got that right, man. The future ain't what it used to be.

Life is a bitch, and then you die.

And another from Yogi: "If you come to a fork in the road, take it!"

Ya never know.....

Practicing shows a distinct lack of self-confidence.

Hey Windshieldbug -- your signature to your avatar is as much of a platitude as anything!

MaryAnn wrote:Life is a bitch, and then you die.

Life's a bitch then it has puppies.