platitude thread

[Rev Rob]

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

[bort]

Platitude?

It is what it is.

[iiipopes]

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.

[The Jackson]

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

[iiipopes]

Quod est veritas?
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The truth will set you free.

[OldsRecording]

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

[windshieldbug]

I'd rather be sharp than out of tune.

[Kevin Hendrick]

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

[iiipopes]

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.

[Mike Finn]

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

[Ace]

The profundity of this one has always choked me up:

"A bird in hand gathers no moss."

[Kevin Hendrick]

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" ...

[Chuck Jackson]

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

[The Jackson]

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.

[MaryAnn]

Life is a bitch, and then you die.

[Kevin Hendrick]

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

[tbn.al]

Ya never know.....

[windshieldbug]

Practicing shows a distinct lack of self-confidence.

[iiipopes]

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

[OldsRecording]

Life is a bitch, and then you die.

Life's a bitch then it has puppies.