Sayings | Quotes

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”

And, “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

“Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.”

“Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.”

“Life is just one damned thing after another.”

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death”

But my most favorite remains this one by James Dean “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.”

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose. “

This is a real nice one by Friedrich Nietzsche, “A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.”

And this is a nice women quote by Friedrich Nietzsche,” Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.”

And this is what Friedrich Nietzsche had to say about artists, “An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.”

And a wisdom quote by Friedrich Nietzsche, “Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?”

“One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.” Friedrich Nietzsche wouldn’t have realised how true he could be when he said that.

A real true and funny quote: “The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”

Pirates have their own peculiar way of saying which are funny to hear. Aye!
I will add more pirate sayings soon.

“Why can’t they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, “Who’d you call a faggot?”

“Blood alone moves the wheels of history.”

“The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.”

“The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.”

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.
-Sun Tzu, the Art of War

In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.
- Sun Tzu

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave…”

“A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons. ”

“Always forgive your enemies–nothing annoys them so much. “

“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.”

“The man who ain’t got an enemy is really poor. ”

” It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ”

“He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy’s life.”

“Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults. ”

“Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

“In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend. ”

” It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. ”

“Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy. ”
“Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and self-satisfaction.”

“Women like silent men. They think they’re listening. ”

This is a great women quote by one of the foremost women writer of modern times, Ayn Rand, “Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness –not pain or mindless self-indulgence- is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. ”

“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”

This one is really funny and true, “Women need a reason to have sex — men just need a place.”

“When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.”

“Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.”

“Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.”

“There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women. ”

Something for the feminists, “The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.”

“When a man talks dirty to a woman, it’s sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it’s $3.95 a minute. ” isn’t this funny!!

“Every woman should have a purse of her own”

“A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.”

“A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction. “

“Don’t drink and drive you might spill your beer”

“I must confess, I was born at a very early age.”

“Men are like parking spots, the good ones are taken and the free ones are handicapped. ”

“Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students. ”

“I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.”

“Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow they may make it illegal.”

“Why was I with her? She reminds me of you. In fact, she reminds me more of you than you do!”

“Dogs have Owners, Cats have Staff.”

“Men, chocolate, and coffee are all better rich.”

“Every fight is a food fight when you’re a cannibal”

“There are no stupid questions, just stupid people. “

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You never really know a man until you have divorced him.”

“I’m a great housekeeper: I get divorced, I keep the house.”

“Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. ”

“There is nothing wrong with a woman welcoming all men’s advances as long as they are in cash”

“I don’t take gifts from perfect strangers — but then, nobody is perfect.”

“I call everyone ‘Darling’ because I can’t remember their names. ”

“How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?”

” Personally I know nothing about sex because I’ve always been married.”

“A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.”

“The women’s movement hasn’t changed my sex life. It wouldn’t dare. “

“The man who says his wife can’t take a joke, forgets that she took him.”

“An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. ”

“Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Let’s do it, let’s fall in love.”

“Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.”

“It is impossible to love and be wise. ”

“Trust your husband, adore your husband, and get as much as you can in your own name.”

“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.”

“Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love. ”

“I’m tired of love; I’m still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.”

“Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand. ”

“The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post. ” I would say email, or facebook now.. If only they had email during the times of Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare

“The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispels it. “

“Babies are such a nice way to start people.”

“A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.”

“People who say they sleep like babies usually don’t have them.”

“I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.”

“Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.”

“Babies are always more trouble than you thought - and more wonderful.”

“I don’t know why they say “you have a baby.” The baby has you.”

“A baby’s a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you’re pregnant, or you’d probably jump off a bridge.”