"I would be more apathetic if I wasn't so lethargic." New Yorker Cartoon
"The only thing that is constant, is change"
"Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always. " Guy Debord
"People don't do what's important, they what's urgent" Dr. Karl
"We live our lives forwards, but understand them backwards"
"If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much room." Fran
"None are so blind as those who will not see." Unkown
"You don't learn anything by speaking."
"Can't lives on Won't Street" From the film Flawless
"I'm not white, I'm Irish" Protester, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra
"Relationships are like icebergs - you only see the top third sticking out of the water."
"In order to be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid." Gary
"It's not wrong because it's forbidden, It's forbidden because it's wrong"
"Ask no questions and be told no lies."
"I have never regretted what I did. I regret things I didn't do." Ingrid Bergman
"A pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist."
"Have no expectations and you won't be disappointed"
"Think quickly and speak slowly"
"Speak truth to power"
"He who asks a question, is a fool for five minutes. He who doesn't ask a question is a fool for life" - Chinese Proverb
"Give a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for life" - Chinese Proverb
"The more haste the less speed"
"Trust is slowly earned and quickly lost" Mike W
Famous Quotes
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison
"The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster." Oscar Wilde
"I don`t regret a thing I`ve done. I only regret the things I didn`t do." Ingrid Birgman
“We are what we repeatedly do.” - Aristotle
"If an ass goes travelling, he will not come back a horse" Thomas Fuller
"Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men." Edwin Louis Cole
"Good name in man or woman, dear my Lord is the immediate jewel of their souls: who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothings, 'twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands. But he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed." William Shakespeare
"Fish and houseguests smell after three days." Benjamin Franklin
"I can resist anything but temptation" Oscar Wilde
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke
"Madam, I may be drunk, but you are ugly. At least in the morning I will be sober." Churchill
"I think it would be a good idea." Gandhi (when asked what he thought of western civilization)
"grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference." Reinhold Niebuhr
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Lennon
"Don't hate the media, become the media." Jello Biafra
"These are my opinions, if you don't like them, I have others" Groucho Marx
"It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." Oscar Wilde
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S Thomson
2 comments:
OMG that was so funny!!!!!!!! And they kept zooming in on their breasts...what the?!?!
I read your blog too.
Lisa
xx
Good advice for all non-English speakers.
I have started a programme of ESL callisthenics as bridging course for those entering Australia through The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
It has been a great success. Alexander Downer is in constant contact with requests for videos of my students efforts.
He especially likes the "zoom in" shots apparently.
Will let you know how it pans out.
Al
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