Saturday, 24 November 2018

[ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ Yiddish Proverbs & Contemporary Philosophers...


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If  the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could  make a wonderful living. Yiddish  Proverb

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says  more than the fool when he speaks . Yiddish  Proverb

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent  with your mouth.  Yiddish  proverb

A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut  when he is right.  Yiddish  Proverb

One old friend is better than two new  ones. Yiddish  Proverb

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy  who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of  the smartest grandchild in the world.  Jewish Proverb

A wise man hears one word and understands two.  Yiddish Proverb

"Don't be so humble - you are not that  great." Golda  Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat

Pessimism is a  luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. Golda  Meir

Any  intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a  touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite  direction. Albert  Einstein

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your  balance you must keep moving. Albert  Einstein

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent  them. Albert Einstein

You can't control the wind, but  you can adjust your sails.  Yiddish  proverb

I don't want to become immortal through my work. I  want to become Immortal through not dying. Woody  Allen

Imagination is more important than  knowledge. Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton  ..

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of  thinking we used when we created them.  Albert  Einstein

 

 

Contemporary Philosophers

 

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.~ John Glenn


 When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.  ~ Desmond Tutu

 


 America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professionalwrestling is real
but the moon landing was faked.   ~ David Letterman
 
 I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. God dammit, I'm a billionaire.  ~ Howard Hughes
 
 Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for thirty years.  ~ Betsy Salkind

 


 The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.  ~ Jean Kerr
 
 I've been married to a communist and a fascist, and neither would take out the garbage. ~ Zsa Zsa Gabor
 
 You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.   ~ Jeff Foxworthy
 
 When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.   ~ Prince Philip
 
 A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.  ~ Emo Philips.
 
 Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.  ~ Harrison Ford
 
 The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit under a tree.   ~ Spike Milligan

 


 Lawyers believe a man is innocent until proven broke.  ~ Robin Hall
 
 Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror.   ~ Jean Rostand.

 

Having more money doesn't make you happier. I have 50 million dollars but I'm just as happy as when I had 48 million. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 

We are here on earth to do good unto others. What the others are here for, I have no idea.  ~ WH Auden
 

 In hotel rooms I worry. I can't be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked.~ Jonathan Katz
 
 If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead.  ~ Johnny Carson

 


 I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very sceptical. ~ Warren Tantum
 

 Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.  ~ Steve Martin
 
 Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.  ~ Jimmy Durante
 
 The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone.  ~ George Roberts

 


 If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to get to the airport.  ~ Jonathan Winters



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