I have 3 but would LOVE to hear more…
You can always have more but you can’t have less
This one’s from my dad and it really stuck with me. You can, and really should, apply this to any intoxicant.
On the pitch is off the streets
This is about getting restless kids, or kids who might be in a bad situation, into sports.
The axe forgets but the tree remembers
Translation on this one: People who cause hurt are less likely to remember than those it affected.
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Your second one. I’m fond of
Idle hands are the devil’s playmate
That was a big one from my childhood.
Buy the tool you need, don’t wait for whatever is coming next.
Don’t feed animals that aren’t yours.
Reminds me of this one:
The best beginner pet is a Hamster. They live for 5 days and don’t require any food or water
your amygdala is stupid and always faster than your frontal cortex
No, that’s stupid beca-
Ahhhhhhh, yeah, you’re right.
A wise man* once said “If you do a shitty job rolling you’ll end up with a shitty joint”.
*His last name was literally “Wise”.
“I could stick my head up a cows ass and see for myself, or I could just take the butcher’s word.”
“Valo lisää valoa”
Roughly translates to “light brings more light”.
Equally fundamental to my being as “hymy tarttuu”, which is the corny cousin with narrower scope. “Smile is contagious” translates roughly.
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
The best way to make money in Las Vegas is to sell light bulbs.
When in doubt, shut up.
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” - Douglas Adams
Assumption is the mother of all fuckups.
when you assume you make an ass out of u and me
…unless you fuck up by not assuming anything
AKA being autistic
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” - Sir Mark Young…or Bernard Baruch…or Dr. Seuss…no one knows
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw
Only break one law at a time.
For example; If you have an AI executive tied up in the trunk of your car, make sure the tail lights all work.
My friend refers to this as - Don’t be stupid while you’re being stupid.
Ooh, along this line:
No matter what you do, pay your accountant and attorney first.
HAHAHA. I actually have this one baked into my consciousness. I’m a little more “don’t speed if your tax is out of date” though. Think I need to up my game.
I always say “If your tags are expired, don’t have a body in the trunk!” which I think splits the difference between both examples.
This one was taught almost verbatim to me by a guy who sold a lot of drugs in college and saw a lot of people in the business get bagged. He never did though.
“You do not treat a man like a gentleman because he is. You treat a man like a gentleman because you are.”
Feel like this clashes with “respect is earned, not demanded” which I feel more strongly
Many (maybe even most?) adages have an opposite.
“Reach for the stars”, but “sky’s the limit”.
“Knowledge is power,” but “ignorance is bliss.”
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” but “out of sight, out of mind.”
“Better safe than sorry,” but “nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
“The pen is mightier than the sword,” but “actions speak louder than words.”
“Great minds think alike,” but “fools seldom differ.”
“Too many cooks spoil the broth,” but “many hands make light work.”
I think that there’s a fundamental disconnect between respect for somebody, and how you treat them. How you treat them reveals everything about you, and not much about them. For example, ICE goons don’t respect the immigrants that they see as breaking the law. But their, unhinged, gleeful violence comes from within their own disordered brains. We can’t tell anything at all about the people ICE targets by the fact that agents abuse them, but we can be 100% sure that the agents are psychopathic shitheels. “Respect” depends on your point of view, while behavior is tangible.
Put another way, nobody can make you behave a certain way, and if somebody doesn’t earn your respect, set a boundary and remove them from your life. Don’t pretend that others force you to behave a certain way.
You can be disrespectful as fuck in a gentlemanly way. That shit is better than heroin to people with generational wealth.
This one is stellar.
