Aphorisms Galore!

Submissions

These aphorisms have been submitted by users but are not (yet) included in the official collection.

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tiny.ag/f6z37byh  ·  submitted 2010

We are all going to die anyway, we might as well be fat and happy.

Tiffany Smrtnik, in Happiness and Misery and Food and Drink

tiny.ag/96ty0q5j  ·  submitted 2010 by ravi

Intelligence does not need Intel inside,
All it need is good sense outside.

Ravi Gupta, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/wmnscizr  ·  submitted 2010 by ackymantastic

If you can only dangle a carrot you will only get an ass

Roy Acton, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/ix6jbrsc  ·  submitted 2010 by boyerdon

Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, Clean Coal

Don Boyer, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/skte4u2x  ·  submitted 2010

Post-traumatic stress syndrome is going to be a nice change of pace.

John Alejandro King, US intelligence officer and poet, in Happiness and Misery and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/mdvz260r  ·  submitted 2010

Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.

, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/o8uvmpil  ·  submitted 2010

Irony: the realization that Paul Anka co-wrote the song 'My Way.'

John Alejandro King, Intelligence officer and writer, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Life and Death

tiny.ag/f4isgvuz  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

The love of two people for each other is an understanding that no one else is expected to understand.

Jabo James, in Love and Hate

tiny.ag/pnl4tfp3  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

Freedom of speech does not necessarily mean freedom after speech.

Jabo James, in Law and Politics and Life and Death

tiny.ag/28yajbbc  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

Karl Marx once said philosophers have always interpreted the world but the point was to change it. Philosophers aren't particularly good at manning barricades or handling rifles with bayonets.

Jabo James, in War and Peace

tiny.ag/jk9hqqfe  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

The last time I looked, I still had my shadow. I much prefer a guardian angel, but my shadow will do for the time being.

Jabo James, in Life and Death

tiny.ag/t6itewpr  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

When an older person reads a religious text like never before and tries to live according to its dictates, it may be preparation for a final examination to qualify for a place in the afterlife.

Jabo James, in Science and Religion

tiny.ag/k5nwpqa6  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

Wisdom is having sense enough to acknowledge that ignorance exists.

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/6ree7hmg  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

Before becoming familiar with the American use of the term "affirmative action," I thought it meant taking the initiative when in a romantic mood.

Jabo James, in Love and Hate and Law and Politics

tiny.ag/hle7mhix  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

There is nothing wrong with ambition. The question becomes how many people are you prepared to impact positively or negatively in order for you to get to where you want to be.

Jabo James, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/ha3e6qnk  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

Too many lapses in wisdom may make one a fool.

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Success and Failure

tiny.ag/kacvw9q8  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

The best advice you give is the one you yourself do not or will not follow.

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Success and Failure

tiny.ag/xwncfra5  ·  submitted 2010 by PatS

The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one other person!

, in Wealth and Poverty and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/hankhwl0  ·  submitted 2010

The fact that every other person holds his opinion to be true, should make us suspicious of our own.

Paul Rée, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/ugd159fk  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

If Walt Disney were alive today, he would probably be dismayed that Mickey Mouse has been promoted from a cartoon character to an adjective.

Jabo James, in Success and Failure

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