http://www.quotablequips.com/ Quotable Quips en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:03:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:03:00 GMT info@quotablequips.com info@quotablequips.com http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring-pt3/ The last two blogs I wrote on this topic were a bit self-helpish along the lines of "how do you know if you're boring or just bored?" I'm quite sure... http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring-pt3/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring-pt3/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:03:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/time-flies-when-youre-having-fun/ I think it's interesting how true this saying is. Time really does fly when you're having fun - in fact, it's one of the defining aspects of fun. If time... http://www.quotablequips.com/time-flies-when-youre-having-fun/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/time-flies-when-youre-having-fun/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:03:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/judge-not-lest-ye-be-judged/ Just as a disclaimer, I know the above is a bible verse, but I am writing about it not as that but as a common saying. As I touched upon... http://www.quotablequips.com/judge-not-lest-ye-be-judged/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/judge-not-lest-ye-be-judged/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:41:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/effort-and-the-buddha-pt1/ Last blog I write about a zen saying that I like: Great Doubt. Great Faith. Great Effort. adding briefly my opinion that "great love" is the missing part. I want... http://www.quotablequips.com/effort-and-the-buddha-pt1/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/effort-and-the-buddha-pt1/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/love-and-the-buddha/ Great Faith. Great Doubt. Great Effort. I read this saying many many years ago in "The Little Book of Zen Sayings" which belonged to my mum. I used to flick... http://www.quotablequips.com/love-and-the-buddha/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/love-and-the-buddha/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:09:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring-2/ "If you're bored then you're boring" The fear of being boring is very closely related to the fear of rejection or disapproval. We've experienced the awkwardness that comes about when... http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring-2/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring-2/ Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:10:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/familiarity-breeds-contempt/ "Familiarity Breeds Contempt" This saying has its origins in one of Aesop's fables: When first the Fox saw the Lion he was terribly frightened, and ran away and hid himself... http://www.quotablequips.com/familiarity-breeds-contempt/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/familiarity-breeds-contempt/ Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:33:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/ "Don't judge a book by its cover" Origin, according to http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/6/messages/1061.html: "Don't judge things by their appearance only. Originated in the United States. First attested in the journal 'American Speech... http://www.quotablequips.com/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/ Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:17:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/never-assume/ "Never assume, you'll make an ass out of you and me" - apparently made famous by an episode of The Odd Couple aired in 1973 (see http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0405b&L=ads-l&P=7605) Not long ago... http://www.quotablequips.com/never-assume/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/never-assume/ Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:56:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/who-needs-cups-when-youve-got-hands/ "I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough" - Diogenes Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic or Diogenes of Sinope... http://www.quotablequips.com/who-needs-cups-when-youve-got-hands/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/who-needs-cups-when-youve-got-hands/ Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:17:00 GMT http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring/ When I was going through high school, I had a chronic fear of being though of as "boring". I would hear people gossiping about somebody they knew, describing them as... http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring/#comments http://www.quotablequips.com/if-youre-bored-then-youre-boring/ Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:05:00 GMT