Quote Me, Quote You

Now and then, it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
- Guilliame Appolinaire, French poet


But what if it's the pursuit of happiness that actually makes us happy?


Have you ever been in a situation wherein you finally achieve your goal, a goal that you thought would make you happy? When you finally reached the finish line, and the elation quickly wore off, you probably asked yourself, "Is this all?"


Sometimes it's the thrill of the chase that pumps us up.

Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking.
- Nicolas de Chamfort, writer (1741-1794)



And all that barking is enough to drive one crazy!
 
But what about those whose have "put their dogs to sleep", so to speak? Nothing stops them from passing, and there's no barking to speak of. They become scary people!
 
So, in order for us to not become those scary people, let's take good care of our internal guard dogs.

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.
- Robert Orben, magician (b. 1927)

I think this is the natural progression of evolution (the survival of the fittest, if you will), wherein only the organisms that adapt to their surroundings stand a chance to continue their stay on earth.

Several centuries from now, human lungs would have built-in air filters to process the air they breathe. If we transport a present-day dude 400 years into the future, his lungs won't be able to handle the airborne toxins considered "normal" to creatures of the era.

That eerie thought reminds me of Avatar. And it reminds me why I am afraid of the idea of time travel.

If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

Sometimes it's better to just allow a "friend" to fleece a few bucks off you than to keep him as a friend.

I just realized that I might have insulted you by explaining the obvious. I was just expressing my complete approval of such a brilliant statement.

I've had a few of those "friends". They didn't exactly disappear, but they never asked for favors again. Which was cool, because asking for my money back was (and still is) one of my major weaknesses. What's rightfully mine is often... theirs. *sob* *sniff*

It is better to give than to receive.

No, it's not!

As T Harv Eker pointed out, you can't give if nobody takes. Consequently, you can't take if nobody gives.

Either way, neither activity can exist without the other, so neither one is "better" than the other. Logical, eh?

A more precise quote (I'm not saying it's the best version) is: "It is better to be in a position to give than to hope to receive."

Diarrhea is hereditary. It runs in the jeans.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a lot like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are vegetarian.

I think this is in line with the question: Why do bad things happen to good people? The answer to which is: Because that's the way the world works.

But, lest we forget, good things also happen to good people. Hooray for that! Bad things happen to bad people, although not as often as we expect. And, surprise! Good things also happen to same bad people.

So, if we cancel out the common factors, we're left with: Things happen to people. That explains everything!

By the way, if you're a vegetarian and you taunt a bull in your red pajamas, you probably deserve to be attacked.