tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289696862012-01-16T22:44:42.638+08:00Quotable non-quotes, as opposed to quotable quotes in Reader's Digest ;-)<br> There will only be one post, edited from time to time. New quotables are added at the bottom. Only a few of these are quoted from people (and they aren't especially famous). Some are wordplay, some are meaningful little phrases, and some are meaningless ones, but all are quotable!WPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07687159095910942083noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28969686.post-1148971350442346812006-05-30T14:40:00.071+08:002012-01-16T22:44:42.656+08:00Trust is not easily gained but easily lost; its importance must not be underestimated.<br /><br />Logic helps.<br /><br />Il faut réfléchir. (One must think)<br />~courtesy of my Maths teacher in Angouleme<br /><br />One must have pride, but must not let it take the upper hand.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Another way of putting it:</span> Pride is a virtue, excessive pride is not. <span style="font-style: italic;">-10th June 2006</span><br /><br />Philosophy is good, but too much can drive you crazy.<br /><br />La haine épuise. (literally: to hate is exhausting)<br /><br />Sederhana dalam menimbangkan kepentingan diri dan kepentingan orang lain. <address>Membuat pertimbangan supaya tidak terlalu mementingkan diri sendiri dan tidak pula terlalu menjaga kepentingan orang lain sehingga boleh merosakkan diri sendiri.<br />~courtesy of: <a href="http://www.ppk.kpm.my/sphsp/sppendmoralsekmen/moralvalues.htm">Pengetahuan Moral</a><br /></address><br />Sarcasm is the spice of words. -31st May 2006<br /><br />Swearing just shows that you don't have enough vocabulary not to. -12th June 2006<br /><br />All work and no play...n'est pas bon pour la santé! ("is not good for your health", but this way it rhymes :P) -25th October 2006<br /><br />To know not is to imagine. -25th October 2006<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Origin: There’s the saying <i style="">tak kenal maka tak cinta</i> (to know not is to love not). But when one doesn’t know something for what it really is, one can imagine and love what one imagines.</span><br /><br />I don't like theory, I like logic. -12th November 2006<br /><br />Being good <s>sucks</s> stinks. Being bad <s>sucks</s> stinks. So be nothing. But being nothing <s>sucks</s> stinks. -1st December 2006<br /><br />I have great faith in the human brain. -1st December 2006<br /><br />Smashing is exhilarating. -11th December 2006<br /><br />If you help someone, let them help you back. (if they want to) -31st December 2006<br /><br />In a perfect world...we wouldn't have written that. -1st January 2007<br /><br />Study tip: get enough sleep! -7th January 2007<br /><br />You have a brain; use it. -27th January 2007<br /><br />Carelessness is costly. -29th January 2007<br /><br />Politeness isn't one of my strong points. Not-being-rude-ness is. -21st April 2007<br /><br />To be a good liar, you need to have a good memory. -29th April 2007<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Edit (19th Nov 2007): Mark Twain agrees with me! <span style="font-style: italic;">"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."</span></span><br /><br />"Agak-agak" is a science. -14th May 2007<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[agak-agak ~ approximation]</span><br /><br />Nothing beats a sense of accomplishment. -10th June 2007<br /><br />Craziness takes getting used to. -26th August 2007<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">We accept crazy things if we're taught them since birth. Why? Because we're so used to them, they seem normal.</span><br /><br />To have equality, there must be no difference. Wherever difference exists, there is no running away from inequality. -6th October 2007<br /><br />Friendship is a barter trade with credit. -23rd February 2008<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(We give and take, but not always at the same time.)</span><br /><br />I don't talk, I write. -4th February 2008<br /><br />A real gentleman might open a door for a lady, but a real lady would not wait for him to do so. -8th May 2008<br /><br />Make people happy and you will be happier. Just don't expect anything in return. -28th August 2008<br /><br />Loyalty in friendship is sadly underrated. -30th September 2008<br /><br />To forgive is noble, to forget plain stupid. -30th September 2008<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(or maybe just forgetful :P )</span><br /><br />Maturity is knowing when to be immature. -16th October 2008<br />~courtesy of Hidayah's status message on Yahoo! messenger (originally by Randall Hall)<br /><br />Laugh to keep from crying, smile to keep from frowning. -26th October 2008<br /><br />To be perfect is an imperfection in itself. -26th October 2008<br />To strive to be perfect, however, is commendable. -16th November 2008<br />Striving to be perfect, however, brings you closer to perfection. -5th June 2009<br /><br />-Tu ne préférerais pas être grand? -Non, j'ai le vertige. -13th December 2008<br />(-Wouldn't you like to be tall? -No, I'm afraid of heights.)<br /><br />You shall not find a friend more loyal than me, but for that, first you have to be a friend. -27th February 2008<br /><br />No one likes busybodies, not even kindly ones. -15th December 2008<br /><br />Parce qu'au fond, on est tous un peu optimiste. (Because deep inside, we are all a little optimistic.) -7th February 2009<br /><br />Books are my refuge. -17th February 2009<br /><br />Take care of yourself, and you won't need to hide under make-up. -1st March 2009<br /><br />J'aime bien aider des gens, mais il faut d'abord qu'ils s'aident eux-mêmes. (I like helping people, but they must first try to help themselves.) -12th March 2009<br /><br />Un sourire, ça coûte rien. (A smile costs nothing.) -25th March 2009<br /><br />I may be soft, mouldable like plasticine. But that also means that if broken, I can be put together again. -30th March 2009<br /><br />Trying to look busy is more tiring than being busy. -15th April 2009<br /><br />There are times when one should simply refuse to understand. -16th April 2009<br /><br />J'aime le soleil, mais pas la chaleur. (I like the sun, but not the heat.) -23rd April 2009<br />~courtesy of Thierry M. (15th March 2009)<br /><br />You think of the majority, I think of the whole. -8th May 2009<br /><br />Why must we have <span style="font-style: italic;">one </span>religion? Why can't we pick and choose? -9th May 2009<br /><br />If you haven't got the right spelling, you haven't got the right word. -4th June 2009<br /><br />The best way to get people to be honest is to not let them have any reason to be dishonest. -11th June 2009<br /><br />Vocabulary is like building blocks and grammar like tools. -10th July 2009<br /><br />Quelque chose qui n'est pas injuste n'est pas forcément bon...ni juste. (Something that is not unfair is not necessarily good...nor fair.) -13th July 2009<br /><br />Je ne mange pas les gens. Ils sont pas bons, en tout cas. (I don't eat people. They're not good, anyway.) -2nd August 2009<br /><br />Leaving isn't so bad when you know you'll be coming back. -4th August 2009<br /><br />-Qu'est-ce qui est pire que des gens méchants? -Des gens méchants qui se font passer pour des gentils. -12th November 2009<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(to cut a long story short: -What's worse than a wolf? -A wolf in sheep's clothing.)</span><br /><br />Anything for a friend, everything for a friend. But are you a friend? -29th November 2009<br /><br />Comprehension is key. -10th January 2010<br /><br />Ma mémoire n'est pas effaçable, mais accumulable. (My memory is inerasable, but expandable.) -21st January 2010<br /><br />Hope tells you to be optimistic, but experience teaches you to be pessimistic. -29th January 2010<br /><br />Broken promises lead to broken hearts. -27th February 2010<br /><br />Times change, things change, people change. -8th March 2010<br /><br />Optimism in inborn, but pessimism is learned. -11th March 2010<br /><br />I like a healthy dose of sarcasm. -28th March 2010<br /><br />The flowers are out, and my sneezing is on. -29th March 2010<br /><br />When you have more time, you want to do more things. That's why you never have enough. -30th March 2010<br /><br />I don't like travelling, I like discovering. -19th August 2010<br /><br />I don't wish for a world where we hear about good deeds in newspapers. I wish for a world where good deeds are so commonplace that they are no longer newsworthy. -2nd September 2010<br /><br />Friendships turn sour because you forget to keep them sweet. -15th October 2010<br /><br />Friends come and go, but it doesn't make any of them less valuable while they were with you. -5th November 2010<br />~courtesy of <a href="http://wongfuphil.xanga.com/735011731/a-decade/">Philip Wang</a><br /><br />There is a thin line between the most distant friends and the closest acquaintances. -2nd December 2010<br /><br />If I could choose between the two, I would prefer feeling angry to feeling disappointed. -3rd December 2010<br /><br />If you are hurting and feel like bleeding, pick up a red pen and <span style="font-style: italic;">draw</span> the blood. -7th December 2010<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(against self-injury)</span><br /><br />The best jokes are those without malice. -15th December 2010<br /><br />If a genie asked me how would I like to change [friend's name], I would answer him ‘let him have more trust and become less mysterious, and a bit more handsome’. If the genie asked me again ‘are you sure?’, I would answer him with a smile ‘nope, I actually prefer the present [friend's name]’. -28th February 2011<br />~courtesy of Kuaci<br /><br />Paranoia is a little like vanity; it's thinking that the world revolves around you. -4th March 2011<br /><br />I'm a pack rat. And pack rats don't throw anything away, least of all friends. -8th March 2011<br /><br />There is something about the written word that makes it more appealing than its typed counterpart. -9th April 2011<br /><br />I'm all for simple language. Leave the complicated words to the novelists. -20th April 2011<br /><br />Just because you can, does not mean you should. -26th April 2011<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This is old, and has been said all over. But...it is still so true.</span><br /><br />A boyfriend should be a partner, not a master nor a slave. -31st May 2011<br /><br />Sometimes it is the little things that mean the most...but then it is harder to show appreciation. -30th June 2011<br /><br />Humour is my favourite shield, and sarcasm is my favourite weapon. -4th August 2009<br /><br />Swear words are like drugs; use them only when absolutely necessary. -3rd August 2011<br /><br />There is nothing like seeing someone's face light up because of you. -23rd September 2011<br /><br />If in one day, I can make one person laugh out loud with plain good-natured amusement, my day will not have been a complete waste. -27th October 2011<br /><br />We all want to help one another; human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.<br />~from the movie <span style="font-style:italic;">The Great Dictator</span><br /><br />I can forgive anything but bad intentions. -14th January 2012<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_ .-:*'``'*:-.,_<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><u>Warning: Geek mode!</u></span><br /><br />There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who can read binary and those who don't.<br />~from a Facebook group<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_ .-:*'``'*:-.,_ </span><br /><br /><br /><u style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic;">Minesweeper philosophy</u><br /><br />Il ne faut pas confondre la vitesse et la précipitation. (do not confuse speed with haste)<br />~courtesy of my Maths teacher in Angouleme<br /><br />Look before you click.<br /><br />If you start hurting, stop playing!<br /><br />Speed kills.<br /><br />Your mouse is your best friend. -10th September 2006<br /><br />Don't forget to have fun. -28th December 2006<br /><br />Men are much more likely to do housework if the floor is strewn with mines. -9th July 2007<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(just for fun :P)<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">(Looking back at this, I suddenly think of a sentence I read somewhere about why men like barbecuing: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Men will cook if danger is involved.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> There seems to be an analogy with this quotable... -21st August 2007)</span><br /></span><br />Jouer avec modération. -20th April 2008<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(play with moderation)</span><br /><br />Playing quickly on Minesweeper is like feeling the breeze while cycling. -13th July 2009<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28969686-114897135044234681?l=myquotables.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>WPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07687159095910942083noreply@blogger.com18