Aphorisms Quotes - Page 3

Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man’s yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor.

Some people who have been working out regularly for months or even years are still out of shape because the number of cheat days they have in a week exceeds six.

People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.

Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.

If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.

Some people stride toward a better future. Others have chauffeurs.

Your relationship or marriage is dead or dying, if you almost always have to remind your partner to miss you (and/or they almost always have to remind you to miss them).

Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name of the person to whom the sentences are attributed.

It sometimes requires ignorance and arrogance to know something for sure.

Playing a fool is the best paid role.

We the living are to blame for the painfulness of being dead.

No air, no balloons!

Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.

If e-book readers were invented before print books, (petty things such as) the smell of ink would have been some people’s only reason for not abandoning e-books.

Some people will hate you for not loving them.

A good lover? One percent talent and ninety nine percent hard work.

By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.

One of the most common and most dangerous misbeliefs is that it is impossible for someone to be stupid just because they are a doctor or a lawyer.

Most people would instantly start feeling ten years older if someone were to convince them that they were actually born a decade before their birthdate.

The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

Unless they are off duty, no matter how wide it is, and even when it is sincere, a smile seems fake if the job description of the person who is smiling includes smiling.

People will never get in touch with democracy. It's always surrounded by bodyguards.

Stairs to success are made of people.

Because he has finally realized that it is it and not him that is loved by the woman he loves, many a man is jealous of his own car, house, wardrobe, or salary.

A blink of an eye is what separates you from reality.

Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.

When they are all thinking alike, they aren't thinking at all.

Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.

I don't represent anyone's opinion. Not even my own. I'm neutral.

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

Some mistakes are worse than others: wearing your underwear inside out isn’t as uncomfortable as wearing it back to front.

An arrogant man whose arrogance we see from his own behaviour is more tolerable than a humble man whose humility we hear of from his own mouth.

Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.

Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.

I have a wide circle of friends, wide enough to keep them away from me.

There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.

Unless it is you, finding out who your lover’s dream lover is is a nightmare.

Thanks to photography, some memories overstay their welcome.

To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.

She is the light,at the end of this endless tunnel.

When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive poor man who seems rich over a sexually attractive rich man who seems poor.

We are sometimes depressed by our failure to convince people who strongly believe that we are that we are definitely not depressed.

Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns.

Every single living thing is food to at least one living thing.

They would sweep their poverty under the carpet if only they had one.

Unrequited love is a billion times less intolerable than unrequited hate.

Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded.

Some women walk towards a better future. Others have chauffeurs.

To evade insanity and depression, we unconsciously limit the number of people toward whom we are sincerely sympathetic.

In women he doesn't trust! He is an atheist.

While the truth is putting on its shoes, the lie becomes a president!

Dear God, save us from The Church!

The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to treat them like a prince or a princess.

The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.

One of the leading causes of obesity is the misbelief that, when it comes to juice, ‘100%’ means ‘sugar-free.

You can make fun of yourself and people will laugh at you. If you’re smart, you’ll end up as a comedian. If you’re not, you’ll end up as a clown.

We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.

For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human beings, because they—unlike all companies—have the means of reproduction.