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comfortably numb
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Location: The countryside, Australia
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Posted:
Does anyone have a good personal motto or any general advice?
Because the year 12s have to fill out a sort of profile that goes in the yearbook at the end of the year...and the questions are as follows:
'I've learnt ...
I love/d ...
My advice is ...
My motto is ...
Don't tell anyone but ... '
I don't like them, but we have to do it...and I'm stuck on the motto and advice ones....so any good suggestions are greatly appreiciated. I don't want to have the corny ones like 'life is short' 'live life to the fullest' 'follow your heart' because everyone will have ones like those! I kind of want it to be witty but lovely at the same time. I want it to bring a smile on all the other years 12s (and everyone else) who will read it.
Some of you have good ones in your signitarues, I've noticed this over time. So I'll be taking notice of signatures now!
Does anyone have a good personal motto or any general advice?
Because the year 12s have to fill out a sort of profile that goes in the yearbook at the end of the year...and the questions are as follows:
'I've learnt ...
I love/d ...
My advice is ...
My motto is ...
Don't tell anyone but ... '
I don't like them, but we have to do it...and I'm stuck on the motto and advice ones....so any good suggestions are greatly appreiciated. I don't want to have the corny ones like 'life is short' 'live life to the fullest' 'follow your heart' because everyone will have ones like those! I kind of want it to be witty but lovely at the same time. I want it to bring a smile on all the other years 12s (and everyone else) who will read it.
Some of you have good ones in your signitarues, I've noticed this over time. So I'll be taking notice of signatures now!
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
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comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Posted:
These are awesome guys!
These are awesome guys!
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
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199 posts
Location: Ireland
c",
199 posts
Location: Ireland
Posted:
If the world didnt suck we would all fall off
If the world didnt suck we would all fall off
Penguin of Mass Destruction and Tricky Bugger to the court of Claire the Askew
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643 posts
Location: Check behind you.
Posted:
I was going to say non illigitimi carborundum...
It's not fun to be upset, possibly.
But I've already got a penguin! is gfenerally good.
I was going to say non illigitimi carborundum...
It's not fun to be upset, possibly.
But I've already got a penguin! is gfenerally good.
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
1) Sh*t happens.
2) When it happens, it often hits the fan.
3) That which hits the fan will not be distributed evenly
1) Sh*t happens.
2) When it happens, it often hits the fan.
3) That which hits the fan will not be distributed evenly
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Are we there yet?
1,897 posts
Location: australia
Are we there yet?
1,897 posts
Location: australia
Posted:
our old family motto is: fortune favours the brave
our old family motto is: fortune favours the brave
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the henna lady
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Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
Wow....okay....
"The greatest power we all have is the power to say 'NO'." -my Dickens producer
"In this life we are never given anything we can not handle. We are strong enough to deal with what we are given. We just need to believe it." - my best friend
"The mind opens and in creeps wisdom." -Star Trek:TNG
"Of all the truths in the world, if you pick one and follow it blindly, it becomes a falsehood and you a fanatic" -anonymous
"Things are only impossible until they are not" -Star Trek:TNG
and lastly
"Things must first first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves in the hearts of humanity." -Nicci
But you can also look at my signature as well. I really do live by these as much as possible.
Wow....okay....
"The greatest power we all have is the power to say 'NO'." -my Dickens producer
"In this life we are never given anything we can not handle. We are strong enough to deal with what we are given. We just need to believe it." - my best friend
"The mind opens and in creeps wisdom." -Star Trek:TNG
"Of all the truths in the world, if you pick one and follow it blindly, it becomes a falsehood and you a fanatic" -anonymous
"Things are only impossible until they are not" -Star Trek:TNG
and lastly
"Things must first first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves in the hearts of humanity." -Nicci
But you can also look at my signature as well. I really do live by these as much as possible.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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b...bal...lence?....
370 posts
Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia
b...bal...lence?....
370 posts
Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia
Posted:
"A need sustains life
A want improves it."
"To have an intrest is a distraction
To love a hobbie is freedom."
"Woopatang!!!"
"A need sustains life
A want improves it."
"To have an intrest is a distraction
To love a hobbie is freedom."
"Woopatang!!!"
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member
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Location: Maryland, USA
member
136 posts
Location: Maryland, USA
Posted:
Do unto others...
If you are going to do something, do it right.
Be yourself.
and those are wonderful words.
Do unto others...
If you are going to do something, do it right.
Be yourself.
Written by: Skulduggery
'show people respect until they prove they are unworthy of it and if they prove unworthy just walk away'
and those are wonderful words.
I was touched by His Noodly Appendage
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I wear yellow on monday
551 posts
Location: Farnham Ahoy, United Kingdom
I wear yellow on monday
551 posts
Location: Farnham Ahoy, United Kingdom
Posted:
We had to suggest a motto for our Yr 12 book too
Mine was "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may be dead"
I also like "Everything happpens for a reason" (suggested by Ace of Spades)
Another was, " To be Frank, Id have to be a man" Quite witty i thought- Well done Laura Pragnell for that life motto!!
We had to suggest a motto for our Yr 12 book too
Mine was "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may be dead"
I also like "Everything happpens for a reason" (suggested by Ace of Spades)
Another was, " To be Frank, Id have to be a man" Quite witty i thought- Well done Laura Pragnell for that life motto!!
You'll find me on the dance floor
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
You know, I realized that my post sounded sarcastic, but it really isn't.
Remember my post about the little baby who was born and suffered for about 24 hours and then died?
My solution to it? "Sh*t happens."
It means that not everything has a rhyme or reason and that we must accept this. And that when "Sh*t hits fan" the solution is not to ponder the greater meaning of it all, but to get out of the way.
You know, I realized that my post sounded sarcastic, but it really isn't.
Remember my post about the little baby who was born and suffered for about 24 hours and then died?
My solution to it? "Sh*t happens."
It means that not everything has a rhyme or reason and that we must accept this. And that when "Sh*t hits fan" the solution is not to ponder the greater meaning of it all, but to get out of the way.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
my fave motto ever is my sig,however....
my second fave is "treat those you care about,the way that in your perfect world you would have them treat you.
love them.challenge them,push them embrace them,but above all,be the one thats there when they need you"
my fave motto ever is my sig,however....
my second fave is "treat those you care about,the way that in your perfect world you would have them treat you.
love them.challenge them,push them embrace them,but above all,be the one thats there when they need you"
addict
663 posts
Location: Glasgow
663 posts
Location: Glasgow
Posted:
I just found another good one for me:
"when the game of life makes you feel like quittin',
it helps a lot if you kill a kitten" - Stephen Lynch
I take it to mean "when things get you down go out and do something stupid and random".
Ps I'm a cat lover so killing a kitten -is- out of the question.
I just found another good one for me:
"when the game of life makes you feel like quittin',
it helps a lot if you kill a kitten" - Stephen Lynch
I take it to mean "when things get you down go out and do something stupid and random".
Ps I'm a cat lover so killing a kitten -is- out of the question.
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Posted:
if life were easy it'd eb no fun,
if life were perfect it would be boring,
if you knew the truth there'd be no wonder
if life were easy it'd eb no fun,
if life were perfect it would be boring,
if you knew the truth there'd be no wonder
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Penguin of Mass Destruction and Tricky Bugger to the court of Claire the Askew
643 posts
Location: Check behind you.
643 posts
Location: Check behind you.
Posted:
Or for the hardcore cynics if there are any here, do unto others before they do unto you.
Or for the hardcore cynics if there are any here, do unto others before they do unto you.
Chucks nuns
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enthusiast
274 posts
Location: Swansea, Ma (US), USA
enthusiast
274 posts
Location: Swansea, Ma (US), USA
Posted:
mine isn't really a motto.. but from one of my fav. books.. It's writen on a wall in a pub "We are not afraid"-Poppy Z. Brite's Lost Souls (from the wall in the sacred yew)Dunny quite what it really means but to me it's all that cheesy be who you want to be don't be afraid of it and all that stuff
mine isn't really a motto.. but from one of my fav. books.. It's writen on a wall in a pub "We are not afraid"-Poppy Z. Brite's Lost Souls (from the wall in the sacred yew)Dunny quite what it really means but to me it's all that cheesy be who you want to be don't be afraid of it and all that stuff
You know what I'm thinking about right now? That's right, Tacos!
Toe Poking Bad Boy
2,865 posts
Location: Lake District UK
2,865 posts
Location: Lake District UK
Posted:
here goes....
all you need is to be happy
here goes....
all you need is to be happy
Remember.........YOU LOSE!!!
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veteran
1,286 posts
Location: My House, United Kingdom
veteran
1,286 posts
Location: My House, United Kingdom
Posted:
"If it happens to them, it can happen to you"
kinda a double edged sword of a motto, basically good things happen and bad things happen, its just life
"If it happens to them, it can happen to you"
kinda a double edged sword of a motto, basically good things happen and bad things happen, its just life
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Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Posted:
most i like have been said, but
dance like it hurts, love like you need the money
on a serious note:
For advice, i'd say just to pass on what you think is the best thing to do in the situation. There are no rights, there are no wrongs. It's what you feel is best to do. Always wear sunscreen (you might remember that, roar
)
It's better to spend a lot of money on really good tools than spend next to no money on crap ones.
For a motto, one of my favouriter ones is:
'The first step to being able to do something is you telling yourself you can' someone might have said that, or something similar. not sure.
know thyself
most i like have been said, but
dance like it hurts, love like you need the money
on a serious note:
For advice, i'd say just to pass on what you think is the best thing to do in the situation. There are no rights, there are no wrongs. It's what you feel is best to do. Always wear sunscreen (you might remember that, roar
)It's better to spend a lot of money on really good tools than spend next to no money on crap ones.
For a motto, one of my favouriter ones is:
'The first step to being able to do something is you telling yourself you can' someone might have said that, or something similar. not sure.
know thyself
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
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Location: lost, Canada
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1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada
Posted:
--"Try? What try? Do, or do not"
( something like that, Yoda said it in the swamp)
--" Awake, Chaos, for we have napped" ee cummings
--the whole Desidirata( sp?)...
--" wherever you go, there you are" Buckaroo Bonzai, I think
--" I can resist anything -except temptation" Oscar Wilde
More of an attitude than a motto, but a friend of mine has this as his signature:
" Sir! We are surrounded!"
" Excellent!! that means we can attack from any direction!"
--" BE the change you wish to see in the world" Gandhi?
*****
I am laughing to find Anita Blake quoted, are we talking the vampire hunter? lol
--"Try? What try? Do, or do not"
( something like that, Yoda said it in the swamp)
--" Awake, Chaos, for we have napped" ee cummings
--the whole Desidirata( sp?)...
--" wherever you go, there you are" Buckaroo Bonzai, I think
--" I can resist anything -except temptation" Oscar Wilde
More of an attitude than a motto, but a friend of mine has this as his signature:
" Sir! We are surrounded!"
" Excellent!! that means we can attack from any direction!"
--" BE the change you wish to see in the world" Gandhi?
*****
I am laughing to find Anita Blake quoted, are we talking the vampire hunter? lol
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
addict
663 posts
Location: Glasgow
663 posts
Location: Glasgow
Posted:
Yes we are I love the books
*runs off to find The Killing Dance*
Yes we are
I love the books*runs off to find The Killing Dance*
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
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Look! I'm Darth Bunny!
446 posts
Location: Sunny South Africa
Look! I'm Darth Bunny!
446 posts
Location: Sunny South Africa
Posted:
How about:
Do unto others... and then run.
If at first you dont succeed, pretend you didnt try in the first place.
On a more serious note:
Happiness is a choice. (my personal favourite)
How about:
Do unto others... and then run.
If at first you dont succeed, pretend you didnt try in the first place.
On a more serious note:
Happiness is a choice. (my personal favourite)
Do what you want coz a pirate is free,
You are a pirate!
Yo ho fiddle dee dee, being a pirate is alright to be,
Do what you want coz a pirate is free,
You are a pirate!
Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
Fair enough Jonny. On all notes
I still like (mentioned in another thread around these parts recently)
"Don't frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile"
Fair enough Jonny. On all notes I still like (mentioned in another thread around these parts recently)
"Don't frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile"
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
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Location: lost, Canada
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1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada
Posted:
" measure twice, cut once..." Grandpa
family clan motto: " Touch not this Cat, without gloved hands..."
" measure twice, cut once..." Grandpa
family clan motto: " Touch not this Cat, without gloved hands..."
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
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Location: lost, Canada
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Location: lost, Canada
Posted:
another one, from a song--
" Its hard to hold the hand of anyone who's reaching for the sky just to surrender..." Cohen
another one, from a song--
" Its hard to hold the hand of anyone who's reaching for the sky just to surrender..." Cohen
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
Penguin of Mass Destruction and Tricky Bugger to the court of Claire the Askew
643 posts
Location: Check behind you.
643 posts
Location: Check behind you.
Posted:
I'd even extend the happiness is a choice to include anger being one too, Jonny. I haven't got angry when I've noticed I was doing it and thought about it in at least a year since I found that out.
I'd even extend the happiness is a choice to include anger being one too, Jonny. I haven't got angry when I've noticed I was doing it and thought about it in at least a year since I found that out.
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UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Posted:
When Life gives you lemons...
...punch Life in the gut and squeeze the lemons in his eye.
When Life gives you lemons...
...punch Life in the gut and squeeze the lemons in his eye.
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
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1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada
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1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada
Posted:
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
I just found it interesting that a character was given the credit...not the author.
Obsidian Butterfly was the best one so far I think.
Written by: andrealee
I am laughing to find Anita Blake quoted, are we talking the vampire hunter? lol
I just found it interesting that a character was given the credit...not the author.
Obsidian Butterfly was the best one so far I think.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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enthusiast
363 posts
Location: manchester uk
enthusiast
363 posts
Location: manchester uk
Posted:
i've always liked "pain is weekness leaveing the body"
i've always liked "pain is weekness leaveing the body"
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Posted:
in a similar vein rob
"pain means you should take your finger out of the socket"
in a similar vein rob
"pain means you should take your finger out of the socket"
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