Message of the Day Quotes Part III
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@approxinfinity " A wise old owl sat on an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like that wise old bird? "
Edward H. Richards
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@approxinfinity Years ago while in a heated exchange with my youngest son in reference to his poor grades in hs, he blasted out, “Well I didn’t ask to be born!” I swiftly & tartly replied, " You’re damn lucky you didn’t, 'cause the answer would have been NO !!" globaljaybird
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Forgive me if I may have posted this in the past, It is an oldie but goodie, noteworthy of a repost.
“There’s many a slip twixt the cup of the lip.”
Old Mother jaybird
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“A friend is one who knows who you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you become, and still gently invites you to grow.” Anonymous
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@approxinfinity Another classic that Mother jaybird said when we were young,
“Keep your temper to yourself; no one else wants it.”
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“Here, then, is the key. There is no key. There is not even a lock.”
-jaybate 1.0
“A bird in the hand should be allowed to fly away.”
–jaybate 1.0
“When you are thrown under a bus, lay very flat between the wheel tracks and let it go by; then call in your IOUs.”
-jaybate 1.0
“If I could have anything, I would have everything that felt good and hurt no one and helped someone.”
jaybate 1.0
“Waiting for basketball season to start is like waiting for sex without foreplay.”
–jaybate 1.0
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“When you get to a fork in the road, take it” - Yogi Berra.
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@approxinfinity There are two kinds of people, those who do the work, and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. Indira Gandhi
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Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
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You were born as an original. Don’t die as a copy. Anon
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@globaljaybird That “Anon” dude comes up with some really good ones!
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" Can someone please tell me what the hell direction the wind is actually blowing ? "
Jack Cantele
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@approxinfinity It only takes a day to find a friend, a swift moment to lose them, but an entire lifetime to forget them. Anon
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@approxinfinity The older I get, the smarter my Dad gets. Mark Twain
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@approxinfinity A successful man makes more money than his woman can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. Anon
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All of us get lost in the darkness
Dreamers learn to steer by the stars
All of us do time in the gutter
Dreamers turn to look at the cars
From “The Pass” by Rush
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” - Oscar Wilde
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"Always remember that Bill Walsh was 2-14 once. But only once.”
-jaybate 1.0
“Always remember that Bill Self was 6-21 once. But only once.”
jaybate 1.0
“The most important thing to learn from failure is how not to fail again.”
jaybate 1.0
“Putting a team on the back of an OAD with a low foundation is like playing Russian Roulette with a 9MM Beretta and a full clip.”
—jaybate 1.0
“You can make a shooter take it, but you can’t make him make it.”
—jaybate 1.0
“One forearm smash is worth an Urban Dictionary of trash talking.”
—jaybate 1.0
“Dunk means never having to say you’re sorry.”
—jaybate 1.0
“One way to recognize coaches cheating at recruiting is that they tend to have more talent than coaching skill.”
—jaybate 1.0
“It is easier to take the play ground out of a player than it is to take the suburb out of a player.”
—jaybate 1.0
“The greatest threat to the current African American dominance of basketball is the African American migration to the suburbs.”
—jaybate 1.0
“Big Sports Media and Big Sports Gaming are two sides of the same vig.”
—jaybate 1.0
“Slumps are periods of time when everyone knows what you are doing wrong but you.”
—jaybate 1.0
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“An epigram is something you could have said with more words but didn’t.”
jaybate 1.0
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“Many try to prove they are extraordinary. I seek to prove the ordinary can be extraordinary.”
–jaybate 1.0
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Everyone you meets is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always. Author unknown
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True STRENGTH is smiling when you want to cry, laughing to hide the pain, and going on, NO matter what. Author Unknown
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Do NOT handicap your children, by making their lives EASY! Robert A. Heinlein
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We will never have a perfect world, but it’s not romantic or naive to work toward a better one.
Steven Pinker
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“I never thought I’d see the day when the conversation on KUSports.com became more interesting than this site…”
–Anonymous
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“KUsports.com is dead to me”
Me
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@nuleafjhawk said:
“KUsports.com is dead to me”
Me= = = = = =
I Agree … They have VERY, Very few postings on their “Basketball” articles. I think it “KUsports.com” started circling the drain when their best article writer went to Topeka and joined the Topeka Journal team [??] … What’s his name?? JESSEE NEWELL !! He did a decent job and earned the respect of a number of followers.
All I can say is … when the ‘Last One’ leaves … “Turn off the Lights!”
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@RedRooster I agree Red,only once a week if that often do even click on one of their stories.
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“History is the past explained with agents, not principals.” – jaybate 1.0
“History is a gallery of agents, not principals.” –jaybate 1.0
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History is written by the victors. - Winston Churchill
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen - Winston Churchill
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I am easily satisfied with the very best - Winston Churchill…l and probably every other coach in America.
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Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense - Winston Churchill
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There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true - Winston Churchill…and John Calipari
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficult - Winston Churchill
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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it - Winston Churchill…and Coach K
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If you are going through hell, keep going - Winston Churchill…and T-Rob.
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You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life - Winston Churchill…and several posters on the Forum…
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I like Winston Churchill; he was one smart cookie - JayHawkFanToo
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“Regardless of who wins, history is paid for by those with the most money.” –jaybate 1.0
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“Events invariably take a sharp turn once those reading history cease believing those writing history.” –jaybate 1.0
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“Bob Knight says you play the game of basketball, not an opponent. Perhaps, but I have rarely seen the game of basketball cheap shot anyone, when down 10 points.” –jaybate 1.0
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@jaybate-1.0 History was always one of my favorite subjects in school… Of course, there wasn’t as much of it to learn back then.
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That’s a good one Nuleaf.
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If I wake up in the morning breathing, it was a good night.
If I go to bed breathing, it was a good day.Unknown
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“Yes, Lady Astor I might be drunk, but you are ugly. Tomorrow, I will be sober.” -CHURCHILL-
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@wrwlumpy Love it, one of my all time favorites.
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@approxinfinity People ask the difference between a leader and a boss… The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Theodore Roosevelt
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“The KU football coach is someone that signs for 5 years to work for two years for 4 years pay. Hence, KU will never have trouble finding the next new coach.” –jaybate 1.0
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“The toughness and cohesiveness of a Bill Self team equals the number of weeks of boot camp times the square of the trash bag liners.”
–jaybate 1.0
