Pithy Sayings

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    pith·y
    [ˈpiTHē]
    ADJECTIVE
    1. (of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive.
      synonyms:
      concise · short · brief · compact · condensed · crisp · laconic · terse ·
    Original, or stolen, such as...

    "Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you miss the thing that you actually find."

    "Don't be afraid your life will end. Be afraid that it will never begin."

    "A caring heart that listens is better than an intelligent mind that talks."
     
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    Ooook..what brought this on ?;) Do we we need to be more pithy?:)
     
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    Let us not seek the Republican answer nor the Democrat answer but the right answer. (JFK I think).

    Time flies like an arrow.. Fruit flies like a banana. (stolen from Groucho)
     
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    Oh, I was feeling pithy. We might even think of this as a pithing contest.
     
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    You'll need the Official Headgear.

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    I might have joined in a little better but I cut back on the furosemide.
     
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    Let me thee if I can get pithed off here...

    Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
     
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    I've had a wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.
     
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    “Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.” -- Robert A. Heinlein
     
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    I know you think you understand what you believe I said but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
     
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    I used this one in another post, but it fits here, since it's a quote from one of my favorite philosophers.

    "Be open-minded, but not so open-minded that your brains fall out." -- Groucho Marx
     
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    Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.

    --W. C. Fields
     
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    Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

    --Steven Wright
     
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