as i have said in the last few posts, i have been all over the country with work, and haven't had much time to myself, or much time to dedicate to this blog, which is rather unfortunate, in my opinion. (although yours my be quite the opposite).
one of the things that i love about my job, is that i get paid to learn. i also get paid to see some of the best presenters and performers from around the planet.
i have been compiling a list of things that have caught my eye/ear over the last few months. some of them are inspirational quotes, and other are quite the reverse, ie. silly things that people have said. other bits are just interesting words or phrases. in any case - here they are for your enjoyment. (or lack of)......
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GOOD QUOTES
"when the fire dies down, the predators come in"
"i want to be the person my dog thinks i am"
"be kind to the idiot, because in someone else's eyes, YOU are the idiot"
"don't measure your life by the number of breaths you TAKE, but by the moments that take your breath AWAY."
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BAD QUOTES
"what's that little box sitting on the mouse pad?" - (asked in reference to a mouse)
"do any of you read the internet?"
"growing like and absolute train"
"my mouse hand is stupid today"
"if you get a chance, see if you can spend some time with dick"
"some of the kids were REALLY poor. many of them had never even seen a TV screen larger than 19 inches"
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WORDS and PHRASES
"emotional firewall"
Kaizen
biometrics
this next word came to mind when i was thinking about the ambiguity of a word that a presenter used one day, and all of the different definitions of that word.
the word set has more definitions than any other word in the english language, and because of this is really fascinating to me.
here are the runners-up :
RUN - 396
GO - 368
TAKE - 343
STAND - 334
GET - 289
TURN - 288
PUT - 268
FALL - 264
STRIKE - 250
and this link is what you get when you type the word "set" directly into the address bar in firefox.
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that's about it for stuff that stuck with me over the last couple of months.
any of you guys have any good quotes or words you want to share with the other 2 or 3 readers on this blog?????
and simply because i need to spread the infection........
yes. i know.
10 comments:
You kill me with your thoughts. I love reading your blog.
Hope you are well and if you hit Vancouver let me know and I will take you out for some good food.
Dameyn
а quote from me:
The length of the tongue does not affect the quality of the speech
i like:
"it's like deja vu all over again".
btw...
what up with your UK trip? what's the chance of a side trip to BG on Easyjet or Wizzair?
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one."
I think I make number 5 so I guess that makes you 200% more popular than you thought. And thats only going by the people who posted!!
OMG Ben!!!
Where do you come up with this stuff??.....lol.
That video has to go right now!!!
dameyn : you were attending the show where one of the quotes came from......
coral : i like that quote, but a long tongue wouldn't be toothsome.
dick : i MIGHT be persuaded to take a wizz (air jet) in your direction.
lazy : pretty much all of my friends think that gastric expulsions are funny, even though we are all past 30.
sam : thanks for the mathematical analysis!!
lorrie : i don't come up with this stuff. this stuff comes up to ME. ;)
ha ha ha wait a minute there's more ha ha ha to - funny Ben!
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