Quotes/Proverbs
Here is a list of quotes and proverbs which are commonly used, along with my suggestions to make them more accurate or useful.
- The sky is [not] the limit.
- There is nothing new under the sun [or above it].
- You
cancan't sleep when you are dead. - We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the
stars[curb] - Oscar Wilde. - We hold these truths self evident, that all men are created equal, [on average] - Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of independence.
Political Power growsBullets come out of the barrel of a gun - Chairman Mao.- Bankers own the earth; take it away from them but leave them with the power to create credit; and, with a flick of a pen, they will create enough money to buy it back again... If you want to be slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let the bankers control money and control credit. - Sir Josiah Stamp, Director, Bank of England, 1940. (No change needed).
The more things change, the more they stay the sameThings don't change.- [An uncreative]
abad workman always blames his tools. - Less is more [in the case that all other things being equal].
- Standing on the shoulders of giants[, is better than letting them stand on you].
Cake
- You can't eat your cake and [then still] have it too.
- You can't have your cake and eat it too, [except during the time you eat it].
- You can't eat a cake you never had.
- You can't have your cake and eat it, but you can always get more cake.