Can you tell me some sayings (like: If at first you don't succeed...)?

Question

Share your knowledge with me, as many as you can think of! (i'm doing a blog project)

I'm not looking for any in perticular, and i'll look for that right away chicagogurl.

Answer 1

Be not like the spoon which knows not the taste of the soup

Answer 2

- It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt
- Don’t judge a book by its cover
- Still waters run deep
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder
- Action speaks louder than words
- Don't cry over spilt milk
- All that glitters is not gold
- Don't count your chickens before they hatch
- All for one and one for all
- A friend in need is a friend indeed
- Bad news travels fast
- Curiously killed the cat
- Better late than never
- The early bird gets the worm
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Finders keepers, loser’s weepers
- Easy come, easy go
- Leave well enough alone
- Here today, gone tomorrow
- Ignorance is bliss
- Lets cross that bridge when we come to it
- If the shoe fits, wear it
- If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit
- A picture is worth a thousand words
- Take the bitter with the sweet
- There's more than one way to skin a cat
- You can't teach old dog new tricks
- Business before pleasure
- Do onto others as you would have them do unto you
- Every dog has his day
- Experience is the best teacher
- Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
- It takes two to tango
- Love conquers all
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- A bird in the hand
- Look before you leap
- God helps those who help themselves
- No man is an island
- Rome wasn’t built in a day

Answer 3

Follow the President's words.

Can the English language survive after Bush?

Quotes From George W. Bush

"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country. "
- George W. Bush

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
- George W. Bush

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is ' to be prepared '."
- George W. Bush

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future. "
- George W. Bush

" The future will be better tomorrow."
-George W. Bush

" We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."
- George W. Bush

" I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
- George W. Bush

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe, we are a part of Europe."
- George W. Bush

" Public speaking is very easy."
- George W. Bush

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
- George W. Bush

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. "
- George W. Bush

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
- George W. Bush

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. "
- George W. Bush

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
- George W. Bush

" It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."
- George W. Bush

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Answer 4

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

Answer 5

the early bird gets the worm, to err is human, seize the day, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry, etc.


check out ben franklin's "poor richard's almanack" for a whole bunch of sayings like these.

Answer 6

I like this pair:

Clothes make the man.

Don't judge a book by its cover


And, from Dorothy Parker:
If all the girls who went to the Yale Prom were laid end to end... I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

Answer 7

If at first you don't succeed try, try, and try again.



If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished!


If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.


If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a stinkin' fool about it.


If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving definitely isn't for you.


If at first you don't succeed, then you didn't do it right!

Answer 8

Winners never quit! Quitters never win!

You cannot choose how you will die but you can choose how you will live!

Today is the first day of the rest of your life!

Answer 9

Here's one that I like: "To love while we live and help one another is the sunshine of life that turns night into day." - Luis Lattimer

I hope that helps.

Answer 10

cliches!
not my cup of tea
picture is worth a thousand words
money talks
put your best foot forward


There are so many! are you looking for particular ones?