ok, the quote is..... "everyone lives in their own glass houses, you just have to be careful where you take your showers." i dont get it. im usually good at these but i cant connect this to anything. will some super crazy analyst reply with a detailed explaination. a reply from a regular old chap would be appreciated too. i'd like to hear the different ways people see this quote. so yeh, thanks.
2006-07-13 19:17:01 · 20 answers · asked by BO DIESEL 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Everyone has a public side... and you have to beware of your actions.
2006-07-13 19:21:27 · answer #1 · answered by Hotaru 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The original quote was "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." That meant that if we pretend to be high and mighty and put others down for being less than we are, we will be found out, for we live in a glass house in which everyone can easily look in and see our faults too.
Your quote is obviously a new version of this quote. It means basically the same thing.
"PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES - "Those who are vulnerable should not attack others. The proverb has been traced back to Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' (1385). George Herbert wrote in 1651: 'Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.' This saying is first cited in the United States in 'William & Mary College Quarterly' (1710). Twenty-six later Benjamin Franklin wrote, 'Don't throw stones at your neighbors', if your own windows are glass.' 'To live in a glass house' is used as a figure of speech referring to vulnerability." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996)."
2006-07-14 03:17:39 · answer #2 · answered by durangosrestaurant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like something Gus Grissom said on CSI.
There is a saying that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, the idea being two-fold: 1) your stone-throwing could damage your own house as much or more than it damages someone else's house and 2) living in a glass house, your stone-throwing leaves you open to retaliation that could affect you worse than your stone-throwing will affect your intended target.
With this in mind, one might respond: "well I don't have to worry, I don't live in a glass house". The quote responds to this thought by stating we all live in glass houses, i.e. nobody is invincible. As, living in a real glass house you'd have to be careful where you showered, so being vulnerable in some way, you have to be careful who you "attack" and how.
2006-07-14 08:27:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is part of the society, having his own little spot, he calls his house. In it he feels safe, believing that its walls may be a good protection against the outer world. That is why an individual may be less careful with the actions he's doing, felling secure in his own little universe. But these walls are made of glass, they are a virtual protection... that is you can never separate yourself from the society you live in, and all your actions or inaction are easily observable...so that is why you have to be careful about your deeds since every action may have a reaction in the surrounding environment....... (especially bad ones, like showing your butt in public!!!)
2006-07-13 19:47:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you live in a glass house and you aren't into showing yourself naked then you better watch where you shower or someone will watch you there. I think we all live in glass houses, but I like my privacy, so I give others their privacy as well. My neighbor is building a fence. I am afraid he will build it too far into the property line, but I don't like him and I am even more afraid that he will hurt me or my child over something I was not perfect about if I call code compliance. I am having a wait and see attitude. Sometimes you have to just bite your tongue or you too will be a victim.
2006-07-13 19:25:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original quote was Everyone lives in their own glass houses so be careful when you throw rocks. But anyway, maybe it means be careful to whom and how much you reveal of yourself.
2006-07-13 22:28:20 · answer #6 · answered by Equinox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In other words, everyone has dirty little secrets. A person who lives in a "glass house" is claiming their life is open to any scrutiny. So be careful if you claim your life is an open book, because those dirty little secrets may be exposed.
2006-07-14 06:20:41 · answer #7 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quote means this. Everyone has things about themselves that they would rather no one else new. we tend to show our emotions even when we don't mean to. If you don't want certain things about yourself to be known, Be care full of your emotions, and your ways and actions. If they are going to show make sure you are around friends.
2006-07-13 19:44:52 · answer #8 · answered by candlelight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's akin to the notion that "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
No one is above scrutiny. You need to be careful about what can be seen.
2006-07-14 06:43:18 · answer #9 · answered by dderat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it can be interpreted several ways. firstly iit could simply be trying to say share yourself with the world just not too much...be candid with yourself in otherwords. it could also be a modern witticism about the information generation...how everything about us can be so easily accesed through the right means now,,,that it would be wise to watch your step...just what i think anyway
2006-07-13 19:23:51 · answer #10 · answered by Kevin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm my grandma had this poem in a image physique that her chum had given to her. It is going some thing like "we are no longer sisters via blood, yet we knew from the beginning up that God introduced us jointly to be sisters via coronary heart." you ought to get "sisters via coronary heart" it relatively is in straightforward terms a theory, even nonetheless it must be lovable.
2016-10-07 21:57:24 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋