You can only put a coal under so much pressure..you either get a diamond or a smashed pace of coal...
also does this make sense to you , or have you ever heard of it or something similar to it..if u have can you explain or give me an example.
2007-01-22 12:28:55 · 5 answers · asked by jon f 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I never heard that one before, but how about this from Ferris Bueler's Day Off:
"Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ***, in two weeks you'd have a diamond."
2007-01-22 15:01:11 · answer #1 · answered by oenophiliac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every aspect of life requires balance. Put too much pressure on the coal and it smashes, but if you do it just right, you get a diamond. The irony is that the same piece of coal can become two very different things...either something of great value; or something completely worthless, depending on what you do with it.
2007-01-23 01:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by LolaCorolla 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, a diamond is coal that's been crushed by weight over time. If you put enough pressure on coal it will either break and scatter or with enough consistant strong pressure it will create a diamond.
If you put a lot of pressure on a person to succeed, they will either crack and fail and lose their worth OR they will grow stronger under pressure and shine.
2007-01-22 20:38:35 · answer #3 · answered by siren381 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the pressure will either produce a great result (the diamond), or it will break you. Ex: you respond to work pressure by creating a great project, or you smash by running the company into the ground. I have head this before, but I believe the ending was a little different and I can't recall it specifically.
2007-01-22 20:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by cnIV 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
things could go either way - I think
things will either come good (a diamond) or bad (coal)
2007-01-22 20:37:10 · answer #5 · answered by marrakesh1985 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋