Aphorisms Galore!

Submissions

These aphorisms have been submitted by users but are not (yet) included in the official collection.

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tiny.ag/obigxenl  ·  submitted 2006

90% of life is throwing up.

... What? The phrase is 'showing up?'

Oh. Well, that too.

John A. King ('The Covert Comic'), - www.covertcomic.com

tiny.ag/x6udtngj  ·  submitted 2006

It's true that investigative journalism relies on advertising revenue from the very corporations it investigates. However, it's also true that when investigative journalists report a major scandal involving one of those corporations, millions of people read the article and see the ads those companies paid for.

... So really, it all works out OK.

John Alejandro King ('The Covert Comic'), (www.covertcomic.com)

tiny.ag/a4nfgbfw  ·  submitted 2006

'Iditarod' is how a person pronounces the word 'idiot' when their lips are frozen.

John Alejandro King ('The Covert Comic'), - from 'My War On Terror!'

tiny.ag/cvcfheqm  ·  submitted 2006

I am thoroughlly convinced that language evolved out of man's basic need to complain.

Lilly Tomlin, News article Chicago Tribune

tiny.ag/xfmckqw7  ·  submitted 2006

War is glorious, until you see the man next to you killed. Then war is only glorious if he was an asshole.

The Covert Comic (www.covertcomic.com)

tiny.ag/fkdw8zxp  ·  submitted 2006

The cruel truth is that the saying, 'Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion,' is a comfortable delusion.

John Alejandro King, The Covert Comic (www.covertcomic.com)

tiny.ag/omlex6in  ·  submitted 2006

'Iditarod' is how a person pronounces the word 'idiot' when their lips are frozen.

John Alejandro King, - from 'My War On Terror!'

tiny.ag/jktsmyuz  ·  submitted 2006

Disrespect is the ultimate weapon of mass societial destruction

Montie Rainey

tiny.ag/sgtpxs2z  ·  submitted 2006

Remember, the real F-word is 'future.'

John A. King ('The Covert Comic'), A Real CIA Officer (www.covertcomic.com)

tiny.ag/x0iuwp6o  ·  submitted 2006

As long as you know the pros and cons of a proposal, do you need to know the proposal?

John Alejandro King, 'The Covert Comic', A real CIA officer (www.covertcomic.com)

tiny.ag/jvgwy4ha  ·  submitted 2006

All government bureaucracies are required to exist in a state of constant activity; constructive, when possible; unconstructive, if necessary; destructive, as a last resort.

Montie Rainey

tiny.ag/x6ukfsd8  ·  submitted 2006

No one has ever seen Heaven but we all know all about it.

Larry Grey

tiny.ag/jss7ljqh  ·  submitted 2006

  • The richest man is the one who feels rich enough.

Leonid S.Sukhorukov, A book 'All About Everything', UK, 2005

tiny.ag/eym4e351  ·  submitted 2006

  • Life is what we make it. Plus expenses!

Leonid S. Sukhorukov, A book 'All About Everything', UK, 2005

tiny.ag/wyvzfqrn  ·  submitted 2006

If God is our judge, we can always expect absolution.

Leonard S. Wisdon

tiny.ag/qce1zaiz  ·  submitted 2006

The world grows wiser at the expense of fools.

Leonard S. Wisdon

tiny.ag/iq4lt1of  ·  submitted 2006

Some lawyers are like children - they love playing with the law.

Leonard S. Wisdon

tiny.ag/dbwfirt5  ·  submitted 2006

The future will show everyone when it comes to the past.

Leonard S. Wisdon

tiny.ag/r2pt0ame  ·  submitted 2006

Some pay as they talk, some pay as they go.

Leonard S. Wisdon

tiny.ag/cg5y0i4l  ·  submitted 2006

Speeches, like water, need bridges.

Leonard S. Wisdon

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