Adage Enthusiast Gifts

'Is it starve a cold and feed a fever...or feed a cold and starve a fever?'

Adage: 'The person who is certain he is right is certain to be wrong.'

"By now, you've probably noticed that around here, money talks and you-know-what walks!"

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

"Well, if you're still awake when the time changes, you'll lose an hour of overthinking everything, too."

'In general, do the right thing.'

'Why do they call him Neckline Ned.' - 'He's always plunging down the middle but never showing anything.'

"This may be Malcolm Gladwell talking, but we were married on the wrong day!"

Mort Park! You mean Killer. You're sprung, Killer. I'm free to go? Unless you're so tough now you'd rather stay. I mean a guy named Killer probably likes jail. Mail me my blanky.

"No, I want to know the meaning of never calling your mother."

"I've been reading a book of famous quotations. It's amazing how many are by a famous Greek named Anonymous."

"Tia Carmen, did you ever wish summer was over...so you could be in school?"

"Are you the one they call El Cóndor?"

'The kids want a new motto: instead of 'slow but sure' they've come up with 'fast and funky'.'

'Quotes, woof, woof, woof, woof, closed quotes.'

Frog Prince thinks: 'A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horsefly.'

"If you see this as motherly advice, we have a whole new subject to explore."

'Lance, what does 'NSFW' stand for?'

'Have you considered getting a life-coach?'

'You failed your Latin exam! But Sweety, it's important to learn Latin: All your friends' names have Latin roots...'

"Gosh, this reminds me of one of my favorite John Lennon lyrics: "Life is what happens to you while you're making other quarterly sales plans."

'Then again, who says we can't call it a mangelwurzel?'

'I know you can make this project go. That's why I call you 'The Magic Motor'.'

"Wait ... I always thought taking each other for granted was a good thing!"

His real name is Jasper Underwood Farthington III...but we just call him 'Stinky'.

'That's it agreed then - the company's new motto is going to be 'We didn't do anything illegal'.'

'I inherited therefore I am'

Department of Unrealistic Dividend Earnings: 'We realize it is an unnecessary department but the acronym was just too cool to shut it down.'

'You feel awkward? You're the one who said we ought to hunt bare.'

'The secret to staying in business, Wilson, is making something that's needed. Profit!'

"We should take life one step at a time." "OK, but not right now...there's some dogs do-do right in front of us!"

"She introduces herself as Drosophila Melanogaster, but everyone knows she's just a common fruit fly."

"My problem is I obsess over whether I worry enough."