Rhetorical
Wisdom
What if life is
a joke and we don't get it?
Why
is nothing as easy as it looks?
Why
is it that the most important things in life aren't things?
Why
does something always happen ?
Why
is 'if' the middle word in life?
Why is what you don't do always more important than what you do do?
Why
is nothing as good as it was before?
Why
is it that almost anything is easier to get into than out of?
Why
is Living the Good Life and Living a Good Life not the same thing?
Do
you have 'a life' if you like what you're doing?
Or
does everyone else have to like what you're doing too?
Why
is it that luck usually seems to favor the people who don't need it?
Isn't
depression merely anger without enthusiasm?
The
early bird gets the worm, but doesn't the second mouse get the cheese?
Remember,
if you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
A
little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. Indecision is
the key to flexibility.
A
clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
Sometimes
the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
The
fool doth think himself wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a
fool.
Its
better to keep one's mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove
all doubts.
Success
always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
The
mark of an educated mind is to be able to entertain a thought without
having to accept it.
Honesty
is often the best policy, but insanity is usually a better defense.
Even
if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
If you can't be kind, at least be vague.
Anyone
who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Think
negative, and you've already failed.
Success
in life is a long, hard climb.
Life without a mission is a tremendous ommission.
Blowing
out another's candle will not make yours shine brighter.
Always
hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.
It is true that the heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses.
When
wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost;
when character is lost, all is lost.
Opinions
that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.
The
stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the
wise forgive but do not forget.
If
everyone is a unique individual isn't it not unique to be an individual?
Why do people long for eternal life when they don't even know what to
do on a rainy Sunday afternoon?
If
something was worth doing wouldn't it have been done already?
Isn't
the hardest thing in life knowing which bridges to cross and which to
burn?
Aren't
the only losers in life, the ones who never tried in the beginning?
Is it possible that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as
a warning to others?
Don't
you think that life is like a roll of toilet paper?
After all, the closer it gets to the end, the more you appreciate it.
If
quitters never win and winners never quit, who is the fool that said
'quit while you are ahead'?
Why is it that whenever you let the cat out of the bag you usually wind
up in the dog house?
If practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect why practice?
How do you know if honesty is the best policy unless you've tried some
of the others?
Why
can't we put all our eggs into one basket? Isn't this just being more
efficient?
If
too many cooks spoil the soup then why are two heads better than one?
If
the pen is mightier than the sword then how can actions speak louder
than words?
If
two wrongs don't make a right why is it that two negatives make a positive?
Have
you ever stopped to think and forget to start again?
If you think your indecisive how can you be sure? Is a conclusion simply
the place where you got tired of thinking?
Why
do people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their
prejudices?
What
would happen if you had two half baked ideas at the same time?
If great minds really think alike then what makes them so great?
Would
you have to think twice before giving something a second thought?
Why
is it that when you are trying to think of something you can't but when
you don't want to think of something you can't get it out of your mind?
Why
is it that the harder you try to think the more difficult it is?
Before Columbus' discovery, wasn't it common sense that led people to
believe the world was flat?
And didn't they believe this, despite the Bible in Isaiah 40-22 stating
that the Earth is a sphere?
