A Saying You're Known By?

There are lots of "opps didn't mean to say it like THAT" kinda things I've done....brought up from time to time as a family joke now =) but the sayings I am thinking of are those that you say regularly enough that people remember you by them.

I haven't yet adopted one and am hunting up good ones. =)

I love how when asked how he's doing, Dave Ramsey (radio host/financial expert) will always reply, "Better than I deserve." I think that is very fitting to remind me to be grateful and gives the listener pause to consider more than the dry reply, "I'm good."

Do you have any?

Never say "can't," it shuts your brain off.

I'm always surprised when kids I've been around remember that!

Well, I do not say it any more since the folks at work burned it out of me but I still am known for ending conversations with " you know dat ". My Mom still says it so you know where I picked it up from.

4paws: I LOVE that! How very true it is.

I was thinking about a saying I could live by and remembered something I heard Dave Ramsey say the other day that I had to write down:

Blessings tend to come to those who work hard. Dave Ramsey ♥

Don't know how this fits in, but I had friends visit from Tennessee about five years ago and I had to say to them more than once, "Buckle up, it's the law." So now they invariably get in their car and say, "Buckle up . . . Carole says it's the law." (I said it good humoredly, of course, but I wasn't about to drive off until they were buckled up!)

Not deep or meaningful, but apparently I made an impression on a safety issue!!

LOL

Murmur,

And THAT'S what counts! You left a lasting impression with these people! Good job!

I do often use this one as my e-mail signature:

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."

I really like it - and it's so true. Ever since I first saw that, I've tried to keep that in mind - especially when I meet someone cranky or rude!

That is a good thought, Murmur. Too sweet for me to be known by....lol

One thing I constantly remind myself: "Your habit becomes you." (Aristotle?)
Oh yeah...KISS - keep it simple stupid. I have to have it tattooed on my eyelids.
lol
One other - my dad played Napolean Hill records when we were kids and taking naps. The series was "Think and Grow Rich: I will. I can." I so remember that "I am going..." is forever, and "I will..." is a statement of fact that will happen. Probably where the "I can't" thing first was imprinted.

Oh how nice if that would be ON A BUMPER STICKER!

You're right, it would be great on a bumper sticker!!! I don't normally sport any bumper stickers, but I think one like that could start a chain reaction every time someone saw it. So if I find out where I can have one made (cheap), I'll do it!!!!

Every day is a holiday.

I'm another one that reminds everybody to Buckle Up. Click it or Ticket
My little granddaughter knows the click it or ticket by heart. ;)

Don't Mess with Texas! That's a Texas no litter sign. But a lot of us here have picked up the phrase.

Lin

A bird in the hand, I don't even have to finish it.

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
I heard that on a Wayne Dyer CD.
Sometimes just for fun I will look at something, a situation, usually and see how I can look at it a different way.

Like looking at a screen - either you see it or you don't.

I used to read/listen to Wayne Dyer all the time - always found him inspirational . . . maybe I will bring out some of his stuff again.

Funny how a simple statement can trigger a positive response!!

When speaking of a bad situation and trying to find hope I always say, "Just like the little boy who swallowed the marble, this too shall pass." It was inspired by my cousin swallowing another cousin's marble when we were kids and he had to use a bucket for a few days to make sure it "made it through". Needless to say, my other cousin did not want his marble back! LOL

Another of my signature sayings is "If it ain't chickens, it's feathers." I've used it so long now I don't remember where it came from.

Oh, the funny stories we all have - great marble swallowing tale!!!

I've never head the chicken/feathers saying before, but it's a good one!

I almost always use a quote on the internet "If you can't be nice, be quiet."

My younger brother has a funny one:
"Never miss an opportunity to go to the bathroom." LOL

A quiet place to think, I presume?

" I'm not deaf, I'm ignoring you" and

" It is harder to hear yells than whispers"

My kids eventually understood that these meant that Mom would only answer if addressed in a civil way. They all say these things to their own children now.

Sometimes we say things a lot and don't realize it until somebody else picks it up. The other day I told my 5 yo DGS he looked nice in his church clothes. His reply was, "I try." I say that everytime someone compliments me on something but I didn't realize I said it often enough for him to pick it up. Funny the things we pass on without trying. The same goes for bad traits so we always have to be on our toes.

use the term and it's a good way to convince yourself

How ya doing?

Good, better and best!!!!!

"Attitude is everything".

On another thread I told the story of a sermon we heard on radio and the minister related the story of a little girl who really wanted a part in a school play but didn't get it. The mother of the child was so worried about her child's feelings. The little girl came home happy and thrilled and said:

I WAS CHOSEN TO CLAP!

Similar to making lemonade when you get lemons.

Too many people look for sympathy for a minor physical problem when they could read a book, call a friend, dmail, go to DG, sort photos, etc. So much of life revolves around attitude.

Pirl, that is so true!! I was with a friend yesterday who told me about two of her grandchildren having a pretend auto race, complete with noise. Suddenly the little boy shouted "Winner!!" And the little girl immediately shouted in the same excited tone of voice, "Loser!!"

Tells it all, eh?

Living well is the best revenge. ( that of course has nothing to do with money)

Can't died in bed, cuz he could get up. (This of course the kids know me by!!)

when i was little my dad always used to se "good god gravel girdies" so now i say it all the time and he just smiles at me...it's funny how little phrases just mean alot to certain people.


Char

When asked how I am, I'm often known to say "Could be better, could be worse!"

When someone asks me if I 'know' something, or if they say I know a lot about one thing in particular, I'll say:
"I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot" Ü

DH says he knows a lot of useless facts. =)

Red Princess - Gravel Gertie was a Dick Tracy (comic strip) character.

Nan - that's the quote that was used about switchboard operators who'd listen in to the juicy phone calls.

Good thought, Murmur.

Nan reminds me...unfortunatley....that my IH...ALWAYS says...when someone asks him how he is...."not to terrible bad" I hate it I hate it I hate it.....I just cringe when someone asks the question...I know its coming...it sounds so whiny to me.

gardenglory - things like that are so annoying! People who say bisghetti because that's what they called spaghetti when they were little, or aspargrass or sammich. After the first hundred times it's boring.

What's an IH?

My dad is known for this one. When someone asks him how he is doing, he says "finer then frog hairs" and another one is when someone as "how do you feel" he says, "with my fingers"...lol


Yeah what is a IH..i was trying saying just about every I word i can think of to get it..lol

Char

Char - what ideas did you come up with?

LOL

One was Idiot Husband


Char

lol lol lol
How about inane?
Insensitive?
Irritating?
Inspirational?
lol
Pirl, would you get upset with me saying "Spaceway" instead of "Safeway"? It's a carry-over from years ago in Santa Cruz - the store was so lame. The one most convenient to me now in McKinleyville also is. I used to write my checks that way, and they'd take them, no problem, rarely a comment.

I'm not fond of babytalk.

My dad always said the "with my fingers" response, too. :-) Lately when someone asks how I am, and it's not a "finer than frog's hair" day, I say, "I'm here." That about says it all in the rainy winter when I really should be curled up in a cave or somewhere with one of the bears! :-)

I'm trying soooooooooooo hard to answer with, "I am doing very well, thank you" when someone asks - so if I'm not, maybe I can change the course of the day!! Or even fool people into thinking I've "got it all together!" HA!

4Paws - grocery stores aren't sacred. When my granddaughter was a little tot she'd ask if we could watch "Waldbaum's" - the name of one of the many supermarkets in NY. She meant "Homeward Bound". I still chuckle over it.

LOL! Pirl....and here I thought I had an original!!

I've heard a few folks here and there say 'finer'n frog hairs', too!