Quotes that you like?

meritaten

I think if I was to put quotes from my kids or OH it would have to be.

'Awwww - the beach is flooded! (my DD on arriving at a local beach at high tide)

'Why is the Moon?' (oldest son at age 3 - and I still don't know what he meant).

'go to the City Farm - Why would I want to go there? it will be full of !!!!!!' (youngest son aged 4).

'Dad, can you take me to the graveyard to see the dead people' (youngest son again aged about 8)

'Mum - are those sheep wild?' (DD and she was grown up then!)

'Mum - where do you keep the washing machine?' (oldest son in his twenties, and panicking cos we are going on holiday and leaving him 'home alone')

Y'know - I think I may get those 'quotes' made up and put them around the house....................

OH when we are on holiday in Cornwall and trying to find our holiday home 'Now do you mean Left left or Right Left?'
(the answer was 'of course I mean effing Left - that's what I said!'
and one from me OH still laughs about.
we were behind this van which had a notice in the rear window saying 'CAUTION! BEES IN TRANSIT'. OH wondered where he was taking the bees and why, and I said 'well, the sign is wrong anyway, it isn't a Transit its an Astra'. and OH had to pull over he was laughing so hard.

squashy

I don't have any on walls, just a little metal plaque in my hall "All you need is love" because that is very meaningful to us.

I really want to get a wooden sign in my bathroom that says "No thinking in the shower"

Georgiegirl256

meritaten wrote: »

we were behind this van which had a notice in the rear window saying 'CAUTION! BEES IN TRANSIT'. OH wondered where he was taking the bees and why, and I said 'well, the sign is wrong anyway, it isn't a Transit its an Astra'. and OH had to pull over he was laughing so hard.

Lol, that's tickled me! That's the kind of thing I'd probably come out with! :rotfl:

Richard53

"Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace."

"You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

"All our visitors give us pleasure; some when they arrive, and some when they leave."

sacha28

I'm rubbish at quotes but one I heard the other day that made me almost pee myself was.....

'Marriage is like a deck of cards. It starts off all hearts and diamonds and by the end you're looking for a club and spades'

Probably not what you were looking for tho, sorry!

Mr_Toad

Monogamy, one wife too many.

fivetide

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I realised that

Great. You hadn't actually said so though

I back you on the Bambi quote though. It is one that some posters in some sections on here (mainly motoring and the discussion boards) could do well to remember.

Georgiegirl256

fivetide wrote: »

Great. You hadn't actually said so though

I back you on the Bambi quote though. It is one that some posters in some sections on here (mainly motoring and the discussion boards) could do well to remember.

I didn't think I had to say so, I would have bought it was pretty obvious tbh! Anyhoo, most other people seemed to get what I was meaning....

Re the Bambi quote, I wasn't aware that what I said was not nice? I was just saying that I'm not a fan of the generic quotes that you see in every gift shop up and down the land, nothing wrong with that. IMO, it's good to be an individual, and yes, you are quite right, that's why the OP started this thread, to get some good ideas.

fivetide

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I didn't think I had to say so, I would have bought it was pretty obvious tbh! Anyhoo, most other people seemed to get what I was meaning....

Re the Bambi quote, I wasn't aware that what I said was not nice? I was just saying that I'm not a fan of the generic quotes that you see in every gift shop up and down the land, nothing wrong with that. IMO, it's good to be an individual, and yes, you are quite right, that's why the OP started this thread, to get some good ideas.

Seem to have a crossed wire here. The context of your original post was in response to this:

"Don't put quotes on your wall"

Sorry, I dislike the whole quotes on plaques and signs fashion. Charity shop fodder in a year or two.

If something really, really means something to you then by all means put it up in your house but please don't use the over-used tired trite sh!te that every gift shop sells just because it looks quirky.

It doesn't. It looks like you have a tail and say Baa.

If you'd felt the OP was trying to avoid exactly this scenario, then you didn't actually say so. Instead you just reiterated this post.

If you are now saying that is what you did intend then fine, no issue but sometimes, especially online it is best to get to the point and say what you mean rather than leave things open to interepretation. Would you not agree?

Anyway, I just felt a couple of people warning the OP not to be a sheep wasn't needed when (and you say you agree) that isn't what they are doing. That was the simple point I was making. Nothing more, nothing less.

Re Bambi - that is my fauly, for some reason I thought you had posted up that quote, it is a good one. I've used it on here myself but absolutely nowhere did I say you didn't like it.

Hope that clears things up.

rachiibell

I like quotes to be put in appropriate places. So around my dressing table / mirror I have "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous" - Coco Chanel and "It's better to be late than to arrive ugly"

Around my desk I would put motivational / hard work quotes.

Above mine and OH's bed would be something about love which is personal to us.

In a childs bedroom I would be looking for ones to inspire and motivate them and encourage individuality.

It's well worth searching inspiring quotes or the specific rooms you want to decorate on pinterest there's loads of good diy ideas on there