Interesting Figures of Speech

Some good ones courtesy of my friend, Eric F.

  1. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
  2. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
  3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
  4. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.
  5. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
  6. If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong.
  7. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
  8. War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
  9. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  10. The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
  11. Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening’, and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.
  12. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
  13. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
  14. How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
  15. Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.

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