Share Your Saying

Brotherbob, BSN, RN · Jul 21, 2005

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Albert Einstein

Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.

Gallagher

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.

Pancho Villa, last words

live4today, RN · Jul 21, 2005

Life can only be understood backwards but must be lived forwards.

Now I really like that one Jessica! Very profound, you student you. :kiss

cloudydrms · Jul 22, 2005

This aren't lovely quotes, but they are funny Southernisms:

(To be used after someone's had a particularly rough night)

Your eyes look like two pi$$ holes in the sand.

Busy as a cat covering up s&*t

Dry as a popcorn fart. (As in "Man, it sure hasn't rained in a while" "Yep, it's dry as a popcorn fart.)

Peaches N L&D · Jul 22, 2005

We had to wear a pin for an nicu show of support from a rep and it read "Meconium happens"

We call our hysterical mom's HLF's (hysterical latin females).

On the board we write A la casa- this pt is being d/c'd soon.

Next to some pt's names we sometimes draw lips on double doors (this meant the pt was kissing the OR doors-not progressing in labor and will most likely be having a c/s).

nurse charlie · Jul 22, 2005

Life might not be the party we had hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance .

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Jul 22, 2005

Now I really like that one Jessica! Very profound, you student you. :kiss

Thank you kindly! It has been my favorite for years :)

DonnaRN · Jul 30, 2005

We had to wear a pin for an nicu show of support from a rep and it read "Meconium happens"

Pretty funny! :chuckle

Here's one of my favorites:

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

~Albert Einstein

And this is pretty cute:

Nurse's Senility Prayer

Grant me the senility to forget the patients I never liked,

The good fortune to run into the patients I do like,

And the eyesight to tell the difference! :specs:

Great thread,

Donna

AtlantaRN, RN · Jul 30, 2005

"no worries"...keeps me from choking the folks that piss me off

atlantarn

little__angel · Jul 30, 2005

Here's one my dad used to always say to me if I was upset or annoyed.

"its hard to soar like an eagle when surrounded by turkeys so keep smiling and don't let the b*s**rds get you down!"

blondieblue23 · Jul 31, 2005

"It is easier to leave angry words unspoken, then to mend a heart those words have broken."

Danelle · Aug 1, 2005

i used to have this written on my notebook to help me make it through med-surg:

it's supposed to be hard! if it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. the hard... is what makes it great!----tom hanks, a league of their own

this is a southernism that my daddy used to say:

it's cold as a well digger's a$$ :rolleyes:

watchthis22 · Aug 3, 2005

Here are a few of my favorite sayings:

Well, this day was a total waste of make-up!

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it left.

Therapy is expensive. Popping bubble-wrap is cheap. You choose.

Why don't you try practicing random acts of intelligence and senseless acts of self-control?

Sarcasm is just one more service I offer.

Stress is what you have when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't gone to sleep yet.

I work 45 hours a week to be this poor.

Wait...I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.

Chaos, panic, and disorder....my work here is done.

Earth is full. Go home.