Wednesday Wordplay – Gogh and Cho

Scotty Zacher | February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments

Motivational Quotes

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
— Vincent van Gogh

When people think the world of you, be careful with them.
— Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho Blog, 09-26-05

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
— Brendan Gill

The highest result of education is tolerance.
— Helen Keller, ‘Optimism,’ 1903

I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.
— Jennifer Louden

Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
— William Faulkner

Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others.
— Unknown

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
— Marcus Valerius Martialis

Words are a heavy thing…they weigh you down. If birds talked, they couldn’t fly.
— Sy Rosen and Christian Williams, Northern Exposure, On Your Own, 1992

Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it’s primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it’s a primal calling.
— Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 17, 08-22-04

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
— Saint Jerome

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
— Abraham Lincoln

I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we’re allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.
— Chuck Sigars, The World According to Chuck weblog, September 8, 2003

Urban Dictionary

stealth abs

When your ripped six pack is covered by a thick layer of fat.

This isn’t a beer belly, it’s my stealth abs. I just needed to avoid attracting too many ladies with my well defined stomach.

mirror scare

the specific scene in a movie where a person is scared by something seen in the mirror. (see video below)