Quotes from "The International Rules of Manhood"

I'd like to share with you excerpts from a blog wittily written by George Moneo in www.babalublog.com, entitled "The International Rules of Manhood". Here are the rules of manhood that put a smile on my face:

1: Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.

2: It is OK for a man to cry ONLY under the following circumstances:

(a) When a heroic dog dies to save its master.
(b) The moment Angelina Jolie starts unbuttoning her blouse.
(c) After wrecking your boss' car.
(d) One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into "The Crying Game".
(e) When she is using her teeth.

Rule 3: Any Man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his buddies.

Rule 5: If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever unless you actually marry her.

Rule 7: No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering your buddy's birthday is strictly optional. At that point, you must celebrate at a strip bar of the birthday boy's choice.

Rule 10: You may flatulate in front of a woman only after you have brought her to climax. If you trap her head under the covers for the purpose of flatulent entertainment, she's officially your girlfriend.

Rule 16: Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated as spies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to drink as much as the other sports watchers.

Rule 19: If you compliment a guy on his six-pack, you'd better be talking about his choice of beer.

Rule 21: Phrases that may NOT be uttered to another man while lifting weights:

(a) Yeah, Baby, Push it!
(b) C'mon, give me one more! Harder!
(c) Another set and we can hit the showers!

Rule 22: Never talk to a man in a bathroom unless you are on equal footing: i.e., both urinating, both waiting in line, etc. For all other situations, an almost imperceptible nod is all the conversation you need.

Rule 28: There is no reason for guys to watch Ice Skating or Men's Gymnastics. Ever.

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Ten Quotes on Success

I received a pat on the back today after a successful presentation, which brought the project I've been working on since August this year just one step shy from final approval. I hope to get it tomorrow with one more presentation.

Musing on how things seem easier now to achieve compared to how it was in my younger years, I cannot help but ruminate that my success today didn't really come easy. I selected these ten quotes on success because each one of these speak a great truth in my career life.

Did success come easy for you or are you like me? See if you can identify with these quotes:

"Actually, I'm an overnight success. But it took twenty years." -Monty Hall

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"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." -Sir Winston Churchill

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"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." -General George S. Patton

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"Eighty percent of success is showing up." -Woody Allen

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"You will find the key to success under the alarm clock." -Benjamin Franklin

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"It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final." -Roger Babson

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"Real success finding your lifework in the work that you love." -David McCullough

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"Men are born to succeed, not fail." -Henry David Thoreau

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"Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it." -Henry David Thoreau

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"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life." -Dr. David M. Burns

Ten Quotes on Hope

In my previous post, I shared with you the quotes I was able to collect on health to provide me with the needed perspective and wisdom on my current predicament. Today, I share with you the quotes that I collected to cheer me up and give me hope. Hope you also like these hope quotes (forgive the pun). You might need them someday. Who knows?

"He, who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything." -Arabian Proverb

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"True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings." -William Shakespeare

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"He who does not hope to win has already lost." -Jose Joaquin Olmedo

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"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope." -Martin Luther

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"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come." -Anne Lamott

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"“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” -Lyn Yutang

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"Hope is a waking dream." -Aristotle

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"While there's life, there's hope." -Cicero

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"Hope is only the love of life." -Henri-Frederic Amiel

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"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches on the soul.
And sings the tune,
Without the words,
And never stops at all." -Emily Dickenson

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