I got to thinking about all the sayings that human societies have that resemble the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, so I thought to make a thread where we could compile a list of them. Any widespread or cliche'd saying of a similar form to the Ferengi Rules, but that is not already a Ferengi Rule, is open season.
Here's a few to get us started:
1: A Fool and his Money are soon parted.
2: There's a Sucker born every minute.
3: Time is Money.
4: Money talks.
5: A penny saved is a penny earned.
The love of money is the root of all evil. (Quote originally attributed to Jesus of Nazareth)
The lack of money is the root of all evil. (Quote originally attributed to Samuel Clemens)
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
People who want something for nothing, are given over to their rulers, to be exercised and conditioned to meet the needs of their rulers, even if the propaganda they willingly feed on is designed to force greed, hate and mass consumption into public opinion, education and law for the sake of crowd control.
Of cause the customers want dinos with lasers on their heads.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
Never look a gift horse in the mouth, until you've counted the legs...
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." — Lazarus Long --->Get the Forums Enhancement Extension!
"The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush utterly his achievement and remove from all record his every trace of existence. From that defeat no enemy can ever recover. That is the meaning of victory."
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
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The lack of money is the root of all evil. (Quote originally attributed to Samuel Clemens)
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
(or more accurately "The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.")
-Me...just now
EDIT: Because some people want it all!
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Caveat emptor.
Let the buyer beware.
The american way!
Ah noobies and the exchange, indeed profitable
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
The way of the Wal-Mart!