Nasreddin famous quotes

Knowledge is like the carrot, few know by looking at the green top that the best part, the orange part, is there. Like the carrot, if you don't work for it, it will wither away and rot. And finally, like the carrot, there are a great many donkeys and jackasses that are associated with it.
-- Nasreddin

#Orange #Green #Great Men

A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can see it just lying there, on the ground." "That's right: that's its use.
-- Nasreddin

#Lying #Men #Use

One of the neighbors found Nasreddin scattering crumbs all around his house. "Why are you doing that?" he asked. "I'm keeping the tigers away," replied Nasreddin. "But there aren't any tigers around here," said the neighbor. "That's right," said Nasreddin. "You see how well it works?
-- Nasreddin

#House #Neighbor #Crumbs

Blue to get ready Green to go Yellow to guide you through the snow Orange to warn you that over you’ll go Then red will be the final glow Now seek the black, there’s no going back.

When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a pear. They asked me which one is different and does not belong; they taught me different was wrong.

If you don't know what makes green, you're going to try every color combination.

Ultimately, the only wealth that can sustain any community, economy or nation is derived from the photosynthetic process - green plants growing on regenerating soil.

Probably the person who said the only color in Los Angeles is green was right.

O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

Great men never require experience.

Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.

People talk about me because I am a great man