[Kylon]

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From Melbrooks 1970 Twelve Chairs movie.


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Hope for the best, expect the worst,
Some drink champagne, some die of thirst,
No way of knowing
Which way it’s going,
Hope for the best, expect the worst
!
Hope for the best, expect the worst,
The world’s a stage, we’re unrehearsed,
Some reach the top, friends,While others drop, friends,
Hope for the best, expect the worst
!
I knew a man who made a fortune that was splendid
Then he died the day he’d planned to go and spend it
Shouting “Live while you’re alive! No one will survive!”
Life is sorrow — here today and gone tomorrow.
Live while you’re alive, no one will survive –There’s no guarantee.

Hope for the best, expect the worst,
You could be Tolstoy or Fanny Hurst.
You take your chances,There are no answers,
Hope for the best expect the worst!

I knew a man who made a fortune that was splendid
Then he died the day he’d planned to go and spend it
Shouting “Live while you’re alive! No one will survive!”
Life is funny — spend your money! Spend your money! [*]
Live while you’re alive, no one will survive –There’s no guarantee.

Hope for the best, expect the worst,
The rich are blessed, the poor are cursed,
That is a fact, friends,The deck is stacked, friends,
Hope for the best, expect the –

(even with a good beginning, it’s not certain that you’re winning;
even with the best of chances,they can kick you in the pantses)
Look out for the, watch out for the worst! Hey!

[*] I have never been able to figure out exactly what this line is supposed
to be — if I’ve gotten it wrong, I’d appreciate a correction.
—–Richard Schultz
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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It’s been too long since I last heard the song. Or seen the movie, for that matter. But these lyrics brought back memories, and I’m going to have to corral a DVD soon to revisit Brooks’ film.

Glen, Oklahoma City



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Anyways I copied this from another website.



What do you think?

[bodigami]

it's a mediocre philoshophy, it doesn't helps us in anyway to revert our destruction of the biosphere...

[mercurygirl]

I like it. It's an oft repeated theme, haves and have-nots, but in real life there are frequent changes amongst those categories and all sorts of shades of grey.

Sorry to tell you zen, but "we" will not be able to revert our destruction of the biosphere, as you put it, any more than we can live forever.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ook not above, there is no answer there;
Pray not, for no one listens to your prayer;
Near is as near to God as any Far,
And Here is just the same deceit as There.

And do you think that unto such as you;
A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew:
God gave the secret, and denied it me?--
Well, well, what matters it! Believe that, too.

"Did God set grapes a-growing, do you think,
And at the same time make it sin to drink?
Give thanks to Him who foreordained it thus--
Surely He loves to hear the glasses clink!"