No call alligator long mouth till you pass him
Jamaican Proverb
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Don't call the alligator big mouth till you have crossed the river
BELIZEAN PROVERB Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS Remember: Don't Insult the Alligator till after you cross the river.
SHORT QUOTES Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.
CHINESE PROVERB Don't let your alligator mouth out talk your tadpole butt.
KEVIN COOK For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass f...
BIBLE When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back.
YING-AN A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS When your mouth stumbles, it's worse than feet. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERB I don't keep women friends for too long largely because i do not trust them and i hate gossip. A lot...
CRYSTAL EVANS I was beginning to think I had let 'my alligator mouth overload my jaybird ass.
HAL NEEDHAM Call no man happy till he is dead.
AESCHYLUS It ain't nothin' till I call it.
BILL KLEM Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've wa...
NICHOLSON BAKER Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watche...
NICHOLSON BAKER His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
BIBLE Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass life's goal.
SOPHOCLES Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.
MIKE TYSON Ever so welcome, wait for a call"
(West Indian proverb)
CHARMAINE J. FORDE Those who can't dance say the music is no good
JAMAICAN PROVERB Prayer only from the mouth is no prayer
JAMAICAN PROVERB One one coco full basket.
JAMAICAN PROVERB Cows have no business in horseplay
JAMAICAN PROVERB Make a friend when you don't need one
JAMAICAN PROVERB If you follow a fool, you're a fool yourself
JAMAICAN PROVERB I am Jamaican as any Jamaican can be.
HER EXCELLENCY MERLENE OTTEY It ain't nothin' till I call it.
BILL KLEM No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has
become his intere...
MATTHEW HENRY What you call dog with no legs?
Don't matter what you call him, he ain't gonna come.
SHORT QUOTES I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. T...
DONOVAN BAILEY When you pass hateful words from your mouth to others it is like passing gas - it stinks and no one ...
ROBERT W. MERRIWEATHER A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth
MIKE TYSON We will try to limit him, limit the long touchdown pass and keep him in front of us.
LARRY REEDER See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.
BILL HALEY Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.
MIKE TYSON [He] put his foot in his mouth, and then we told him, 'As long as you have your foot in your mouth, ...
FRED NEWMAN whenever the literary german dives into a sentence, this is the last you are going to see of him til...
MARK TWAIN A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS You wait till you see that Dominican team. You wait till you see Puerto Rico. You wait till you see ...
TOMMY LASORDA Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while,Till we can clear these ambiguities.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
WILLIAM COWPER Strong black women have been an integral part of Jamaican society for a very long time, but never in...
MARLON HILL I have no mouth, and I must scream.
HARLAN ELLISON Because, where I'm from, you see no evil, you do no evil. If you see something, you keep your mouth ...
CHARLIE JOHNSON Tillage is now greatly reduced. Multiple passes of equipment has been reduced, sometimes to just one...
JEFF MCCUTCHEON There is no proverb without a grain of truth
RUSSIAN PROVERB That's why they call him 'The King,' I guess. It was a bad pass, but he made it look real good.
DONYELL MARSHALL Have you had a kindness shown?
Pass it on;
'Twas not given for thee alone,
Pass it on;
...
REV. HENRY BURTON Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel...
HENRY BURTON God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.
ARABIC PROVERB Wish a miser long life, and you wish him no good.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I know of no better place to live in, and till the millennium comes, Stamford cannot be made a bette...
JAMES SMITH Till I have no wife I have nothing.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We believe no evil till the evil's done
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
CORDELL HULL Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river
CORDELL HULL Long life to you, a wet mouth, and death in Ireland
IRISH SAYINGS A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
GEORGE HERBERT There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) A Long Time Till Dawn
JOE HARRIS Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
GEORGE HERBERT I thought it was cool. I want him to stay. I want him to be my friend. My friend wanted me to go out...
HALEY REAGAN He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
GEORGE HERBERT If done under the right set of circumstances, though, no-till can mean higher yields over the long t...
CHUCK MYERS First, you had to have a tutor at home, who prepared you and talked all the time about the examinati...
MARY ANTIN Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him
AFRICAN PROVERB You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.
PHYLLIS DILLER He's wounded no matter what. Just the fact that he had to campaign, and call on the people he's supp...
MATT ANGLE The umpire said he went to his mouth. It was a bad call. It was a mistaken call. It's unfortunate th...
PHIL GARNER What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath th...
WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river.
HAITIAN PROVERB Laws of Money;You can never pass through this life & really call yourself a success without money.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If God gives you chocolate, you open your mouth, no?
ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY To say how close John and dad were, I'd call him after meets - all the way up till the end. We discu...
BRIAN GRAY No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival. Turkish Proverb
TURKISH PROVERB I am going into alligator alley.
JOAN RIVERS Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
DAN RATHER No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
LORD CHESTERFIELD I had such a big mouth for so long that it doesn't faze anybody anymore.
BILLY CORGAN You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoo...
PHYLLIS DILLER He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,
And says he called another; that arrives,
Meets...
EDWARD YOUNG I think the pass to Hines was just a great call by Whiz.
BILL COWHER No one can be perfectly free till all are free.
HERBERT SPENCER No one knows what he can do till he tries
PUBLILIUS SYRUS No admittance till the week after next.
LEWIS CARROLL No hero is immortal till he dies
W. H. AUDEN I wonder how it is that people's philosophies have come to spin faster than the changing seasons.
MASANOBU FUKUOKA Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
CHINESE PROVERB A part of the Jews are Palestinians, and they are represented in our legislative council. Till now, ...
YASSER ARAFAT Old is when people compliment your alligator shoes, and you're not wearing any.
NORM CROSBY I didn't hear him call me out. Do we feel lucky? No.
A.J. PIERZYNSKI He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one;
All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
EDWARD YOUNG So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
FRANZ KAFKA
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PROVERB Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
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PROVERB Some will, some don't, so what!
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PROVERB Attack is the best form of defense.
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PROVERB When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB It is better to be safe than sorry.
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PROVERB A closed mouth catches no flies.
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PROVERB A good speaker makes a good liar.
PROVERB Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
PROVERB When at a loss how to go on, cough.
PROVERB Speak when you are spoken to.
PROVERB Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.
PROVERB The less people think the more they talk.
PROVERB Speak little and to the purpose.
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PROVERB The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.
PROVERB A little body often harbors a great soul.
PROVERB Life without a friend is death without a witness.
PROVERB The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
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PROVERB Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
PROVERB What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
PROVERB Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
PROVERB Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
PROVERB He has hard work who has nothing to do.
PROVERB How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
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PROVERB He who is near the Church is often far from God.
PROVERB Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
PROVERB An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.
PROVERB Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.
PROVERB Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
PROVERB Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.
PROVERB Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.
PROVERB By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.
PROVERB The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.
PROVERB Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
PROVERB A wicked book cannot repent.
PROVERB The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
PROVERB Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
PROVERB Nothing weights lighter than a promise.
PROVERB He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
PROVERB There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.
PROVERB Live to live and you will learn to live.
PROVERB Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it.
PROVERB No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
PROVERB What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home.
PROVERB Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
PROVERB He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.
PROVERB We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise.
PROVERB One of these days, is none of these days.
PROVERB Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
PROVERB Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.
PROVERB Manana is often the busiest day of the week.
PROVERB Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.
PROVERB Pride and poverty don't get along, but often live together.
PROVERB None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.
PROVERB Today must not borrow from tomorrow.
PROVERB Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.
PROVERB Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
PROVERB When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
PROVERB One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.
PROVERB No one can pray well, but those who live well.
PROVERB Short prayers reach heaven.
PROVERB People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.
PROVERB Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
PROVERB Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
PROVERB Practice is the best master.
PROVERB The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
PROVERB Force without forecast is to little avail.
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PROVERB He who pays the piper calls the tune.
PROVERB Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.
PROVERB A poor man is all schemes.
PROVERB When poverty comes in the door love flies out the window.
PROVERB Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness.
PROVERB Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.
PROVERB When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.
PROVERB Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure.
PROVERB There are more fools among buyers than among sellers.
PROVERB Everything passes, everything perishes, everything palls.
PROVERB Life is half spent before one knows what it is.
PROVERB Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.
PROVERB Why kill time when one can employ it.
PROVERB Forever is a long bargain.
PROVERB The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
PROVERB Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
PROVERB Time and I against any two.
PROVERB The longest day soon comes to an end.
PROVERB Soon enough is well enough.
PROVERB Now is the watchword of the wise.
PROVERB Lost time is never found again.
PROVERB Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.
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PROVERB Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
PROVERB In teaching others we teach ourselves.
PROVERB He who does not research has nothing to teach.
PROVERB Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains,...
PROVERB He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.
PROVERB No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
PROVERB Milk the cow, but do not pull off the udder.
PROVERB Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.
PROVERB Who has a trade may go anywhere.
PROVERB No one was ever lost on a straight road.
PROVERB Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools.
PROVERB He that falls by himself never cries.
PROVERB More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.
PROVERB Those that will not hear must be made to feel.
PROVERB That which proves too much, proves nothing!
PROVERB When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth.
PROVERB If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential.
PROVERB The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
PROVERB Never say die.
PROVERB There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and t...
PROVERB If you wish for peace be ready for war.
PROVERB When we can't find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere.
PROVERB Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.
PROVERB Peace with a club in hand is war.
PROVERB If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
PROVERB Rome was not built in a day.
PROVERB Patience, money and time bring all things to past.
PROVERB Patience when teased is often transformed into rage.
PROVERB Dios tarda pero no olvida -- God delays but doesn't forget.
PROVERB Patience is the key to paradise.
PROVERB There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated.
PROVERB Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
PROVERB Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.
PROVERB That which is escaped now is pain to come.
PROVERB A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
PROVERB Nothing is more elegant than ready money!
PROVERB It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
PROVERB Riches have wings.
PROVERB A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
PROVERB As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.
PROVERB You can't take it with you when you go.
PROVERB After a rich man gets rich, his next ambition is to get richer.
PROVERB To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
PROVERB The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
PROVERB Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed.
PROVERB Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.
PROVERB No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.
PROVERB The gods sell all things at a fair price.
PROVERB Something you don't want is dear at any price.
PROVERB We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.
PROVERB Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it.
PROVERB Necessity unites.
PROVERB A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.
PROVERB It is the truth that irritates a person.
PROVERB If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
PROVERB Time tries truth.
PROVERB Tell the truth and then run.
PROVERB Truth is the daughter of time.
PROVERB Truth fears nothing but concealment.
PROVERB Youth lives on hope, old age on memories.
PROVERB If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
PROVERB Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.
PROVERB