There is a tide..

[G_j]

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”

William Shakespeare

[stillcool]

1. my favorite..

thanks for the reminder

[marble falls]

2. The tide is a process and not a whim or random.

[RobertDevereaux]

3. From Julius Caesar...

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"It means literally that there is an occasion in each man's life when he can commit himself to a course of action that will lead to his success; but if he fails to take the opportunity when it presents itself, for the rest of his life he will be a mediocrity or a failure. Brutus uses this very famous metaphor in Act 4, Scene 3 in order to justify his insistence that he and Cassius fight with Antony and Octavius at Philippi."

[calimary]

4. Great quotes! They inspired me to look up "bread and circuses".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses#Ancient_Rome

[KPN]

8. Perfect if relatively ancient phrase for our time.

Thanks for sharing.

[jayschool2013]

5. Carpe diem

Seize the day.

[Brother Buzz]

6. "See, the water, the tide comes in and it goes out... You can't explain that." - Bill O'Reilly

[gibraltar72]

7. What he said.