Como falo em inglês: Em time que está ganhando não se mexe

Ana,

By reading such comments….I tend to ask: How can I say “verborréia” in english. Ok, all this kind of things are not to jeopardize, but….what a bunch of filosofy!!

I know that these statements are sometimes ironic,
I wont comment about their meaning, I prefer to thank Ana because she was really objective in her explanations about the statements.
God bless you, Ana.
See you soon.

Hi,

I wrote my comments about each proverb.

1. Dog is man’s best friend. I agree with this proverb.
It is telling us not only about friendship but also about loyalty, in my book. Dogs are always loyal to their owners, and will never betray them. Whereas human being…

2. Actions speak louder than words. I couldn’t agree more.
When we talk the talk but doesn’t wak the walk, we are being incoherent, and as such we don’t have credibility.

3. All publicity is good publicity. I dont’t agree.
But I think the most celebreties have different opinion from mine. Famous people love to be on social media, no matter the reason.

4. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. I kind of agree.
However, stuff must evolve otherwise will be obsolet.

5. Good thing comes to those who wait. It all depend on the situation. Sometimes you have to wait, sometimes you should take any action. My advice: Follow your intuition.

A Bear hug for you.

Dogs are the men’s best friend:dogs are friendly animals, but if they are someone best friend, that person is in trouble.Action speak louder than words:I think yes.Because is always easiest speak than do something.All publicity is good publicity:no way.Some companies lost a lots of money for that reason.IF ain’t broke don’t fix it:it depends. Everything can be better.This call progress.Good things come to those who wait:I think if we are working and waiting for the best, OK.Just wait is a waste of time. A big hug for you, and thanks one more time!!!

Hi,
I completely, or partially, disagree with all these statements. I think they may not be used represent the whole truth just because they fit jokingly or ironically to some specific situations. They cannot be used to present ‘Principles’, so to speak.
Although these sayings do not intend to deceive anybody, they don’t take into account some facts that is necessary for us to have a full understanding of the situation. Since there is nothing like ‘half-lie’, or as some say “white-lie’, there is nothing like half-truth either. A statement may include some elements of truth, and may even be totally true, but if they are only part of the truth, it may be said to be a deceptive statement.
Let’s see:
* A dog is a man’s best friend
– A person who thinks that dogs are their best friends should see a psychiatrist. (I’m joking- I love dogs)
* Actions speak louder than words
– Good people do sometimes bad things. We are all imperfect and we are all influenced by others who are also imperfect, so an action alone does not represent the anything , nor whole truth.
* All publicity is good publicity
– This is a ‘saying’ used by the media. Propaganda tries to sell something and most of the time they are not committed with the truth. They try to catch people by their ‘emotions’. When people are emotionally involved with something is when they are easily manipulated.
* If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
– Nothing works properly forever, so why wait until they are completely beyond repair to do something.
* Good things come to those who wait
– Hilarious. No comments. (Be patient is a virtue, but even patience has its limits, according to the purpose.)
PS.: I’m talking (or writing) too much, in order to practice my English. The statement above fills that purpose.
Andre.

I agree with this one: Actions speak louder than words. We all have to pay attention to our own actions, it’s so importante.

I think the phrase “actions speak louder than words” is the best proverb that i have ever heard. I konw a lot of people that just talk about problems in the world as bad politicians, corruption, or world’s health. But less than ten percent of these guys do something to fix the problems. Something is wrong here, isn’t it?

And i say: some dogs are the best man’s friend. If you’ve ever seen a pinscher’s bark you will agree with me.

See you Ana!

Dogs are great mates, but I think we have to be best friends of ourselves first of all.
I not only agree but I also follow this saying to the letter with my kids here at home!
Neither do I! It might work with celebrities but for me, never!
I agree, but, I want to remember that every game is a game and if one team doesn’t do something different, the other do! Things are changing all the time!
Being able to wait is a virtue but we must be always ready to act too.
Thank you very much, once more congratulations on choosing the podcast!

I was talking with friends that are learning english like me, and we were talking exactly about this, and that’s the reason i agree with this proverbs.

Great Podcast
The “interesting way” you do them make us involving in each one of your “well done work”…
God bless you, bye!

I agree with this proverb: “Actions speak louder than words”.
Because there are people that do not act what they say.
It is not the words that they say, but the actions that they do will show what they are.
So we should pay more attention to their actions!