--- title: "1 Time Mean Quotes By Oliver Gaspirtz" description: "1 Time Mean quotes by Oliver Gaspirtz. Plus more from Oliver Gaspirtz and more Time Mean sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/oliver-gaspirtz-24435_approximation_our-words-are-often-only-vague-inadequat_2394860.jpg" --- > [“Our words are often only vague, inadequate descriptions of our thoughts. Something gets lost in translation every time we try to express our thoughts in words. And when the other person hears our words, something gets lost in translation again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/our-words-are-often-only-vague-inadequate-descriptions-of-our/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/oliver-gaspirtz-24435_approximation_our-words-are-often-only-vague-inadequat_2394860.jpg) ## More by Oliver Gaspirtz > [“Free will? Either you follow the word of God, or you'll be punished with eternal hellfire. That's the same kind of "choice" an abuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/free-will-either-you-follow-the-word-of-god-or-you-ll-be-punished/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [Just because everyone CAN publish a book these days, doesn't mean everyone SHOULD. The world doesn't need 1000 knock-offs of 50 Shades of Grey.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/just-because-everyone-can-publish-a-book-these-days-doesn-t-mean/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [Life is like the ocean. You can either be the ball floating on the waves, or make your own waves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/life-is-like-the-ocean-you-can-either-be-the-ball-floating-on-the/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [Dogs are like kids. Cats are like roommates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/dogs-are-like-kids-cats-are-like-roommates/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [A cow's heaven is a flower's idea of hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/a-cow-s-heaven-is-a-flower-s-idea-of-hell/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [You only live once, so enjoy the ride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/you-only-live-once-so-enjoy-the-ride/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [It's better to dance like a fool, than to stand around like an idiot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/it-s-better-to-dance-like-a-fool-than-to-stand-around-like-an-idiot/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [“Guns make small men feel big.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/guns-make-small-men-feel-big/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [“A beautiful woman can have almost any man she wants. A rich man can have almost any woman he wants.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/a-beautiful-woman-can-have-almost-any-man-she-wants-a-rich-man-can/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [“If you want to be a cartoonist, live the life of a cartoonist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/if-you-want-to-be-a-cartoonist-live-the-life-of-a-cartoonist/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [“I believe, if there is some sort of higher power, the universe is it. Whenever religious people ask me where the universe came from,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/i-believe-if-there-is-some-sort-of-higher-power-the-universe-is-it/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [Dogs will give you unconditional love until the day they die. Cats will make you pay for every mistake you've ever made since the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/dogs-will-give-you-unconditional-love-until-the-day-they-die-cats/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/happy-endings-are-an-illusion-real-life-is-filled-with-brief-moments/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [Some guys like to undermine a girl's self-esteem with little verbal jabs. Eventually it all adds up. One bee sting doesn't hurt a horse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/some-guys-like-to-undermine-a-girl-s-self-esteem-with-little-verbal/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) > [Good things you have to make happen. Bad things happen all by themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/good-things-you-have-to-make-happen-bad-things-happen-all-by/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time-mean/oliver-gaspirtz/#itemlist", "name": "1 Time Mean Quotes By Oliver Gaspirtz", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our words are often only vague, inadequate descriptions of our thoughts. Something gets lost in translation every time we try to express our thoughts in words. And when the other person hears our words, something gets lost in translation again, because words mean different things to different people. \"A long time\" may mean 10 hours to one person, but 10 days to another. 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