“Why don’t you just give up?”

A prickly question to use on those who are so full of themselves--over their own potential--they're practically bursting. And you're happy to expand their horizons. Before Jerry and Kramer bumped into Sally, an aspiring actress friend of Jerry's, as she approached them on the sidewalk, Jerry told Kramer, "She should just give up" (on acting).… Continue reading “Why don’t you just give up?”

“I’m the wiz! And nobody beats me!”

A carnival-barker shout-out to clarify for those around you that you are in fact full of yourself. Because being someone you're not is hypocrisy...and you're not going to be one of those people who's full of it. Elaine's new boyfriend had this attractive twinkle in his eye that she couldn't explain--until a channel-flipping Jerry discovered… Continue reading “I’m the wiz! And nobody beats me!”

“Well, now we’re gettin’ somewhere!”

A buoyant observation to make when someone or something moves you forward several spaces in the game of Life, and that just makes you feel like high-five-ing yourself. Sitting on the couch in front of the TV one night, Jerry and Elaine shifted from gabbing about random things to strategizing about how they might hit the… Continue reading “Well, now we’re gettin’ somewhere!”