Fortune Cookie Sayings

The favorite part of any Chinese meal is perhaps reading the fortune cookie sayings. Here is a list of some plain witty, inspirational to hilarious fortune cookie sayings.
Fortune Cookie Sayings
Most of us enjoy Chinese food, but what we enjoy even more are the fortune cookies that we get at the end of the meal! Whether we actually eat the almond or vanilla flavored cookie is not important, what matters to most of us is the small paper inside with either a prediction or a saying. Whether they are inspirational quotes, funny quotes or romantic fortune cookie sayings, we all love reading them!

What's even more interesting to know is that fortune cookie sayings were not even invented in China! There are two versions on the origin of fortune cookies. One says that fortune cookie sayings were invented in California, U.S.A. by a man named David Jung who owned the Hong Kong Noodle company. He began serving cookies with biblical sayings in them. Another version claims that fortune cookie sayings were invented in Japan. Researchers have gathered information which shows a man, in a picture book from the nineteenth century, making cookies. Well, wherever it was invented and whoever invented it, we all love them! So given below is a list of fortune cookie sayings.

Funny Fortune Cookie Sayings
  • The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
  • The greatest danger could be your stupidity.
  • He who laughs last is laughing at you.
  • We are born naked, wet, and hungry, and get slapped on our butt ... then things get worse.
  • I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
  • Give me the strength to change the things I can, the grace to accept the things I cannot, and a great big bag of money.
  • Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others.
  • The world may be your oyster, but it doesn't mean you'll get its pearl.
  • A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.
  • A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
  • Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand.
  • Oops...wrong cookie!
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  • No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
  • Never lose the ability to find beauty in ordinary things.
  • Ideas are like children; there are none so wonderful as your own.
  • Excitement and intrigue follow you closely wherever you go!
  • Don't ask, don't say. Everything lies in silence.
  • Good luck is the result of good planning.
  • Pray for what you want, but work for the things you need.
  • Your many hidden talents will become obvious to those around you.
  • Nature, time and patience are the three best physicians.
  • Your great attention to detail is both a blessing and a curse.
  • A warm smile is testimony of a generous nature.
  • Don't face reality, let it be the place from which you leap.
  • See the light at the end of the tunnel.
  • You are one of the people who will go places.
  • Fear is just excitement in need of an attitude adjustment.
  • Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
  • The dream is within you.
  • Humor usually works at the moment of awkwardness.
  • You are far more influential than you think.
  • Every excess becomes a vice.
  • Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
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  • A secret admirer will soon send you a sign of affection.
  • Love asks me no questions, and gives me endless support. (Shakespeare)
  • Love is for the lucky and the brave.
  • We cannot do great things; only small things with great love. (Mother Teresa)
  • Love is the only medicine for a broken heart.
  • Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. (H.L. Mencken).
  • One who admires you greatly is hidden before your eyes.
  • To love is to forgive.
  • Love conquers all.
  • Count your blessings by thinking of those whom you love.
  • The greatest gift is love.
  • Only love makes us see ordinary things in an extraordinary way.
  • Those who have love, have wealth beyond measure.
  • In the end, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love.
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  • Your parents thank their lucky stars for you!
  • A great person was born on your birthday - YOU!
  • Follow your dreams - you can be anything you want to be.
  • Count on passing your next test if you study hard!
  • Your parents love everything about you, but that doesn't include your messy room!
  • This year school will be very interesting and fun!
  • People like your smile!
These were just a few interesting fortune cookie sayings. Originally, fortune cookie sayings were based on biblical verses and inspirational quotes. However, today you can find all sorts of fortune sayings available. In fact, there is a common joke involving fortune cookies, where the term "in bed" or "in between sheets" is added to the fortune to give it a sexual innuendo. These are called fortune cookie sayings in bed.

While most of us don't believe in fortune telling, we can consider this as a fun version of it. After all, you never know, it might just come true! Fortune cookie sayings can be funny, inspirational or romantic. So the next time you go to a Chinese restaurant, try your luck! That's how the cookie....oops... the fortune cookie crumbles!

By Kritika Parwani
Published: 10/29/2009
 
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