Here is one of my favorites, and it's true! Good one Mike....
Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, And Dance like no one's watching. Mike Lavallee
Ya got any?
I may think of a few more.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Rob...
"You are going to make more money from this sign than I am!" -Pierre Tardif (to a client, in his killer French accent)
Love-JILL
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
I've had this "Zig Ziglar" (I think) quote on my work board for 10 years...
"If you find a man at the top of a mountain, chances are, he didn't fall there".
Posted by Myra Grozinger (Member # 327) on :
Wonderful quote, Terry. This one has been on my refrigerator and even been moved a couple of times from old to new:
"My mother told me if you want to be a soldier, you will become a general, if you want to be a priest, you will become a cardinal. I wanted to be a painter, so I became Picasso"
Posted by Murray MacDonald (Member # 3558) on :
My favorite quote from my father, a prospector, when I teased him about not hanging on to more of the money he had made [lots!],,,"Jeezus, kid, haven't you figured that out? Money's just the way you keep score". MUR
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
One of my favourite quotes is on my sig. file below.
There is also these:
"Are you seeing things as they are, or as you are?"
"Success lies not in what cards you are dealt, but how you play your hand".
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight". (chinese proverb)
Posted by dave parr (Member # 3868) on :
The choice is up to you. If you have to carry your money around in a wheel barrow, the empty one is easier to move around, but if you ever have to dump it out, the full one will cover more.
It's funny, I don't remember wanting more than the next guy, but I don't remember wanting less than the next guy either!
dp
Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
"We cannot expect to solve problems at the same level of thinking that created them" (Albert Einstein).
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
Mine is an original that I came up with years ago and I still live by it today.
"A lifetime is merely a drop in the bucket of time and I'm very thirsty"
[ January 31, 2004, 10:36 AM: Message edited by: Bob Stephens ]
Posted by Tony Vickio (Member # 2265) on :
Here is mine!!
"I am what I am, that's all that I am"
Yup.........from Popeye the Sailor Man!!!
Posted by Marty Happy (Member # 302) on :
I saw this one some time ago and I think it can be attributed to Michelangelo...
"The greater danger is not that we set our goals too high and fail to achieve them, but that we set them too low and do."
Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
"Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before." Mae West
"Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy,satisfied,even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor." Paul Hawken
"One surefire eay to determine your limitations is to exceed them." ??
All panel material around here.
John Lennig / SignRider
Posted by Bruce Williams (Member # 691) on :
Memory is a crazy person who hoards colored rags and throws away food. -- Murray O'Malley
If I'm a half-wit, then I've survived with half my wits, while others have perished with all of theirs. -- Claudius to the Roman Senate
Justice punishes rich & poor alike for stealing bread and sleeping under bridges. -- Anatole France
Winter is when dumb animals hibernate and smart people slide into ditches
Posted by Tom Bahr (Member # 2925) on :
"Attitude is a choice, not the result of circumstances" I don't know who first said this, but it's always stuck with me.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
Art when really understood is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens and he opens ways for a better understanding. Where those who are not artists...are trying to close the book, he opens it, and shows there are STILL more pages possibile.
Robert Henri
Posted by Ron Costa (Member # 3366) on :
" If yer standing in a puddle, don't touch anything that Hums !".....Red Green
Posted by Rovelle W. Gratz (Member # 4404) on :
One of my favorites: "Tis better to have loved and lost, than to never have lost at all".
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
I guess this is kid of my motto. It's based on a something my father told me a couple of weeks before he passed away. "I believe there is no shame in failure. Rather, the shame lies in the loss of all the things that might have been, but for the fear of failure." -Kelly Thorson
Posted by Jeremy Vecoli (Member # 2278) on :
"Most people who complain that they don't get what they deserve, don't realize how lucky they are!" -Alfred E. Neuman
"You can't talk yourself out of a problem you behaved yourself into" -Stephen Covey
"Capitalism demands the best of every man his rationality and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he likes, to specialize in it, to trade his product for the products of others, and to go as far on the road of achievement as his ability and ambition will carry him." (Ayn Rand, 'For the New Intellectual' 1961)
"The answer to any question starting, "Why don't they-" is almost always, "Money."
"To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer."
-Robert A. Heinlein
Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :
"The mighty oak is just a nut that stood it's ground" -probably not the exact quote, forget where I heard it
"Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-Social and Paranoid ... but basically Happy" -someone once got me a t-shirt that said almost that
"It doesn't matter how you wear your hair, it's what's inside your head" -S.O.D.
"99% of life is what you make of it ... so if your life sucks, you suck" -Suicidal Tendancies
"It's the ride that counts" - My take on it doesn't matter where your going if you dont enjoy the process of getting there
Posted by Bill Plater (Member # 3204) on :
This is my all time favorite. It has been attributed to Grover Cleveland but is difficult to imagine him so insightful.
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PRESS ON Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
PERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION ALONE ARE OMNIPOTENT
Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
I've always liked "War is the continuation of politics by another means" Karl VonCluasovitch(sp?) because it's much like "Ideas have consequences" Richard Weaver.
On a lighter note, I read the other day that Johnny carson said something like "Wouldn't life be more fair if Elvis were still alive, and all the impersonators were dead?
Posted by Robert Thomas (Member # 1356) on :
A great mind is only a thought away.
Posted by Steve Burke (Member # 2674) on :
The Only time you can't afford to fail is the last time you try...
luck is where opportunity and preparedness meet...
Keep your head up and your stick on the ice...(my hockey coach told me that one, but it is quite appropriate for life, too)
EDIT Oh, I forgot - I think Abe Licoln said this-
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right...
[ February 02, 2004, 08:42 AM: Message edited by: Steve Burke ]
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
"A Quitter never wins and a Winner never Quits"
Posted by Joe Endicott (Member # 628) on :
"Swimming against the tide is better than being pulled." -Fretblanket
"Yes you can, stop being such a dumbass!" -My wife, Angel
Posted by Terry Whynott (Member # 1622) on :
"Women. Can't live with them...pass the beer nuts." -Norm (Cheers)
Posted by Ryan Ursta (Member # 1738) on :
"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist." -Oscar Wilde
Posted by Checkers (Member # 63) on :
The one I believe in is "work smart, play hard"
Havin' fun,
Checkers
Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
"An artist's advantage over an insane person is that his madness doesn't get locked up but adds value to his product."
Hermann Hesse (Hopefully translated correctly from german by me)
Posted by Jeff Green (Member # 3508) on :
"I NEVER meant to do that!"
Justin to Janet Jackson
Sorry, had to add this one in, kinda a good saying on a few occasions!
Posted by Bernice Tornquist (Member # 16) on :
It is more effective and favourable to compliment people on what they have done, than to criticize them for what they have not done. B.T.
When you give, relinquish all rights, expect nothing in return and you won't be dissappointed if it is not acknowledged or reciprocated. B.T.
The way to the top of the mountain is not always straight up. B.T.
When you jump to conclusions you can't always expect a happy landing. Unknown
Juvenile delinquency, a wise father said, is the result of parents trying to train children without starting at the bottom. Unknown
Someone said, "A brook would lose its song, if God removed the rocks." Unknown
Find something you like to do, and you'll never work again. Unknown
People want the front of the bus, back of the church and the center of attention. Unknown
If there were no 'last minutes', some things wouldn't get done. (from Judy Pate's post)
Don't tell God how big your mountain is. Tell your mountain how big your God is. Unknown
The best things in life arn't things. Art Buchwald
Life is like a pathway of newly fallen snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show. Unknown
When the pain to remain the same is greater that the pain to change, change will happen. Judy Reamer
Convince a man against his will, and he will remain of the same opinion still. David Mainse
The roll of a preacher is to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. Unknown
If you're not walking on the edge, you're taking up too much space. David Mainse
When you share pain with others, you cut it in half. When you share joy, you double it. Unknown
You're better off where you are, because you're not much good where you're not. Oswald Chambers
Tough times never last, but tough people do. Robert Schuler
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Unknown
If you try to be a leader, you'll find people don't want to follow. But if you serve, you'll find you'll be needed. Unknown
....How's that for a start...I love these...I collect them...keep posting...
Jeremy, I liked your first one.
[ February 02, 2004, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: Bernice Tornquist ]
Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
'Women - ya can't live with them and ya can't get 'em to dress up in skimpy little Nazi uniforms..." _______________Emo Phillips
"Yes, I'm drunk. But I'll be sober tomorrow and you'll be crazy for the rest of your life." _______________W. C. Fields
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
received in letter form week before his death: Son, as we accept the fact the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, we must also accept the fact, that young men may die, and old men must...
also:
Custer wore arrow shirts....
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
"A mind is a terrible thing."
"If you're old enough to get yourself into trouble, you're old enough to get yourself out."
"If at first you don't succeed...quit! Why go on fooling yourself?"
"To err is human. To really foul things up takes a computer!"
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, so, please, don't through sticks and stones."
"May the bluebird of happines miss your windshield today."
Rapid
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
"Liver is a Filter"-Bill Diaz (This is his reason for not eating Liver.)
Posted by DONALD THOMPSON (Member # 3726) on :
The dictionary is the only place that SUCCESS comes before WORK.
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind"
Posted by Jeff Ogden (Member # 3184) on :
Never ASSUME because
it makes an A$$
out of "U" and "ME"
Posted by Robert Thomas (Member # 1356) on :
I am proud to announce that I created the internet. Al Gore
Or something to that effect!
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
"You say suck like it's a bad thing" me.
"Real men drink Jack straight" me, while doing another shot in a series of way too many shots.
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger" I have no idea.
"It's stupid to clutter one's mind with information that can easily be referenced elsewhere" Einstein, as to why he had to go to the phone book & look up his phone number when someone asked for it. (I'm paraphrasing here)
"Why is there a mailbox in front of the post office? A mailbox is for when you ain't at the post office" Gallager
"There's a few defining moments in every person's life when you know what you've done wrong and you know what you've done right" Toby Keith, lyrics to "New Orleans"
Posted by Robert Thomas (Member # 1356) on :
Infamous quote, "I did not have sexual relations with that women" Slick Willy
I still kinda liked him though.
Posted by Laura Butler (Member # 1830) on :
"Can't means WON'T"
"Try something so difficult that unless God intervenes, its bound to fail."
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Here's one on Einstein, again:
When asked at a symposium by a scholar, "what is the greatest creation by man...", Einstein, answered, "Compound interest!"
Put that in yer test tube, eh ?
CrazyJack
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
Four come to mind....
"Stand for somthing or you'll fall for anything"
"If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it everytime"
"He who dies with the most toys, still dies"
"The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math" -dave ramsey
Regards,
[ February 03, 2004, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: Rick Beisiegel ]
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
"Every-once-in-a-while.... I challenge my allegiance to human species." Ergo QuikSign folks?
That's just me talkin'
Who would believe...CrazyJack
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
My old slogan....
"Paint's for racin'...vinyl's for floors."
There...I said it...I can now officaily be pummeled by those who specialize in vinyl race car lettering.
Rapid
Posted by Alan Ackerson (Member # 3224) on :
If your coasting, your going downhill.
Hanging in Phil Ghi's shop.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
"The truth, no matter how hard it is to accept, remains the truth."
"When in doubt....PANIC!!!!!"
"What comes around goes around." (This is epecially true with merry-go-rounds and boomerangs...)
"I need a sign." (I hate that one!!!!!!)
Rapid
Posted by Joe Cieslowski (Member # 2429) on :
"Carve Like A Coward" me
"A tool takes advantage of the laws of physics and mechanics to create something that you can REALLY hurt yourself with" Rick Barry
"It's not the hours you put into your work that counts....it's how much work you put into the hours" Sam Ewing
" There is no security in life....only oppertunity" some general?
"Throw Farther" Bill Eaton (my HS track coach)
"You are standing too close to it when it lands" same coaches reply when I asked him what I was doing wrong after a throw.....
"Make Chips!" me again...
Joe, Makin Chips and Havin Fun!
Posted by Steve Burke (Member # 2674) on :
I like this one, too:
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Posted by Robert Thomas (Member # 1356) on :
It was Angie Dickinson that said, I dress for women, I undress for men.
Posted by Alan Ackerson (Member # 3224) on :
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...But, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
A friend helps ya move
A good friend helps ya move bodies
A true friend helps ya move bodies and clean up the blood. Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
"Where's the crime? Who's jack The Ripper in the room here?" ____________________________________Michael Jackson
"My eye hurts and it's a pain the ass." ________________________Lenny
Posted by faye welsh (Member # 2524) on :
"i'm leavin ya now,sos ya won't miss me when i'm gone"....... Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
"Take your time... but hurry every chance you get."
Carl Cook--my late next door neighbor
Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
"Can't we all just get along?" _______________Rodney King
shortly preceded by "Can't y'all po-leece just get offa me?"_________Rodney King
Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
"You can't die from being too healthy." ____________________Dr. Atkins Posted by BrianTheBrush (Member # 1298) on :
A favorite of mine from Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, in response to someone's comments about lucky breaks was: "I find the harder I work, the luckier I get"
A favorite from Frank Zappa has ALWAYS been: "Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music, music is the best"
Then of course, I grew up on: "I thought he was gonna hit me, so I hit him back first"
All have served me well.
Keep on keepin' on.
Posted by Tasmus (Member # 445) on :
"I did not have sex with that woman, Ms Lewinski." --Former President willy, January 1998
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
I love these!! keep 'em comin'!! I keep a little notebook to jot down my favorites... Here's a few more:
"...Nobody's ever drowned in their own sweat" (seen on a T-shirt in a western store)
" If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes" (...haven't we all put this on the back of a 1000 race cars)
"You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't posibly live long enough to make them all yourself" anon.
"...I can't miss you if you won't go away" (from a bluegrass song)
(...which reminds me of: "Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house lest he grow weary of thee" Proverbs
Posted by BrianTheBrush (Member # 1298) on :
And I almost forgot bout a shirt I saw a few years back that was great...
"What if the Hokey-Pokey REALLY IS what it's all about?!"
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Sheila,
Some of the stuff from race cars I've done...
"Second place is the first looser." dashboard
"No balls, NO BUCKS!!!) dashboard
"DILLIGAF" on back of car
Instructions: Step 1-Push pedal to floor Step 2-Turn left Step 3-Repeat steps 1 and 2
and my favorite...
"June's Vacation" ...in recognition of what one driver's wife gives up every year so hubby can go racing on Saturday night.
Rapid
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
DEBT Is to spend money you don't have, Is to buy things you don't need To impress people you don't like
Lord grant me wisdon to change the things I can accept those I casnnot, and the intelligence to know the difference.
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
...we been cuttin' up around here today, we ain't got nuthin' done, lol. One of my buddy's is here an' we been readin' these and he went out to his truck and brought this back an' wanted me to share it with ya'll. He saw it at the minute-shop and got the owner to make a copy of it, he liked it so well:
FOR SALE "OLD FORD TRACTOR" runs good but missing seat & steering wheel (ideal for person who has lost his a__ and don't know which way to turn)
Here's one I got hangin' in my shop (from Cooper Bros. Const.)
We do 3 types of jobs here: GOOD,FAST OR CHEAP You may choose any two! If it is good & cheap, it will not be fast. If it is good & fast, it will not be cheap. If it is fast & cheap, it will not be good.
aw'rite, I'm goin' to work . . . Posted by Peter Schuttinga (Member # 2821) on :
There's lies, damn lies, and statistics
I cut it three times and it's still too short
It's a fine line between standing on the shore and fishing
who do you think you are.....-pause-........anyhow? (me)
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy (jack daniels ?)
What, me worry? (Alfred E. Newman) (Mad magazine)
I'd rather remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt
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