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Posted by Mike Clayton (Member # 723) on :

After all the favorite movie and music posts, I was curious to see what everyone considers the best advice they have recieved thus far in life, work, etc.?

Mine was:

"Seek first to understand, then to be understood"

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Mike Clayton
MC Graphics
Barnegat, NJ
http://www.visualnoise.com/mcg/
mike@visualnoise.com

"I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused"

Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

1.never say somthing in anger....because it will never be forgotten or forgiven.
2. let bad situations alone, "what goes round, comes round"
3.tell the truth, its easier to remember then all them lies.

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
850-944-5060
BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND

Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :

I suppose this qualifies...
Without hesitation, the single most useful thing I've ever been told/shown/learnt, is how to tie a truckies hitch.
With one of these knots and some basic ropecraft you can tie anything to anything and it will NOT move.
Enjoy,
David

Oh... you need a quote.
"I hold all my theories in the palm of my hand so the meerest whiff if fact may blow them away"
Unknown
Neauseating enough?

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David Fisher
D.A. & P.M. Fisher Signwriting
Brisbane Australia
da_pmf@yahoo.com

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Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :

When ya get married......
Never go to to bed MAD!

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Michael Boone
Sign Painter
5828 Buerman Rd.Sodus,NY 14551
Ontime @localnet.com

Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :

They're written by Andy Rooney.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of
>> an elderly person.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That when you're in love, it shows.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That just one person saying to me, "You've made my
>> day!" makes my day.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one
>> of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That being kind is more important than being right.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That I can always pray for someone when I don't have
>> the strength to help him in some other way.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That no matter how serious your life requires you to
>> be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold
>> and a heart to understand.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That simple walks with my father around the block on
>> summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as
>> an adult.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the
>> end, the faster it goes.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything
>> we ask for.
>>
>> I've learned...
>> That money doesn't buy class.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That it's those small daily happenings that make life
>> so spectacular.
>>
>> I've learned...
>> That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants
>> to be appreciated and loved.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes
>> me think I can?
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That when you plan to get even with someone, you are
>> only letting that person continue to hurt you.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That love, not time, heals all wounds.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to
>> surround myself with people smarter than I am.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
>
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That there's nothing sweeter than sleeping with your
>> babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That opportunities are never lost; someone will take
>> the ones you miss.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her
>> one more time before she passed away.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That one should keep his words both soft and tender,
>> because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your
>> looks.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what
>> I do about it.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That when your newly born grandchild holds your little
>> finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for
>> life.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain,
>> but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're
>> climbing it.
>>
>> I've learned ....
>> That it is best to give advice in only two
>> circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a
>> life threatening situation.
>>
>> I've learned....
>> That the less time I have to work with, the more
>> things I get done.

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Si Allen #562
La Mirada, CA. USA
(714) 521-4810
ICQ # 330407
"SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"

Brushasaurus on Chat

Gladly supporting this BB !

Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :

Not long ago I was stressing about my son not eating. (a toddler thing) My mom told me, "Didn't you know you ate every other day yourself when you were young?"

No, I didn't know that. It was the best statement I heard in a long time and allowed me to let go of a situation I didn't have control over anyway.

I can't remember anything more profound at this point.

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Graphic Impact
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
gisigns@sprint.ca

Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :

"Anything possible is achievable .. you are only limited by the bounds of your imagination and effort"

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Bushie
aka Jon Butterworth
Jonsigns
old signwriters never retire ... they just fade into the background!
Toowoomba,Queensland
Australia.

Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :

This is a beautiful thread...Michael, thank you!

The best advice I've ever gotten, was to look for beauty.

Joe, you ain't all that perty but yer heart's sure in the right place!

David, yer honest as the day is long, but it's gonna get you into trouble one day! Hahaha!

Donna, wouldn't it be kewl to know some of those things ahead of time? hehehe.

Jon, how true! Sue sure is lucky!

Si, you crusty old pervert...you steal my heart all the time with your wisdom.

All of you have made my day! (kinda makes me wanna hold a baby...what am i saying? I still have two teenagers in the house?)

S'anyway, thanks all of you!

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DrQuill - Mural Woman
PEACE SIGNS
logodesign2@icqmail.com

"With every breath, we have a choice." --Linda Silver Eagle
Georgia, USA

Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :

Best advice for me was not in the form of a slogan, but concepts.

My mother tried to teach me the balance between "Pleasure and Responsibility"

Understanding "Gratitude"

Finding "Maturity" doesn't mean not being silly, but measuring how much of other peoples loads I can help with and still carry my own.

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The SignShop
Mendocino, California
"Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"

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Posted by Graham Hodge (Member # 168) on :

Best advice I ever had: 'Read the Bible, examine it's claims, prove it for yourself and apply to your life'. Oops, that was a religious comment, but then, advice from God has to be better than the vain philosophies of men.
The advice has blessed and served me well for over 20 years.

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Gray M. Hodge
Cam River Signs
Somerset, Tasmania.

Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :

In raising kids...the best advice was from my Mom. She told me sometimes you 'just have to ignore' certain things kids say and do. If you make a big deal out of every tantrum or outburst...they will continue doing them for attention. If you ignore them, it is no longer effective for them.
In business.......another signpainter told me to give up on ever becoming a signpainter, women don't have jobs like that, and there is no place for women as signmakers. When someone tells me I can't do something, I usually try to prove them wrong.

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surf or MoJo
on mirc
Cheryl J Nordby
Signs by Cheryl
Seattle WA.....!
signsbycheryl@hotmail.com
A day without sunshine is like, you know...night http://signsbycheryl.homestead.com/home.html
http://mojosignco.homestead.com/home.html

From sharp minds come sharp products

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Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :

Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow.
- Frank Zappa

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"A wise man once said that, or was it a wise guy?"

Ken McTague
The Witch city
Salem, MA

Posted by Pierre St.Marie (Member # 1462) on :

From my old Drill Officer. "Stay low, keep your mouth shut, watch and listen."

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St.Marie Graphics
& Makin' Tracks Sound Studio
Kalispell, Montana
stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com
800 735-8026
We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)

Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

"Be careful what you ask for; You might just get it."

Actually, I just heard that in a song & it sounded OK to me!

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"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes. He who doesnt ask, remains a fool forever."
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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by Jerry Morrissey (Member # 203) on :

"Never take advice from someone who is more messed up than you"

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Jerry Morrissey
Rapid Graphics & Signs
Omaha NE
402-597-3606
jcm@novia.net

Posted by Ron Percell (Member # 399) on :

One day at a time

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Ron Percell
Percell Signs
707-769-0639
Petaluma, California

Home of the MicroMeet!

percell@percellsigns.com

Percell Signs Web Site

Posted by Troy Haas (Member # 472) on :

Here is a few:

"Believe nothing of what you hear.... And only half of what you see"
My Father

"Once you have love, Show it and hold on to it"
My Father

"You have to Love what you do for others to appreciate it"
Don Hulsey, not long after we met.

"Children are the greatest gift anyone can recieve"
A good friend

"It is amazing how intelligent my father became when I was between the ages of 18 and 21"
Me, to my father when I was about 21y/o

"I started this business with nothing, and I still have most of it left"
George Perkins

And my Favorite!!!!!
"Hurting someones feelings is like hammering a nail in a fence post, you can remove the nail just as easy as saying "I'm Sorry", but the scar is still there."
Summary of an email story someone( I think Donna in BC) sent me. Thank You Donna if you were the one who sent it to me
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Troy Haas
"Metal_Leg" on mIRC

SAM Signs
& RPM Auto Graphix
931 W. Columbia street
Evansville,Indiana 47710
812-437-5367
Home of the:
"Brush Fire at the Hose House" Letterhead Meet
April 27-29th,2001

"Chaos, panic, disorder - my work here is done."

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Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :

Told by a mentor from my past(who is no longer with us)
"As you walk down lifes sidewalk next to the wall, if you can't put your name on the very top , then put it on the very bottom"

Now I admit to using his theory once in awile
But not for everything !!

Roger

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Roger Bailey
Rapid Tac Incorporated
Waikoloa, Hawaii

Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :

From Dear Old Dad - Never get married. Never trust a woman.

Watch those other drivers like a hawk, they're all crazy.

I don't care what you wind up doing; be the best damn one of them on the planet.

and fom Mr. Earnest, my instructor at L.A. Trade Tech. - If you want to make money go be a doctor, you can make that in eight years. (the advice I didn't take)

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"If it isn't fun, why do it?"
Signmike@aol.com
Mike Languein
Doctor of Letters
BS, MS, PhD
___________________

You know what BS is, MS is More of the Same, and it's Piled Higher and Deeper here

Posted by John Cordova (Member # 220) on :

Here's what I done learnt:

-- "Be Nice."

-- "The best thing you can do for your children is love their mother"

-- "Support your child's dreams" (In high school, one of the requirements was to take a "career related" class. I told them I was gonna be an artist and they said that being an artist wasn't a career. They didn't want to let me take the class. My parents had to go to the school board to get me into the art class I wanted to take, and they did it. They had faith in what I was to become down the road and they knew I would be successful at it. That was 23 years ago.)

--"Imagination is more important than knowledge" (A guy at a party turned his nose up to me and snickered when I told him I was an artist after he told me he was a doctor. That pissed me off so I told him, "the difference between me and you is, I can learn to do what you do, you could never learn to do what I do.")

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Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :

Advice I got from old pistriper Jean Kier (aka SLIMBO):
GET the job
Get the money
Get the hell outa there!

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Bob Burns
Bob Burns Signs

1619 Oregon Ave.
Prescott, Az 86305
1-520-778-5879

Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

"Never trust anything that bleeds for 5 days & doesn't die"!

JUST KIDDING LADIES!!!!!!!!! Ever watch South Park?

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"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes. He who doesnt ask, remains a fool forever."
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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by Brad Farha (Member # 931) on :

For life:
"Humble yourself (before God), don't wait for God to do it." (Best advice I could ever give, too.)

Before getting in the sign biz:
"Don't get in the sign business in West Virginia." (Should have followed this advice, but didn't.)

After getting in the sign biz:
"Everyone who owes you money is a liar." (Wish it weren't true, but it is.)

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Brad Farha, owner
Farha Signs
Beckley, WV
304-252-3778
farhasigns@citynet.net

Posted by Corey Wine (Member # 1640) on :

momma always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun.

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Corey Wine
signCONCEPTS
Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
The ex-Californian Canadian
signconcepts1@home.com

"I cooked a meatloaf recipe that I downloaded off of the internet. A day later, I got a stomach VIRUS....Coincidence?"

Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :

Make hay while the sun shines.
Keep your stick on the ice.

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We now distribute Gyford Standoffs and Rod and Cable Systems WHOLESALE in Canada
Duncan Wilkie
aka signdogwww.commercialsigns.com
Edmonton, Alberta

Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :

Live like there is no tomorrow. Save like you'll live to 150.

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Mike Duncan
Lettercraft Signs
Alexandria VA

From here on down, its all up hill.

Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :

I posted this before but it bears repeating
I guess...it came from my dad!

"Never spend more than you bring in"

He never owed anyone anything!

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Monte Jumper
SIGNLanguage/Norman.Okla.

Posted by Tim Whitcher (Member # 685) on :

I once asked a very wise boss of mine (back when I was 19), why so many employees did not want to learn more facets of the business. When the boss would offer, they'd shy away from learning anymore than they had to. He said something that has stuck with me until this day, "With knowledge comes responsibility", meaning most people want to be responsible for as little as possible; kind of the opposite of "ignorance is bliss". Another wise man (my dad), told me, "if you're a ditch digger, be the best damn ditch digger you can be", in otherwords, all work is noble when done well.

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Tim Whitcher
Quality Signs & Design
107 E Adrian St
Blissfield, MI 49228
qualitysigns@cass.net

Posted by Aladd (Member # 1996) on :

Be careful the Toes you step on today,
Might be connected to the Ass you have to kiss tomorrow.

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Alan Ladd
Atlanta,Ga

Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :

hahahha Alan!

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DrQuill - Mural Woman
PEACE SIGNS
logodesign2@icqmail.com

"With every breath, we have a choice." --Linda Silver Eagle
Georgia, USA

Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :

"Put everything back where it belongs."

--------------------------my Mom

"If you don't take good care of yourself, and your things ... no one else will"

--------------------------- my Dad

"Get Real with Yourself"

-------------------------Phil McGraw

"Just Do It"

-----------------------------Nike

"I know you can do it "

-----------------------------my Mom

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"When Love and Skill Work Together ... Expect a Masterpiece"

Janette Balogh
Creative Studio

jbalogh@earthlink.net

Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :

From my Mom:
"You can do anything you WANT to do." She never let us use the words "I can't"

"If a job isn't worth doing right, it's not worth doing at all"

"Revenge is useless, just kill "em with kindness."

"There is more than one way to steal." As in giving your best when being paid for your services, cheating, etc.

" Blood is thicker than water." She raised us to be very close to one another, which is a wonderful gift from parents.

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Kathy Joiner
River Road Graphics
41628 River Road
Ponchatoula, La.70454
PH. (504)386-3313
casey@i-55.com

Old enough to know better...Too young to resist.

Posted by dave simpson (Member # 1627) on :

when in dought, SAy NO

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Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :

Measure twice - Cut ONCE

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Sonny Franks
Atlanta

"Well done beats well said every time"

Posted by Jackson Smart (Member # 187) on :

Best Advise for me was: "Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90% of all your happiness or misery!"

"Don't postpone Joy!"

"Cherish your children for what they are, not for what you'd like them to be!"

"Don't undertip the waiter just because the food was bad...he didn't cook it!"

"Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial thier job!"

"Every person you meet knows something you don't...learn from them!"

"Every once in a while..take the scenic route!"

"Don't let your possessions possess you!"

"Never give a loved one a gift that suggests they need improvement!"

"Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them!"

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Jackson Smart
Jackson's Signs
Port Angeles, WA
...."The Straits of Juan De Fuca in my front yard and Olympic National Park in my backyard...

"Living on Earth is expensive...but it does include a free trip around the Sun"

Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :

Kathy,

I'm the same way with my students hahaha.

You should see their jaws drop when they mention the word can't, and I sternly tell 'em, "We don't use that kind of language in here!"

In answer to the single, smart alec reply I got to that statement, they are allowed to say whatever they please if they cut their finger off though, although, I would not recommend creating that scenario to test it.

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DrQuill - Mural Woman
PEACE SIGNS
logodesign2@icqmail.com

"With every breath, we have a choice." --Linda Silver Eagle
Georgia, USA

Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :

"If anything is hard to do... well then it just is'nt worth doing"
"Homer Simpson"
I've read every one of your posts and it "Made my day!"
Neil

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"Keep Positive"

SIGNS1st.
Neil Butler
Paradise, NF

Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :

When seeking advice, make sure the person giving it has what you want to have and/or is doing what you want to do. Don't let anyone steal your dream.

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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/

Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :

Nothing original here but the truest are sometimes the most trite:
"Do unto others what you would have them do unto you"
" Seek first the kingdom of God, and all of these things shall be added..." don't seek the things first.
"To thine ownself be true"
And, read Jackson's list again.

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Wright Signs
Wyandotte, Michigan
Since 1978
www.wrightsigns.outputto.com
All change isn't progress, and all progress isn't forward.

Posted by Susan Banasky (Member # 1164) on :

"Failure is not fatal!" So if you have a dream....try it! There is nothing bad about failing, it's just another lesson learned, another experience lived. Just try!

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Susan Banasky
Source Signs
Nanaimo, British Columbia
sourcesigns@telus.net

When in need....go directly to the "Source"!

Proud Supporter of this "Knowledge Network"!

Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :

"Don't be afraid to fail, be afraid of the chances you miss if you don't even try!"

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Amy Brown
AMBO Design
Lake Helen, FL
jabrown@cfl.rr.com

"If only my toddler was better with paint & computers!"

Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :

Some of you have reminded me of a few others that I've reaped benefit from.

"Consider the source of all positive and negative feedback.
-------------------------------me

"Never accept a "no" from someone who is not authorized to give you a "yes" in the first place"
---------------Some TV guest in an interview.

"We teach people how to treat us"
-------------------------------Phil McGraw

"Fall down seven times, Stand up eight."

----------------------------Chinese Proverb(I absolutely love this one)

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"When Love and Skill Work Together ... Expect a Masterpiece"

Janette Balogh
Creative Studio

jbalogh@earthlink.net

Posted by Rick (Member # 373) on :

When I was 19, traveling cross country with almost nothing (my car broke down for good in Dallas), no job, no place to live, almost broke. I got a job in a run down resturant washing dishes. On the bathroom wall someone wrote "lifes a bitch", under that someone else wrote "lifes what you make it". Those quotes allways stuck in my mind.

Another one I like is "do it right the first time, how ya gonna find the time to do it over again?"

I really like this post, a lot of the replys really hit home for me.

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doitforthegreatoutdoors!
Rick Kubicki aka R1campr
Columbus Ohio
R1campr@aol.com
www.geocities.com/soho/square/3061

Posted by Fernando Ocampo (Member # 2133) on :

I'm only 20 years old and the words
"look...listen....learn....apply"
seem to have worked best for me

also the inner city phrase ..."don't front"
which means just be yourself, what have you got to lose

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Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :

John, the quote about imagination vs. knowledge was by Albert Einstein. (one of my heroes)

And your party story reminds me of a W. C. Fields quote, also at a party - "Yeah, well I'll be sober tomorrow and you'll be crazy for the rest of your life."

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"If it isn't fun, why do it?"
Signmike@aol.com
Mike Languein
Doctor of Letters
BS, MS, PhD
___________________

You know what BS is, MS is More of the Same, and it's Piled Higher and Deeper here

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :

Might just be the advice from Mike Boone I got today.......he's one very wise man!
Thanks, Mikey!

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'on chat

Benicia, CA
707-550-4553
adrienne@splashsigns.com

Posted by jimmy chatham (Member # 525) on :

advice from my dad
specialize in the impossible, it just takes longer.
believe that you can do a little of what every one else can do a lot of.

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Jimmy Chatham
Chatham Signs
164 Poplar Rd.
Commerce, Ga 30529
706-335-2348
Fax 706-335-3378
icq#11718273

Posted by Bill Preston (Member # 1314) on :

Probably the best sign-related advice was from an old-timer who said "never fall in love with an individual letter". What he implied, but didn't say, was work on layout, because a good layout will cover a multitude of sins in less-than-perfect lettering. We've all seen signs with "perfect" lettering and weak layout, and the perfect lettering doesn't make up for poor layout.
On non-sign related advice-- remember your manners (remember those?) manners is the "vaseline" of social intercourse. Too bad there seems to be more "sandpaper" than the other these days.

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Bill Preston
Fly Creek, N.Y. USA
wpreston2@stny.rr.com

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

"Plan for the worst. Hope for the best."

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Warning: A well designed sign may cause fatigue due to increased business.
http://members.tripod.com/taylor_graphics
walldog@nc.rr.com

Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :

As you climb the ladder of success, don't crap on any of the rungs, 'cause you might need to climb back down someday.

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The SignShop
Mendocino, California
"Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"

Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :

I'm not real sure how this goes but...
"Tell me... I'll Forget.... Show Me.. I May Remember.... Involve Me, I'll Never Forget!"
Neil

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"Keep Positive"

SIGNS1st.
Neil Butler
Paradise, NF

Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :

DON'T PET BURNING DOGS!

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Rob Larkham
RL Graphic D-Sign
Chester, MA
rldsigns@aol.com

Posted by Bill Biggs (Member # 18) on :

if it ain't broke dont fix it!

You don't always get what you pay for,
But you always pay for what you get.

Cheat me one time, shame on you,
cheat me twice, shame on me.

Our Time in this world is like fine wine,
It needs to be savored.

I got more, but thems, muh main ones, LOL
Bill

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Bill & Barbara Biggs
Art's Sign Service, Inc.
Clute, Texas, USA
Home of The Great Texas Mosquito Festival
Proud Third year Supporter of the Letterheads Website
MailTo:twobeesusa@netscape.net

Posted by Debbie Delzell on :

A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark

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Debbie Delzell

Posted by Tom Giampia (Member # 2007) on :

"If you believe you can,
or you believe you can't...You're Right!"

The first step to accomplishing anything is truly believing that you can do it.

Anything that anyone has ever been done BEFORE, I can do NOW, If I learn from their mistakes.

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Tom & Sharon Giampia
Creative Image Design
Port Chester, NY

Posted by Bob Elliott (Member # 1323) on :

I saw this in my oldest son's school one day- "Fail to try something and you're sure to succeed"

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Bob Elliott
SouthPaw Signs Dingmans Ferry, Pa. 570-828-8909
southpaw@pikeonline.net

May be left-handed, but still not in my right mind.

Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :

Hi!
From my dad:
If you don't know what something means, look it up in the dictionary.
If you're not going to do something right, don't do it at all.
From my father-in-law: The more you stir s**t, the more it stinks.
From my mom:
Don't spill your guts to everybody! (but I always do)
You catch more flies with sugar than you do with vinegar.
From my Mam: Whenever God closes a door, he opens a window.
From a friend: If you ain't yourself, you ain't s**t!
From my ex: It ain't easy bein' easy!
That's it for me! Sorry about all the !@#!!
Love- JILL

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Jill M. Welsh

Posted by John Cordova (Member # 220) on :

vaseline?!

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John Cordova
Screaming Beaver Graphics
Albuquerque, NM
jcordova@cabq.gov

Posted by John Cordova (Member # 220) on :

"Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."

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John Cordova
Screaming Beaver Graphics
Albuquerque, NM
jcordova@cabq.gov

Posted by Ian Wilson (Member # 177) on :

If you never make a mistake you will never make anything from me wonderful father no longer with us. Get out of being a mechanic and be a signmaker the best advice I have ever been given from my wife and from my equaly great mum can't is not a word try is and if you don't try you will not succeed in this life I now have 4 trades and still believe mum was right on the nose.

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Ian Wilson
Signmaker Toowoomba City Council
Cnr Anzac Ave & Stephen st
Toowoomba Queensland Australia
may all your toubles be little ones
The man that never make a mistake never makes anything

Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :

Life is hard by the yard, but it's a cinch by the inch. --- Groovy Gus Louis (DJ)

If you don't see what you want, ask for it!

Don't fry potatoes with your shirt off!!!

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Santo Brocato
Promotion Graphics & Letters
Youngsville LA.

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