I collect quotes. I read this yesterday and really liked it. Thought I'd share.
"If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me".
----------------------------Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted by Alan Ackerson (Member # 3224) on :
"Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent"
Nolan Ryan
Posted by Mike Murray (Member # 840) on :
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" -Thomas Edison
Posted by Randy Campbell (Member # 2675) on :
If you are going to call me anything ,don't call me late for dinner.Randy hehehe!!!
Posted by Myra Grozinger (Member # 327) on :
Becoming aware of my character defects leads me to the next step - blaming my parents.
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
"The edge is where life begins"
Posted by jimmy chatham (Member # 525) on :
just because no one understands you does not mean you are an artist.
Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
I love quotes too....I have tons....these come to my mind today.
Be who you are and say what you mean, those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.
Remember, you are unique, just like everybody else
Posted by Rick Chavez (Member # 2146) on :
My father would say: "There are 3 things that make a man. 1.Knock down a wall. 2.Build something that lasts. 3.And raise a good son."
Rick
Posted by Steve Burke (Member # 2674) on :
"Don't Eat Yellow Snow..." haha
Seriously, my favorite- "The only time you can't afford to fail is the last time you try" ; 2nd place- "never let the ba$#%*&s see you sweat"
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
It takes a lazy man to get something done, because there is nothing a lazy man won't do to get out of work. He will even do it right the first time.--unknown
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
"If I have seen farther than other men, it is only because I have stood on the shoulders of Giants."
Sir Isaac Newton
Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :
Three types of people; 1 those that MAKE things happen.
2 those that LET things happen.
3 those that sit around wonderin,WHAT HAPPENED ?
Roger
Posted by Bruce Williams (Member # 691) on :
Memory is a crazy person who hoards colored rags and throws away food. (Arthur O'Malley}
Ignorance isn't the problem: It's what everybody knows, that isn't so (Will Rogers or before)
If I'm a half-wit, then I've survived with half my wits, while others have perished with all of theirs. (Emperor Claudius to the Roman Senate)
Give not that which is holy to the dogs, and cast not your pearls before swine (Jesus)
Success consists not in flourishing in the best of times, but in surviving through the worst (Colin Tudge)
Beware of enterprises that require new clothes (Thoreau)
Winter is when dumb animals hibernate, and smart people slide into ditches.
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
"Pay up, Sucker!" -- Jesse James.
Posted by Bruce Williams (Member # 691) on :
Glenn Taylor quoted "Pay up, Sucker!" -- Jesse James. -------------------- "Jesse James shot women and children, but only in fact, not in folklore." (forgot who)
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Bruce,
I was refering to Jesse James of "Monster Garage" on the Discover Channel. You should watch it sometime. Its a kick!
[ February 14, 2003, 10:12 PM: Message edited by: Glenn Taylor ]
Posted by Howard Keiper (Member # 1250) on :
"In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king" H.G. Wells
"You can lead a horse to water...if you can get him to float on his back, you've really got something".
"He who has a thing to sell, and goes and whispers down a well, is not so apt to make the dollars as he who climbs a tree and hollers".
Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
Three out of Four Doctors leaves One.
anon.
John Lennig / SignRider
You never forget how to fall off a bike.
Posted by E. Balch (Member # 3545) on :
GOOD judgement comes from experience, Experience comes from POOR Judgment.
ernie
Posted by Rich P (Member # 1789) on :
He who farts in church........... Sits in his own pew....
Posted by Rich P (Member # 1789) on :
He who farts in church........... Sits in his own pew....
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
You want this sign when!!!!
Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
Please, please don't make me beg!
_____________me
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
"you get what you settle for"
-Thelma or Louise
Posted by Arthur Vanson (Member # 2855) on :
Yippee! At 55 I must, still, be getting taller. Every time I get dressed my feet seem to be further away.
----------- Me (too)
Posted by brian-the-brush (Member # 2258) on :
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that's why we call it the present.
If you learn from a defeat, then you haven't really lost !
[ February 15, 2003, 06:34 AM: Message edited by: brian-the-brush ]
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
If it........ Looks like Gold! Shines like Gold! Feels like Gold! You can be assured it's FOOLS GOLD!
Me
Posted by brian-the-brush (Member # 2258) on :
Here's an old Yorkshire saying..... " If tha's doin ow't fo' nowt, do it fo' tha'sen "
Translation....
" If you are doing a job for nothing, then do it for yourself "
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
"Sure I remember How to do it... I just don't remember Why!"
Posted by bill riedel (Member # 607) on :
How about: The light at the end of the tunnel is another train coming at you. And things may be bad now, but they are bound to get worse.
Posted by Mark Smith (Member # 298) on :
"Let everything we say be real... let everything we do be funky."
Sekou Sundiata
Posted by timi NC (Member # 576) on :
Experience can be the rudest teacher,...it gives the test before the lesson,...
Posted by Shirley Carron (Member # 2446) on :
To achieve something you've never achieved before, You must try something you've never done before.
Great Post!
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
1. "If you find a man at the top of a mountain, chances are he didn't fall there." Zig Ziglar 2. "There are three types of people in this world, those that are good at math and those that aren't."
Posted by Nancie W. Phillips (Member # 3484) on :
As far as a work related rule to live by: "You can have it FAST,CHEAP & GOOD...pick two!" a good personal quote (that I learned from the hard teacher of experience)is "Forgiveness is free, but TRUST is earned" -Dennis Rouse
Posted by Myra Grozinger (Member # 327) on :
"If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help"
from the speech John F. Kennedy never got to deliver in Dallas Nov. 22, 1963
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
No good deed goes unpunished. -- Unknown
Poor planning on your part does not necessarily mean and emergency on my part. -- Unknown
WooHoo!! -- H.J. Simpson
Posted by Peter Schuttinga (Member # 2821) on :
It's best to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Due to Sudden Financial Difficulties the Light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until futher notice>
Posted by Joe Rees (Member # 211) on :
quote:Originally posted by cheryl nordby: Remember, you are unique, just like everybody else
Lawdy, good one Cheryl, thanks!
Posted by Jim Upchurch (Member # 209) on :
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
A day without sunshine is like, well, night.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.
Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.
You can't have everything, where would you put it?
Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.
I wished the buck stopped here, as I could use a few.
I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Posted by Tony Potter (Member # 1199) on :
I collect quotes myself. Sorry there are a few here. But I cannot seem to pick which I like better.... heh.
"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." - Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. " - Galileo Galilei
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." - unknown
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery
"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. " - Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. " - General George Patton (1885-1945)
"Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies." - Voltaire (1694-1778) on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan.
"I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. " - Francois-Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), when asked how he managed to make his remarkable statues
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. " - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
[ February 17, 2003, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: Tony Potter ]
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
"Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it that makes a difference." - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari Corporation
Posted by Kent Smith (Member # 251) on :
Id Quae Ipsum (Araelius, 700BC and our company motto)
It is what it is.
Posted by Myra Grozinger (Member # 327) on :
Reality is the leading cause of stress, amongst those in touch with it.
Lily Tomlin
Posted by Kent Smith (Member # 251) on :
AND...I got interupted in the post above, my absolute favorite quote:
Al Grand and all the rest of the Letterheads are a National Treasure (Al Zanetti, March 3,1985, Naples, FL)
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity - Vince Lomabardy
Posted by david drane (Member # 507) on :
Time flies like the wind - Fruit flies like bananas. The meek shall inherit the earth - If thats OK with everyone else.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
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