Do you have a favorite quote?

[crazyquilter]

When I was in my teens,my best friend's father told me about a man named Will Rogers. He had a nice collection of books of Will Rogers.
One of the quotes I will always remember is from him "Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in"

Today is his birthday, just thought you would like to know.

[Admin Bear]

a great quote indeed.

In the 8th grade i was going through what would become the start of quite a few very rough years. i had am amazing English teacher that had a quote on the wall that she would often use with me.. needless to say it took me until i was 25 years old to not only fully understand it, but to put it into practice..

"If what you are doing is not working, then change what you are doing"

small, to the point, and far more powerful than i had ever thought a few words could be..i not only use this one often in my life now but i have taught it to my kids and many many people i have worked with.


not everyone gets it right away... when they do, however... it has amazing impact.

[rayb]

Cesar Vallejo:
Yo naci un dia que Dios estuvo enfermo grave.

I was born one day when God was feeling very ill.

[cbavier]

"Ask not what your Country can do for you. But what can you do for your Country"

John F.Kennedy"

[MikeC99]

A Mark Twain quote that I have embraced is: "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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Will Rogers and Mark Twain both have some good zingers. My favorite Rogers is, "There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." I have to admit that I've seen my share of fence wetters.
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My old granny use to say, "Tell me who you run with and I'll tell you what you are." It took me awhile to figure out that a person tends to pick up the traits of the folks he hangs around. Lately I've been kind of bearish.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[kannik]

One of my favourite stories is (I believe) a Mark Twain
one, but it it just a tad longer than a quote -
(and I paraphrase) -

A young man, who simply couldn`t get along with his
father, left home and set out to see the world. He
returned after a few years, having taken some courses,
worked awhile, married and had a couple of
children. After he talked with his father for awhile,
he commented that he couldn`t get over how much the
Old Man had learned in his absence!

[khj]

Procrastinator's Creed: Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?

I'll answer the question tomorrow.

[samb]

"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." - Doug Larson

[Ebbo]

"Put that down right now!" Mom and Dad.

[kannik]

Other Mum and Dad quotes:
"How many times have I told you ...?"
"Do as you`re told!"
"Never bet more than you can afford to lose."
"Jump to it!" (meaning "Do it right away!" - both my parents
had been in the Forces during the War. (WWII)

[stampdays]

I had to use this one quite often, as my brother would tinker with everything and anything.

"If it aint broke, don't fix it!"

[alyn]

From the Mayor of Toronto yesterday:

"Yeah I tried Crack ... I was in a drunken stupor"

What a winner, I am sure our other GTHA members are as proud as I am.

Alyn

[Craig]

"No matter what you're doing, it's not enough. Do more, and do it better."

~ Me (to my college-class students and my protégés)

[alyn]

On a serious side a couple of my favourites are:

"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
Alexander Graham Bell

and

"Here I stand; I can do no other"
Martin Luther - April 1521


Alyn

[krash]

I DO! it's "Golf; A good walk spoiled." - Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

[samb]

"To each his own"

[gbauer8946]

"At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3."~ Jerry Coleman

[darkormex]

My father used to say, "If all else fails, read the directions." I find I say this now to my two sons.

The other thing I say quite often (and this is the point where they roll their eyes) is, "Come with me and we shall rule the galaxy as father and son!"  They stopped believing me quite a while ago.

[kacyds]

I tell my youngest son, " You want some cheese with that whine?"