Foo - Phrases you live by.

My grandfather once told me, "If you are going to be dumb, you better be tough.". The man was brilliant.

What phrase or phrases do you live by and help guide you through life?

Couch

Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated

Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated



Good one.

Couch

It's the details that make the job.

When in doubt . . . take the exit.

A good indicator of future behavior is past behavior.

View any money you lend to a friend or relative as a gift.

All men are actually 13-year-old boys, they just disguise it with education and life experience.

The main difference between an amateur job and a professional job is time.

A poor craftsman blames his tools.

Expenses always rise to meet income.

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

My personal favorite...

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.

The difficult we do right away, The impossible, takes just a while longer

yes, it's probably going to hurt.

don't stick your finger(s) into high speed moving blades.

It puts the lotion on it's skin.

Don't trust whitey.

I want my Two Dollars

Uh oh...run!

If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.

Better to be lucky than good.

For a happy aviation career, do not fly at night, do not fly in the weather, and never touch the red guarded switches.

"Always say please, thank you, and clap for the band." - My Dad.

Hold my beer and watch this.

If you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzley.

We'll do it right no matter how much it costs you.

Lower your standards until it works.

Don't chew your nails if you're working on septic.

Don't pound the pink nails.

If they wanted it to be perfect, they wouldn't want it to be made of wood.

"When in danger
Or in doubt
Run in circles
Scream and shout!"

A fly was very close to being called a land, because that's what it does half the time.

If it jams, force it. If it breaks it was probably already cracked by someone else anyway.

It puts the lotion on it's skin.

Ewwww. The creepy guy from Silence of the Lambs.

I'm in for "Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done the day after."

"never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"

"you can't prove that"

A fly was very close to being called a land, because that's what it does half the time.

:)

Couch

"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"

"coffee, tea, or me?"

The only phrase in my house is a poster that says "Boiler Up!" and I can't think of any other phrases posted around where I live.

Eatin' aint cheatin'

Eatin' aint cheatin'

Yay!

Couch

Its better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid then to open your mouth and prove it

No matter where you go, there you are.


We are learning something!
(context: I worked with an engineer on a prototype project. Sometimes the equipment did spectacularly unexpected things. At such times, I would kind of freak out because I was worried we'd never finish the project by the due date (which supported a much, much larger project with very conspicuous dates). So when the smoke started coming out (yes, literal smoke) and I would start to panic, the other engineer would say, "No, no, no.... we are learning something!" He was right; it was when things really went badly that we learned the most about the hardware, and the resulting product was superior because of our earlier trials. So now when the world is falling apart around me, I try to remember that "We are learning something!")

No matter where you go, there you are.

Good one Doohickie. Forgot about that. An yes, "we are learning something." Real wisdom in that.

My next entry: Lose something? When you find it, "It's always in the last place you look."

Well yeah, because you're not going to find it and keep looking, are you? Well, Couch might.... just to be thorough.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

This too shall pass.

Through acceptance cometh peace.

"If you want to live a long life, don't do anything stupid".

"Sir, put the lighter down, you are causing a scene!".

Couch

Life is to short to drink cheap beer.

Life is to short to drink cheap beer.

Unless you are an alcoholic. Then, you drink cheap vodka.

Couch

It's not gay, if it's a three way.

Man who fart in church sit in pew.

Life is to short to drink cheap beer.

You got my favorite.

So here is the backup.

Its better to copulate than never.

When my son was younger, about 10 or 11 he played runescape, an online game. One day he told me about his amazing strategy for making gold. "Buy low, Sell high". I still like to make fun of him every once in a while about it.

Eat some wine, drink some cheese, say something righteous and soulful.

Let the gods be the gods, let Caesar be Caesar, and drink the wine.
--French peasant proverb

Dum vivimus, vivamus! -- 'While we live, let us live!'

Ironic I found a full score from Glory road and not this until I found a site selling Swords (at $3000 each)

"Oh, come on. I'll only put the tip in."

Tis better to be silent and thought a fool than speak and be known as one.


Smart is the finder for the smell lies behind her.

I want to be a good person. - Gilbert Grape.

My mother didn't say much I care to repeat but I have always live by this one phrase of wisdom from her:

"Don't argue with stupid people 'cause they is to stupid to know they is stupid"

That has gotten me through life so far... basically southern white trash for "pick your battles and live to fight another day"

"Don't argue with stupid people 'cause they is to stupid to know they is stupid"


Are you telling me to stop arguing with that one in P&R?

Be here now.

Be excellent to each other.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idz70hx-WGA&feature=player_detailpage

I don't know where i'm going but there's no use being late.

Do not let great ambitions overshadow small victories.