Famous sayings and adage's .

[Harnser]

Couple of my favourites from sitting bull the famous red indian chief . Who was a very intelligent and canny man . Talking to a white settler he said , " my people keep warm by building a small fire and sitting round it , the white man keeps warm by dragging lots of wood to a big fire '. Directly after the battle of the little big horn he said , 'what have we started here '. Do you have any favourites ?.

 

Harnser .

[Jim Sarakun]

Yes Harnser, I have some favorites. Here are a couple...

 

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

 

"Albert Einstein"

 

And this one; Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

 

"Theodore Roosevelt"

 

And this; eat right, stay fit, die anyway..

 

I have had a sticker with this last one, on my crash helmet for yonks.

 

No idea though if it is a famous quote, but I do agree with it..

[The Essex Hunter]

I like this one a mate uses, 'When the going gets tough, the not so tough get in their car and #### off home'

 

TEH

[inthedark]

Sit by the river long enough, and the bodies of your enemies will float by.

[jonevo]

My favourie is "believe all what you see and half of what you hear "

by uncle charlie

[paddywack12]

" I am just going outside and may be sometime "

 

Captain Oates ( a true hero )

[Eyefor]

From an Anglian Water worker cleaning out a sewage farm settlement pond -

 

"Bit like life, this job. Always in the **** but occasionally the depth varies"

[Greenhunter]

Heard this in a relevant situation when working with some builders many years ago..

Having just been told off for wasting time the labourer said 'Rome wasn't built in a day',

the foreman turned round with the retort 'Only because I wasn't on that job!'

Amused me at the time and am guilty of using it myself many times.

[Themacclad]

The less words used, the more weight they carry ...........

[the_commoner]

''anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm''

 

''when you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on''

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[officerdibble777]

some of my favourites.

Any fool can be cold,it takes a genius to keep warm.

Pain is only weakness leaving your body.

It's easier to keep a clean gun clean than clean a dirty gun.

 

Life is like a box of chocolates.

There's no point having a rolls royce if you can't drive

[Shootingman]

Don't kick anybody on your way up, you may meet them again on you way down.

[Chard]

The more I see, the more I know.

The more I know, the less I understand.

 

Paul Weller song

[Themacclad]

The Devil loads your gun once a year ........

[paddywack12]

"If your not living on the edge, your taking up too much room"

[bakerboy]

"If your not living on the edge, your taking up too much room"

My dads favourite, when asked in a bit of building or decorating had been completed succesfully, "A blindman would be glad to see it"

[The Essex Hunter]

I see no ships only hardships....

 

And a real cracker for the Jaws movie, Were gonna need a bigger boat!

[Jim Sarakun]

Here is one we Pigeon shooters use when one of the team is making an excuse not to show.

 

It's not the wrong weather, it's the wrong gear.

[4eyes]

Climbing the corporate ladder is like climbing a tree with a group of other monkeys; if you look down all you see is a smiling fool, look up and all you see is a**ehole(s).

 

Everyone is promoted to the level of their own self incompetance!

[Thunderbird]

See my sig:

[Chedge]

All the pheasants ever bred will never make up for one man dead

[Canis]

In the valley of the blind the one eyed man is king.

[staglioni]

Tomorow is a mistery, yesturday is history and today is a gift thats why is's called the present!

[yates]

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about- Oscar Wilde

[wymberley]

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