Thoughts and Stuff
Updated Sep 6 2008
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| "If I should labor through daylight and dark, consecrate, valorous, serious, true, then on the world I may blazon my mark; And what if I don't, and what if I do?" Dorothy Parker (from LaPolly, Thanks) |
| "If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work." Beryl Markham |
| When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail. (My excuse for buying lots of tools!) |
| "Most people work because they want possessions. They think that's what they want, but what they really want is their own time to do with as they wish. Author Unknown |
| The Speed of time is one second per second. (now, that is settled, thank goodness) |
| Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. |
| If it sells, it's art.-- Frank Lloyd |
| Best Advice "Joe, find yourself a good Sergeant and listen to him" From my brothers, John & Max "Joe, find yourself a good Secretary." From my father, Earl "Joe, Pray" From my mother, Verl "Joe, stick with Me" From my dear wife, Carol They all knew I needed help. Thanks to all |
| I had amnesia once---maybe twice. (I can't remember) |
| The very best is barley good enough for You and Me !! |
| Never trade luck for skill! |
| Measure twice, cut once (this is hard to learn) |
| Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time!! |
| If they sell it at the store, don't worry about it. Dwight Stone |
| If the enemy is in range, so are you! |
| In aviation, the only time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire. |
| WD 40 loosens stubborn zippers! Wish I had known this in Highschool!! |
| "What a man thinks about himself, that is what determines, or rather indicates his fate" |
| Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance!!! |
| If you have to ask, you can't afford it. Dwight Stone |
| No one really cares what you used to do. They just want to know who you are. JHN |
| Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. Johnny Cash |
| Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.--Oscar Wilde |
| First laws of holes - when you're in one, stop digging -- Denis Healey |
| Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. |
| Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. JFK |
| "For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward; for there you have been, and there you long to return." Leonardo da Vinci |
| Don't judge folks by their relatives. |
| The enjoyment of living is not where we have been. It's looking ever forward to another year and ten. |
| Literacy Ain't Everythang |
| Always drink upstream from the herd |
| Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance... |
| America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags it's tail it knocks over a chair" Arnold Toynbee |
| Never mind your happiness; do your duty. Peter F Drucker |
| Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none. |
| "Men of few words are the best men". Shakespeare |
| "The worst is not, So long as we can say, 'This is the worst' ". Shakespeare |
| Business? That's easily defined - it's other people's money. Peter F Drucker |
| Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. Aristotle |
| "This above all: to thine own self be true". Shakespeare |
| Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle |
| Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. Peter F Drucker |
| "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest". Shakespeare |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder |
| The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said. Peter F Drucker |
| "Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better". Shakespeare |
| Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon. |
| Don't carry a grudge. While you're carrying the grudge, the other guy's out dancing. |
| Being "over the hill" is much better than being under it. |
| Yesterday is history Tomorrow is mystery Today is a gift |
| Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch. |
| Law of Location: No matter where you go, there you are. |
| Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. |
| Law of the Result: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will. Or vice versa. |
| "When camping in bear country, take someone with you that you can outrun" Submitted by Jack Leach |
| You can say what you want about the South but you never hear about anyone retiring and moving North. |
| "640 K ought to be enough for anybody" Bill Gates 1981 |
| Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life, does greatly ease. Submitted by LaPolly |
| "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again more intelligently" Henry Ford |
| 'Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.' Thomas Jefferson |
| Blessed are the Cracked, For they are the Ones Who let in the Light! |
| "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time the voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury" Alexander Tyler 1787 |
| No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt |
| A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight Eisenhower |
| Its the job of a Colonel, by damned, to get things done!! Joseph H. Newberry, Col. US ARMY Retired |
| A good wife is a blessing forever. Joe Newberry |
| "Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction." Danny Saradon |
| I won't let myself be rushed, I am at work and not fleeing from a task. |
| My rules, such as they are, are subject to capricious change. |
| I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who gave us reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Galileo Galilei |
| Two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity. I'm not sure about the universe. |
| Bacteria is the only culture some people have. |
| These are my principles and if you don't like them, well, I have others. |
| The happiness of my life depends on the quality of my thoughts. From LaPolly |