Favorite sayings

[Backlighting]

"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality"---Ayn Rand

 

[joeintexas]

When it got really cold in west Texas my dad would say, "boy, it's colder than a well diggers fanny in 3 feet of water, with the wind blowing."

 

[arjay]

There was on old Texan that worked for my father when I was little.
"Fits like socks on a rooster"

 

[625-7]

Salesman

Ya kin tell he's lying to ya kus his lips are movin'

 

[625-7]

If I wake up dead I'm in for a bad day

 

[Doogie85]

Icy conditions make it "slicker than snot on a doorknob".

 

[Kurusu]

Icy conditions make it "slicker than snot on a doorknob".

I could do without that thought on my mind.

Found my fair share of slippery doorknobs in my life to feel comfortable about it.

 

[Bugkiller99]

Busier than a one legged.........Opps, can't do that one here.

Busier than a one armed paper hanger.
(That'll work)

 

[Harley Fan]

I think of what dad always told me when I played little league and was a marginal-to-nonexistent hitter. And I think of it when I go to the range...

"You couldn't hit a bull in the *** with a bass fiddle!"

 

[zeke]

From my grandmother

Eat it while it's there, cause if it ain't there, you ain't eatin it.
Don't marry her till you see her buck neked stepping out the shower.

 

[oneounceload]

"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach"

Add to that - Those who can't teach, run for political office......

 

[Kurusu]

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Add to that - Those who can't do either, run for political office......

there. Fixed it for you.

 

[eveled]

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

Lead a camel to water and he drinks like Dean Martin.

 

[eveled]

It's good to learn from your mistakes, but a really smart person learns from other people's mistakes.

 

[daniel lawecki]

Well she ain't camera friendly.

 

[sheepdawg]

Harder than Chinese arithmetic.
Tougher than a $2 steak.
A french fry short of a happy meal.
Prettier than a speckled pup.
As slippery as greased owl **** excrement.
So corny you could tall up on it.
Happier than a pig in slop.
Hotter than a $2 watch.
So smart he could book the numbers without pad nor pencil.

 

[eveled]

One that a friend taught me. When struggling with something mechanical. You have to sit back and think about it. For example if somebody was struggling with opening a latched gate. He would say.

" You have to be smarter than the gate".

Another words stop struggling with it, and look at it and figure it out. Use your brain, not muscles.

 

[brigeton]

Sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield.

 

[brigeton]

Working as a machine repairman where most of the breakdowns were caused by inexperienced operators I always said that I could fix stupid.
That would go for auto body guys as well.

 

[kpap]

Phony as a 3 dollar bill