"minds, like parachutes, only function when open"

"Rust ruins more tools than overuse does"

"Don't talk so afst you say things you haven't thought of yet"

"Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will"

"A lie has speed, but the truth has endurance"

"If the grass is greener on the other side - fertilize!"

"It is not genius, nor glor, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul - it is kindness"

"Life is like a bicyle; you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling"

"You can't rid yourself of a bad temper by losing it"

"The road to success is always under construction"

These are from a farm magazine we received the other day. There are more but I thought these were the best ones.

 

We are all probably familiar with the quote: "The longest journey begins with the first step"

The antique truck and car community has a parallel:

"The longest restoration begins with the removal of the first bolt...

~ And the realisation that it is the rustiest son-of-a-bitch that has ever been seen before!"

(ME!)

 

"Don't run, you'll only die tired."

And Graywolf.....right on the money friend.....

 

"Speak softly and carry a big stick" T.R.


"Rectum? Damn near killed em!" I dont know


Tony Warren
Nebraska

 

Q: What quote was said by both General Custer and Saddam?

A: Where in the heII are all these Tomahawks coming from?

 

Not a direct quote someone edit it if you know what it should say

"no..one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won by making the other poor b****** die for his" Gen Patton

 

Money is like fertilizer: it can't do any good until you start spreading it around!

 

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" William Blake

I heard this quote from Kris Kristofferson when I was 14 or 15 and I tried real hard to live it until I was about 26.

Then I realized the only way I could get a palace was to smarten up, quit wasting my money, and start saving up a down payment.

There's a lot of truth in it though.

Waxy

 

chris, you had most of it. Here's the whole thing:

"Yes madam I am drunk, but you are ugly, and in the morning I shall be sober, BUT YOU WILL STILL BE UGLY"

It's one of my favorites, too. Do ya know who said it?........ Sir Winston Churchill (yep)

 

"Man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to" Mark Twain

"Badges? we dont' need no stinking badges" Alphonso Bedoya
Treasures of the Sierra Madre.

"Want to know what woke you up?" Jack Nicholsen after cutting Marlon Brandos throat in Missouri breaks.

"Victory is at hand" The soon to be "Late" Saddam Hussein.

 

Lincoln described liberty by a useful analogy: "The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty." Lincoln made it clear who the sheep was and who the wolf was. It is equally important to recognize who the liberator is.

 

Never come to a battle of wits unarmed.
Heard that one on my Dodge diesel site.

 

"another thing cowboy's wish woud come in a variety of colors............blondes"

"cowboys like everything made from 100% beef, that includes chicken"

"and when you think about it, women hardly ever check out a guys knees"

I've been hearing those on wrangler commercials on the radio the last couple weeks. I thought the first one is great, the others aren't so funny to read but when you hear the guy on the radio it'll make you laugh.

 

Oh gee, I've got hundreds of these things. Here's just a few.....

640 Kilobytes of computer memory ought to be enough for anybody. - Bill Gates, 1981

Lady Astor: "If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea."
Winston Churchill: "Madam, if I were your husband, I'd drink it!"


I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence. - Edgar Allen Poe


"The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." (Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 B.C.)


All that is necessary for the forces of evil to take root in the world is for enough good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

And then there's my personal favorite, (at least at the moment)

What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. - Dave Barry

Rory

'65 F-250
'68 MGB