"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" This quote attributed to Nobel-prize winning Chicago-school economist Milton Friedman is more appropriate today than ever before as we have nearly half of the country on some form of "free" government assistance. Somebody is always paying.

There have been several on here that I really like. Another one that fits too many people these days is "You can't fix stupid." I believe comedian Ron White, aka Tater Salad, is responsible for that one.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do."

- unknown


My wife and I have used this quote to justify nearly every vacation! :loco:

Anything by Will Rogers, but especially:

"Live your life in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."

One of my favorite quotes is in my "signature block" below. It's self-explanatory. :smiley:

My favorite quote: "It has been said, that time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone." Rose F. Kennedy

Jackie

"Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug " I think this came from a country song.

"No one is perfect: I myself suffer from severe colds"

Oscar Wilde (and many more)

Mary Chapin Carpenter covered it, but it is a Dire Straits song.

"Experience is the best teacher, but wisdom is learning form other people's experiences".

Use to use that one on my son growing up, as he would listen and tend to not make mistakes, that could be avoided.

Have to agree that this is the best quote ever. I have enjoyed all the quotes though.:angel:

"If you are not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." - Vince Lombardi

"If everyone wanted peace instead of two TVs, there would be peace." - John Lennon

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!

I like these .....
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.—Harry S Truman
and for the boss that worked you to the limit
I cannot be fired. Slaves have to be sold.—Unknown

A former boss of mine used to say, "Whenever I walk into a situation the first thing I try to figure out is--Who's problem is it?" He said other people were always trying to make him responsible for their problems, so he learned to quickly identify who the responsible party really is.

This saying is somewhat akin to: Not my circus. Not my monkeys. The slight difference is instead of just saying "It's not my problem", which is a valuable stance by itself, he went a step further and determined precisely whose problem it is.

Where's the LIKE button :pray:

"Never give a sucker an even break" WC Fields

"Don't trust whitey" Advice given to Steve Martin by his father in the movie The Jerk.

"Better you than me" An old sage once said

Don't bring me problems...bring me solutions.

There's another quote that starts the same way --

"Experience is the best teacher;
It gives you the test first, then teaches you the lesson"

"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx

This makes me laugh inside whenever anyone asks me to join their club.

"There are no strangers here, only friends we haven't met"
This was always posted in my classroom. Now that I am in TV, it is very true here as well.

"Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending."

From the film Limelight, written & directed by Charlie Chaplin 1952.

I told them the truth and they fell for it.
Author forgotten.

"We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are." -Talmud

I use to teach electric shop. It was a friendly classroom too. You reminded me of something. I glued a big blob of melted solder on one of the lenses of a pair of safety glasses. I mounted the glasses on the safety glass cabinet door.

The sign below the glasses read:

IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIS EYE!

You couldn't look at that combination without laughing.
The kids wore the glasses.
I enjoyed the drama of the sign and making up stories about how the solder jumped up in the air, was heading for the eye and safely landed on the glasses.

That made me snort-laugh.

"Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes." -Jonathan Katz

"Looks like you're going to go broke saving money" A guy named Bob said this to me when I was telling what a great deal I got buying something.

Change: Take it by the hand before it grabs you by the neck. Winston Churchill

Don't try and confuse me with facts. My mind is already made up.

Half the world doesn't want to hear your problems, and the other half is glad, that it is happening to you.

Why? Because kindness is my nature, i enjoy following quotes
 

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." PLATO

"For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.

People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others."

Sam Levenson (often misattributed to Audrey Hepburn)


"To belittle, you have to be little." Khalil Gibran


"We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love." Mother Teresa

(all of below quotes are also by Mother Teresa of Calcutta; all useful on life's journey)


"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."


Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.


It was never between you and them anyway.


Mother Teresa
　

"That ship has sailed." Don't know who said it first but I say it often.

The above is one of my favorites, too. It is pure truth.

Another one for me: "Hey, Boo."

Yes, I know that's not exactly a quote in the sense of the word intended here -- like a saying. But when Scout says those two little words in To Kill A Mockingbird, those words speak volumes. For anyone who knows and loves that book, they know all the things held there in simply, "Hey, Boo."

My favorite quote and why I like it.
 

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -Albert Einstein

Here's why I like this quote: It fits with one of the biggest health issues we face today, the poor health status of Americans. The kind of thinking that got us into this state of poor health will not bring us back to good health. The thinking has got to change.

But how is that supposed to happen when most people have a vested interest in the status quo? Some are now mindlessly parroting food industry spokesmen who say, "we all have to die of something eventually". It's true but they say it in an attempt to nullify anything that anyone might say to improve health status standards.

It represents mindless thinking and won't solve the health issues we face as a society. If everyone is going to die, why do we spend billions upon billions of dollars every year on such things as cancer research?

If everyone is going to die, why build all the many Villages Clinics and search for the very best doctors?

Here's another true saying that comes from industry spokesmen: "People need to take personal responsibility." It has been repeated endlessly for decades. But the food industry never worries when anyone says this because they know it has absolutely no effect.

As the above quote says, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -Albert Einstein

I don't know---

Starting a quote with "People will forget what you say" doesn't sound like there is any hope you will be quoted. :)

I've always liked Dr. Phil's "How's that working out for you?"

Another one of my favorite Dr. Phil quotes -- "This ain't my first rodeo!!"