Your favourite quotes?

[jamie B]

Just remembered my absolute favourite quote....

"£40 per meter"....me!

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[bearwithme]

" if your going to be a bear, be a grizzly!"

" if you want your children to listen, don't shout. whisper, make them lean in"

this one sounds better in the original italian but translates as
" a man with an erection heeds no advice "

" god gave us enough blood for a penis and a brain, but only one at a time!"

this one i've used for years with trainees in various roles
" a mistake is not serious unless it's repeated"

 

[wetdec]

"The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice."

Bet you shluter have a pdf on it ............. :yes::yes::yes:

.

 

[mikethetile]

as long as you live and as far as you wander you will never meet your last idiot*

*substituted idiot for a word that rhymes with merchant banker

 

[diamondtiling]

"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out"

"The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice."

"Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time."

"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."

All Richard Dawkins

A man with a brilliant mind.


"I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it."

Edith Sitwell

We would definately get on Dan.

 

[Fred]

Cold beans ain't hot!

 

[diamondtiling]

"you can fool some people some of the time, but you cant fool all the people all the time"

Bob Marley. Get up stand up, (for your rights)

Someone else may have said it but I prefer that one.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

My favourite quote is my own, customer asks " is that a good price" I answer "well I like it"

 

[united]

life passes most people by while they make grand plans for it - George yung (Blow)

 

[chris.tiling]

Woman to Churchill - "Sir, you are drunk" he replied - " Yes mamdam and you are ugly, but tomorrow I will be sober"

"Football is life, the rest is mere detail" - Bill Shankly

 

[user123]

"you can fool some people some of the time, but you cant fool all the people all the time"

Bob Marley. Get up stand up, (for your rights)

Someone else may have said it but I prefer that one.

You like Reggae??:hurray: oh wow, I do!! Peter Tosh especially :hurray:

 

[diamondtiling]

You like Reggae??:hurray: oh wow, I do!! Peter Tosh especially :hurray:

A month in Jamaica did the trick although I was already a fan.


:hurray:

 

[davy_G]

Better lucky than good

Never is a long time

Money talks, bulls**t walks

Where there is livestock there is deadstock

The apple never falls far from the tree

The only stupid question is the one you dont ask.

Nothing is so important that there is not time to do it safely.

and a few from George Best

I used to go missing a lot...Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.

I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes.
-- (on a blood transfusion for his liver transplant, not on his Drinking)

He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.
-- (his assesment of Manchester United's David Beckham)


And my favourite
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

 

[peegee tips]

This is one of my favourites & gets quoted a lot......

" Difficulties can be overcome, but miracles take a little longer"

Oh & then there's........" he's about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike" :smilewinkgrin::smilewinkgrin:

 

[user123]

" When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion."- Abraham Lincoln