12-30-2020, 11:35 AM | #1 |
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Old sayings
(Originally posted by 700rpm): "Go slowly for a more harmonious outcome." ~Old Sioux saying
"Slow down and get finished sooner" old Mexican saying "When love is good it's wonderful, when it's bad it's still pretty good" old Eskimo saying
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When something is loose " jiggles like the knob on a shithouse door."
When something goes well... "in and out like a fiddlers elbow" To describe poverty .." I'm so broke the kids are eating the putty out of the windows" |
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12-30-2020, 12:39 PM | #3 |
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Many, but not of all these came from the lips of Henry Ford:
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" "If it ain't leakin, its out of oil!" "Don't find fault! Find a remedy." "Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right." "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." "Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again." "You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do." "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals." "Vision without execution is just hallucination." "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it." "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." "Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."
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I don’t think Henry made the statement about any color as long as it’s black.
That was a news reporter. I like all that Bob posted especially, You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. |
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The corollary to "If it aint' broke, don't fix it" is of course "If it ain't broke, fix it until it is"
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If you cant do it with finesse, do it with force.
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"Be quick, but don’t hurry."
"A winner never cheats and a cheater never wins." My hs PE teacher said that. I liked it, but it hasn’t proved to be true in real life, especially politics and professional sports. "Measure twice, cut once."
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Do it right, do it once. My grandparents were always keen gardeners. In those days, a plant could be propagated by taking a "slip" - what we call a cutting, these days. One day, when I was about 16, (pre contraception pills) my grandmother said to me "Remember Sonny, babies grow from slips, not seeds". I never looked at her nor my uncles and aunts the same way again!
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I am so poor that I can't pay attention.
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Wow, those are all the cat's pajamas.
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An old carpenter that taught me many things used to always say “ well begun is half done “
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When I was a kid, we were so poor the only way my other could give me something to play with at Christmas was to cut a hole in my pockets!!
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"If something can go wrong it will" - a lesson in always having a contingency plan.
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Must be 70+ to really appreciate this one.
"Life is like a roll of toilet paper - the less you have, the faster it goes". |
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“Fast, Cheap or Good? Pick Two.”
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This one will stump the younger set when confronted with some troublesome electronic device... like a modern automobile.
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"What ever you do, don't never, unless you will"
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