favorite quotes??

"All men have the will to win...but few have the will to prepare to win."

I think that's Lomabardi.

I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.

Homer Simpson

I don’t want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do.  I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do.

- J. P. Morgan

Strange how a man not fit to be your son-in-law produces the most adorable grandchildren.

- Unknown

The greatest fertilizer that a field can experience is the shadow of its owner.

            - Thomas Jefferson

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

            - Victor Borge

Take everything in moderation – including moderation.

            - Anon.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

            - Albert Einstein

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

            - Albert Einstein

Time flies like the wind.  Fruit flies like a banana.

            - Groucho Marx

Whether you believe you can or you believe you can’t, you’re probably right.

            - Henry Ford

Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.

            - Harry S. Truman

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

            - Mark Twain

It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.

            - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that he has overcome.

            - Booker T. Washington

You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.

            - Winston Churchill

First, they ignore you. Then, they ridicule you.  Then, they fight you.  Then, you win.

            - Mahatma Gandhi

A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper on which it’s written.

            - Samuel Goldwyn

You know that look women get when they want to have sex. Me neither.

            - Steve Martin

To err is human.  To blame it on someone else shows management potential.

            - Anon.

Sometimes, a good joke is better than good advice.

            - J.H.III

Never lick a steak knife.

            - Anon.

Don’t compare yourself to others.  They are more screwed up than you think.

            - Anon.

Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest days work.

            - Anon.

A man with one watch always knows exactly what time it is.  A man with two watches never knows.

            - Anon.

The more knowledge you gain, the less certain you are of it.

            - Anon.

I’ve spent most of my money on women, drinking, and gambling.  The rest I’ve just wasted.

            - W. C. Fields

Some people feel the rain.  Others just get wet.

            - Bob Dylan

Facing a mirror you see merely your own countenance; facing your child you finally understand how everyone else has seen you.

- Daniel Raeburn, The New Yorker, 05-01-2006

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

 - Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake--which I also keep handy.

- W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.

            - W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)

Winning is not a sometime thing, it's an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing

Vince Lombardi

( I have been compiling this list to give to my son when he turns 18)