Quotes that make us think............do you have any??

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Bill McElroy

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"I don't need imagination,.....I just think it up on my own!"

my daughter Jamie when she was 5yrs old...



"I always cry when I need new shoes,...until I saw someone with no feet!"

-unknown



and one of my all time favorites..

"Imagination is more important than knowledge"

A.Einstein



"post'em if you got'em!!!"

Mac
 
My dad would say this to me every time it rained....



"**** don't melt, it runs so get your a$$ out to the car."
 
In my adult life I hear, "Think of it as an opportunity" all the time. As I ponder that, I realize that really means "This is crap no one else wants to do".
 
LOL...I hear that "opportunity" stuff all the time too!!! If it's such a great "opportunity"...why aren't THEY doing it too?!...ahahhha....
 
"Do or do not. There is no 'try'!" Yoda



"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison



"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right." Henry Ford



One I don't know who said it but love it anyway:

"to continue doing things the same way but somehow expecting different results!" The definition of insanity.



And my own: "NO EXCUSES....ONLY RESULTS!!!"



Oh yeah, and my dad used to say, "If it don't fit...force it!" Maybe that's why my folks are divorced??? LOL
 
"A real man likes to feel the weather on his face, but a wise man knows to get out of the rain."



"I never drive faster than I can see."
 
TOXIC Quotes (not all thought up by me....but some were)



Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular.



Harder than algebra.



Stiffer than a double martini



Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.



The reason dogs have so many friends is because they wag their tails and not their tongues



over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast implants and Viagra than is spent on Alzheimer
 
Here are a few I found

HaleDamage



Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

--Peter Marshall



Nothing happens unless first a dream.

--Carl Sandburg



If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.

If you can dream it, you can become it.

-- William Arthur Ward



If you want to leave footprints in the sands of time, don't drag your feet.

--Annot. L. Sheppard in Women's World



You will never leave where you are, until you decide where you'd rather be.

--Dexter Yager



Success is not measured by what one brings, but rather by what one leaves.

-- unknown



Yesterday's lessons and experiences must be used wisely today to create a better tomorrow.

-- unknown



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

-- unknown



Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

-- John F. Kennedy



Do not follow where the path my lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

--George Bernard Shaw



You can't change the wind, you can however adjust your sails.

-- unknown



There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

--Roger Staubach



If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

--Milton Berle



The true measure of success is revealed only by looking at the obstacles that an individual had to overcome to achieve their goals.

--Quote from Bill Phillips



How poor we truly are when we measure wealth in monetary terms; overlooking the true value of ourselves and those we love.

--Quote from Kelly Comeau



The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.

-- Charles M. Schwab



Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.

--Robert F. Kennedy



Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

--Ronald E. Osborn



Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

--Vince Lombardi



Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

--Sam Ewig



Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

-- Dale Carnegie
 
Good enough is neither.



You never met a mother f___er like me!



I love you like a fat kid loves cake.



Have a cup of coffe and a Marlboro and relax!



Mini
 
"No man ever won a war by dying for his country,......you win a war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for HIS!"



Gen. George S. Patton
 
I pretty much rely on two:



Lead, follow, but get the hell out of the way.

Measure twice cut once.



Pierre
 
If you come to a fork in the road take it.



A dime ain't worth a nickle anymore.



You give a hundred percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough,in the second half you give what's left."

"Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical."

yogi berra



Your lower than whaleSh#! in the lowest spot in the deepest, darkest hole, in the ocean.

MM 1 Danly Great Lakes Naval Training Station 1969

fatrap







 
"You all talk funny, eh!,...Hey Mac,..need another beer?"



P.Voisine-

NY NTOWS Rally 2002
 
I love you like a fat kid loves cake....Mini, we were all discussing that line the other day. Love it!

 
Just found this one and love it!



"The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep."

- Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on Larry King Live
 
Two that my dearly departed uncle used to say, Boy, Your so UGLY when you cry, tears run down your back. And " I can't fiddle with my diddle 'cause it bends in the middle'
 
"Yo Momma so fat,....the backa her neck look like a packa hot dogs!!"...



unknown-
 
I have this one hanging in my cube for inspiration.
nevergiveup.jpg
 
I was cut so bad I was bleeding like a soroity house on the 28th of the month.



Mini
 
Whiz in one hand and wish in the other and see which one fills up first.



 
Hey, I resemble that remark. "Just be glad the only stir-ups your feet will go in are on a horse!"
 
It's easier to let the cat out of the bag than put it back in.



Taste you words before you spit them out.
 
LOL Teri!!!! I thank the lord everyday that I am an "outie"!



Mini
 
Doc to a man with leg burns: Two weeks of bed rest, two tubes of anti burn cream and viagra.



Man: Viagra? Is it good for burns?



Doc: No but it will keep the sheet off your legs.





Playboy is coming out with a new magazine for men who are married.



Every month the centerfold is the exact same woman



bada bing....

TOXIC

 
Actual Newspaper Headlines....



Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says



Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers



Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted



Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case



Survivor of Siamese Twins Joins Parents



Farmer Bill Dies in House



Iraqi Head Seeks Arms



Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?



Stud Tires Out



Prostitutes Appeal to Pope



Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over



Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again



British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands



Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms



Eye Drops off Shelf



Teacher Strikes Idle Kids



Reagan Wins on Budget, But More Lies Ahead



Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim



Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66



Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax



Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told



Miners Refuse to Work after Death



Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant



Stolen Painting Found by Tree



Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies



Two Sisters Reunited after 18 Years in Checkout Counter



Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years



Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One



Drunken Drivers Paid $1000 in `84



War Dims Hope for Peace



If Strike isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While



Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures



Enfields Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide



Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge



Deer Kill 17,000



Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead



Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge



New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group



Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft



Kids Make Nutritious Snacks



Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy



Arson Suspect is Held in Massachusetts Fire



British Union Finds Dwarfs in Short Supply



Ban On Soliciting Dead in Trotwood



Lansing Residents Can Drop Off Trees



Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half



New Vaccine May Contain Rabies



Man Minus Ear Waives Hearing



Deaf College Opens Doors to Hearing



Air Head Fired



Steals Clock, Faces Time



Prosecutor Releases Probe into Undersheriff



Old School Pillars are Replaced by Alumni



Bank Drive-in Window Blocked by Board



Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors



Some Pieces of Rock Hudson Sold at Auction



Sex Education Delayed, Teachers Request Training



Include your Children when Baking Cookies



 
I became a professional fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income.



HAHAHA



Mini

 
Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!

-Mel Brooks

Better to let someone think you're a fool than to open your mouth and prove it!

-Unknown



Tom
 
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"

W.C. Fields
 
"I feel sorry for people that dont drink, when they wake up thats the best they are gonna feel all day!"



Dean Martin
 
The world needs idiots... It makes the rest of us look so damn good.



From my father...



If sheep could cook, men wouldn't need women.



Rich D
 
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.



All fisherman are liar's, except me.

 
"There's always one weirdo on every bus"





although I can never seem to find him.............Hmmmmmmm?
 
"I've had a lot of headaches lately"...



My wife, just now,....talking to her sister on the phone!! LOL!!!!!



 
When in doubt always tell the truth. It will gratify some of the people and astonish the rest.

.

When the end of the world comes I want to be in Arkansas. It will happen ten years later there.

-Mark Twain

.

Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly.

Arragon Son of Arathorn

.

You don't always get what you pay for but you always pay for what you get.

-Unknown

.

There is no such thing as a stupid question....just stupid people who ask questions.

-Unknown

.

Every cop's a criminal, and all the sinners saints.

-Mick Jagger

.

I never had a drinking problem, but other people had a problem with me when I was drinking.

-Grace Slick

.

Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world have not had all the advantages that you've had.

-F. Scott Fitzgerald (Nick in The Great Gatsby)

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It's only a lie if you don't beleive it.

-George Kastanza

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WHERE ARE ALL THE DAMN FISH IN THIS &^%$#^`~)&^*% LAKE!!!!

-Harpo
 
"Dem basses luv sparkles"..

K. Neeley



"How can I POSSIBLY,..be the man,.....when YOU'RE the MAN!?"

Mini



"Whhhaaaaaaa,..ZUUUUPPPPPPPPPP,?!"

Mini,...out a hotel window at 2am in downtown Detroit,..2003



"Feed off my energy!!"

K.Neeley



"Parts is Parts"

Craig Roberts



"Hi Baaayyby,....I have some homemade carrot cake for you!!"

Kathy Roberts



"SuhhhWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!"

me,...replying to Kathy..LOL



"That's muh Boooaatt!"

F.Gump



"Where's my shirts??"

M. Trepper



"Moe,...Larry,..Git the cheese!!"

Curly Howard



"I need a martini,..a cigar and a BJ,....good thing I know where the cigars and gin are!!"

my Brother





 
"Who Dave? Daves not home."

Tommy Chong



"Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!!!!"

Bluto Blutoski

 
My Dad...thank God for him......





"Keep doin' what your doin', keep gettin' what your gettin'"





T.S.





Thi sholds very true to fishing btw





 
mmmmm....Floor pie.

Homer Simpson





Rich D
 
"As long as I have low expectations of my co-workers, I'm never disappointed!!"



Quote by me.



Bob G.
 
Ah'd rather be Lucky than Good.

But ya gotta be pretty damned Good

Ta git Lucky.



- Richard Petty, 7 Time NASCAR Champion
 
"I know what you're thinking, PUNK,....Did he shoot 5 shots??...or 6??.....You gotta ask yourself,...Do I feel lucky??.....well??,..do ya??......PUNK!!"...



Det.Harry Callahan, SFPD





"Hey!!,.....I got's ta'KNOW!!!"..........click

the Punk...
 
Wait till next year (lifetime Cub fan, me) (from my dad...)



Man who live in glass house should dress in basement.



Cut it 3 times and its still too short.



Hell yeah you can marry my daughter, no one else has asked yet.
 
It is sometimes easier and faster to gain forgiveness, rather than to get permission. (Work related mostly).



That dog won't hunt.

(Texas based, used in many situations).



Even a bling hog finds an acorn, once in awhile.

(Could be attributable to my fishing!).



Tex
 
Keeping with Mini's quote of Kid Rock (since they really got me hooked on that album last March)



"In ain't braggin mother F***er if you can back it up!"



And another of my own, "I knew a girl like that once!" LOL Don't ask, we won't go there!
 
or the Norm Peterson classics.



"Women. Can't live with them, pass the beer nuts."



or:



"I've got to go I promissed Veera I'd pick up some Chinese food." Diane: "Oh that's very nice of you Norm." Norm: "yeah, well it's only fair, I did drop it on the floor thie morning."
 
Me to my daughter: "If you eat too much junk food your belly will get big and people will make fun of you...call you FAT ALLY"



My Daughter: "Is that what they call you daddy?"



she was 4 at the time
 
wow...this is so far down probably won't be noticed



Life is tough, but it's a lot tougher if you're stupid.
 
"Baseball wrong, man with four balls cannot walk."



Bobby Subgum--Worlds only ninja entertainer.
 
"Do you do tattoo's??...I just got out of a long relashhunnship,...and I'd like a tattoo of two bass kissing,..right here!!!"



Adam Murray

(as he points to his butt and starts to pull down his pants in the middle of a BPS store!!)



"Sorry dude,...Neither me nor my pens are going to touch your arss!!!"



Mac

(Totally embarrased and the vicitm of a great joke by the master himself.....Adam!!)LOL...a classic I'll always remember!!



 
"Never leave fish to find fish"---TOXIC



"If you ain't got it, you can't use it" (advice on packing the boat)----Jimmy Cavanaugh



TOXIC
 
my favorite during salmon season:



FISH ON!!!!



another one this weekend on the river:



HOOKED UP,coming down.



and ;



anything that bleeds for 7 days and doesnt die isnt human!
 
my father would say to me after I would ask a question remember son there are no stupid questions ... just stupid people (he did't know the answer did he)



A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOME PARTY
 
"Youaint gonna believe what happens next,Even while its happening"

Clint Eastwood



"It aint Free"

(me after wife brings home T&G pine(free) that constitutes a 5000.00 living room remodel!!
 
Never call your wife when you gonna be late.... There is no need to hear the same $#!% twice.



Be careful of the toes you step on today. They may be attached to the butt you kiss tomorrow.



Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - Ferris Bueller
 
A couple of my favorites:



"Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed"

Confucious



"If you don't start drinking, I'm gonna leave!"

George Thorogood



az



 
"I'm no one to be trifled with, and that's all you need to know..."



"Hey, that's my princess. Go get your own!"



"Never Give Up, Never Surrender!"



 
"A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age." Meatloaf



"You keep using that word. I dunna think it means what you think it means." Inigo Montoya
 
Just remembered one of my favorites.



"They hate you if you're clever,

but they despise a fool.

-John Lennon





Harpo
 

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