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“A closed mouth gathers no foot.”

“Don’t believe everything you think”

“it’s a dog eat dog reich and i’m wearing bacon trousers” – Stewie as Hitler, Family Guy.

“they hung in the air just like bricks don’t” – HHGTTG

“the dead know only one thing, that it is better to be alive” – Platoon

“I guess they haven’t fully understood the concept of Marine” – British soldier, Afghanistan, after successfully outflanking the Taliban with a river crossing.

A twist on the OP…”A closed mouth gathers no foot” (Terry P I think)
And my favourite, as used frequently in my workplace “You can’t put the sh!t back in the Horse”.

And one I actually try and stick to, “If you can’t change something…then change your attitude towards it”

One of my all time favourites, and proved more times than I have had hot dinners;)

“Never judge a book by it’s cover.”

Jim.

Lincoln .7

Ahhh G’Kar!

“No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power tyrants and dictators cannot stand.”

or my favourite

“I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part
of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet, and just listen.
After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought
and word we’ve exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in
these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part
of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.”

Martin

A one my favourite teacher from back in high school always said to me and my friends:

“Aim for the moon and the you’ll land among the stars”

Good quote, though I’m more a disciple of G’Kar. 😉

The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest.

The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between. But there is still time to seize that one last, fragile moment. To choose something better, to make a difference

Martin

“Do unto others as they do unto you, but do it first!!” 😉

Jim.

Lincoln ,7

If you can’t fix it.. Firk it, so no other firker can fix it… (polite version)

The strength of a chain is in it’s weakest link.

If in doubt, leave it out.

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.

Its hard to soar like an eagle if you work with a bunch of Turkeys !!!

:diablo::diablo::diablo:

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying.
The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

HHGTTG again 😀

”There’s madness in my method” 🙂

dunno who first coined it but I have used it for years LOL

Another that works well is…

”Thanks for going”

or the old standard…

”Good enough for government work ” 😀

Knowing my luck……..

When my ship comes in……
I’ll be stuck at the airport………

One for anybody about to brave the Christmas Eve shopping crowds-

“Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence” (From Desiderata)

di vinci’s flight quote, which isnt in my sig anymore 🙁

“for once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will long to return”

i love this, soon to be a piece of body art for me

“I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm’s way.” Captain John Paul Jones, U.S. Naval hero of the American Revolutionary war.

“Between the idea and the reality…
between the motion and the act…
Falls the Shadow.”
T.S. Eliot

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
Mark Twain

“For it could be a time to remember.”
Carl Sandburg.

“What would you have me do, wait for the improvements?”
Pioneer aviator Raoul Estaban when told that his Curtiss Jenny looked unsafe.

“Yes, but you’d be driving better cars”.
An American officer’s reply when told by an Engish senior citizen that if it weren’t for the Americans, “We’d all be speaking German”. 🙂

“Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.”