Favourite quotes - Here's mine, Quite a long list. What's yours?

[Ridge Runner]

When I'm asked about my military career,"I wouldn't take a million dollars for the memories, but I wouldn't give a penny to do it again."

If I knew then the pain I would have to live with now....I would have done all that I did then....with exception that I would still have done the same things. Only ten times as much, ten times as fast. And if I was still able to survive and live as long as I have I would still want to do it all over again....well all the good stuff anyways.

Our team motto (we weren't expecting to live past 25 years old)

Live life like every breathe is your last.
Work hard.
Play harder.
Die hardest, without regrets.

 

[Velo Dog]

That could be the most profound post so far on this thread

Thank You Tubby’s Canteen,

My old Pop’s was an interesting character for sure.
And the question / answer I relayed was real.
Every time I asked him a question, he always answered like the wise old owl that he was.

And, I don’t know if that particular quote is the most profound so far, as there are some real gems being posted here.
But either way, thanks for the knuckle bump.

Cheers,
Velo Dog.

 

[Huntsmans Bane]

Watch out for the smiley and honest ones.

 

[Velo Dog]

Fellow Wisecrackers,

My memory is getting foggy with old age but the following quote just now returned to me through said fog:

When I was a Deputy Sheriff, with the Colusa County California, Sheriff’s Department, there was a Sutter County Deputy that I became acquainted with.
The Sacramento River made part of the border between our two jurisdictions.
So we at times crossed the river, this way or that, to back each other on emergency calls.

His parents had emigrated, properly through the system, from India.
He was born in California.
As he grew up, his parents were disappointed in his choice of careers.
They were intellectuals and expected him to be a Doctor or an Engineer, etc.
But, he chose the road to high adventure and mediocre income.
His quote:

“IT IS BETTER TO LIVE ONE DAY AS A TIGER THAN A LIFETIME AS A SHEEP”.
(Deputy Mulki Jhal, 1975).

Cheers,
Velo Dog.

 

[Huntsmans Bane]

We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

A quote from an Italian great grandmother when the game warden came around asking about my uncles trapping operation while he was in college in the Early 70’s.

“PUT YOUR TUNGUE WHERE THE CHICKENS PISS”!

-Nonna. 5’ nothing and feared by many…

 

[Altitude sickness]

Phil Giordano​

Great sign. But it should read Colt Navy. Not Colt Army

That’s why mine hangs on the wall not in the safe

 

[8 x 60]

Spirituality is one's commune with God
Religion is crowd control

Attrib. K/n

 

[Flipper Dude]

A couple my Dad used to say….

On finding himself in a happy place, like sitting around a campfire smoking a pipe at the lake after a super day, or in deer camp

”Man, I wonder what the poor folks are doing? “

On viewing hesitation or apprehension when action was what was required……

”Do something, if you do it wrong”

 

[CAustin]

“Give a man an honest days work for an honest days pay”
Stewart Austin…..my father

its not a quote from someone famous but it has stuck with me all my life and it is how I have always conducted myself.

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

A few I use and live by. Most of which apply to 34 years as a Union Steamfitter, managing and supervising large scale industrial projects…

“I’ve made a career out of being needed and not always wanted.”

“If it were easy, I wouldn’t be here.”

“Don’t burn down your own house to get rid of an unwanted guest, just tell them to leave!”

“I’m very predictable and direct.” -Attributes mentioned during my resume vetting process.

“It’s a process, not an event”

“At this point, I don’t think you’ll be able to unfuck this” said more than once about a problem that couldn’t be easily resolved.

“You’re doing a great job and right now, no one is better than you”

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

I put these top five in all my field offices:

The top five rules to keep your job are quoted regularly…

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

One I use to address young journeyman (from this entitled generation) who are always requesting advancement…

The person that does the job, will get the job.

 

[F. Vaccaro]

Phil Giordano​

Great sign. But it should read Colt Navy. Not Colt Army

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Except that’s a Remington percussion.

 

[John the Electrician]

From a tough old woman that raised her sons in the depression:

"Wish in one hand, sh** in the other, see which one fills up first"

My grandpa grew up on the Depression as well. He used to say the same thing.

He also said “You talk like a man with a paper ass.”

Grandpa didn’t impress easily.

John

 

[Rubberhead]

"Killing's a hard thing to do well."

That quote is from Waterworld. Nothing about that movie is interesting to me, but that quote always stuck with me. Even though it has to be taken out of context, a hunter should understand that quote better than anyone.

 

[Velo Dog]

“You can’t go wrong with a .30-06.”
(Col. Townsend Whelen).

 

[Altitude sickness]

There are no secrets to success

 

[skydiver386]

"A Golf course is the willful and deliberate misuse of a perfectly good Rifle Range." - Col. Jeff Cooper

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

Amateurs argue about tactics or operations, professionals discuss logistics.