Your Quote of the day

99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer,
if one of those bottles should happen to fall,
it’s early happy hour!

;)

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

if you want to have friends ,

you have to be friendly !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

“The process of evolution through natural selection would tend to favor the propagation of increasingly more intelligent generations of human beings, were it not for the tendency of stupid people to reproduce at a higher rate than smart people.”

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Every breath you take is a gift from heaven!

-- --<<<<<< I will not stop until I get it right. >>>>>>--

elevators smell different to midgets

Mark twain “Don’t bother to give advice a wise man doesn’t need it and a fool won’t heed it”

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Sometimes I’m so clever that even I don’t know what I’m talking about.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

A good friend will come bail you out of jail, but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying…’Damn, that was fun’!

It can be done half ass, or first class. Your Choice

-- You can't trust dogs to guard your food.

Some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you.

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

One of the jobs I’ve had was conducting condition inspections on highway bridges. We had a running joke based on a mis-speak one of the crew members once said: “This bridge is in pretty good shape, considering the shape it’s in.”

-- Measure twice, then try to figure out which one was right.

I saw a video once of the woodworker David Marks. He had a sign taped on his bandsaw that said:

“Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right”. I posted it in my office for my students to see.

-- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellance, therefore, is not an act but a habit. ~Aristotle~

when your teeth hurt so much you cant eat ( go the dentist lol)

pratice what you preach …........

Andy

-- cut it saw it scrap it

mziem – that sounds familiar??

Rob :)

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

Wherever you go, there you are.

-- a little bit of stupid goes a long way

One of my favorites:

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

- Edison

-- James - What's your excuse this time??

If you succeed to fail, what have you really done?

-- Ever notice how some people look intelligent until you hear them speak?

“Common sense is genius in a blue collar”

“You can teach a fool, but you can’t make them think”

two of my favorites

-- http://www.efcabineture.com/ You can be tired, or you can be broke, but you should never be tired and broke.

How about my favourite.
IT’S NICE TO BE IMPORTANT ,BUT IT’S MORE IMPORTANT TO BE NICE. Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

I’m not surprised that would be your favorite Allistar. Not only a quote but a saying you practise well my friend.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

“Experience is the toughest teacher of all, it gives the test first and the lesson later!”

“Better to be thought an idiot then open ones mouth and remove all doubt”

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

and my fav

“Anyone who says they never made a mistake never did anything”

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Haste and indecision are the greatest wasters of time.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Just got a new one,

“I would rather aim for a star and hit a stump, then aim for a stump and miss.”

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

A craftsman is… what his tools aren’t….

“Two things in life you can’t hurry, God and a man who’s paid by the hour.”

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Parachute shop saying:

“If it works, you can’t complain, if it doesn’t work, you still can’t complain!

-- Rick

Focus on listening. Listening is a sign of respect…a demonstration that people and their ideas are important. When people know you’re willing to listen, they will share their ideas as well as their frustrations. Listening enables you to build a foundation of trust that is essential to motivation. ~John Baldoni

-- Mike The Termite ~~~~~ Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.

Ok, how about a shorter one.
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. ~Dale Carnegie

-- Mike The Termite ~~~~~ Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.

It’s too late to start earlier.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

how’s your hammer hangin’?

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

You probably wouldn’t worry what other people thought of you, if you knew how seldom they do.- Olin Miller

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

“If you only do what you always did then you will only get what you always got”

-- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines! Mike D.

I’m going to have a hard time remembering all of those.

Oh wait they are all written down.

Thanks.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

YOU CAN PICK YOUR FRIENDS BUT YOU CAN’T PICK YOUR RELATIVES. LOL

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

you can pick your friends ,
and you can pick your nose ,
but you can’t pick ,
your friends nose

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Sign in the old German Bakery when I was a kid- “Ve grow too soon oldt und too late schmart!”

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

worry is nothing more ,
than interest ,

on trouble !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

A carpenter uses his hand, a craftsman uses his head, and an Artist uses his heart!

-- Dan-- Info for all @ http://www.hoistman.com

Today, is the Tomorrow, you worried about Yesterday !

-- Doug, New Mexico.......the only stupid question is one that is never asked!........don't fix it, if it ain't broke!

My father in laws favorite…”Can’t die in the poor house”...

These are the “good ole day’s”

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened – Douglas Adams

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

One of my bud’s gave me the best advice I ever got. “Don’t do some thing stupid, get someone to do it for you”

-- I'm a lumberjock and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day!

“Ya blood’s worth bottling”

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – your’re right.
-Henry Ford

-- http://newmissionworkshop.com

Karson wrote these great words the other day on some post…

”Work safe and teach a child the way that you would want to be taught.”

I can’t seem to get this really cool quote out of my mind…

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/21878 This is where he posted it.

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

notottoman i think you win the quote of the day

even if Karson can’t remember it

Hooky

-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)

One of my favorite recent quotes was from some fella that wrote in response to an editorial in the newspaper. He said, “People are always saying that government spends money like a drunken sailor, but there’s a big difference. Drunken Sailors are spending their own money!”

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

You can understand something with the mind, with practice, you understand it with your hands !

This is from patron

You see, sometimes the ‘old school’ boyz say things with such depth, I don’t think they realize themselves what they say has such deep and meaningful relavance.

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

I just remember another one. My dad always used it on me when I wanted something for nothing.
” The guy that does the dancing, has gotta pay the fiddler.”
Took me years to figure that one out.

-- You can't trust dogs to guard your food.

What goes around comes around.The good you do comes back 100 times and the wrong you do comes back at you a 1000 times.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

A few of my favorites:

Unless you’re the lead dog, the view never changes.

Free advice is worth what it costs.

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don’t have a J.O.B.

Youth is wasted on the young.

I’m not afraid of falling, just the sudden stop.

Poor people have been voting democrat for 50+ years and their still poor.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

“Insanity is just a thought away”

-- Ever notice how some people look intelligent until you hear them speak?

“Never underestimate human stupidity” R.A. Heinlein

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Gary K. great to hear from you, I was gonna send you a post. Anyway, One of my favorites from Shakespear ” Up sluggard and waste not life, for in the grave be sleep enough.” To follow up Dave, ” you can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends, but you can’t wipe your friends on the sofa!! LOL.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

“Some days your the fire hydrant, some days your the dog.”

-- He who dies with the most tools wins!.....Just wait, I'm going to win!..ERR my wife will at least.

Madder than a two bob watch

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

About the time I turned 40 I came to realize there were a lot of similarities between tough and dum.

-- Thos. Angle

The bubbling brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

Dumb can be fixed…..there’s no cure for stupid.

-- Doug, New Mexico.......the only stupid question is one that is never asked!........don't fix it, if it ain't broke!

Remember,

If you haven’t got a smile on your face

And laughter in your heart,

Then you are just a sour old fart!
“Have a Great Day, unless you’ve made other plans”

-- Mike The Termite ~~~~~ Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.

*Don’t evaluate the prodgy of the poultry house until the process of incubation has been enumerated.*
( don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched)

-- Jack Keefe Shediac NB Canada

A couple of my favorites

If you have a problem with everyone, everyone is probably not the problem.

I was young and dumb once. I got over being young long before I got over being dumb.

great minds talk about ideas, average minds talk about events, small minds talk about people.

-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "

If it is worth doing.. it is worth doing wrong. (I had to think on that one—take a chance—just try)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

my great-grandfather used to say (so I have been told): “It’s not breakfast without pie”.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

“All things are born of the feminine”

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

A banker once said Yesterday is a canceled check. tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is cash spend it wisely.

Jim

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

Experience is a wonderful thing, it enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

-- Sawdust looks better in the garage than cars, explain that to your wife!

I got these lines in my face, tryin to straightn out the wrinkles in my life. -Guy Clark

-- There's many a slip betwixt a cup and a lip.--Scott

Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.

-- Gord M, Nova Scotia, Canada

- Where were you last night?
- – That’s so long ago, I don’t remember.
- What are you doing tonight?
- – I never make plans that far in advance.

Henry Behlen
Waterlox Inc.

-- http://woodworker.com

No matter the speed of light, dark always gets there first.

-- Gene

Mike Ditka said this, don’t know if it’s original : “Yesterday is the past, tomorrow is the future. Today is a gift, that’s why it’s called the present.”

“Some people have more dollars than sense.”

-- Wish I were Norm's Nephew

Almost forgot my girlfriend’s favorite :” Chocolate doesn’t make you gain weight, as long as you have it with beer!”

-- Wish I were Norm's Nephew

When your roofing contractor says he’ll get started manana….it does NOT mean Tomorrow. It only means “Not Today”

-- Its never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

Sometimes you’re the windshield….and sometimes you’re the bug

-- Its never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

I’ve always said: “Remember—a stranger is just a friend you ain’t met yet”.

-- Remember--- one good turn-- gets most of the blanket!!!!