Quotes

Poetry n Prose

Quotes from the chalkboard
(as they were jotted down)

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If I know who originated the quote I will specify.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of hard-working man's success.

Remember the good old days when mail was delivered for three cents--instead of lost for 20.

You are educated if you can do what you ought, whether you want to do it or not.

Failure is the path of lest persistence.

A sows ear may not make a silk purse, but a good calf can do a lot for a stocking.

The oldest, shortest words--"yes" and "no"--are those that require the most thought.

Character is like the foundation to a house--it is below the surface.

Honorable parent wishes son to have all those things he never had when he was a boy--including 5 A's on a report card.

Sure, God created man before woman. But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece.

If you give a woman an inch, she will park her car in it.

Men may be smarter than women, but you never see a woman marry a dumb man just because he has a good figure.

The door to success is labeled push.

Triumph is just umph added to try.

A friend is a present you give yourself.

Uncle Sam says there are 78 million people employed. He didn't say how many are working.

Before you find your handsome prince, you have to kiss a lot of toads.

Some students drink deeply at the fountain of knowledge. Others only gargle.

Old age is when your back goes out more than you do.

Laziness: The habit of resting before fatigue sets in.

A boyfriend is a fellow who lost his liberty in the pursuit of happiness.

Marrying for money costs too much.

Time, like a snowflake, disappears while we're trying to decide what to do with it.

Blessed are the perfect, for they are female.

Your daughter is growing up when she starts dressing more slowly and dialing faster.

The battle of the sexes will never be won by either side. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

Do you come with a solution or are you part of the problem.

Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can do.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most women's magazines have 50 pages of recipes and 50 pages of diets.

Quien mucho duermo, poco aprendo.