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.

A neat desk is a sign of a sick mind. -- Mark Twain

The smart cookies sell more that the wise crackers.

What you don't know may not hurt you, but it will certainly amuse a lot of us.

Adolescence is when you think you'll live forever. Middle age is when you wonder how you've lasted so long.

Civilization can be measured by the degree of helplessness when the electricity goes off.

No entran moscas en boca cerrada.

A bore is a person who keeps you from being lonely, when you wish you were.

Green light: Signal for the motorist behind you to blow his horn.

A smile is a curve that sets things straight.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Doctor to sick patient: "Don't worry--I'll have you up and complaining about my fee before you know it."

Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.

Too much sun makes a desert.

There are two kinds of men who never amount to much --those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else.

Conceit: A condition found in people who take too much vitamin "I".

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist. ---Oscar Wilde

To err is human, but to blame it on someone else is more human.

One is a beautiful number if you're that special one.

It has taken me all my life to understand that it is not necessary to understand everything.

Macho does not prove mucho.

give a kid a million dollars and he might lose it. Give him an education and he'll always have it.

Why is it that when you call a wrong number the line is never busy?

Ego trip--Stumbling over own feet.

Cats aren't the only ones that can lick themselves with their own tongue.

At least a yawn is an honest opinion.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a few car payments.

Stretching the truth won't make it any stronger.

Honeymoon salad--Lettuce alone.

The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Opportunity is knocking at your door, but your mother won't let him in.

If you are thinking of cheating on a test--think of yourself on the operating table under the knife of a surgeon who cheated in medical school.

Children go through such fascinating stages. First they call you Da Da, then they call you Daddy, then they call you collect.