Clever Quotes

[Doon frae Troon]

We often miss opportunity as it can come dressed on overalls and looking like work. [Thomas Edison]

 

[Rooter]

A man with a hole in his pockets can feel cocky all day. [Unknown]

 

[dewsweeper]

That did not take long!!!

 

[Piece]

A man with a hole in his pockets can feel cocky all day. [Unknown]

:rofl:

 

[Norrin Radd]

when a man go`s to bed with an itchy bum ,he will wake up with a smelly finger.

 

[Norrin Radd]

they say the early bird catches the worm ,but,,,its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

 

[Crazyface]

Sometimes I feel sorry for him......but it soon passes.

 

[Tongo]

A few favourites:

“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” (GK Chesterton – 1935)

“His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar.” (Lord Macaulay – 1828)

“Sir, I have found you an argument, but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.” (Samuel Johnson – 1784)

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” (John Locke – 1690)

“To win without risk is to triumph without glory.” (Corneille)

"Noah was an amateur, but the Titanic was built by professionals.” (Malcolm Allison)

“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts – for support, rather than for illumination.” (Andrew Lang)

‘Whatis a cynic? A cynic is a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.’ (Oscar Wilde)


“Presence is a curious thing. If you need to prove you’ve got it, probably never had itin the first place. It’s not an ostentatious, adolescent display. It should besomething effortless. Someone once said: ‘The whisper is louder than theshout.’ Well amen to that.”

“The easiest way to save face is keep the bottom half shut.”

 

[Robster59]

The worse thing you can deprive a woman of is a grievance - Andy Capp

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Crossing over to the working hours thread.......No matter how busy I am, I am never too busy to talk about how busy I am. [Anon]

 

[Tashyboy]

the art of winning a conversation is by raising the eyebrows and not the roof.

Read it on the Back of a box of matches when I was a kid. Being on this forum often reminds me of that saying 😁👍

 

[Deleted member 18645]

And though you may fool your soul, your conscience will be mine. [Adam Ant]

 

[irip]

Sir if you was my husband i would poison your drink (lady astor)

Madam if you was my wife i would drink it (winston churchill)

 

[Norrin Radd]

Sir if you was my husband i would poison your drink (lady astor)

Madam if you was my wife i would drink it (winston churchill)

also attributed to winnie,
You sir are drunk [lady astor]
and you madam are ugly but..............in the morning i shall be sober

 

[Deleted member 18121]

My man...Homer Simpson:

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals … except the weasel.

Trying is the first step towards failure.

 

[SocketRocket]

'I told them I was ill'

Spike Milligans Grave Stone epigraph.

 

[HowlingGale]

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

 

[rickg]

“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
― Mark Twain

 

[JollyRedDevil]

In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron. Lee Trevino

 

[Val]

Your always the same sometimes (I've no idea but I like this one)