Uplifting and Helpful Quotes

[hoytedow]

A rising tide lifts all boats.
The New England Council, the phrase made popular by John F. Kennedy

This thread is dedicated to the principle that if you don't have something positive to say, especially concerning fellow forum members, it is best not to say anything.

The thread was inspired by dskira, whose own http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/all-things-boats-and-boating/our-favorite-quotes-32864.html thread was closed through no fault of his own.

 

[El_Guero]

If you do not have anything good to say, it is probably better to remain silent.

Anon.

Aka, my Grandpa. OK, my Grandpa said it, he might not have been the first.

 

[dskira]

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

Wyatt Earp

 

[hoytedow]

When your outgo exceeds your income your upkeep will be your downfall.
Bill Earle

 

[hoytedow]

If you can't be the Sun, be a star.
Martin Luther King

 

[troy2000]

One of the advantages of growing older is that there are fewer and fewer people who remember what a damn fool you used to be.
-my dad

 

[MikeJohns]

One of the advantages of growing older is that there are fewer and fewer people who remember what a damn fool you used to be.
-my dad

George Best, the UK soccer champion, managed to spend his fortune before he died.

Asked where all his money had gone he said " I spent a lot on Women fast cars and liquor, but I just squandered the rest...."

 

[dskira]

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
Fran Lebowitz

You bet it's pleasurable, but unfortunately I am sober.

 

[dskira]

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
Fran Lebowitz

You bet it's pleasurable, but unfortunately I don't do drug anymore.

 

[hoytedow]

You bet it's pleasurable, but unfortunately I don't do drug anymore.

I use more drugs now than I ever did before.

 

[hoytedow]

Just because you're unemployed, it doesn't mean that you're out of work,
Daniel Mullin

 

[michael pierzga]

" Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.”

Lord Chesterfield

 

[hoytedow]

You can learn something from every mistake except your last one. Try not to make that one.
Bernard M. Willett

 

[PAR]

If you're going to be a shitshoveler, there's no sense at being second best shitshoveler.

My dad . . .

 

[El_Guero]

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you .... Jesus.