Inspirational Phrases

[SCOUT]

In another thread, someone mentioned that their relative used to say, “You get what you pay for.” This got me thinking that there are a million good phrases like this one. Please share some of your (PG rated or so) sayings.

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

Dress for the job you want not the job you have

The best time to look for a job is when you have one

Lord loves a workin' man… don't trust whitey… see a doctor and get rid of it.

What additions do you have?

[Ike]

murphys law and all of its corrolaries and addenda...they all pretty much apply to my day to day work.

if something can go wrong, it will.

the cost of the part that causes catastrophic failure is inversely proportional to the cost of the entire apparatus.

the part which causes catastrophic failure is always the one you believe to be least likely to fail.

I can't think of more cause it's so late, but I'll be damned if all this isn't true. Come to think of it, its a damn miracle we get any data at all in our experiment with as many things that can possibly go wrong. seriously, the number of things we have that can grind the whole lab to a halt is somewhere up in the millions.

[BoogercountySooner]

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. What the heck does that meen?

Easy Come Easy go.

Everything happens for a reason!

[oumartin]

you can Sheet in one hand and wish in the other and see which one gets full faster. (taught to me by my grandmother)

I'd stand on my head in a bucket of sheet for that

[OUHOMER]

Dont get your member caught in your zipper.. DAD 1971

[AlbqSooner]

My Methodist minister Grandfather's advice on dating people in your workplace.
"It isn't a good idea to get your meat where you get your taters."

[sanantoniosooner]

Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice...........wont get fooled again.


Up and vanished like a fart in the wind.

What has two thumbs and don't give a crap..........ME!

[Tiptonsooner]

My Methodist minister Grandfather's advice on dating people in your workplace.
"It isn't a good idea to get your meat where you get your taters."


Don't sh1t where you eat.

[TUSooner]

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. What the heck does that meen?

When buying a horse, you look into its mouth to discern its age (ask Dean for details). But if the horse is a gift, it's offensive to examine it as if you are buying it. In short, accept a gift gracefully without looking for its faults.

YWIA !

[Ike]

When buying a horse, you look into its mouth to discern its age (ask Dean for details). But if the horse is a gift, it's offensive to examine it as if you are buying it. In short, accept a gift gracefully without looking for its faults.

YWIA !


funny...I always got a different impression from that saying. I always thought it meant that "looking it in the mouth" referred to thinking about how much it would cost to feed it. In general stating that it was rude to look at a gift in terms of its cost to you.

[OU Adonis]

Power does not corrupt, the fear of losing it does

[slickdawg]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

[homerSimpsonsBrain]

Texas sucks!!