Quotes etc

Some of my favourite words said by others!

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"Use soft words and hard arguments."
English Proverb

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"Often the impossible is what has not been attempted."
Ultimas Noticias

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"When you aim for perfection you discover it's a moving target."
George Asher

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"Be patient with everyone but above all with yourself."
St Francis De Sales

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"If you want truly to understand something try to change it."
Kurt Lewin

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"Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight! "
Phyllis Diller

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"Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life."
B C Forbes

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"What do you mean we don't communicate? Just yesterday I faxed you a reply to the recorded message you left on my answering machine."
The Wall Street

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"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
Rev. Hesburgh

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"One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person sells, another buys and they both think they are astute."
William Feather

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"Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night."
Leo Aikman

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"Success without honour is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good."
Joe Paterno

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"The past should be a springboard not a hammock"
Nern Ball

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"The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time"
Leo Kennedy

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"Midlife crisis is that moment when you realise your children and your clothes are about the same age."
Bill Tammeus

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"When it's raining look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars."
Heard quoted during Children in Need

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"The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more"
Jonad Salk MD

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"Ability will never catch up with the demand for it"
Malcolm S Forbes

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"The shortest distance between two points is under construction"
Noelir Alito

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"A great actor can bring tears to your eyes, but then so can a mechanic"
Donald Reber

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"A stumble may prevent a fall."
English proverb

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"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
Chinese proverb

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"To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have."
Ken S. Keyes Jr.

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"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
Sir Winston Churchill 

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"Square meals often make round people. "
E. Joseph Cossman

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"There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory."
Josh Billings

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As we near the end of another month
Our targets have all been met
Customers are all happy
Staff are all enthusiastic
The pigs are fed and ready to fly.
             sign at The Maybush pub, Waldringfield 

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"For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe"
Larry Eisenberg

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"Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful"
Sophia Loren

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"Kittens £1 each: call Ben
Kittens free: call Ben's mum"
Classified ads 

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"If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it. "
Pam Shaw

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"One filled with joy preaches without preaching."
Mother Theresa

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"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."
Mark Twain 

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"It's easy to identify people who can't count to ten. They're in front of you in the supermarket express lane."
June Henderson

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"If you want an accounting of your youth, count your friends."
Merry Brown

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"The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form."
Stanley J. Randall

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"A trouble shared is a trouble dragged out until bedtime."
Victoria Wood

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"I know you believe you understand what you think I said but I’m not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant.” 
Robert McCloskey

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