Great quotes/sayings

[C n C]

My Mum always used to say: "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly".

[johnpsanderson]

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't — you're probably right."

"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."

And of course "Shut Up Legs!"...

[DWDarkWheels]

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell

[voyds9]

If you want to know where the bus is going ask the driver not the conductor - my dad

[Zarco]

crankedup said:

Brexit

I am fond of 'Brexit means Brexit'.

[Big-Bo-Beep]

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself I would be happy to do it for you. - G. Marx

[PositronicRay]

voyds9 said:

If you want to know where the bus is going ask the driver not the conductor - my dad

Pre M25, when lost in London my dad always used to follow a bus, or sometimes a taxi. On the basis it was going somewhere!

[anonymous-user]

Over over under steer said:

The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they’re too heavy to be broken. - Warren Buffett

BMW used that one when they launched their new 4 cylinder diesel engine.

[stevemiller]

"If in doubt f&^k about!" me.

[alorotom]

Make haste, slowly

I did nothing good today, I have lost a day. (Nil boni hodie. Diem perdidi.)

[anonymous-user]

Success has many rich uncles, whilst failure is an orphan, left on the chapel steps at midnight.

[Trophy Husband]

From my old Construction Manager from the Olympics site....

Bear in mind he was in his 60's at the time so a bit of a sexist!
"Women, you spend the first couple of years wanting to eat them and the rest of your life wishing you had! It doesn't matter which model you've got, they've all got the same chip in their head."

[Drawweight]

If you’re going through a bad divorce think of the old Chinese proverb.

The best revenge is to live well..

[OriginalFDM]

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

[TGTiff]

One in Kate Bush
Is worth two in the hand

[Zarco]

Trophy Husband said:

From my old Construction Manager from the Olympics site....

Bear in mind he was in his 60's at the time so a bit of a sexist!
"Women, you spend the first couple of years wanting to eat them and the rest of your life wishing you had! It doesn't matter which model you've got, they've all got the same chip in their head."

An old colleague of mine in construction:

'Expect everyone to be a until proven otherwise'

He had this on his desk:

"L'enfer, c'est les autres" (Hell is other people)

I really can't argue with that second one.

[Zarco]

alorotom said:

Make haste, slowly

I've heard 'Less haste more speed' many a time.

[Trophy Husband]

Zarco said:

I've heard 'Less haste more speed' many a time.

I do like "Panic slowly"

[glenrobbo]

"Well, at least things can't get any worse."

[MrBarry123]

“Life’s simple. You make choices and you don’t look back.”