Quotable Quotes

[Tradewind]

 

[Tradewind]

Trust your gut, but verify with facts.

Three can keep a secret if two are dead.

Every great thing you will accomplish in your life will be through struggle

Always carry a flask—it’s not alcoholism, it’s hydration with personality.

Marry a pretty woman after you meet her mother

Learn from the mistakes of people who took your advice.

 

[recon6036]

“Getting old ain’t for Sissies.”

 

[Perlodid]

"Because it's there" - George Mallory, when asked why he would attempt to climb Everest

 

[reallyoldman]

As worthless as tits on a boar hog.....My mother use to say this when something or someone was useless

 

[Forkyfinder]

Fall 7 times, stand up 8 - japanese proverb

Success is stumbling from failure to failure - without loss for enthusiasm - Winston Churchill

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway - John Wayne

 

[B&CTom]

Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience, it will cleanse your soul and make you a better person. Fred Bear

 

[beagle001]

My grandpa had a few he used a lot

Don’t break your arm patting yourself on the back

There’s no modesty in his family, he got it all!

 

[mdhunter]

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.

 

[brymoore]

“The trail is all downhill except for the uphill portions” Brymoore to his sons on an elk pack out.

 

[longbow51]

Polish comes from the cities, wisdom from the desert.

Frank Herbert, Dune

 

[recon6036]

“The guy was harder than Chinese Algebra!”

“Your partner’s as useless as a bucket of C - - (Semen).”

Couple lines I’ve heard, from random people, over 31 years in Police work.

 

[JohnCushman]

In the immortal words of Gunny Kelley in field med school...."#uck the #ucking #uckers"

 

[Straight Arrow]

In the immortal words of Gunny Kelley in field med school...."#uck the #ucking #uckers"

Don't know where Kelley picked it up, but that emphatic expression echoed throughout South Vietnam for years back in the day.

 

[JohnCushman]

Don't know where Kelley picked it up, but that emphatic expression echoed throughout South Vietnam for years back in the day.

He was a Recon Marine in Viet Nam

 

[Straight Arrow]

He was a Recon Marine in Viet Nam

Sure enough! God Bless that Gunney Recon Marine. He is a real life authentic Veteran American hero! (with combat zone boots-on-the-ground to prove it.)

 

[Gerald Martin]

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Why is it only the pig pretends he doesn’t like the mud?

Kind of like a saying my cousin used to say. “Quit it some more.”

 

[okie archer]

If a project needs to get done, ask someone who is always very busy.

Meaning people who are always busy are usually getting things done. People who are not busy usually aren't dependable to get anything done.

 

[okie archer]

I don't know where my wife come up with this saying but I totally get it. In regards to having friends she said.

"Instead of having 10 pennies I'd rather have a dime."

 

[Nick87]

Instead of having 10 pennies I'd rather have a dime."

Nothing to do with friends, but "I'll take two nickels over a dime anyday" iykyk.