Great Quotes

[Hugh Manatee]

It is astonishing that Churchhill ever found time to sort out WWII. He must have spent most of his time coming up with all these quotes.

Was it him that said, "It is better to keep your mouth shut and for people to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and people to know you're a fool."

 

[Inertia]

It is astonishing that Churchhill ever found time to sort out WWII. He must have spent most of his time coming up with all these quotes.

Was it him that said, "It is better to keep your mouth shut and for people to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and people to know you're a fool."

I not sure who said it, though I think the original quote was more like, "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak, and to remove all doubt."

As you say, people attribute a lot of quotes to Churchill.

 

[pplpilot]

A flying club I was a member of had a good one if people were in doubt of the weather conditions for flying or on the serviceability of an aircraft. - 'Its better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were down here'

 

[classic33]

An old mate of mine was a time-served Painter & Decorator whose specialised subject at college was Signwriting (at work too he was the signwriter)
He'd got a few 'quotes' he'd painted and framed that hung on his wall,

What it is to sit and do nothing,

Then rest afterwards.
​

Why put off til tomorrow,

What you can put off til next week
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And my favourite

Dope gets you through times of no money

Better than money gets you through times of no dope.​

I prefer "do not put off until tomorrow that which you can do today"

Never put off until tomorrow, something you can put off doing at all.

Or
Never put off 'til tomorrow what you should be doing today or you'll end up putting your whole life away.
Col. S.T. Potter.

 

[Dave7]

it wasn't churchhill

Of course it was.
That dog is really clever.

 

[Dave7]

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

Cant recall which one but Im sure that was one of the old snooker players. Very good one that.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Cant recall which one but Im sure that was one of the old snooker players. Very good one that.

It was indeed, from the days when billiards was the main game I believe. I can't remember who though.

One from the airline industry -

"You think safety is expensive? Try having an accident."

 

[Dayvo]

Not a quote per se but a line from Michael Rowbotham's Bleed for Me.

A psychologist asks his patient to describe, in one word, the worst bj he's ever had. Fabulous is the reply.

 

[Tin Pot]

Cant recall which one but Im sure that was one of the old snooker players. Very good one that.

No it’s golf. Jack Nicklaus iirc.

It’s to shut up all the people that call a good player lucky.

 

[Tin Pot]

 

[alicat]

Was it him that said, "It is better to keep your mouth shut and for people to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and people to know you're a fool."

Denis Thatcher

 

[Profpointy]

It is astonishing that Churchhill ever found time to sort out WWII. He must have spent most of his time coming up with all these quotes.

Was it him that said, "It is better to keep your mouth shut and for people to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and people to know you're a fool."

Mark Twain (maybe?)

 

[Oxo]

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

From golf but definitely Gary Player

 

[wheresthetorch]

“It never gets easier, you just get faster” – Greg LeMond

 

[swansonj]

"Display of superior knowledge is as great a vulgarity as display of superior wealth—greater indeed, inasmuch as knowledge should tend more definitely than wealth towards discretion and good manners."