Here are some of my favorite sayings:
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
You have any favorite sayings?
Adventure is agony in retrospect.
My wife says I “never listen” to her, or something like that.
"Courage is doing something you are afraid to do. Without fear, there is no courage" Capt. Eddie Rickenbacher
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" Hunter S Thompson
"Don't confuse activity with progress."
"[censored], even in the future, nothing works!" (Dark Helmet from Space Balls)
"Don't count the days, make the days count." - Muhammad Ali
It's like a sore penis, you can't beat it!
What the [BLEEP]?
No [BLEEP]?
When people say life's not fair. "Well, some people in hell want ice water". I lost count of how many times my dad threw this at us growing up.
When someone asks you for something and you don't care to hear it. "Well, I need a new butt. Mine has a crack in it".
When someone has a [BLEEP] opinion. "Well, opinions are like buttholes. Everyone has one".
When people try to force things physically or conceptually but you know it won't work. "Well, you can't fit 15 pounds of crap in a 10 pound bag".
And then some of my personal favorites that my Grandfather used to throw at us growing up. Which I don't know if it's just a saying in general. But he would say "You reckon you'll ever amount to anything?" or he would say "You ain't no good! And you never will be!". Miss ya Pop!
One we use with the kids a bunch when that four-letter F word comes up...."Fair? Fair comes once a year and smells like cow dung."
I like to refer to dummies as 3-watt light bulbs, cuz they ain't bright.
and of course PEBCAK when the boss asks me to help resize their desktop display for the eleventeenth time.
There is no substitute for horsepower. And horsepower is no substitute for time.
If my aunt had balls she would be my uncle.
That dumb [BLEEP] couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions written on the bottom.
Every now and then I'll take a sick day at work and tell them that I have "anal glaucoma". Can't see my [BLEEP] going to work today.
Moving at the speed of government.
We're better than our record.
Hope is not a plan.
Don't piss in my popcorn
I'd rather [BLEEP] in my hands and clap
[BLEEP] you. [BLEEP] you. [BLEEP] you. Next!
Some sports -related ones that apply to everyday life:
"Sometimes you have to go slow to go fast"
"In order to finish first, you must first finish."
with regard to Bernie Kosar's mobility: "He's slower than erosion"
A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.
Totally true, sad and messed up.