* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. *Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
*Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a Mazda Pickup
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. * It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none. * Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain Dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
*If you beat around the bush...you get a beat up bush.
* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to the Goddess.-- Don't pick a fight with an old woman. If she's too old to fight...she'll just shoot you.
These should be embroidered on a pillow.
ReplyDeleteI always liked: "Don't pick on an old person. She can't outrun you, so she'll have to kill you."
Words of wisdom from my dear friend Yellerdawg!..and this is why I like you! :)
ReplyDeleteMy moms favorite:
ReplyDeleteRemember that lawyers are as slick as snot on a door handle...
hehee i love my mom.
To long for a sampler but everyone of them right as rain!
ReplyDeleteyou ought to get a corolla. i've never lost a race to a bumble bee.
ReplyDeleteSimply fantastic! Yellerdawg at her best.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot my favorite pearl of wisdom that you've dropped on my site: *chin up, tits out.
Don't judge people by their relatives' houses either...this place is a mess but I swear I'm a good person. Also, long time no see.
ReplyDeleteWork your fingers to the bone, and what do you get? BONY FINGERS!
ReplyDeleteThat's from a song. I think it's appropriate.
Great stuff! Words to remember.
ReplyDeleteLove it.
ReplyDeleteOne of these days I'll do a real list of Jackiesue's list to live by..ha...
ReplyDeletewoozie..my comments to you come back as undeliverable..what's the deal?
I would like to have a t-shirt that says 'chin up..tits out'..ha
My old teacher Charlie Brown use to say
ReplyDelete"Better to remain silent and have people think you're a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
If this is just a hint of JackieSue's list of wisdom - I can't wait to see it.
ReplyDeleteThese are pretty damn profound and even come wrapped in a smile.
Those are all so funny, I love the bee and mazda one.
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes.
ReplyDeleteSome awesome words to live by there!
ReplyDeleteI got that same e-mail.
ReplyDeleteHey yellowdog is that you in the pic? cool and now the funny part as I was lookin at you if thats you I have 70's music on and I always hear a song reletive to a photo I'm doing for my blog or fixin for my blog it is always rigt on George always laughs about it cuz it's so perfect....It is exactly what I am working on , so can you guess what song was on while I was looking at you....Give up.... It was Bad Leroy Brown meaner than a junkyard dog.... I just busted up laughin....
ReplyDeleteWords to live by...
ReplyDeleteSome of these I'd heard, but some I hadn't. Very wise. :)
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