Five favourite quotes.

[BC'er]

Only five? There's a book about that; though I don't recommend editions after about 1960.

 

[Amplidyne]

I like the quote from the front of Nevil Shute's novel "Trustee from the Toolroom"

'An engineer is a man who can do for five bob what any bloody fool can do for a quid'

 

[MikeJhn]

Best book on the subject is "Honourable Insults"

 

[Sachakins]

Walk gently,
Speak less,
Listen more,
Be courteous,
Carry a Magnum 44.

 

[skeetstar]

Isn't a magnum cartridge a .44? .45 is ACP.

 

[paulrbarnard]

Isn't a magnum cartridge a .44? .45 is ACP.

I like the Almond Magnums but would want a whole one not .44 of it.

 

[Inspector]

Isn't a magnum cartridge a .44? .45 is ACP.

The 44 Magnum most common but there is a 45 Magnum too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.45_Winchester_Magnum

Pete

 

[skeetstar]

The 44 Magnum most common but there is a 45 Magnum too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.45_Winchester_Magnum

Pete

.. in my case then, a little knowledge proved to be just, a little knowledge. I am now betterceducated.

 

[Nelly111s]

“A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest” - also attributed to Churchill.

 

[Nelly111s]

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer



No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.



Before you act, listen.
Before you react, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you criticise, wait.
Before you quit, try.

Ernest Hemingway





You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.

Rumi

 

[Phil Pascoe]

No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Reminds me of a pro turner who always said something wasn't a flaw, it was a design opportunity.

 

[RobinBHM]

"grief is the price you pay for love"

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Don't I know it.