Have you ever heard someone speak and then wished you had been the one to utter the words? Or, maybe you have heard someone say something pithy and thought to yourself, “Hey, I said that one time in a conversation or speech!” And, maybe you have heard someone say lines you just knew were going to be “repeated” and then remembered as a “quote” and said to yourself, “I am glad I did not say that, at least not out loud!”
Well, take a look at these and decide if you wish they were yours, if you at least agree with them, or if you are utterly glad the words were not from your mouth.
“I listen to everyone. Then I do what I want.” Diane von Furstenberg, designer
“I complained about my big ol’ feet, until I met a man without any feet!” Jimmy Johnson, FHS coach
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost, poet
“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.” Yogi Berra, baseball player
“Our job as parents is to put ourselves out of a job.” Julie Lythcott-Haims, author
“When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.” Bill Clinton, U. S. President
“Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things, like a double cheeseburger.” Channing Tatum, actor
“The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley, an’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy!” Robert Burns, poet
“If ‘good’ was easy, there wouldn’t be a word for ‘bad.’” Frank Sonnenberg, author
“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” Rabindranath Tagore, poet (This is a quote I heartily believe and have often repeated. Themer)
“The man pays you the money; you do the job! Now get out the way!” Bill Malone, general Forney maintenance worker
Doctor’s check-up diagnosis: “Herman, you are 82 years old, and if you would quit smoking that pipe, quit eating those fatty foods, and quit taking those two or three ‘nips’ of alcohol at the family gatherings, you might live an extra five years.” His reply: “Why the heck would I want to?” Grandpa (of D. Themer) Schroeder
“If you can do it, you don’t need to say it!” Gibby House, FHS Sophomore—’75—‘76
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts.” William Shakespeare, playwright
“You had the same opportunity as I did to choose any ‘major’ degree plan and to apply for any job!” Duane Penny, FHS teacher
“If we ever forget that we are ‘One Nation Under God,’ then we will be a nation gone under.” Ronald Reagan, U. S. President
And finally—“I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK” (on old grave marker)
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