Words of wisdom.

[GuyFawkes]

I'd like everyone to post one saying, one saying only, any subject, that they would answer in response to the question "what is the most useful thing you can tell me?"

I'll start it off, not by saying mine, not yet anyway, but by repeating the words Peter Brideson gave me when I asked him this question many years ago.

"You can say anything you like to your boss, as long as you are not right, that is the one crime they will not forgive."

[binnie]

"Opt out", move in the opposite direction to which the human herd is being globaly manipulated & you will survive. binnie

[Tugger]

When you are building something, try to make each part exactly ...then when you are done it should be close to perfect...
If you try to make each part close as you can the finished product will be far from perfect...

Its what i try to explain to every young person i help build something...
Very few children actually build stuff..but thats another subject...
Cheers
Tug

[Quinnf]

Clockwise to tighten

Counterclockwise to loosen.

Quinn

[Procrustes]

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.

--Rod Stewart

[Doug]

"You can't squeeze cheeze from a cow before it hatches"

Stimpson J Cat

stupidity and impatients go hand and hand.

Doug

[MikeyT]

... "what is the most useful thing you can tell me?"

"If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all."

[Guy_Incognito]

Know your limits, but don't be afraid to test them once in a while.

[Tom]

Ignorant and free has never been and will never be. Thomas Jefferson

[mobile_bob]

i have two

" you can milk a cow for a very long time, but you can butcher and eat her but once"  seems applicable to many topics, especially business.  (paul magathan, dairy farmer)

"i drink no more than a sponge", (can't remember who this one belongs to, but i like it)

bob g

[buickanddeere]

The three rules of success and happiness.
 #1 Mind your own business.
 #2 Don't mess around with another man's women.
 #3 Don't add water to your scotch.

[contango]

Work the Problem.

[swedgemon]

Man without tools is little better than an ape...with no offense to the apes.

[Joe]

Nothing is easy...if it were...anybody could do it.

[aqmxv]

I have a bunch of these.  I collect them.  But GF requested only one, so:

What one human has designed and built, another human can understand, repair, maintain, and often improve.