Favourite Quotations

For your edification dear readers, this is a selection of words of wisdom, presented in no particular order, that have stuck to me along the way.

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~ Zen saying

If your anger goes forth, withhold your sword; If your sword goes forth, withhold your anger. ~ swordsman's axiom

Better to do a little well, than a great deal badly. ~ Socrates

Either do or do not. There is no "try". ~ Yoda

Like picking fly shit out of pepper with boxing gloves on. ~ My father, Lawrence Whynacht, on the subject of things that are very difficult to do.

There's facts about dogs, and then there's opinions about them. The dogs have the facts, and the humans have the opinions. If you want the facts about the dog, always get them straight from the dog. If you want opinions, get them from humans. ~ J. Allen Boone

If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. ~ Red Adair

None are innocent. There are only those weak enough to believe they are, and those strong enough to revel in the knowledge that they are not. ~ Jacob Strauss, Magus of the Shining Hill

Don't start vast projects with half-vast ideas. ~ Unknown

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ~ Kurt Vonnegut

When I want you monkey, I'll rattle your chain. ~ My mother, Evelyn Whynacht

If you are going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill

You are permitted in times of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge. ~ Bulgarian proverb

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

God grant me a good sword and no use for it. ~ Polish proverb

May those that love us love us, and those who don't love us may God turn their hearts, and if He won't turn their hearts may He at least turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. ~ Irish toast

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. ~ Rudyard Kipling

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. ~ G. K. Chesterton

Black as the Devil,
Strong as Death,
Sweet as Love,
And hot as Hell.
~ how the Tuareg tribesmen like their coffee

You can make a shit house look like the Taj Mahal if you shoot it from the right angle. ~ My Father, Lawrence Whynacht, on the subject of why some people and places look great in pictures, but like ass when you see them in person.

Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes BETTER, but it doesn't make perfect. ~ the incomparable Diana Kleszczynski

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. ~ Mark Twain

Those who won't listen have to feel. ~ My mother, Evelyn Whynacht

When the Fool Killer comes lookin', you better be hidin' in the tall grass. ~ African warning

No man meets a friend in the desert. ~ Arab proverb

The thorn defends the rose, yet it is peaceful and does not seek conflict. ~ Unknown

Are those pants too tight Toulouse? ~ Toulouse Lautrec's tailor

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. ~ Celtic Proverb

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. ~ Will Rogers