This Quotation Changed My Life

[Vercingetorix]

We've heard and read quotations that influence us. Perhaps from a parent, a friend, public figure, author...

Which quotation(s) influenced you throughout your life. For me:

1) The unexamined life is not worth living - Socrates

2) Rick, always refer to a woman as a "young lady", until she tells you she's not young or proves she is no lady - my father

3) Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son - Animal House (the movie)

[DevilDiver]

"It's better to regret something you have done than something you haven't done......" - The Butthole Surfers

[diver-wife]

"You can't fix stupid" Ron White

[cowgirldiver]

“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO what a ride!”

[WetHog]

"Ladies and Gentleman, Take my advice, Pull down your pants, and Slide on the Ice" Dr. Sidney Friedman, M*A*S*H the Series.

[rainmaker]

"The true cost of any given thing is how much of your life you have to give up in order to get it". -- Henry Thoreau

[Judge]

It is easier to ask for forgiveness that it is to ask for permission....(ME)

[Vercingetorix]

Originally Posted by Judge

It is easier to ask for forgiveness that it is to ask for permission....(ME)

Heard that one over thirty years ago from Adm Grace Hopper, USN

[waytooslow]

Originally Posted by DevilDiver

"It's better to regret something you have done than something you haven't done......" - The Butthole Surfers

"... and by the way if you see your mother... tell her.... "

[MSilvia]

"Never let your studies interfere with your education." - multiple attributions including Pete Seeger and Mark Twain