Hot Rods Quotes to live by...

It's like a safeauto commercial around here

My grandpa,

When it comes to garages- start off big because they always get smaller.
When it comes to women - start off small because they always get bigger.

 

Every day is roadster weather. Some days are just better than others. -Jim Pike

 

"Inch by inch it's a cinch,yard by yard it's hard." My dad always taught us if you make progress every day you'll knock even the biggest job down to size in no time.

 

Nothing good ever happens after midnight!

 

Better to remain silent and thought of as an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.....

If you ever find yourself in deep deep shit, don't open your mouth...

The only difference between a buzzard and a mother-in-law is that the buzzard waits til you're dead before it picks your ass...

 

I don't remember where I first heard it but here's one that is good AND true:

“What’s wrong is wrong and will always be wrong, even if everyone is doing it. What’s right is right and will always be right, even if nobody is doing it.”

 

Getting into an argument with someone on social media is kind of like wrestling with a pig in the mud. You both end up getting dirty and after a while you realize...the pig likes it.

 

"You Get What You Pay For"

 

You can do it quick, cheap or right. Pick two.


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My tag line was something my wise old Dad used to say:
"The School of Hard Knocks is not a tuition free institution."
Also: "There's no education in the second kick of a mule."

 

" If you don't eat pu**y, your neighbor will"

 

My Dad would say "don't buy nothin' that eats or dies"

 

My Dad used to say"Boy,you`re paid to do.NOT think".
And I think my signature pretty much says it all.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.

 

From My Leader...

 

Haa! My dad also had a saying for something that went really fast. Something to the effect of “He was moving like a ruptured duck!” When I was a kid I thought that was hilarious. Thanks for the visual, dad!


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The definition of experience. Something you have when you are finished that you really could have used when you started.

 

"Never let no one borrow your horse, gun or women" my great uncle.
(You can substitute horse for car)

Nothing's free" my mom.

If a man can't keep his word, he ain't a man" Me

The things that need to be done, are done now not later" me

Everything appens for a reason" me

Little by little" my cheap uncle.

You could be in the presence of an Angel and not even know" the Bible

Fear not and Be courageous" the Bible

Jealousy is a female trait" my old friend

If you don't work you don't eat" the Bible.

Don't trust a man with soft hand" some old movie

Pain is temporary" me

You want to keep a friend, call him back" me

The curse of a women is that they want to be in control" the Bible

FTP" George Lopez

If you want something you have to work twice as hard as everyone" my high school math teacher.

Clubs are for seals" some HAMBer

Don't for get your eye protection" my shop teacher

Honda's are for soccer mom's"

Pussy kills" from my youth in the hood, seen it happen more than once

 

A couple of Mom's sayings.
Don't spend your whole life to give your ass a ride. (Friends of our parents never had much & barely scraped by but they always had a new car.)
Best way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your wallet.

 

And one to go along with this^ "pennies make dimes" A lil at a time........

 

A friend of mine is an old Missouri boy and I swear he had a saying for everything. One night we were out in my shop (it must have been around 1988 or so). I can’t remember exactly what we were doing but it was dark and we were both laying over the front fenders of his ‘57 Chevy truck reaching way back behind the engine trying to get something in place. We couldn’t see what we were doing so we were working by feel, covered with oil trying to get whatever it was in. I’m starting to get a little frustrated and as we’re laying there he looks over at me with a grin and says “It’s a bit like trying to stick a noodle up a wildcat’s ass, ain’t it?”

Ever since that time whenever I’m working on a car struggling with something, I think of that and have to laugh.


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"It's important to understand the rules so you know how to properly break them."

 

"The view only changes for the the lead dog"

"She rode my ass all the way to Bethlehem."

 

And let's not forget good old Andy Griffith and Forest Gump.

 

NEVER trust a fart or ignore an erection!

 

"If it's got tits or tires, sooner or later there's gonna be trouble"

 

Favs....

If yer gonna be dumb, ya better be tough

And from my mother (and I should have listened.... LOL! 3 exes later...)

Meet her mother; chances are damn good she'll turn out that way...

 

Four quotes on my office wall:

"Quality must be built in - it cannot be inspected in". (Sign on the wall at Shelby America 1965)

"It'll get worse before it gets better".
(Dalton / Roadhouse)

"The cure for everything is saltwater: Sweat, Tears, or the Sea". (Jimmy Buffet)

"Quit fixing what broke - Fix why it broke."
(This was drilled into me by a wise older mechanic who took me under his wing when I was young. Forty years later I still hear him in my head when facing a problem.)

One other Jimmy Buffet quote that I think is appropriate for most things in life:
" If you decide to run with the ball, just count on fumbling and getting the shit kicked out of you. But never forget how much fun it is just to be able to run with the ball".

 

When working on your car and it takes you longer than 5 minutes to do, you're doin' it wrong cause the guy on the assembly line never had that much time!

 

"ya gotta wanna" "I was better but I got over it" "Don't get mad at the genius you think in me because I can't fix what you can't either" "you never make a mistake if you never do anything" "can't see it from here" "Your so smart I bet you can pick up a piece of shit by the clean end" ""everything is easy to do to when you only suggest what I should do" "I'd like to give you a piece of my mind but I need all of it" "What kind of brakes does a Rabbit have? Hair brakes" "Telling me how great you are enough times doesn't make me believe it"

 

Sometimes in life all a man has is his word, it better be good!

If it’s worthwhile doing somebody else will do it,
(Couple different was to take that one)

Everything happens for a reason,
sometimes the reason is because you’re stupid and make bad decisions.