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    There is a jillion things that people have said that are interesting but maybe not well known. Abe Lincoln, Ben Franklin and Anonymous authored quite a few. Some may not be words to live by, possibly --- but did catch your momentary attention.
    Here's one I had made a note of sometime in my past and recently ran across again:
    "Fame is fleeting but obscurity lasts forever." (Napoléon Bonaparte)
    If you have one (or two) it's a free country so feel free to contribute it to this SDC portion of mankind.
    Last edited by Lark Parker; 10-15-2017, 09:00 AM. Reason: mispelled
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    Lark Parker --Just an innocent possum strolling down life's highway.

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    "All attempts to 'rise above the issue' are simply an excuse to avoid it profitably." --Dick Gregory
    Brad Johnson,
    SDC since 1975, ASC since 1990
    Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
    '33 Rockne 10, '51 Commander Starlight. '53 Commander Starlight
    '56 Sky Hawk in process

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    • #3
      I'd rather be honestly arrogant than falsely modest. Frank Lloyd Wright. I believe he also said "All publicity is good publicity". (This one may be Trump's mantra for life).
      Diesel loving, autocrossing, Coupe express loving, Grandpa Architect.

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      • #4
        Plato;
        "A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something".
        Money may not buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle.

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        • #5
          The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.


          There is nothing I can do about getting older, but I refuse to get old.
          Last edited by 55 56 PREZ 4D; 10-15-2017, 11:43 AM.
          South Lompoc Studebaker

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          • #6
            If it ain't broke don't fix it. A fool and his gold are soon parted. It's better to give than receive. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Haste makes waste. If it looks to good to be true it probably is. A picture is worth a thousand words.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by 55 56 PREZ 4D View Post
              The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.


              There is nothing I can do about getting older, buy I refuse to get old.
              Which reminds me: "While I'm not getting any younger -- I am getting more childish."
              Last edited by Lark Parker; 10-15-2017, 05:43 AM. Reason: corrected quote
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              Lark Parker --Just an innocent possum strolling down life's highway.

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              • #8
                It's better to owe you than to never have paid you.


                It's better to be seen than to be viewed.
                South Lompoc Studebaker

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                • #9
                  Don't get into anything that you can't get out of.

                  Answer to the greeting"It's good to see you" "Thank You, it's good to be seen."
                  Neil Thornton

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                  • #10
                    "The thing about smart people is, they sound crazy to dumb people."

                    "Man may think he is the center of the universe, and it will make him blind while talking to her."

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                    • #11
                      As I worked on projects which fulfilled a real human need, forces were working through me which amazed me. I would often go to sleep with an apparently insoluble problem. When I woke the answer was there. Why, then, should we who believe in Christ be so surprised at what God can do with a willing man in a laboratory? Some things must be baffling to the critic who has never been born again.

                      George Washington Carver





                      To experience a learning curve on any subject, you must first choose the appropriate road.*

                      *John Clary...I attribute this to myself while realizing that there is always the possibility that someone has already been credited. I have lived long enough to know, original thinking is very rarely “original.”
                      Last edited by jclary; 12-09-2018, 03:21 AM.
                      John Clary
                      Greer, SC

                      SDC member since 1975

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                      • #12
                        A day upright is a good day.

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                        • #13
                          An old saying from my kickboxing days: "Those who can-do. Those who can't-teach."

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by JoeHall View Post
                            An old saying from my kickboxing days: "Those who can-do. Those who can't-teach."
                            And those of us who are teachers learned the rest of it, "Those who can't teach, teach others to teach."
                            Don Wilson, Centralia, WA

                            40 Champion 4 door*
                            50 Champion 2 door*
                            53 Commander K Auto*
                            53 Commander K overdrive*
                            55 President Speedster
                            62 GT 4Speed*
                            63 Avanti R1*
                            64 Champ 1/2 ton

                            * Formerly owned

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                            • #15
                              Here's one I have seen recently: "I thought getting old would take longer."
                              Don Wilson, Centralia, WA

                              40 Champion 4 door*
                              50 Champion 2 door*
                              53 Commander K Auto*
                              53 Commander K overdrive*
                              55 President Speedster
                              62 GT 4Speed*
                              63 Avanti R1*
                              64 Champ 1/2 ton

                              * Formerly owned

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