Collecting Life Lessons Gifts

"Baldo, we all learn from our mistakes. When I played baseball, a fly ball popped up right above me. If I caught it, we'd win...if I dropped it, we'd lose."

No one has ever been accused of choosing bad relatives.

"I throw this ball, you go get it and bring it back — everything else will fall into place."

"Winning isn't everything, Josh. Not being the reason your team loses is everything."

"Your momma lied to you, boy."

"Ma, what does 'kosher' mean?"

"Son, the world is full of disappointments. About 7.7 billion of them."

"I learned one thing today. Attitude trumps aptitude!"

"A man never stands so tall, son, as when he stoops to pick up a quarter."

'Take a good look, Junior. When I was your age, I was 'Fun Size,' too.'

'I'm sorry Timmy, but if I keep going for help, you'll never learn to take care of yourself,'

'It's time you learned, son - in-laws and outlaws aren't necessarily opposites.'

" It was a jungle out there, but I quite liked it."

"Failure is definitely the best teacher, but I'm thinking auditing a class with Success might not hurt."

"In this life son, if you want something, you have to hunt for it."

Ready for the curves life throws at you.

"Do you know the biggest thing I've learned in my thirty nine years?"

A good executive is known by the company he keeps solvent.

"Baldo, credit cards are a terrible idea! Take it from someone who has 10 of 'em."

'What did you learn at university today?'

"We all make mistakes. That's why pencils have erasers!"

"Hurry, hurry! When you get back, we'll finish rehashing 1924 and get right on to 1925!"

Be prepared - Don't jump to confusion.

'Remember, Junior, if at first you don't succeed...come up with a good exit strategy.'

"Does school really help people with real life?"

Smart people learn from experience - other peoples'.

"Don't think of it as being grounded. Think of it as suffering the consequences of your monumental stupidity."

"What is this telling us? Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic."

'It's just that simple. So act now and start barking up the 'right' tree.'

People with anything valuable to say rarely become orators.

He who hesitates is five miles past his exit.

'False alarm! I'm back. It was only a career suicide.'

If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: Never trust someone who tries to sell you nine life insurance policies.

Advertising makes you crave things you never knew existed.

Doctor looks at books under the genre 'Stuff they never taught you in medical school'.