Life Lesson Learners Gifts

Been there. Done that. But have done things differently.

". . . and don't rush it. Don't make the same mistake your grandparents made. We were barely 95 years young when we got talked into marrying and settling down."

"I think if there's one thing we've all learned from this, it's that we haven't learned a damn thing."

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

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

No one has ever been accused of choosing bad relatives.

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

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

"Ma, what does 'kosher' mean?"

"Your momma lied to you, boy."

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

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

Teacher has two boxes: "Book Smart" and "Street Smart"

"Well, I'm just saying, buying me a cheap used car for graduation is not going to teach me responsibility."

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

'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."

University of Hard Knocks

Ready for the curves life throws at you.

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

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

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

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

Moral Values for Dummies

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

'What did you learn at university today?'

Be prepared - Don't jump to confusion.

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

Smart people learn from experience - other peoples'.

"Does school really help people with real life?"

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

He who hesitates is five miles past his exit.

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

'So, just how long were you at the School of Hard Knocks?'