Life Lessons Learner Gifts

"I went with the flow and wound up in the French quarter."

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

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

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."

"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..."

"Ma, what does 'kosher' mean?"

"Your momma lied to you, boy."

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

"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."

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

Ready for the curves life throws at you.

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

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

University of Hard Knocks

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

Moral Values for Dummies

'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.'

"Does school really help people with real life?"

Smart people learn from experience - other peoples'.

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

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

He who hesitates is five miles past his exit.

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

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

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