"Prepare for the worst, and pray for the best."
"Laugh in the face of adversity, and he will get mad and leave."
"Can't died in the poorhouse."
"If it isn't worth doing right, don't even bother doing it."
"You're only as big as whatever makes you mad." Charlie's dad said that one.
Feel free to add your own.
"You can't put a wise head on young shoulders"
"It will wash" (referring to any problem, issue, sort of a 'it's all small stuff' quote)
"Do you answer every dog that barks in the night?"
Thanks, Grandma Mildred, my mom's mom.
"Don't go to bed with you hair wet."
"Don't leave the house with you hair wet."
"Keep all the car doors locked while in or out of the car at all times."
"Take plenty of money on a date in case you need to get home on your own."
"Don't go anywhere at night alone."
"Don't ever go to a boy's house after school if his parents are not home."
Thanks Mom and Dad.
"Just wait 'til you have kids of your own." - My dad
"Well you can just get glad, in the same pants you got mad."
"If you stick that lip out any further, I'll step on it."
"I love you, and I only want what's best for you."
"This hurts me more than it hurts you."
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life."
Dad & Mom
(06-21-2010 11:40 PM)Daniel Wrote: [ -> ]"Well you can just get glad, in the same pants you got mad."
My Dad used to say that one too.
he also did a variation of the stick the lip out any further.
"You stick that lip out any further and a bird is gonna drop something on it."
"I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it."
"Can't died in the poor house."
"If it isn't worth doing right, don't do it at all."
"You live in my house and you'll follow my rules."
"You're only as big as whatever makes you mad."
"Prepare for the worst and hope for the best."
Funny, dad always said growing up he'd never say the things his father said.
"I'll make you smile on the other side of your face"...(
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"I work my fingers to the bone and what do I get"..(guilt trip alert us kids aren't pulling our weight.)
"If they told you to jump off a cliff would you?"
"NO! is a complete sentence."
"If you are going to town wear clean undies incase you get run over by a bus."
"When I was your age ..blah blah blah blah" (liars they were born old)
Mostly Mum.
Oh, another one.
"Because I said so and that's the only reason you need."
I love the last one. Because it is a proven fact that parents were born "pre-aged".
(06-22-2010 06:20 AM)MrsHayseed Wrote: [ -> ]"I'll make you smile on the other side of your face"...( )
"I work my fingers to the bone and what do I get"..(guilt trip alert us kids aren't pulling our weight.)
"If they told you to jump off a cliff would you?"
"NO! is a complete sentence."
"If you are going to town wear clean undies incase you get run over by a bus."
"When I was your age ..blah blah blah blah" (liars they were born old)
Mostly Mum.