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Highwomen
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I was thinking the other day about sayings or quotes that older folks shared with me while growing up and most of them seemed to be about work or money like--
"money doesn't grow on trees
hard work never hurt anyone
if you wanna eat, you got to work
gotta get up with the chickens."
I would be curious to hear sayings or quotes your parents, grandparents or mentors shared with you, things that are somewhat well known.
I also have to wonder if some of it would be colloquial to certain countries or regions from where we hail from that may mean the same thing but said in a different way..
feel free to share.
Thanks!!
Kimberly
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Here's a Tough one,
From my father who no doubt heard it from someone else.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY IS SOON PARTED.
Ray E. Strode
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I just did one of these lists on facebook, there are a million I remember. I ran so fast, you could've played cards on my coat tails. wish in one hand, sh*t in the other, see which one fills up faster. your eyes look like two pee holes in a snow bank. If I had his/her (insert enviable trait here), and he/she had a feather up their butt, we'd both be tickled. I could go on for days. 
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
don't put all your eggs in one basket.
don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
no bigger than a fart in church.
cuter than a bug's ear.
if you're gonna act like a turd, go lay in the yard.
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he looks like he was rode hard and put away wet.
I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.
I feel like I was drug through a knot hole backwards.
If brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose.
if I had a dime for every time you made sense, I'd still be broke.
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he couldn't whip his way out of a wet paper bag with scissors.
you're kicking a dead horse.
You wouldn't care what other people think of you, if you knew how seldom they do.
don't go running off half cocked.
keep your powder dry.
don't put your water in a leaky vessel.
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My dad's advice to me as a teenager in the mid 1960s;
"You're lucky! Today there seems to be this overriding will for experiment, an age of sexual freedom which my generation couldn't even dream would happen.
But I'd like you to understand son, the permissive society ceases to be at our front door,got it?"
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
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when my doggie died dad said "son,there's gonna be a lot worse things in life,go get the shovel"
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when i was a stoner in the 70's mom told me"boy,you can do the drugs but don't let the drugs do you",mom loved her valiums.
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"The sun dont shine on a sleepin dogs ass"
"You're carrying a lazy man's load"
"The early bird gets the worm"
My Dads favorite: "Never chit where you sleep"
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"Time to pay the piper"
"Chit rolls downhill"
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Moms favorite "kill'em with kindness"
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"Rome wasn't built in a day"
"You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar"
"One hand washes the other, both hands wash the face"
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Um,
From an aunt if I recall, with kudos to out resident preacher!
PEOPLE IN HELL WANT ICE WATER. Way before refrigration, I guess!
And! don't fly off the handle!
Ray E. Strode
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ohh yeahh... financial advice from Dad....lol
"Pay yourself first"
"A penny saved is a penny earned"
"Dont let money burn a hole in your pocket"
"Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves"
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Some great sayings so far..thanks guys!! Keep um coming. It seems they mostly revolve around work, money, don't they?
Kim
*Always open to collaborations on my lyrics.. with singers and musicians, but PLEASE contact me before putting work into one--in case someone else has it..thanks!!** BMI Member All Rights Reserved http://www.littleikepublishing.com Email for Song Business Only littleikeproductions@hotmail.com
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"Here's 5 dollars, and dont tell your mother I gave it to you"
I said "it'll cost you more than that" Comedian Steven Wright
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Nana Schick always told me "don't get old". Dang it, wished I would have taken her advice. Too late now. John 
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one I wrote a song around......."you look like ten miles of bad road"
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My dad's advice when I said I might leave school and get a job in computers.
"You don't want to do that. There's no future in them."
One of my teachers:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".
That's always been my favourite because you can change it to
"Do unto others before they do it to you".
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My dad's advice when I said I might leave school and get a job in computers.
"You don't want to do that. There's no future in them."
One of my teachers:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".
That's always been my favourite because you can change it to
"Do unto others before they do it to you".
Vic, Your teacher was quoting Jesus. The quote is in Matthew and Luke. Stevie
I'm the only person here who is not unique.
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he couldn't tell his ass from a hole in the ground.
he couldn't find his ass with both hands.
lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
birds of a feather flock together.
with friends like that, who needs enemies.
you're so full of sh*t, your eyes are brown.
a fox smells his own hole.
he wouldn't have the sense to pour p*ss out of a boot.
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My mother who was a one woman catholic that got hit on repeatedly after divorce would brush off men by saying that she sees the value as an eccentric loner.
Learning from that, there is not one person in my life I could not trust with my life.
Who else would put up with me if they didn't have love.
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from my Dad.
'If you pee against the wind, It' will always come back on you'.
'It's better to stay quiet and be thought a fool, than to talk and confirm that you are'.
when my dad saw me walking home from school with two friends, he gave me a right telling off, saying,
'Two's company, three's trouble'.
When I came home with some rubbish that I wanted to make a project out of. Old bikes etc.
'If you were given that, you were robbed'.
years later I understood what he meant. spent a fortune on doing up crap that's not worth the effort.
God Bless Roy and Helen
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'You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs To Find A Prince'
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When you are angry at someone you'd say "up your back with a wire brush" or I'll hold you at arms length til you starve to death.
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I am surprised and disappointed that parents would use such foul language to their children as noted in some of the above sayings.
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I had a friend back in school, where every word out of both the kid and the parents mouths was a curse word. It baffled me how they could coexist.
My folks rarely cursed, my dad would say ass or chit only on occasion, and only when i was older, probably driving already. He was a pretty prim and proper man.
Many idioms and expressions have curses in them too.
But, there are households where kids curse at their parents when they are 9 0r 10.
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In his later years, my slightly bitter father was fond of saying, "When I die, tell them to bury me face down so everyone can just kiss my ass." My sister and I were tempted...
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If I ever did or said something stupid my day would say "If your brains were made of gunpowder they wouldn't blow a canary's hat off" If ever I tried to help but made matters worse my mum would say "Do a job and make a dozen"  Another one of my mum's was "If you look after the pennies the pounds will look after themselves" Someone already mentioned 'A fool and his money are soon parted', that was one of my dad's favourites
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foul language, heh........blue collar, midwestern farm folk talk like that without a thought......I always found it funny when listening to it......still do.
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From many moons ago,
HE WAS BEHIND THE DOOR WHEN THE BRAINS WERE PASSED OUT.
Ray E. Strode
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I am so enjoying all these sayings guys, thank you so much for sharing these with me!!!
Kim
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"if you weren't so wet behind the ears, you'd die of thirst"
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My dad would quote a famous saying commonly used in the north of England where we lived.
It was used when talking about some person who was seen as a waster or bad news.
"He's(she's) nowt a pound and shits a penny"
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
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"He's not big, but he's very, very, slow"
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"See a penny, pick it up, all day long have good luck"
God, Grandma and Grandpa were square...TEEHEE
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Don't step over dollars to pick up pennies.
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"With the kind of sense you have, you couldn't buy a free drink"
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My mom once said...You couldn't pour piss outta boot with directions on the heel
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My grandmother would tell us when we'd get a sty on our eye, to pee on a dirty dish towel and rub it on our eye then go outside and say..sty sty on our eye go to the next one that passes by....
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Heck you're not no bigger than a popcorn fart...
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I had to go to school with holes in my shoe, up hill, both ways..in the snow...
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Pa'll tell me to shimmy on up that there tree and shake that ole' coon on down...
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And he'd give me a "Pika" (spelling??meaning kiss) for a glass of milk, or whatever he was wanting....
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And pa was always telling me not to Doddle...meaning not to be so slow...
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He's a boy's arse in men's trousers.
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After a small injury my dad would express this sentiment:
It'll feel better when it stops hurting.
I remember finally thinking it through...duh!
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"See a penny, pick it up, all day long have good luck" We used to have a similar saying but it was: See a pin, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luckI don't think we had too many pennies lying around
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If my grandad asked someone how they were and the reply was a positive one, his stock response was "That's the stuff to give em!"
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
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Be it ever so humble there is no place like home.
To a disobedient child "I brought you into this world,I can take you out"
Spare the rod, spoil the child.(from the bible)
Children should be seen and not heard.
She's so cute,I could kiss her face off.
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