More of Noll's Favorite Collection of Pithy Thoughts -- Page 5

pith-y (pithe) adj. pith-i-er, pith-i-est. 1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment.

  1. You can't turn back the clock; but you can wind it up again.
  2. An egotist is someone who talks about himself when you want to talk about yourself.
  3. Genuine elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.
  4. We have an unique educational system, Algebra is taught in the third grade and spelling is taught in college.
  5. People should go into public office for a term and then get back into business to live under the laws they passed.
  6. We all know someone with a waterproof voice -- no one can drown them out.
  7. Maturity is the stage when you don't see eye to eye but can still walk arm to arm.
  8. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everyone has the same size bucket.
  9. Marriage is the only union that can't be organized,. Both side think they're management.
  10. Christians are like pianos, Grand, square upright and are no good unless they are in tune.
  11. Do not face the day until you have faced God.
  12. If you are always dwelling in trouble, change your address.
  13. A friend is one who knows our faults, yet finds our virtues too.
  14. The best way to follow human nature is when no one else is present.
  15. One cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining there with him.
  16. Love, honor and negotiate.
  17. We may not always see eye to eye but we can try to see heart to heart.
  18. Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
  19. "Nolo Contendere" is a legal term meaning, "I didn't do it judge, and I'll never do it again."
  20. Eternity is two people and a 20 pound turkey.
  21. A trip to nostalgia now and then is good for the spirit, as long as you don't let it set up housekeeping.

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