Favorite "quotes"

[sly_karma]

An ex marine once told me "give a marine a bowling ball in a rubber room and he'll do one of 3 things, break it, loose it or **** it". Nothing against marines, could be said of lots of people though.

A friend who worked several years as exec director of a sport organization told me they'd summarized everything they knew about race coaches into just eight words:
I need
I want
I lost
I broke

 

[CIVANO]

Spare the cane, spoil the child

 

[SpringFever2359]

There are 3 kinds of lies,
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics"

A phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, "

 

[getbent]

Work harder or desire less.