Ice Czar Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 many ad agencies and design studios used to have that sign too only slightly different Price, Quality, Speed pick any two as long as one of them is quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Beuler Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 StPat, that sounds like a variation on a passage from The Gaulic Wars by Julius Caesar: "There are those in everyman's army who would accept change as a reasonable substitute for progress". Yup. I think Obama said that, or someting like it before he changed it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 My favorite is : In God we trust. All others pay cash. Finnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 POOR PLANNING on your part, DOES NOT constitute an Emergency on our part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ornametalsmith Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) I've HAD to use this a few times. Speaks volumes. I've altered it to......"Poor planning on your part, doesn't constitute an emergency in our scheduling" and when I was just doing jewelry work....."Turn your ideas into GOLD" Edited July 29, 2008 by ornametalsmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pault17 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I really like the "Carpo Glacialis Terminus" one. that goes well with my tag "Carpe Malleus"or sieze the hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbillysmith Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Case of Beer: $15. Ton of Coal: $25. Truck bed full of Stock: $50. Having the day off and pretending the steel is your boss: PRICELESS!!! I do like this one though: "I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances." -John Sculley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Hey Finnr. I got a sign that says that, and I hang it by the forge on demos. Gets a lot of laughs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Falzone Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Mine is my sig-line:"Even the Mighty Oak started off as a nut who stood its ground." Another one I like is:"For $5.00 I'll write a story about you ... for $10.00, I wont ..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdwarner Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 when in doubt sub it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TASMITH Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Not sure who the original author was but I like "Measure it by eye. Mark it with soapstone. Cut it off on the hardy. Heat and beat to fit!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer3j Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 "Of course its's hot, that's the whole idea!" Another, I think properly acknowledged from a Bruce Willis movie," That's gonna leave a mark." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwagedSoul Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I think Chris Farley coined that in Tommy Boy...but I could be wrong...Bruce did use the line in one of the Die Hard flicks...but I think it was after Tommy Boy. I don't have a motto yet...I wonder what the wife would think of... "If it's hot enough...I'd hit it!" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I have 3 signs hanging on my wall, "You Can't Fix Stupid" "There is never a 'GOOD' reason to do something Stupid" "I am never to busy to stop what I am doing to help a friend" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesquiteforge Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 As in my signature I have a sign hanging inside my shop over the door that reads: "The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese". Interpret it as you will. Other greats: The road to success is crowded, the extra mile is lonely. Anything in life worth having-is worth working for. -Andrew Carnegie. Logic will take you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere.-Einstien May you be in Heaven a half hour before the devil even knows your there-Irish Toast. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. If you need credit to buy a beer, you don't need a beer-you need a job.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TASMITH Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Two other quotes I like to use are: Quality is like oats If you want good oats You must pay a fair price! If you don't mind oats that have already been through the horse Well, that comes a little cheaper! And the second, which really doesn't have to do with Blacksmithing in particular: You can't make yourself look bigger, By making another man look smaller, Because the lower you knock a man down, The lower you have to be to hit him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 "If it doesnt move force it. If it breaks it needed replacing anyway" - Unknown "Every job we get done just creates two more" - Me 13yrs old working on the family farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDJ Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 OSHA requires that handrails be installed before anyone else is allowed on my back, you will have to get in line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoz Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 (edited) When I worked as a diesel fitter in the mines there were a couple of classics: "Cut your way in, weld your way out"; and "Never put put your finger where you wouldn't put your ol' fella first"! Cheers Edited September 27, 2008 by Makoz another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGMUSKY Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 It feels good when the pain stops! Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgtwister Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 one i have used for years can fix anything with a torch and a welder and another is if your freind has a better way to do it why are you wasting my time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kovacija(blacksmith) Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 "someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 When I worked as a diesel fitter in the mines there were a couple of classics: "Cut your way in, weld your way out"; and "Never put put your finger where you wouldn't put your ol' fella first"! Cheers So, are you saying, "don't pick your nose?" Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer3j Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 "You break it--- we'll fix it or break it worse- after all we are hitting it with a big hammer." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltpax Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 "set your goals low to avoid disappointment" Thats the one I seem to be using lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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