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

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...

My favorite is : In God we trust. All others pay cash.
Finnr

POOR PLANNING on your part, DOES NOT constitute an Emergency on our part.

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, 200817 yr by ornametalsmith

I really like the "Carpo Glacialis Terminus" one.

that goes well with my tag "Carpe Malleus"or sieze the hammer

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

Hey Finnr. I got a sign that says that, and I hang it by the forge on demos. Gets a lot of laughs.

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 ..."

when in doubt sub it out

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!"

"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."

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

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"

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.;)

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!

"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.

OSHA requires that handrails be installed before anyone else is allowed on my back, you will have to get in line.

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, 200817 yr by Makoz
another!

It feels good when the pain stops!

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while

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

"someone

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

"You break it--- we'll fix it or break it worse- after all we are hitting it with a big hammer."

"set your goals low to avoid disappointment"

Thats the one I seem to be using lately.