Things My Daddy Used To Say
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Intelligence isn't remembering so much as it is knowing what to forget.
If you're not smart, you gotta be careful.
'Fellow that rests his argument on authority isn't thinking - he's just remembering.
Reasoning is asking why.
Thinking is so rare that when we see it we call it genius.
You'll find that people attribute good sense mostly to those that agree with them.
Intelligence is a lot like modesty: folks that tell you they've got it don't.
If a man is really smart, he knows his biggest advantage is that everybody else thinks they are smarter than he is.
Intelligence won't make a man happy, but it will make it easier for him to tell when he's not.
Some folks think intelligence is mostly instinct, but my observation has been that it's mostly extinct.
Just 'cause you know it doesn't make it true.
Being a man may not
always be easy, but it sure as hell can be fun sometimes.
Trouble is like a mirror
- it shows you what kind of man you are.
Never trust a gun - or a
man - without proof marks.
A man can be whatever he
wants to be, but he usually ends up being whatever his wife wants him to be.
A man alone is just a
man, but two men together are boys.
Bounders and gentlemen
put their pants on the same way - the difference is in how they take a woman's
off.
The toughest man you
will ever have to fight is yourself.
The best gift a man can
give to his son is a good example.
If a man doesn't take
the example of others, he's dang sure going to be used as an example to others.
Decide what you want and
go after it. Most folks'll get out of
the way of anyone who knows where he's going.
A thing worth doing is a
thing worth doing again.
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About the Book
Things My Daddy Used To Say is a collection of aphorisms that comment on the philosophy and the morality that were prevalent in the heartland of America in the mid-twentieth century. Over 2,500 astute observations on the human condition, arranged in fifty-eight categories from Admiration to Worry, offer both a nostalgic look at a bygone era and a rich source of timeless humor. A few excerpts from the book are given below. On being a man: “Fix is something a man is supposed to do, not get himself into.” On government: “Passing legislation is like passing gas – the quieter you are about it, the easier it is to blame it on somebody else.” On management: “Memos are like women’s bathing suits – their purpose is to cover up just enough so that nobody gets too excited.” On people: No man is an island, but I have met a few who were atolls.” On women: “The Trojan War is the only one I ever heard of that was fought over something worthwhile.”
About the Author
G. E. Kruckeberg was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and, after having served for four years in the U. S. Navy, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Purdue University. He has lived for two years in Korea and for six years in Tokyo, Japan, where he studied at Sophia University. He currently lives in Houston, Texas with his wife, Ann, who is a writer of mystery fiction, and their three cats, Shere Khan, Misha, and Mardi Gras. Things My Daddy Used To Say was inspired by the Kruckeberg’s three sons, Edward, Mark, and John, and was written to pass along to them, and to posterity, the wisdom of their paternal grandfather.