The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, runway behind you and the fuel on the ground.

from banking: Banking is an easy business, you just have to get the money in, then you have to get it out, then you have to get it back.

From the USMC as explained to me by the company gunny in reference to acquisition of supplies and equipment:

If it's loose it's mine.
If it ain't nailed down it's loose.
If I can pry it up, it ain't nailed down.

From a portion of my customer base:

"It's not gay if you're on deployment."



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Power Company . It's not dead till it's grounded .

Investing:
"Bulls make money, bears make money, hogs get slaughtered."

Engineering:
"Murphy was an optimist"

Three laws of Thermo:
"You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game"

Military History:
"Any order that can be misunderstood has already been misunderstood."

Recruiting/Job Hunting:
"You are in sales until you convince someone to pay you to do something else."

Management:
"If two people are responsible for something, then nobody is responsible."

Public Relations (courtesy of S. L. Clemens):
"Never make an enemy out of someone who buys ink by the gallon."

From civil engineering:

"Nature always bats last"

Sales to sales management ... It's not a good idea until it's THEIR idea.


Good thread, lol.

Doing a great job at this place is like taking a piss wearing dark wool pants. You get a warm and fuzzy feeling but nobody else knows about it.

From field service

When all else fails, read the manual.

Produce business

Sell it or Smell it

Aviation:

The only time you can have too much fuel is if you are on fire.

Civil Engineering (from my brother)
"Water flows downhill."
"Payday is Friday."

In any planned scenario, from love to combat: "The enemy always gets a vote."

In law: "If you have the brains, the time and the resources to go to law school, go to business school and get an MBA."

Manufacturing Engineering:

* Our work starts when the design guys think they're finished or want to start something else.

* Sometimes, "do nothing" is a valid engineering alternative.

* Tools, techniques, and troubleshooting, but not firefighting.

Policing: everyone is armed, until you prove otherwise.

When searching a person, keep searching even after you find the (gun/drug)...there’s more stuff to hide things.

Always watch the hands.


Sailor: one hand for the job, one hand for the ship. (Meaning that you must always be aware of how the ship is moving -otherwise you can be tossed down ladders, fall over items, fall overboard.)

From Engineering:
We don't have time to be in a hurry.

From Customer Relations:
I have two speeds. If you don't like this one, you'll really hate the other one.

From Banking:
Always follow the 3-6-3 Rule:
Pay 3% on deposits,
Charge 6% for loans,
Be out on the golf course by 3.

Farming/Ranching:

Always leave a gate the way you found it

Never corner something meaner than you

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment

From architecture:

Form follows function.

quote:

Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
To err is human. To really mess things up takes a computer.

"To err is human, to forgive divine. Neither is Marine Corps policy."

flashguy

Advertising/Commercial Production

"You cant have star wars on a star kissed budget"