Sam Ewing Quotations

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died.

Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.

When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.

The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.

Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.

We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.

Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.

Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.

The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.

When you finally go back to your old hometown, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.

When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother's Day

Ever notice that nothing changes the color of paint like putting it on a wall?

A neighbor will stand at your door talking for 20 minutes because she doesn't have time to come in.

I try to figure my adjusted gross income, but no matter how I figure it, it's still gross.

If we are what we eat, why aren't we new, improved, fat-free, and light.

Wouldn't you like to weigh what it says on your driver's license?

Crime in the cities is very discouraging. Apartment house dwellers have locks, bolts, chains and bars on their doors. It takes a tenant longer to get out than a burglar to get in.

Success is when your name is in everything but the telephone directory.

President Herbert Hoover returned his salary to the government. His idea caught on, and now we're all doing it.

Half of all home accidents happen in the kitchen, and the family has to eat them.

In many instances, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to 'Until debt do us part'.

When a husband says, "I run things in my home" he may mean the washing machine, the dishwasher and the vacuum cleaner.

The reason that so many of us cannot save money is because of our friends. They're always buying something we can't afford.

Highways are full of careless drivers who are always too close in front of you.

There's no thief like a bad movie.

Don't drive as if you own the road; drive as if you own the car.

The brain is like a TV set; when it goes blank, it's a good idea to turn off the sound.

Some people are much like blisters-they don't show up until the work is done.

Two things help to keep one's job. First, let the boss think he's having his own way. Second, let him have it.

Nothing in the world can replace the modern swimsuit, and it practically has.

The trouble with giving advice is that others want to return the favor.

A man can please his wife with a box of candy, surprise her with a bouquet of flowers, and make her suspicious with a gold bracelet.

On every commercial flight, the traveler is told, "Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device". The question is, why doesn't the plane just become a boat?

A man commented to his lunch companion: My wife had a funny dream last night. She dreamed she'd married a millionaire. You're lucky, sighed the companion. My wife dreams that in the daytime.

If you lend someone 20 dollars and never see that person again, it's probably worth it.

Nobody's too fat - they're just too short.

The sight of home looks best after you've traveled hundreds of miles to get away from it.

"Tell me, doctor, " said the patient, "when I stand on my head, the blood rushes to it. Why doesn't it rush to my feet now?" "That's because your feet aren't empty," said the doctor.

Many trees could be saved if the government stopped printing tax forms.

Vacation: Two weeks on the sunny sands - and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.

Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.

Life begins as a quest of the child for the man, and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child.

An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.

Youth is when you think you'll live forever. Old age is when you wonder how you've lived so long.

If you believe the past can't be changed, you haven't read a celebrity's autobiography.

Fashions come and fashions go, but pockets are usually the same. There's little change in them.

As a child, a library card takes you to exotic, faraway places. When you're grown up, a credit card does it.

Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf.

It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.

When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother's Day.