Doug Larson quotes

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
-- Doug Larson

#Inspirational #Wisdom #Listening

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
-- Doug Larson

#Inspirational #Positive #Smart

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
-- Doug Larson

#Wisdom #Knowledge #Decision

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
-- Doug Larson

#Marriage #Might #Sometimes

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.
-- Doug Larson

#Fighting #Grandchildren #Grandparent

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
-- Doug Larson

#Food #Vegetables #Green

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.
-- Doug Larson

#Funny #Life #Superhuman

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.
-- Doug Larson

#Friendship #True Friend #Failure

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.
-- Doug Larson

#Time #Sleep #Eight

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.
-- Doug Larson

#Hockey #Ice #Form

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.
-- Doug Larson

#Weed #Garden #Skills

People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage.
-- Doug Larson

#Congratulations #Years #People

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.
-- Doug Larson

#Inspirational #Goal #Interesting

The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.
-- Doug Larson

#Grandchildren #Views #Ideas

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.
-- Doug Larson

#Humorous #Flower #Language

Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties.
-- Doug Larson

#Funny #Humorous #Mean

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
-- Doug Larson

#Spring #Shoes #Whistling

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.
-- Doug Larson

#Inspirational #Funny #Children

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
-- Doug Larson

#Graduation #Graduates #Trouble

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
-- Doug Larson

#Keys #Cities #Giving

Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.
-- Doug Larson

#Time #Nostalgia #Rough

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
-- Doug Larson

#Stress #Fishing #People

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
-- Doug Larson

#Dog #Home #School

A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
-- Doug Larson

#Humor #Form #Pun

The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
-- Doug Larson

#Cat #Men #Admitting

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
-- Doug Larson

#Fool #Aging #Young

If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
-- Doug Larson

#Fun #Weekend #Car

Bad news travels fast. Good news takes the scenic route.
-- Doug Larson

#News

What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of living high.
-- Doug Larson

#Mistake #People #Cost

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
-- Doug Larson

#Age #Aging #Process

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
-- Doug Larson

#Memories #Mistake #Media

In debating the respective merits of dogs and cats, not having to walk a cat when it's 20 below zero deserves consideration.
-- Doug Larson

#Dog #Zero #Cat

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.
-- Doug Larson

#Happy #People #Contentment

Fancy Restaurant: one that serves cold soup on purpose.
-- Doug Larson

#Purpose #Soup #Fancy

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, and paradise is when you have none.
-- Doug Larson

#Work #Two #Luxury

They should have picked a different city to name after a man who reputedly never told a lie.
-- Doug Larson

#Lying #Men #Cities

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
-- Doug Larson

#Time #Opportunity #Stealing

A perfect example of the power of prayer is when a blizzard closes the schools on the day of a big exam.
-- Doug Larson

#Prayer #School #Perfect

The reason people blame things on the previous generation is that there's only one other choice.
-- Doug Larson

#Inspirational #Motivational #Responsibility

An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.
-- Doug Larson

#Reputation #Reason #Bad Reputation

The real secret of patience is to find something to do in the meantime.
-- Doug Larson

#Patience #Real #Secret

The trouble with the last snowfall of the season is that you can't be sure.
-- Doug Larson

#Snow #Snowfall #Lasts

Law of Airlines: The shorter the time between flights, the greater the distance between gates.
-- Doug Larson

#Distance #Law #Flight

Democracy is a system that gives people a chance to elect rascals of their own choice.
-- Doug Larson

#People #Giving #Choices

Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.
-- Doug Larson

#Happiness #Stars #Real

A lifetime isn't nearly long enough to figure out what it's all about.
-- Doug Larson

#Life #Long #Enough

There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware.
-- Doug Larson

#Being Happy #Mediums

There's nothing like having grandchildren to restore your faith in humanity.
-- Doug Larson

#Faith #Grandchildren #Humanity

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
-- Doug Larson

#Nice #Joy #Imperfect

The trouble with class reunions is that old flames have become even older.
-- Doug Larson

#Birthday #Flames #Class

A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.
-- Doug Larson

#Children #Cat #Giving

Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings.
-- Doug Larson

#Family #Responsibility #Splendid

Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring.
-- Doug Larson

#Spring #Autumn #Looking Forward

Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment.
-- Doug Larson

#Children #Example #Doe

One nice thing about telling a clean joke is there's a good chance no one's heard it before.
-- Doug Larson

#Nice #Chance #Heard

Nostalgia: A device that removes the ruts and potholes from memory lane.
-- Doug Larson

#Memories #Ruts #Nostalgia