Doug Larson Quotes
"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible."
- Doug Larson
(Related: People, World)
"Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Time, Opportunity)
"Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Spring)
"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball."
- Doug Larson
"The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Friend, Man)
"The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Being, Joy)
"The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice."
- Doug Larson
(Related: People, Blame, Choice, Generations, Reason)
"There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Being)
"The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Experience, Learning, Trouble)
"Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe."
- Doug Larson
"There are few things more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Children, Teenagers)
"Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Paradise, Luxury)
"Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Wisdom, Quality)
"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Wisdom, Listening, Reward, Talk)
"The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Fools, Old)
"Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Boss, Will)
"To err is human; to admit it, superhuman."
- Doug Larson
"A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Mistake, People, Conscience, Memory)
"A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Humor, Thought)
"Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Nostalgia, Old)
"A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Survival, Learning, Skill)
"Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Goals, Right)
"Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Children, Teenagers)
"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Life)
"A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!"
- Doug Larson
(Related: Friend)
"More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse."
- Doug Larson
"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
(Related: Work, Sleep)
"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Change, Giving)
"If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers."
- Doug Larson
(Related: English, Flowers, Language, Sense)
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Life, People, Fishing)
"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Day, End, Labor, states, United, Weekend)
"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog."
- Doug Larson
(Related: Computers, Home, Being)