Sayings, quotes and anecdotes

[GradyPhilpott]

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem. - Malcolm Forbes

[cop414]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem. - Malcolm Forbes

Good one Grady, I dealt with this exact thing for years on the job.

[AzPaul]

A couple pieces of driving advice that have stuck with me:

When you get frustrated and you're about to honk your horn, imagine your grandmother is the other driver ~ my father


Never, ever, ever run over a piece of debris, no matter how innocent it looks. ~ my cousin

[cop414]

Originally Posted by AzPaul

A couple pieces of driving advice that have stuck with me:

When you get frustrated and you're about to honk your horn, imagine your grandmother is the other driver ~ my father


Never, ever, ever run over a piece of debris, no matter how innocent it looks. ~ my cousin

Words to live by Paul.

[dysondiver]

work smarter not harder ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

never say i when you can say we ,,, admit nothing and sign less.

my fave ,,, stop, breathe , think , then act ... its a diving one.

never ride faster than angels fly ,,,, its a bike one.

[cop414]

Here's one from my all time favorite old school cop show, those 60's police drama's were the best...

Criminal: You made a big mistake cop, and I'm not gonna pay for it.
Joe Friday: What are you going to do pal, use a credit card?

Love it

[tinger]

We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like.

-Fight Club

[Gaijin]

From one of my FTOs. Take a crap at work. The only thing better than getting paid to take a crap is getting paid overtime to take a crap. Time mangement 101.

[GradyPhilpott]

From the film "Rushmore."

Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy.

Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs.

Max Fischer: Oh, are they?

[c.rod]

CAN'T is not a word.... my father.

quite being such a p%$#..... my father.

try hittin it with your purse..... job site

and my personal favorite

bang it like its your sister.... job site. lol.

[daveathall]

Ear all, see all, say nowt;
Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt;
And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt -
Allus do it fer thissen.

[cop414]

Originally Posted by Gaijin

From one of my FTOs. Take a crap at work. The only thing better than getting paid to take a crap is getting paid overtime to take a crap. Time mangement 101.

Hahahah, good one Tom!

[cop414]

Money isn't everything, as long as you have enough.

[crew]

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't.

[Gaijin]

Originally Posted by cop414

Hahahah, good one Tom!

Thought you might like that Sarge. I passed that wisdom on to my trainees.

[cop414]

Originally Posted by Gaijin

Thought you might like that Sarge. I passed that wisdom on to my trainees.

One that I always gave the rookies- Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

[Gaijin]

Originally Posted by cop414

One that I always gave the rookies- Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

gun side away, distance = time = options and max out your deferred comp, stay single and get snipped.

Or you can just find a woman that you hate, buy her a house, give her half of your pension (like so many cops) and skip the whole marriage part.

[seand442]

I'll add one to the cop list. The badge will get you ass: the ass will get your badge.

[Ted Shred]

A few quotations from Tom Waits:

“You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.”

“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.”

“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.”

“The big print giveth and the small print taketh away. ”

(See my sig for one of my faves, from Douglas Adams)

[cop414]

Originally Posted by seand442

I'll add one to the cop list. The badge will get you ass: the ass will get your badge.

I've seen more that one or two get caught up in things on duty that they shouldn't have and should have known better, live and learn I guess. I can think of three right off the top of my head that no longer have the job or the pension because of on the job "activities" that should have waited until after the shift.

[cop414]

Originally Posted by Gaijin

gun side away, distance = time = options and max out your deferred comp, stay single and get snipped.

Or you can just find a woman that you hate, buy her a house, give her half of your pension (like so many cops) and skip the whole marriage part.

Hahaha,
I only lost 20% of my pension as well as my house but it still sucked! Divorce is so prevelant in the LE profession. I've been blessed with a great pension because of excess money in the 80's and early 90's. Right now even after she gets her 20% and figuring in less taxes I'm taking home 101% of my base salary, not too many guys out there can say that.

[cop414]

Another favorite-

The only man who is really free is the man who can turn down a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.

[cop414]

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

[cop414]

All life is an experiment.

[cop414]

If you don't do it excellently, then don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent it won't be profitable or fun and if you're not in the business for fun or profit then what the he// are you doing there at all?

[crew]

Defeat doesn't finish a man -- quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. (Richard M. Nixon)

[cop414]

Originally Posted by crew

Defeat doesn't finish a man -- quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. (Richard M. Nixon)

Excellent quote John.

[mrbill2mrbill2]

He who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by cop414

Always put your seatbelt on before starting the car and make sure that everyone else does too.

"Always take your seatbelt off, a block before you reach the call"

[cop414]

Originally Posted by Frosty

"Always take your seatbelt off, a block before you reach the call"

That's funny you should mention that Larry. I still to this day take my belt off 1/2 block from where ever I'm going. I still have to sit in the back of where ever we eat with my back against the wall so that I can watch who comes in the door. Holly is so used to it now even if she's seated where I "need" to be she just gets up without saying anything so that I can take her place. Old habits die hard I guess. Stay safe.