Proverbs for a Latter Day

You can take the boy out of Brooklyn, but you can't take the Brooklyn out of the boy.  (Traditional)

The more you hold a baby in the first year, the less you have to hold it later on. (Dr. Catherine Lodyjenski, pediatrician.)

Don't skate to where the puck is; skate to where it's going to be.  (Wayne Gretzky)

Adolescence is not for sissies.  (EHP)

You can't coach seven feet. (Origin unknown)

Enough is as good as a feast.  (Traditional)

Enough is as good as a feast, and sometimes better.  (EHP)

"Both" is always an option.  (KM)

Everyone has a plan until I punch him in the mouth. (Mike Tyson)

Don't look back; someone might be gaining on you.  (Satchel Paige)

If you lose your man, go directly to the basket.  (Emanuel P.)

The only people who idealize the past are those who know nothing about it.  (EHP)

The longer something has been believed by mankind, the less likely it is to be true.  (EHP)

No one know what's going on between two people, even if you're one of them.  (EHP)

What's sauce for the goose is not necessarily sauce for the gander.  (EHP)

The secret of life is to turn routines into rituals.  (Origin unknown)

Nothing ever happens until it happens.  (EHP)

Babies rewire the parental brain. (EHP)

Everything made of wood was once a tree. (Origin unknown)

Your father is an enigma who takes a lifetime to decipher. (Origin unknown)

Never omit an opportunity to do a favor for a friend, and never be embarrassed to accept a favor from a friend.  (Emanuel P.)

Religion: my prince of peace can beat up your prince of peace.  (LERM)

No one owns anything;  the most you can say is that you have a lifetime lease.  (Emanuel P.)

You should be at least as polite to a wife or husband as to a person you meet on the street. (EHP)

Old age is not for sissies.  (Bette Davis)

You can't make old friends. (EHP)

You're immortal until the moment you die. (EHP)

There are no chocolate ice cream cones in the next world.  (LERM)

Comments

[O.J. Brown]

A stitch in thine saves mine.
A turd in the hand is worth two in the tush.

[Don Z. Block]

When Jimmy Lynam was coaching the Sixers, the team made a colossal blunder (no surprise) by selecting Sean Bradley as their first round pick.

When asked to explain why he chose the 7 foot 6 inch Bradley, who went on to be the huge flop Sixers' fans predicted he would be, Lynam said, "You can't teach size."