Dad Sayings - Words of Wisdom

[TXCyclones]

My adult daughter and her fiance were having trouble with getting a car started last night so they called for advice. While they were on FaceTime I was trying to educate them on what to look for. Out of nowhere I spewed out one of the things my dad always said, "An engine needs two things to start: gas and spark. If it's not starting it's one of those two things." It was one of those two things and it's running fine now. But it got me thinking about what other things I need to be sharing with my kids.

What are the pieces of "wisdom" your dad bestowed on you that you find yourself saying aloud?

 

[Gunnerclone]

My #1 and I always say it to my wife and kid now:

“No one ever got rich by spending all of their money”

 

[Gonzo]

We didn't go out to eat super often but when we did my dad would always order a steak. When the waitress/waiter brought our food out and inevitably asked him if he wanted steak sauce, his canned response was always: "And ruin a good steak?"

I've said this myself with our daughters out at restaurants.

 

[PineClone]

"Pass the cow juice."

 

[JimmyChitwood]

Mine was "If you pull your head out of your ass you can see the stars"

 

[mkadl]

"Don't argue, just let me finish and someday I can say I told you so"

 

[CyVeteran]

my dad always said.....

"no matter how much you shake and dance, the last drop always ends up in your pants"
and
"he who farts in church, sits in his own pew"

 

[frackincygy]

"Wish (want) in one hand, **** in the other. Which fills first?"

 

[Pope]

My dad said "piss up a rope" a lot. I remember always trying to visualize that as a kid and being very confused.

 

[mramseyISU]

Not my dad but grandpa always told me you can't half ass it twice and expect a full ass.

 

[CyCrazy]

"Suck it up buttercup". I could use that everyday with my daughters.

 

[CyCrazy]

Whenever my old man was going somewhere, he would always tell my sister and I that he was "Going to see a man about a horse". Which meant as we later found out going golfing or drinking with his buddies. I still never got a horse.

 

[GMackey32]

My Dad told me "if you're not in bed by midnight, you better go home" when I was leaving for college.

 

[NorthCyd]

My dad says a lot of interesting stuff. I'm not sure I'd call any of it wisdom. A few examples:

Put wish in one hand and sh!t in the other and see which one fills up first.

If the foo sh!ts, wear it.

You'd b!tch if they hung you with a new rope.

I don't give a flying f@ck at a rolling donut.

 

[FallOf81]

Talking isn't a talent. Saying something meaningful is.
Also ... walk with a good crowd or walk alone.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

My dad has never been one to interrupt someone or argue unnecessarily. And he rarely ever raises his voice.

"I've never learned anything by talking. And even less by yelling"

 

[Mr Janny]

When I was a kid, every day when I left the house to go to school, my father would say "Act like SOMEBODY, today." Every single day he'd say it to me and my siblings. We always thought it was cool. It was his special thing, and it always felt like a directive on the right way to live. My brother actually got it tattooed on his bicep.

One time, when I was in my late 20s, I was visiting home, and watching television with my Dad. We were watching one of his favorite shows, about a sheriff in a small North Carolina town called Mayberry. And in that episode, the sheriff's son, "Opie" was leaving for school, and as he walked out the door, his dad said "Hey Ope... Act like SOMEBODY today."


I turned my head slowly towards my dad. He looked at me. Didn't say anything. But part of me died that day. And he knew it died.

 

[1100011CS]

My FIL has a lot of them but most are not appropriate (i.e. - racist and/or bigoted) and shouldn't be repeated. One is kina funny though: "He's more nervous than a fart in a frying pan"

 

[CascadeClone]

My adult daughter and her fiance were having trouble with getting a car started last night so they called for advice. While they were on FaceTime I was trying to educate them on what to look for. Out of nowhere I spewed out one of the things my dad always said, "An engine needs two things to start: gas and spark. If it's not starting it's one of those two things." It was one of those two things and it's running fine now. But it got me thinking about what other things I need to be sharing with my kids.

What are the pieces of "wisdom" your dad bestowed on you that you find yourself saying aloud?

Air. It also needs air.

A guy I used to work with always said that - "Gas, spark, air"

 

[CascadeClone]

Mine was "If you pull your head out of your ass you can see the stars"

My dad used to say "this is where people go wrong. you don't PULL your head out of your ass, you have to grab firmly with both hands and use a TWISTING MOTION"