Column A; Quotes
You can't fix stupid,
but you can numb it with a 2 x 4.
Measure twice and cut once
then force it to fit.
Woodworking is one third planning
one third execution
and one third figuring out
how to cover that mistake
that you just made during the execution.
When I went to school, they asked me,
what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down happy.
They told me
I didn't understand the assignment,
and I told them
they didn't understand life.
John Lennon.
If you spend to much time
thinking about a thing,
you'll never get it done. Bruce Lee.
The diffence between
stupidity and genius
is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein.
Column B;Quotes
Carpenter noun, kahr-puh n-ter;someone who does precision
geusswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable
knowledge.
When one door closes, another one opens, which is why I won't
hire that carpenter again.
By all means read what the experts have to say.
Just don't let it get in the way of your woodworking.
John Brown, Welsh stick chairmaker 1932-2008.
Each plank ..can have only one ideal use. The woodworker
must find this ideal use and create an object of utility to man
and if nature smiles, an object of lasting beauty. George Nakashima 1905-1990.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence, the mechanic that would perfect
his work just first first sharpen his tools. Confucius 551 B.C.-479 B.C.
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever
aquire the skill to do difficult things easily. Friedrich von Schiller 1759-1805.
All things good to know are hard to learn. Greek Proverb.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, not simpler. Albert Einstein.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four
sharpening the ax. Abraham Lincoln.
A man who works with his hands is a laborer;a man who works with his hands and
his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his
heart is an artist. Louis Nizer 1902-1994.
Law of the Workshop: any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Woodworking; there is no app for that.