SIGNS OF THE TIMES
A Small Paper With Small Articles Because It's Just Plain Small

Volume 1, Number 28

Truth...
Number 2

Compiled By:
JD Hoeye

  1. A foot in the door is worth two on the desk.

  2. The best way to hear money jingle in your pocket is to shake a leg.

  3. People who do a good day's work seldom have to worry about a good night's sleep.

  4. Cheerfulness is contagious, but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier!

  5. Ideas not put into practice are merely dreams.

  6. Nature gave us tow ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Our success or failure depends on which we use the most.

  7. A farmer, plowing with one mule, kept crying out, "Giddyup, Gene; giddyup, Tyler; giddyup, Jim; giddyup, Lonnie; giddyup, Danny."
    A man passing by asked him, "How many names does that mule have, anyway?"
    "Only one," the farmer pointed out. "His name's Darrell, but he don't know his own strength. So, I put blinders on him, yell a lot of names, and he thinks a half-dozen other mules are helping him.

  8. It used to be a fool and his money were soon parted. How it happens to everybody.

  9. Most of us get what we deserve, but only the successful will admit it.

  10. Some people are like fences; they run around a lot without getting anywhere.

  11. Most people are willing to meet each other halfway; trouble is, most people are pretty poor judges of distance.

  12. The best way to be somebody is just to be yourself.

  13. The ambition of many dieters is to weighed and found wanting.

  14. You are never alone when accompanied by noble thoughts.

  15. Luck is nothing but good planning properly executed.

  16. The trouble with teaching a child the value of a dollar is that you have to do it almost every week.

  17. The only workout some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping their responsibilities and pushing their luck.

  18. Good advice is no better than poor advice, unless you follow it.

  19. Today's might oak is just yesterdays nut that held its ground.

  20. People who are always walking on clouds leave too many things up in the air.

  21. The preacher came along and wrote on the signboard: "I pray for all."
    The lawyer wrote: "I plead for all."
    The doctor wrote: "I prescribe for all.
    The plain citizen wrote: "* pay for

  22. A little girl watched her mother carefully measure out six glasses from a bottle of cola labeled, "One calorie per bottle."
    The child peered for a long time at each glass and then said, "I wonder which one got the calorie."

  23. If you feel you have a score to settle, make it zero to zero and start over again.

  24. A state trooper stopped a woman doing 62 miles-per-hour in a 35 mile-per-hour zone. "I was just obeying the signs I saw that 62," she explain. The trooper informed her that was the highway mile marker.
    "Gracious!" she exclaimed, "You should have seen me back there on Route 88!"

  25. How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on.

  26. Once uttered, words run faster than horses.

  27. Bad experiences are our greatest teachers.
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