Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in a way which will make them look forward to the journey. I think that was Winston Churchill but not sure.
"Get your retaliation in first"... Willie John McBride, 1974 British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa.
I think it was Bill Boddy editor of 'Motor Sport' talking about Jackie Stewart winning a crate of champagne for a pole position effort (probably at a French GP) "There's nothing faster than a Scotsman with a thirst"
Yogi Berra could have his own thread, I've read a lot of his Yogi-isms, as they became known. You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six. I never said most of the things I said. and so on.......
Years ago, a friend from Ossett told me the Yorkshireman's Creed: "See all, hear all, say nowt. Eat all, drink all, pay nowt". I'm sure he was only joking.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. -Albert Einstein
There are only three sports, Motor Racing, Mountaineering and Bull Fighting. The rest are just games. -Ernest Hemingway