KEN ALSTAD QUOTES III

American author

Nerves is just a case of which end of a six-gun you happen to be lookin' at.

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Don't point a gun at nobody you ain't willin' to shoot, if necessary.

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Tags: guns


Some men never reach a marriageable age.

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Tags: marriage


It's hard to put a foot in a shut mouth.

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Tags: silence


A cowchip is paradise for a fly.

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Tags: paradise


Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

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Tags: happiness


Saddle your horse before sassin' the boss.

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A year of nursin' don't equal a day of sweetheart.

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A sharp eye is the mother of good luck.

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Tags: luck


Men and barbed wire have their good points.

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Tags: men


Hate is like water in a dry gulch. The longer it runs, the deeper it digs.

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Tags: hate


A politician don't steal elections, he pays for 'em.

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Tags: politics


When you scalp a man more'n once, you begin to run out of hide.

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Secrets are easy to hear and hard to keep.

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Tags: secrets


Experience is another word for mistakes.

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A drunken tongue tells what's on a sober mind.

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It's easier to catch a horse than break him.

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Careful is a naked man climbin' a barbwire fence.

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Lawyers get you out'n the kind of trouble you'd never get in if there was no lawyers.

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Tags: lawyers


Laugh when you borrow and you'll cry when you pay.

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Tags: borrowing