Bush-craft Quotes (please add your own)

[Tilia]

its life Jim, but not as we know it

 

[Nonsuch]

All my non-bushcraft friends roll on the floor laughing whenever I say the word "bushcraft". I think they have dirty minds.
I suppose that's a quote - sort of.

NS

 

[maddave]

"Vegetarian".... A native american word meaning "bad hunter"

 

[Mesquite]

What is bushcraft.?.................................................. making things with ladies front bottoms

That's pubic topiary

 

[blacktimberwolf]

only when it's still attached!

 

[Neumo]

'For certain, ye have to be lost to find a place that can't be found' Captain Hector Barbossa

Which applies to my navigation skills on a bad day

 

[bivouac]

I like some of the things said by a chap called Jiddu Krishnamurti. He had a favourite walk in Switzerland which went through a wood to a river. Every time he came to the wood he would ask aloud "May we come in?" before entering. It's a sort of quote and i often think of it.

 

[fredster]

"Alan, if you put my name on that there knife we can charge the feckers twice as much for it", Ray Mears.

 

[unorthadox]

don't put your hand in the fire, it's hot - captain obvious

 

[Tilia]

back in the days when ships were made of wood, and the man were made of steel

 

[Sniper]

Famous last words
"what the F*^K was that" - Mayor of Hiroshima
"Just can't understand these buggers...they were all singin & dancin last night" - General George Custer
"Ok shall it be your place.....My place....or will we just crash here" - Princess Diana
"I may be drunk madam but you are ugly...But tomorrow I will be sober" - Winston Churchill
"Full speed ahead and bugger the icebergs" - Captain Smith of the SS Titanic.
"Go away.... there's nobody here but us chickens" - Salman Rushdie
"Gas bill.....What gas bill" - Joseph Goebbels
"We need a bigger boat" - Amity Island Police Chief
"It's in the post.....Honest" - A. Nan-Amos
"Go away....I ain't got your football" - Quasimodo
"Light winds from the west with a chance of showers" - Micheal Fish
"Man with hole in pocket...walk around feeling cocky all day" - Confucious

 

[Ronnie]

Talk softly and carry a big stick. " Theodore Roosevelt"
Not exactly bushcraft but very good to remember.

This is my favourite quote too. It's actually an African proverb, Roosevelt just famously used it

 

[wolfshead]

If you're going to sit down always remember to bend your knees -My dad, never did figure out what the hell he meant

 

[Biker]

If you're going to sit down always remember to bend your knees -My dad, never did figure out what the hell he meant

I'm wondering if it's a paraphrase of "When lifting always bend your knees" Perhaps your dad was hinting that it's better to sit down rather than lift something heavy and risk injury. Very dry humour that if it was.

Which leads me onto a nice quote I picked up years ago from Andy Capp.

You've all heard the expression "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Yes?

Andy Capp's version was "Nothing ventured, nothing sprained." as he lay on the sofa having his afternoon nap while Flo' was busy doing the hoovering. Always makes me chuckle remembering that.

 

[spiritwalker]

he must be one hell of a shot if he thinks he can hit me from..

of all the things ive lost i miss my mind the most (ozzy osbourne)

prince philip
To an Aborigine in Australia

“Do you still throw spears at each other?”

 

[spiritwalker]

oh and more bushy there is one along the lines of

the wild, where animals run around uncooked or something to that effect

 

[nuggets]

if you want to get rich -ya bitch -paddle your own canoe !!

 

[brumstar123]

Fear makes the wolf look bigger

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[_scorpio_]

when you are wrestling a bear, you don’t stop when you're tired, you stop when the bear's tired - More-than Freeman...

 

[FGYT]

"Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages."
— Terry Pratchett (Wyrd Sisters)