Favourite bushcraft quotes

[lannyman8]

" jobs a fish...... "

not bushcraft related but " Who dares wins "

 

[Minstrel]

.....this ginger beer....is there any alcohol in it??

 

[lannyman8]

.....this ginger beer....is there any alcohol in it??

lmfao...................

 

[ex-member Raikey]

"it'll be rate"

 

[Limaed]

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed in the things you did not do than the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”"

Author: –Mark Twain

 

[geordienemisis]

I have seen a classic on here its someone's signature,"when I grow up can I be a Bushcrafter"? "You can't do both Son". I find this so amusing top class.....

 

[Elines]

Something like:

"Light weight bushcrafting is a young man's game"

Martin K9

 

[oldtimer]

Something like:

"Light weight bushcrafting is a young man's game"

Martin K9

True. I'm now 70 but haven't grown up yet. (Could be in second childhood!)

 

[oldtimer]

I've never been lost in the woods, but sometimes I've been mighty confused. - Daniel Boone

 

[hobson]

Another of my favourites is:

It's better to try and maybe fail, than not try and definitely fail...

 

[Ivan...]

To be done in a Dorset accent ( Bushwhacker style ) " the other day somebody called me pretentious ! I nearly spilled my latte ! "

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Old Chinese proverb say "Man who Pi$$ in wind , Always get his own back"

 

[Biker]

Got an email from my mate this morning which had a quote in it:

"pick a job that you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life"

Quite profound I thought.

 

[ThreeFires]

I don't go into the woods to rough it, I go into the woods to smooth it. I get it rough enough in the city.

Horace Kephart

 

[Bumpy]

"Don't eat the yellow snow" by that renowned bushcrafter Frank Zappa...

 

[santaman2000]

If you give a man a fish, you've fed him for a day. But if you Teach a man to fish, He'll lie and drink beer the rest of his life.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Spam reported.

 

[oldtimer]

Miracle and Decker: "Most people go to the woods to swap one set of problems for another."

 

[oldtimer]

There seem to be two threads on this topic. Ranger1 18/02/2012 and Hobson 27/02/2012.
A case of two great minds thinking alike, obviously. Could the two threads be combined?

 

[Insel Affen]

Ow! Dad, I have cut my finger!

So, what have learned about knives today son?

(Sulky voice) Not to play with knives and not to have my fingers in front of the blade, dad.