Preston-isms

It's QUALITY of life, not quantity:

Dying is easy. We're all going to die. It's LIVING that counts!

Great ride, Lord. Great ride.

It's not the station - it's the journey!

You're the engineer...of your own train!

Too many people wait to be happy...someday.

The 3 Important Things in Life (in this order):

1. Your health - You can't enjoy driving your Mercedes if your back hurts.

2. A full belly - You'll barbeque your children; read Deuteronomy.

3. Somebody who gives a shit about you

The 3 Important Professions (in no particular order):

1. The Farmer feeds us.

2. The Garbage Collector stops more pestilence and disease than the doctor does.

3. The Teacher keeps civilization alive.

On discernment:

Never get in a piss fight with a skunk.

Make the best decision you can, with the information that you have, at the time you are making it.

It doesn't take me long...to look at a hot horseshoe.

Recognizing God's will:

If God wants you to be rich, there's nothing you can do about it.

From being born in a barn in Wolf Creek, Oklahoma...

to the president, of two national associations.

On choosing a Catholic wedding venue:

I want to do it at the Home Office.

(the Vatican)

On being a good steward:

Waste not, want not.

Always leave it cleaner than you found it.

On the importance of higher education:

It's better to circle a 16 than a 12 on an application.

You're going to be 22 anyway. You can either be 22 with a degree or be 22 without a degree.

It doesn't matter where you go to school! You just have to punch your ticket!

At the office:

Hire the best people you can, then get out of their way and let them do their job.

Take care of the client. Everything else will take care of itself.

The judge has already read, Peyton Place.

Dammit Bobbi! (lovingly said in jest to his assistant, originated by his associate Chrystle, as a reference to the show King of the Hill)