On Getting Older

"If I'd known I was going to live so long I would have taken better care of myself"

On Being Old

"Getting old stinks, but it beats the alternative."

Eschew

Eschew Obfuscation
Means: avoid making anything difficult to understand

Caparocity

How is your Caparocity Sigasigating?

This is a general greeting meant to determine if you are paying attention.- Jerry jr


Sometimes he would say, "It's not broken, is it?" -Walt

Do What I Say

"Do what I say, not as I do."

Seeing the inconsistent nature of this saying, son Steve Sr did not want to have his son (Steve Jr) find fault. As it was being passed down an additional generation Sr. used creative license and he changed it to the following:

"Don't do what I do until you know what I know." - Steve Sr. 1956-

You Can Count On

The only things that you can count on are death and taxes.

Your Actions

Your actions speak so loudly that I can't hear what you say!

Trust

"dont trust nobody, not even your own papa"  Wisdom the old man would pass along to us whenever we got screwed on something.

People

"People are no damn good"

Old man's sayings

Family are like fish - after three days they both start to stink.