Somebody figured it out—we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Law, Lawyers
Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Snow, Problems
Always remember, money isn’t everything—but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.
—Earl Wilson
How you use today will determine how tomorrow uses you.
—Earl Wilson
Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
—Earl Wilson
Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Home
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
—Earl Wilson
This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Marriage
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.
—Earl Wilson
Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
—Earl Wilson
Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Money
You can say this for ready-mixes – the next generation isn’t going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Eating
Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
—Earl Wilson
An exhaustive study of police records shows that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes.
—Earl Wilson
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Courage, Bravery
Nowadays people can be divided into three classes—the haves the have-nots and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-haves
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Debt
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone, you don’t.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Gossip
If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Money, Caring, Kindness
Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn’t be done.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Challenges
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