KEN ALSTAD QUOTES II

American author

Surprise is a near-sighted porcupine fallin' in love with a cactus.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's


A cowchip is paradise for a fly.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: paradise


To avoid temptation, yield.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: temptation


Some men never reach a marriageable age.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: marriage


A toothless dog chews careful.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's


It's harder to make a banker out of a hoss thief than a hoss thief out of a banker.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's


Brains in the head saves blisters on the feet.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: intelligence


A go-getter is a cowboy who forgot to hobble his horse.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's


Do not feed nuts to a man with no teeth.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's


Some cowboys got too much tumbleweed in their blood to settle down.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's


Don't point a gun at nobody you ain't willin' to shoot, if necessary.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: guns


Hate is like water in a dry gulch. The longer it runs, the deeper it digs.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: hate


Life is like checkers. When you reach the top, you can move wherever you want.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's


Teeth and memory weaken with age.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: memory


Never gamble with a man who knows both sides of the cards.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: gambling


A dead man's shroud has no pockets.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: death


Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: happiness


Men honor men who honor their fellow men.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: honor


A man who looks for easy work goes to bed tired.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: work


A sharp eye is the mother of good luck.

KEN ALSTAD

Savvy Sayin's

Tags: luck