THINGS DAD TOLD ME

Reddit asked, “What is something your father said to you that you will never forget?” Some of the responses:
– “‘Earn enough money to die someplace warm.’ A Seattle father.”
– “(When learning to drive) Always remember, everyone else on the road is an idiot.”
– “A green light means it’s legal to go, but it doesn’t always mean that it’s safe to go.”
– “When I didn’t want to pay for an oil change, he said ‘Always feed the mule first, because if the mule dies, nobody eats.'”
– “Never turn your back to the ocean.”
– “The scariest moments in life usually become the best stories later.”
– “‘You’re my least expensive child.’ Quite the compliment.”
– “If you lie you steal if you steal you lie.”
– “Don’t forget to shine the backs of your shoes, people judge you coming and going.”
– “No one ever really grows up. They just grow tired.”
– “‘You got a big head, you should join the Marines.’ He was a little tipsy.”
– “Let’s skip church and go see Jurassic Park instead. Don’t tell your mom.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Did your dad ever say anything you’ll never forget?