Quotes from Ralph Compton

A comfortable rut and a grave are very much alike. The only real difference is the dimensions.

Some say that society is divided into those who have and those who have not but wished they had. I believe a more fundamental division is between those who know and those who do not know and have no idea they do not know.

My mouth keeps forgetting what my head has learned.

liked to call his golden rules: Never poke a rattler, never get in the path of stampeding animals, and never, ever prod a man liable to exact payment for the affront in lead.