Charles Edgar Mckenzie (October 3, 1896 – June 7, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district, based in the northeastern quadrant of his state.
Free advice is often overpriced.
Bureaucrats live on the fat of the land, while the rest of us stay skinny laboring to pay their salaries.
The courage to speak must be matched by the wisdom to listen.
Playing golf is like raising children. You keep thinking you'll do better next time.
The biggest farce of man's history has been the argument that wars are fought to save civilization.
Sign on a High School bulletin board in Dallas: Free every Monday through Friday-knowledge. Bring your own containers.
Nobody is sicker than the man who is sick on his day off.
Isn't it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book.
People who recognize that money won't buy happiness are still willing to see if credit cards will do the trick.
Advice is like mushrooms. The wrong kind can prove fatal.
In a bureaucracy, they shoot the bull, pass the buck, and make seven copies of everything.
Choice, not chance, determines destiny.
There is always something to be thankful for. If you can't pay your bills, you can be thankful you are not one of your creditors.
Education helps you earn more. But not many schoolteachers can prove it.
Nothing grieves a child more than to study the wrong lesson and learn something he wasn't suppose to.
Schoolteachers are not fully appreciated by parents until it rains all day Saturday.
Etc. is a perfect word-when you can't think of the right one.
It's a pleasure to give advice, humiliating to need it, normal to ignore it.