Favorite Woodturning/Woodworking Quote?

[Geoff Whaling]

"Oh crap (or insert your favourite four letter word.)"

but on a more serious note

"You are the craftsman, work to the tolerances required for the project." - my father David Whaling. Dad was a stickler for a good job but only if the client was paying for the level of craftsmanship, which leads into the next one - source unknown

"We do three types of work, - good - fast - cheap; you can have any two of the three - a good job done fast, won't be cheap; a fast job done cheap, won't be good; a good cheap job, won't be fast." I first saw this in a General Carriers office Toot's Holzheimer's in fact - a Cape York legend.