Most of these have a bit of an aviation twist, 'though all are applicable to life in general. My fellow pilots in particular will relate to these:
"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room."
"The only time you have too much fuel on board is when the airplane is on fire."
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself."
"Never let your airplane take you to somewhere your brain didn't get to first."
"Good judgment comes from experience, but experience comes from bad judgment."
"You start with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. Try to fill the bag of experience before your bag of luck runs out."
"The airspace above your airplane is useless."
I'll one-up you on that:
"The three most useless things in aviation are the runway behind you, the sky above you, and the fuel at the airport."
Then,
"It's always better to be down here, wishing you were up there, than to be up there, wishing you were down here."
and,
"If you push the stick forward, the houses will get bigger. If you pull the stick back, the houses will get smaller. If you pull the stick back all the way, the houses will get bigger again."
LT: "Sir, I think I see a UFO at 2 o'clock"
Skipper: "I believe that is Venus".
LT: "I guess it is not a factor then."
That's what my wife tells me about my "share" of the bed. lol
"One 'Ah, $hit!' wipes out fifteen 'Attaboys' "
