

“Normally, if given the choice between doing something and nothing, I’d choose to do nothing.“Keep your tears in your eyes-where they belong.”.Don’t teach a man to fish…and feed yourself. “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day.Deal with your problems yourselves, like adults.” “If any of you need anything at all, too bad.“Don’t start chasing applause and acclaim.“I’d wish you the best of luck, but I believe luck is a concept created by the weak to explain their failures.”.Try not to hurt anyone who doesn’t deserve it.” “One rage every three months is permitted.“Sting like a bee, but do not float like a butterfly.“There are three acceptable haircuts: high and tight, crew cut, buzz cut.”.“There are only three ways to motivate people: money, fear, and hunger.”.

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“Crying: Acceptable at funerals and the Grand Canyon.”.“Capitalism: God’s way of determining who is smart and who is poor.”.And then again when I heard that Li’l Sebastian had passed.”

Once when I was 7 and hit by a school bus. “When people get too chummy with me, I like to call them by the wrong name to let them know I don’t really care about them.”.That's not a lesson, by the way, just a comment on lumber availability." "There's more than one crib tree in a forest.It can be used to make tents, backpacks, shoes, stretchers, sails, tarpaulins, and I suppose, in the most dire of circumstances, it can be a surface on which to make art.” “That is a canvas sheet-the most versatile object known to man.Here are some of his most memorable quotes from the show's incredible seven-season run. One thing is for certain: Ron Swanson is consistent, and as the ultimate “man’s man," he never has any qualms about what other people think of him.īut for a man of few words, Pawnee's director of Parks and Recreation sure did seem to have an opinion about everything-from fishing and crying to women named Tammy. Maybe it's his outward disdain for the American government, his woodworking skills, or his unending love of meat and alcohol. If you're a fan of Parks and Recreation, it's pretty much a given that you're also a fan of Ron Swanson.
