Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson

Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.

Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chic

Summary

This quote implies that the speaker may not possess extensive knowledge or expertise in various matters, but one thing they are certain about is being able to distinguish between something of true value or substance (chicken salad) and something insignificant or useless (chicken shit). It suggests that despite their limitations in certain areas, they have enough discernment to differentiate between what is worth considering and what is insignificant or unimportant. It also implies a straightforward and no-nonsense approach to evaluating things.

Topics

Knowledge

By Lyndon B. Johnson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

Adversity

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminate

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

Class

Harry and Hermione are very platonic friends. But I won't an

Harry and Hermione are very platonic friends. But I won't answer for anyone else, nudge-nudge wink-wink!

Humor Funny Platonic Interview Nudge Radio Wink

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessa

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

Bertrand Russell

Respect

My angel, - his name is Freedom, Choose him to be your king;

My angel, - his name is Freedom, Choose him to be your king;He shall cut pathways east and west.And fend you with his wing.http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/186302/emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Boston

Freedom

I think when you're winning, your uniforms are cool.

I think when you're winning, your uniforms are cool.

Shaun Alexander

Cool

The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stri

The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings.

Life Man

Today, I'm very happy about myself, because I realized my dr

Today, I'm very happy about myself, because I realized my dreams. I learned how to understand what people want.

Roberto Cavalli

Dreams

Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends

Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.

Cool

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should a

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Advice

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Knowledge

God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he s

God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.

Austin O'Malley

Money