Nit: prices inflate; dollars deflate.
“It’s all fun and eyes until someone loses a game.”
Another variant I’ve heard is “It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye- then it’s REALLY fun!”
I wish it were original, but I got it off a button made by this lady. There are lots of pithy sayings there, and not a few home truths.
Note: I’m not Nancy, nor have I ever worked for her.
"If at first you don’t succeed, keep sucking till you do suck seed!
I think it was the comedian Steven Wright who said:
“There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot.”
“Its always darkest just before it goes pitch black”
“That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable”
“There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots”
Just a few of the classics from despair.com
From the movie “The Great White Hype”.
“My father always used to say, ‘Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Cry, and I’ll give you something to cry about, you little bastard.’”
“Some people ARE worth the bullet it’d take to shoot’em.”
My favorite is one I saw here on the SDMB, and is now printed out and taped on my monitor:
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke”
A hand ready to hit, may cause you great trouble. - Maori (on anger)
A hand ready to pull, may cause you great relief. Sportshoe (on steam)
A man in a passion, rides a mad horse. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
A horse in a passion, rides a mare.- Sportshoe (1975-…)
A man who desires revenge should dig two graves.
One for the body and one for the head
A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman has to let a man do what a man has to do.
A penny for your thoughts. - Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
100 pounds for your body - Hugh Grant (1960 - … )
A picture’s worth a thousand words
A nudy picture is worth a thousand dollars
A rolling stone gathers no moss
A whore has no pubic hair.
A stumble is not a fall. - Haitian (on adversity)
Oral sex is not a sexual relationship - Bill Clinton
Thanks to www.wiseoldsayings.com for the original sayings.
If you love something, set it free.
If it returns to you, it is yours.
If it doesn’t…
Track it down and kill it.
My personal favorite, courtesy an SCA bumper sticker seen at Estrella War:
“The quickest way to a man’s heart is with a dagger, between the 5th and 6th ribs.”
And for all you other SCA mercenaries out there (I know you exist!):
“Remember, it’s pillage, then burn!!!”
(Yeah, several of the slower guys in my unit had to write this on the inside of their shields…)
Runner up:
“It’s all fun and games till someone gets hurt. Then it’s fucking hilarious!” 
“Do unto others–THEN SPLIT!”
“If God had meant Man to fly He’d–have made stewardesses naked.”
“A Penny saved is a nuisance, & clutter on your desk.”
“The Meek will inherit the polluted, radioactive, Earth.”
“If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried.” - can’t remember
“If live gives you poop, make poop-juice.” - Red Meat
Guns don’t kill people, it’s the bullets that do it.
It’s always darkest just before the piano lands on you. --Oliver Faltz
A man can only do what a man can only do. --Kieth the Wise
Get a grip on yourself, man. Now, throw yourself down the slippery slope. --Oliver Faltz
Kid, you’re barkin’ up a blind alley. --OF
Paraphrased from Gael Greene’s Blue Skies, No Candy:
The meek may inherit the earth, but they’ll have to hire a marshal to evict the aggressive.
“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But that’s the way to bet”.
and (occasionally seen in action on the Dope)…
“Hell hath no fury like a vested interest masquerading as a moral principle”.
“That which does not kill us makes us stranger.”
“Hell hath no Fury like a woman’s Ford.” Long story…
“The meek shall inherit the Earth…but not the mineral rights!”
Women, can’t live with them;
Sheep don’t cook.