Work and Recreation

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Oscar Wilde, in Work and Recreation

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.

H. H. Williams, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Work and Recreation

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Woodrow Wilson, in Work and Recreation

If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport.

George Winters, in Work and Recreation

Teamwork is wasting half of one's time explaining to others why they are wrong.

Georges Wolinski, in Work and Recreation

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

Stephen Wright, in Work and Recreation

It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.

Steven Wright, in Work and Recreation

Z-man's Law: When the paper is due, the printer will jam.

Jason Zalinger, in Work and Recreation

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Émile Zola, in Work and Recreation

A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

A life spent making mistakes is not only most honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

A meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Work and Recreation

Don't do whatever you like -- like whatever you do.

Unknown, in Happiness and Misery and Work and Recreation

Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

First Law of Bicycling: No matter where you're going, it's uphill and against the wind.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

God gives every bird his worm, but he doesn't throw it into the nest.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.

Unknown, (German proverb), in Work and Recreation