Work and Recreation

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

Ben Bayol, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

Robert Benchley, in Work and Recreation

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

William Blake, in Work and Recreation

Wasting time is an important part of living.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not reached their level of incompetence.

Unknown, (probably a misquote of Peter's Principle), in Work and Recreation

You may only have two of the three choices: (1) Enjoy your job. (2)Work within the law. (3)Make lots of money.

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

It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.

Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Work and Recreation

It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Ogden's Law: The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

One good reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

Please excuse the length of this letter; I do not have time to be brief.

Unknown, (attributed to G. B. Shaw, Bertrand Russell, and Blaise Pascal), in Work and Recreation

The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

The burden is equal to the horse's strength.

Unknown, (The Talmud), in Work and Recreation