Work and Recreation
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tiny.ag/qse5ziat · ★★☆☆ Fair (701 ratings) · submitted 1998
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.
tiny.ag/ugcdh8oe · ★★☆☆ Fair (217 ratings) · submitted 1997
You may only have two of the three choices: (1) Enjoy your job. (2)Work within the law. (3)Make lots of money.
tiny.ag/vtwqjzpa · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
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
tiny.ag/y2wjstfn · ★★☆☆ Fair (286 ratings) · submitted 1997
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.
tiny.ag/3xgs0jwo · ★★☆☆ Fair (196 ratings) · submitted 1997
One good reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone.
tiny.ag/cdzh2i5q · ★★☆☆ Fair (205 ratings) · submitted 1997
Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.
tiny.ag/8wyy0jwo · ★★☆☆ Fair (244 ratings) · submitted 1997 by Barbara Postman
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
tiny.ag/ltngvuik · ★★☆☆ Fair (235 ratings) · submitted 1997
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
Unknown, (The Talmud), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/yif1p5kz · ★★☆☆ Fair (963 ratings) · submitted 1999
The early bird catches the worm.
tiny.ag/f1l2esy8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (369 ratings) · submitted 1997
Theft from a single author is plagiarism. Theft from two is comparative study. Theft from three or more is research.
tiny.ag/mdjkyeno · ★★☆☆ Fair (242 ratings) · submitted 1997
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/undqbo35 · ★★☆☆ Fair (244 ratings) · submitted 1997
Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.
tiny.ag/y8tf4vup · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wasting time is an important part of living.
tiny.ag/qkpqiaid · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. It's better to belong to the first group because there is less competition.
Unknown, (Wilson on Home Improvement), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/lfkbz3xn · ★★☆☆ Fair (253 ratings) · submitted 1997
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
tiny.ag/milcq4ya · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
Grinnell's Law of Labor Laxity: At all times, for any task, you have not got enough done today.
tiny.ag/dmjofbk9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (941 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
tiny.ag/t1qexukp · ★★☆☆ Fair (123 ratings) · submitted 1997
Holt's Law: All jobs are easy to the person who doesn't have to do them.
tiny.ag/v0yeshan · ★★☆☆ Fair (161 ratings) · submitted 1997
I'm not afraid of work... I can even sleep beside it.
tiny.ag/ugvde1cx · ★★☆☆ Fair (204 ratings) · submitted 1997
If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers?
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