Work and Recreation
156 aphorisms · 3 comments
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tiny.ag/iszqvnfi · ★★☆☆ Fair (825 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Jason Zalinger
Z-man's Law: When the paper is due, the printer will jam.
tiny.ag/su6pcweg · ★★☆☆ Fair (101 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.
tiny.ag/nqsn2fb1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
tiny.ag/ximercsy · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.
Unknown, (German proverb), in Work and Recreation
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/hevntg1m · ★★☆☆ Fair (160 ratings) · submitted 1997
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
H. H. Williams, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/0tuizhv2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (114 ratings) · submitted 1997
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
tiny.ag/zuhrgxko · ★★☆☆ Fair (134 ratings) · submitted 1997
A large, clumsy umbrella is the best protection against the rain: there will be no rain as long as you're lugging it around.
tiny.ag/cpaduz0t · ★★☆☆ Fair (799 ratings) · submitted 1997
I function as a channel from which music emerges from the chaos of noise.
Vangelis, (from the album Direct), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/3uxqwbaj · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
tiny.ag/vfh9sa41 · ★★☆☆ Fair (225 ratings) · submitted 1997
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
tiny.ag/kyj5oc1q · ★★☆☆ Fair (125 ratings) · submitted 1997
If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport.
tiny.ag/ocikwgsj · ★★☆☆ Fair (154 ratings) · submitted 1997
Teamwork is wasting half of one's time explaining to others why they are wrong.
tiny.ag/tzsry6n4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (265 ratings) · submitted 1997
Men have become the tools of their tools.
tiny.ag/17uoj5hx · ★★☆☆ Fair (356 ratings) · submitted 1997
Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.
tiny.ag/ih24x6bn · ★★☆☆ Fair (258 ratings) · submitted 1997
The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until that other is ready.
tiny.ag/2guiksyw · ★★☆☆ Fair (136 ratings) · submitted 1997
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
tiny.ag/iyzc6ufd · ★★☆☆ Fair (132 ratings) · submitted 1997
Don't remember what you can infer.
Harry Tennant, in Science and Religion and Work and Recreation
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