Work and Recreation
156 aphorisms · 3 comments
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tiny.ag/cdzh2i5q · submitted 1997
Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.
tiny.ag/tmqynfg7 · submitted 1997
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/r9askkgd · submitted 1997
It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way.
tiny.ag/nqmdzsyl · submitted 1997
Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.
tiny.ag/me4bnv2q · submitted 1997
Ogden's Law: The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.
tiny.ag/3xgs0jwo · 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/5rylx71v · submitted 1997
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
tiny.ag/8d5pktgj · submitted 1997
A continuing flow of paper is sufficient to continue the flow of paper.
Dyer, Dyer's Law, in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/veiyrnvp · submitted 1997
Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/8dojvkdg · submitted 1997
Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life!
tiny.ag/fdy85ooy · submitted 1997
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.
tiny.ag/1j7y2lxu · submitted 1997
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
tiny.ag/51wy2e6t · submitted (updated 13:20)
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/gjpds4m8 · submitted 1997
If only I could get that wonderful feeling of accomplishment without having to accomplish anything.
tiny.ag/piw4y7md · submitted 1997
If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
tiny.ag/ugvde1cx · submitted 1997
If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers?
tiny.ag/v0yeshan · submitted 1997
I'm not afraid of work... I can even sleep beside it.
tiny.ag/t1qexukp · submitted 1997
Holt's Law: All jobs are easy to the person who doesn't have to do them.
tiny.ag/rfwbcxnu · submitted 1997
God gives every bird his worm, but he doesn't throw it into the nest.
tiny.ag/milcq4ya · submitted 1997
Grinnell's Law of Labor Laxity: At all times, for any task, you have not got enough done today.
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