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Work and Recreation

156 aphorisms  ·  3 comments

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tiny.ag/y8tf4vup  ·  submitted 1997

Wasting time is an important part of living.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/undqbo35  ·  submitted 1997

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

tiny.ag/mdjkyeno  ·  submitted 1997

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

Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/vtwqjzpa  ·  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/ugcdh8oe  ·  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.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/qse5ziat  ·  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.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/h7w28305  ·  submitted 1997

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

Unknown, in Life and Death and Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/myqpc8fj  ·  submitted 1998 by Mindy Romero

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

Unknown, in Happiness and Misery and Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/k4nebyuf  ·  submitted 1999 by Austin Holmes

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

tiny.ag/qxbfoafe  ·  submitted 1997

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

tiny.ag/zuhrgxko  ·  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.

Peter Wastholm, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/0tuizhv2  ·  submitted 1997

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.

Geri Weitzman, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/3uxqwbaj  ·  submitted 1997

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Oscar Wilde, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/hevntg1m  ·  submitted 1997

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.

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

tiny.ag/vfh9sa41  ·  submitted 1997

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

Woodrow Wilson, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/kyj5oc1q  ·  submitted 1997

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

George Winters, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/ocikwgsj  ·  submitted 1997

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

Georges Wolinski, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/nqsn2fb1  ·  submitted 1997

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

Stephen Wright, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/su6pcweg  ·  submitted 1997

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

Steven Wright, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/iszqvnfi  ·  submitted 1999 by Jason Zalinger

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

Jason Zalinger, in Work and Recreation