Work and Recreation
156 aphorisms · 3 comments
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tiny.ag/rfwbcxnu · submitted 1997
God gives every bird his worm, but he doesn't throw it into the nest.
tiny.ag/ximercsy · submitted 1997
God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.
Unknown, (German proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/milcq4ya · submitted 1997
Grinnell's Law of Labor Laxity: At all times, for any task, you have not got enough done today.
tiny.ag/dmjofbk9 · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
tiny.ag/t1qexukp · submitted 1997
Holt's Law: All jobs are easy to the person who doesn't have to do them.
tiny.ag/v0yeshan · submitted 1997
I'm not afraid of work... I can even sleep beside it.
tiny.ag/ugvde1cx · submitted 1997
If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers?
tiny.ag/piw4y7md · submitted 1997
If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
tiny.ag/gjpds4m8 · submitted 1997
If only I could get that wonderful feeling of accomplishment without having to accomplish anything.
tiny.ag/g9nfhw0y · submitted 1997
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
tiny.ag/17uoj5hx · 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/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/ljsjuhkx · submitted 1997
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
tiny.ag/rxjp4mey · submitted 1997
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
tiny.ag/lsxp5q2w · submitted 1997
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
tiny.ag/i5ba47dl · submitted 1997
It gets late early out there.
Yogi Berra, (on Yankee Stadium in the fall), in Work and Recreation
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