Work and Recreation
156 aphorisms · 3 comments
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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/sk2lr8ad · submitted 1997
We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
tiny.ag/nyqgzd3d · submitted 1997
There's no real need to do housework -- after four years it doesn't get any worse.
tiny.ag/q0iwme1d · submitted 1997
Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.
tiny.ag/qkpqiaid · 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/f1l2esy8 · submitted 1997
Theft from a single author is plagiarism. Theft from two is comparative study. Theft from three or more is research.
tiny.ag/lfkbz3xn · submitted 1997
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
tiny.ag/yif1p5kz · submitted 1999
The early bird catches the worm.
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/cdzh2i5q · submitted 1997
Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.
tiny.ag/8wyy0jwo · 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/y2wjstfn · submitted 1997
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.
tiny.ag/ltngvuik · submitted 1997
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
Unknown, (The Talmud), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/t1qexukp · submitted 1997
Holt's Law: All jobs are easy to the person who doesn't have to do them.
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/r9askkgd · submitted 1997
It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way.
tiny.ag/dmjofbk9 · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
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