Work and Recreation
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tiny.ag/x1qgalmq · submitted 1997
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day weekend.
tiny.ag/i632izqc · submitted 1997
Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, and paradise is when you have none.
tiny.ag/w4pngtxm · submitted 1999 by Ron Leemans
Leemans' Law: Junk expands to fill the space allotted.
tiny.ag/ucgatbjm · submitted 1997
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
tiny.ag/gfpih4lb · submitted 1997
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
tiny.ag/tymlwb79 · submitted 1997
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Vice and Virtue and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/sk2lr8ad · submitted 1997
We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
tiny.ag/qyerpit3 · submitted 1997
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Samuel Johnson, in Art and Literature and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/poux0n5r · submitted 1997
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
tiny.ag/vpwdae8j · submitted 1997
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
Benjamin Franklin, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/swonymzt · submitted 1997
Well done is better than well said.
tiny.ag/9kdycunx · submitted 1997
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve.
Robert Frost, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/atei0hjc · submitted 1997
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to work.
tiny.ag/lqexisvl · submitted 1997
The only way round is through.
tiny.ag/z9ylo64a · submitted 1997
Most problems are either unimportant or impossible to solve.
Victor Galaz, (on why he is so silent during meetings), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/7graufwl · submitted 1997
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
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