Work and Recreation
156 aphorisms · 3 comments
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tiny.ag/myqpc8fj · ★★☆☆ Fair (897 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Mindy Romero
Don't do whatever you like -- like whatever you do.
tiny.ag/k4nebyuf · ★★☆☆ Fair (814 ratings) · 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.
tiny.ag/qxbfoafe · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?
tiny.ag/xadsxg7n · ★★☆☆ Fair (123 ratings) · submitted 1997
First Law of Bicycling: No matter where you're going, it's uphill and against the wind.
tiny.ag/51wy2e6t · ★★☆☆ Fair (754 ratings) · submitted (updated 1:20)
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/rfwbcxnu · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
God gives every bird his worm, but he doesn't throw it into the nest.
tiny.ag/ximercsy · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.
Unknown, (German proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/milcq4ya · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
Grinnell's Law of Labor Laxity: At all times, for any task, you have not got enough done today.
tiny.ag/dmjofbk9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (941 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
tiny.ag/t1qexukp · ★★☆☆ Fair (123 ratings) · submitted 1997
Holt's Law: All jobs are easy to the person who doesn't have to do them.
tiny.ag/ugvde1cx · ★★☆☆ Fair (204 ratings) · submitted 1997
If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers?
tiny.ag/me4bnv2q · ★★☆☆ Fair (249 ratings) · submitted 1997
Ogden's Law: The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.
tiny.ag/nqmdzsyl · ★★☆☆ Fair (211 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.
tiny.ag/r9askkgd · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997
It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way.
tiny.ag/tmqynfg7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (261 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/d4uzlrvm · ★★☆☆ Fair (280 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.
tiny.ag/cwh4nfsu · ★★☆☆ Fair (199 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it over.
tiny.ag/v0yeshan · ★★☆☆ Fair (161 ratings) · submitted 1997
I'm not afraid of work... I can even sleep beside it.
tiny.ag/piw4y7md · ★★☆☆ Fair (164 ratings) · submitted 1997
If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
tiny.ag/gjpds4m8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (224 ratings) · submitted 1997
If only I could get that wonderful feeling of accomplishment without having to accomplish anything.
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