Work and Recreation
156 aphorisms · 3 comments
Aphorisms in This Category
41–60 (156)
tiny.ag/qkpqiaid · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · 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 · ★★☆☆ Fair (369 ratings) · 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 · ★★☆☆ Fair (253 ratings) · submitted 1997
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
tiny.ag/yif1p5kz · ★★☆☆ Fair (963 ratings) · submitted 1999
The early bird catches the worm.
tiny.ag/ltngvuik · ★★☆☆ Fair (235 ratings) · submitted 1997
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
Unknown, (The Talmud), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/y2wjstfn · ★★☆☆ Fair (286 ratings) · submitted 1997
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.
tiny.ag/nqmdzsyl · ★★☆☆ Fair (211 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.
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.
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/koyyq54r · ★★☆☆ Fair (193 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you love your job, you will never have to work another day in your life.
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/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/r9askkgd · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997
It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way.
tiny.ag/cdzh2i5q · ★★☆☆ Fair (205 ratings) · submitted 1997
Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.
tiny.ag/3xgs0jwo · ★★☆☆ Fair (196 ratings) · 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/me4bnv2q · ★★☆☆ Fair (249 ratings) · submitted 1997
Ogden's Law: The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.
tiny.ag/8wyy0jwo · ★★☆☆ Fair (244 ratings) · 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/51wy2e6t · ★★☆☆ Fair (754 ratings) · submitted (updated 7:20)
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/ximercsy · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.
Unknown, (German proverb), in Work and Recreation
41–60 (156)