Good Quotes

[Lily the Pink]

SleepyOwl said:

There are only two industries that call their customers users. Drug dealers and Social media companies

Nonsense. Software and system development (unless things have changed for the worse since my day).

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach him how to fish and he eats for life, give him a religion and he dies of starvation praying for a fish.

[Starfighter]

Give a man dash and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he spends all weekend sitting on a boat drinking beer.
A guy I work with.

[bucksmanuk]

The Mad Monk said:

bucksmanuk said:

In a world of infinite wonders, only humans have invented boredom. - Terry Pratchett

Not sure that is accurate. Look at some animals in some zoos.

True, but it's not really of the animals choice - is it?

[Evoluzione]

Starfighter said:

Give a man dash and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he spends all weekend sitting on a boat drinking beer.
A guy I work with.

Give a man a phone to do the job of a keyboard and he'll happily produce utter rubbish all day and everyday.

[glenrobbo]

"Reality is an illusion caused by lack of alcohol."

- Some wise bloke.

[LordGrover]

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

- Oscar Wilde?

[glenrobbo]

Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.

[tertius]

glenrobbo said:

Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.

Or as my father used to say "Never do today, what you can put off 'til tomorrow. You might not have to do it!"

[Allan L]

LordGrover said:

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

- Oscar Wilde?

I think its origin is with Karl Marx when he was too inebriated to say "drink is the curse of the working class" clearly.

[RyanOPlasty]

Give a man dash and he is fed for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish and he is fed for the rest of his life.

[Doofus]

Give a man a fish and autocorrect will change it to 'dash'.

- Me, 2020

[Spare tyre]

6 fence panels + concrete posts installed for £500

[Doofus]

Hard work pays off over time. Laziness always pays off now.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Doofus said:

Hard work pays off over time. Laziness always pays off now.

The early bird catches the worm, but it's the 2nd mouse up who gets the cheese.

[Doofus]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

The early bird catches the worm, but it's the 2nd mouse up who gets the cheese.

And two new pairs of clogs...

[LordGrover]

"If everything is under control, you are just not driving fast enough."

- Mario Andretti or Sir Stirling Moss - Google attributes it to both.

[pigeyman]

Spare tyre said:

6 fence panels + concrete posts installed for £500

[And172940]

I can't remember the exact quote but when an interviewer asked Mario Andretti 'How would you describe the corners at this circuit?'

He replied 'They join the straights together'

[anonymous-user]

Hold my beer...