Walking: A Mental Feet of Association

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An idea is the most exciting thing there is. – John Russell




One of the most hazardous of human occupations is the transferring of an idea from one mind to another. It’s hazardous because you presuppose the existence of a second mind. – Christian Burckel



An idea isn’t responsible for the people who believe it. – Donald Robert Perry Marquis



There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea. – Percy W. Bridgman



An idea is a feat of association. – Robert Frost



Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done with them. – Alfred North Whitehead



Ideas are like beards: men do not have them until they grow up. – Francois Voltaire

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More People Die from Worry than Work

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The reason worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. – Robert Frost

Davis’s Dictum – Problems that go away by themselves come back by themselves.

Deborkowski’s Laundry Law – If you come out of the laundromat with an even number of socks, you have someone else’s laundry.

DeCicco’s Law – More policemen die in their autos day-dreaming about gunfights than die as a result of gunfights. – Alexander DeCicco (Deputy sherriff)

DeRoy’s Political Rule – A politician solves every problem before election but very few after. – Richard H. DeRoy

Dial’s Discovery – No matter what you do to instant coffee, it always tastes like instant coffee. – Thomas H. Dial

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Another Inch and it Would have been Adultery

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When people asked me what I did for a living, I told them, “I do pilots.” They all thought I was a stewardess. – Suzanne Somers

He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery. – Dorothy Parker

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves. – Lynch‘s Law

The difference between a job and a career is the difference between 40 and 60 hours a week. – Robert Frost

If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem wonderful at all. – Michelangelo

Use your best judgment at all times. – Entire contents of Nordstrom’s policy manual

Every crowd has a silver lining. – P.T. Barnum

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Doing Nothing Makes You Tired

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Production is the goose that lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers. – George Humphrey

The most popular labor-saving device today is still a husband with money. – Joey Adams

Energy is beauty – a Ferrari with an empty tank doesn’t run. – Elsa Paretti

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it. – Somerset Maugham

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon

When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired. – Pablo Picasso

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. – Robert Frost

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Politicians - Growing? Swelling? Or a Little of Both?

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The average male gets his living by such depressing devices that boredom becomes a sort of natural state to him. – H.L. Mencken

Times have changed. Forty years ago people worked 12 hours a day and it was called economic security. Now they work 14 hours a day, and it’s called moonlighting. – Robert Orben

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. – Charles Dudley Warner

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man office I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling. – Woodrow Wilson

Maybe they call it take-home pay because there is no other place you can afford to go with it. – Franklin P. Jones

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and doesn’t stop until you get into the office. – Robert Frost