Thursday, October 2, 2008

Witty Ones

Fortunately in my work there's always a choice: I can choose to do it willingly or unwillingly.
- Ashleigh Brilliant


People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women.
- Unknown


In God we trust; all others must bring data. 
- W. Edwards Deming


You can do anything, but not everything.
- David Allen


At every party, there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is that, they are usually married to each other.
- Ann Landers


To an outgoing colleague:
I guess you will have more responsibilities from now on. You will be responsible for eveything that would go wrong here.




You cannot step into the same river twice.

- Heraclitus


A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
- Mark Twain


If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
- T.S. Eliot


The harder I work, the luckier I get.
- Samuel Goldwyn


It's not over until it's over.
- Unknown


Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.
- Warren Buffett


Where you stand depends on where you sit.
- Unknown
[Your position or job can affect how you will look upon a certain event or solution. All behave in a way that serves his/her own interests.]


If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Abraham Maslow

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
- George Bernard Shaw

These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others.


- Groucho Marx

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut


Absence of proof is not proof of absence.


- William Cowper
[Meaning: just because something can't be proven doesn't mean it's not true.]


It takes twenty years to become an overnight success. 
- Eddie Cantor


Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
- Oscar Wilde


Don't add to the truth; if you do, you will subtract from it.
- Unknown


The world wisely prefers happiness to wisdom.
- Will Durant


Some people are so poor, all they have is money.
- Patrick Meagher

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