The Break Room (Non-Technical Discussions)

[#1]

"Money is truthful.  If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash."

"Never appeal to a man's "better nature."  He may not have one.  Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage."

[#2]

"I have six honest serving men

Who taught me all I knew

Their names are What and Why and When

And How and Where and Who"

[#3]

"If you can keep your head while all about you

Are loosing theirs and blaming it on you

It's quite possible that you haven't fully realized the extent of the situation!"

(with apologies to Kipling)

[#4]

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you'll hear him complain about having to work, for a lifetime."

[#5]

"Cheops' Law. Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget"

"An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications."

[#6]

A day without sunshine is like ... night.

Good things come to those who wait. But the longer you wait, the looser your definition of good becomes.

Living on earth is quite expensive: but it does include a free annual trip around the sun.

When someone asks you "a penny for your thoughts" and you put in your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

[#7]

"Green cards? We don't need no stinkin green cards!"

[#8]

I hate that the phrase "killing two birds with one stone" implies efficiency, when trying to kill a bird with a stone is far from efficient in the first place!

[#9]

All that is gold does not glitter

Not all those who wander are lost

The old that is strong does not wither

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

[#10]

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.