Glen's Quotes Db (3181 total)

Well done is better than well said.

Q: Why did the tachyon cross the road? A: Because it was on the other side.

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead
horse, the best strategy is to dismount.

Business, however, pursues other strategies with respect to dead horses:

1. Buy a stronger whip.
2. Change riders.
3. Explain that "This is the way we have always ridden this horse."
4. Appoint a committee to study the horse.
5. Visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
6. Increase the standards required to ride dead horses.
7. Appoint an action team to revive the dead horse.
8. Implement training sessions to increase our riding ability.
9. Evaluate the state of dead horses in today's environment.
10. Simply declare "This horse is not dead."
11. Hire contractors to ride the dead horse.
12. Harness several dead horses together for increased speed.
13. Convince others that "No horse is too dead to beat."
14. Provide additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
15. Complete a cost analysis to see if contractors can ride the horse
cheaper.
16. Purchase a product to make dead horses run faster.
17. Adopt a position that the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead.
18. Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
19. Revisit the performance requirements for horses.
20. Explain that the horse was procured with cost as an independent
variable.
21. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.

A father noticed that his son was spending way too much time playing computer games.

In an effort to motivate the boy into focusing more attention on his schoolwork, the father said to his son, "When Abe Lincoln was your age, he was studying books by the light of the fireplace."

The son replied, "Well, when Lincoln was your age, he was The President of The United States."