bill gates quotes on work

Quote A: �I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers and nothing but the thread which binds them is my own.� ~Michel Eyquem de Montaigne


There was no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse. ~Quentin Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant, 1968


Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. ~B.F.Skinner


For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. ~Jonathan Swift, The Drapier's Letter


A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology. ~Robert A. Heinlein


How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. ~Paul Sweeney


If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed. ~Howard Mumford Jones


Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry. ~Lyman Abbott


Firefighting - one of the few professions left that still makes house calls. ~Author Unknown


Your stomach shouldn't be a waist basket. ~Author Unknown


Sometimes the best man for the job isn't. ~Author Unknown


Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. ~William James


Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis


Time is the fire in which we burn. ~Delmore Schwartz, "Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day," 1937 (Thanks, George)


My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too. ~Gene Perret


Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ~Henry Van Dyke


"Your money, or your life." We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves. ~George M. Adams


When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com


Uneven numbers are the gods' delight. ~Virgil, The Eclogues