Business Quotes, Part 1!

mountainlion20032003 · 06-25-2007, 03:13 AM

Accomplishing the impossible only means the boss will add it
to your regular duties.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings
are held to discuss it.

Anything not worth doing is not worth doing well.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually
get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. (Robert Frost)

A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and
then quietly strangled. (Sir Barnett Cocks)

Doing nothing is tiring because you can't stop to rest.

Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
(Dr. Lawrence J. Peter - The Peter Principle)

The first thing a new employee should do on the job is learn
to recognize his boss' voice on the phone. (Martin Buxbaum)

Go the extra mile--It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.

06-25-2007, 03:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
mountainlion20032003 Jokaroo VIP Status Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North Dakota! Roaming In Mountainlion Country! Posts: 74,454 Rep Power: 3493	Business Quotes, Part 1! Accomplishing the impossible only means the boss will add it to your regular duties. Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it. Anything not worth doing is not worth doing well. By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. (Robert Frost) A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. (Sir Barnett Cocks) Doing nothing is tiring because you can't stop to rest. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed. Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. (Dr. Lawrence J. Peter - The Peter Principle) The first thing a new employee should do on the job is learn to recognize his boss' voice on the phone. (Martin Buxbaum) Go the extra mile--It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker. __________________ Thanks Sexysadie!