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Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done. ↗


— Vance Packard


#art #convinced #done #getting #leadership

I am to be converted to the joys of knitting,' said Mrs. Ali, smiling at the Major. 'My condolences,' he said. ↗


— Helen Simonson


#knitting #humor

Our department takes 1,120 calls every day. Do you know how many of the calls the public expects perfection on? 1,120. Nobody calls the fire department and says, 'Send me two dumb-ass firemen in a pickup truck.' In three minutes they want five brain-surgeon decathlon champions to come and solve all their problems. ↗


— John Eversole


#humor #humor

You can't edit a blank page. ↗


— Very Wise Anonymous


#truth #wise #writing #humor

You know,” OreSeur muttered quietly, obviously counting on her tin to let Vin hear him, “it seems that these meetings would be more productive if someone forgot to invite those two.” Vin smiled. “They’re not that bad,” she whispered. OreSeur raised an eyebrow. “Okay,” Vin said. “They do distract us a little bit.” “I could always eat on of them, if you wish,” OreSeur said. “That might speed things up.” Vin paused. OreSeur, however had a strange little smile on his lips. “Kandra humor, Mistress. I apologize. We can be a bit grim.” Vin smiled. “They probably wouldn’t taste very good anyway. Ham’s far too stringy, and you don’t want to know the kinds of things that Breeze spends his time eating….” “I’m not sure,” OreSeur said. “One is, after all, named ‘Ham.’ As for the other…” He nodded to the cup of wine in Breeze’s hand. “He does seem quite fond of marinating himself. ↗


— Brandon Sanderson


#marinating-oneself #humor

Undo it, take it back, make every day the previous one until I am returned to the day before the one that made you gone. Or set me on an airplane traveling west, crossing the date line again and again, losing this day, then that, until the day of loss still lies ahead, and you are here instead of sorrow. ↗


— Nessa Rapoport


#loss #sorrow #dating

Eschew surplusage. ↗


— Mark Twain


#rules-for-writing #humor

Revenge is a dish best served published! ↗


— Lisa Kovanda


#revenge #writing #humor

Writing a novel is like going a great distance to take a small shit. ↗


— Harlan Ellison


#writing #humor

There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write. ↗


— Mignon McLaughlin


#humor #writers #writing #humor






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