Faced with having to change our views or prove that there is no need to do so, most of us immediately get busy on the proof. John Kenneth Galbraith
If people knew what they had to do to be successful, most people wouldn't. Lord Thomson of Fleet
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. Alan Ashley-Pitt
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later. Louis Aragon
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it. John Crowe
The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new . . . is not undertaken by the vanguard of society but by its rear. It is the misfits, failures, fugitives, outcasts and their like who are among the first to grapple with the new. Eric Hoffer
Some men see things as they are and ask, "Why?" I see them as they have never been and ask, "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw
Guidelines for Bureaucrats: 1. When in charge, ponder. 2. When in trouble, delegate. 3. When in doubt, mumble. James H. Boren
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. Laurence J. Peter
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies. Honarι de Balzac
Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable. Kin Hubbard
The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort. Ezra Pound
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas Edison
The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry. John Jensen
So little time and so little to do. Oscar Levant
It is not enough to be busy . . . . the question is: what are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau
A great many people have come up to me and asked how I managed to get so much done and still look so dissipated. Robert Benchley
The writing of more than 75 poems in any fiscal year should be punishable by a fine of $500. Ed Sanders