QUOTES SAYINGS CLICHES



Many of these are mnemonics. A mnemonic (pronounced 'nemonic') is a memory aid.
The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The project manager/engineer says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. (There's more..) The realist says the glass contains half the required amount of liquid for it to overflow.And the cynic..... wonders who drank the other half.

"Five bums and a rugby post." (Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? - a memory aid for open questioning.)

"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary."

"If you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean."

"Success comes in cans."

"You are a time millionaire - for a rich life invest wisely."

"It's difficult to clear the swamp when you are up to your armpits in alligators.." or

"When you are up to your armpits in alligators it is hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp!" or

"When you are up to your arse in alligators it is sometimes difficult to remember that the original objective was to drain the moat!"

There is only one IF in LIFE - between the L and the E."

"Jacket on = directing. Jacket off = participating. Trousers off = performing."(A humorous dress code indicator of management working-style.)

"If you can't ride two horses at the same time you shouldn't be in the circus."

"If a=1%, b=2%, c= 3%, etc., what does 'attitude' add up to? ........" (Work it out - the answer is 100%.

Mushroom Management - The practice of keeping people in the dark, and every now and then dumping a load of dirt on them."

"Wheelbarrow Management or Wheelbarrow Culture - people only work when pushed, and are easily upset."

"Tell'em what you're gonna tell'em, tell'em, tell'em what you told'em."

"When you ASSUME you make an ASS out of U and Me."

"There is no I in TEAM." (But if you look carefully there is a ME...)
"No gain without pain." ( "No pain without gain" - )

"Don't sell the steak, sell the sizzle."

(Or more fashionably today:)
"Sell the crunch not the apple."

"The buyer buys the seller not the salt."

"Everyone gets butterflies - the trick is getting them to fly in formation."