Sayings I like

Writing

"Som plommen i egget"

Norwegian for 'Like the yolk in the egg'.

"No dar papaya"

Spanish for 'don't give papaya'. Don't give reason for misfortune.

"The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred"

George Bernard Shaw.

"You can use an eraser on the drafting table, or a sledgehammer on the construction site"

Frank Lloyd Wright.

"The future never arrives all at once"

Neil Gaiman.

"L'appΓ©tit vient en mangeant"

French for 'appetite comes with eating'.

"Specialisation is for insects"

Robert A. Heinlein.

"A long muscle is a strong muscle"

African proverb.

"Fasouli, to fasouli, yemizi to sakouli"

Greek for 'bean by bean, you fill the sack'.

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together"

African proverb.

"Sometimes it's better to travel than to arrive"

Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.





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