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Everything I Need to Know, I Learned in the Corporate World
- Indecision is the key to flexibility.
- You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks.
- There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of
- preparation
- Happiness is merely the remission of pain.
- Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
- Sometimes too much drink is not enough.
- The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.
- The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.
- Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world.
- Things are more like they are today than they ever were before.
- Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
- Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
- I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.
- Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism.
- If you think there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody
- All things being equal, fat people use more soap.
- If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame
- One-seventh of your life is spent on Monday.
- By the time you make ends meet, they move the ends.
- Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious
- The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.
- There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
- This is as bad as it can get, but don't count on it.
- Never wrestle a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
- The trouble with life is, you're halfway through it before you
realize it's a do-it-yourself thing
- The first rats off of the sinking ship are the best swimmers.
Vocabulary Help
- key: chave
- tracks: trilhos
- lack: falta de
- too much: muito
- enough: suficiente
- careful: cuidadoso
- nice: bom, legal
- worth fighting for: vale a pena lutar por
- dirty: sujo
- self-criticism: auto crítica
- fat: gordo
- people: pessoas
- soap: sabão
- shred: fragmento
- evidence: prova
- flatter: mais chato, plano
- wrestle: lutar
- pig: porco
- do-it-yourself: faça você mesmo
- halfway: metade do caminho
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