A collection of observations by people who bother to look at how things work and at how they get things done.
A collection of observations by people who bother to look at how things work and at how they get things done.
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The more curves in a river, the older it is.
The productivity of a meeting is inversely proportional to the size of the group when more than four people attend.
If you can’t see the license plate of the car in front of you at a stoplight, you’re too close.
If you think your front tire is low while driving, take your hands off the wheel. A low tire will cause the car to drift in the direction of the low tire.
A newspaper or magazine needs to be about 60 percent advertising to survive financially.
The carpenter’s rule of thumb “measure twice, cut once” applies as well to sewing and knitting.
Drivers who customize their cars with bumper stickers and other adornments are more prone to road rage than are others.
If you can follow a fitness program for 21 consecutive days, you can follow it for life.
To maintain an even keel at an important social event, make every other drink seltzer or water.
To calculate a dog’s age in human terms, count the first year as 15, the second year by 10, and each year after that as 5.
Fit comes before fashion. If you clothes don’t fit right, nothing else matters.
The most successful teaching lessons last 22 minutes, the exact length of the average TV sitcom.
The more that local police uniforms resemble military uniforms, the less free and democratic that country is likely to be.
If a boiled lobster’s tail isn’t curled, it was dead before it was boiled.
When questioned by a police officer, assume that he already knows the answers to most of the questions he’s asking you.
The softer the currency, the harder the toilet paper.
If the water and food in a country are suspect, take similar precautions with the law.
When you’re playing blackjack, assume that any unseen card is an eight.
The cheaper the booze, the worse the hangover.
Never swim against a riptide. Instead, swim at a 90-degree angle to it at an easy pace until you’re clear of it. Then head back to shore.
Roaches never travel alone. if you caught one, expect there to be more.
If you can’t fit the idea of your story into one simple sentence, you don’t understand your story.
On a good highway bicycle you can travel 50 miles per day at a leisurely pace.
Never offer more than two thirds the asking price for rural land.
Catholics feel guilty for what they weren’t supposed to do and did. Jews feel guilty for what they were supposed to do and didn’t.
With clothing or rugs, the more threads per inch, the more durable the fabric will be.
Effortless prose generally takes three to four drafts.
Buy two black markers for every other color you buy. It is always the first color to go in a set (green and red go next).
Never buy a silver car. They rust sooner than others.
The greater the back problem, the harder your mattress should be. The unforgiving surface forces you to move often so your muscles won’t become stiff from lack of movement.
At auctions, paintings sell for half the price they go for in galleries.
If a professor describes a science experiment in class, it will be on the exam.
In a public restroom, always use the toilet farthest away from the door. It’s typically cleaner and used less than the others.
The sales success of sports book is inversely proportional to the size of the ball used in the sport.
You need to know and understand 5,000 words and characters in Chinese before trying to have a meaningful conversation in Chinese. .
Cheap paperback novels average one typographical error for every ten pages.
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
Tough apple skin means a hard winter.
One large tree has the cooling power of five average air conditioners running 20 hours a day.
If bees stay at the hive, expect rain. If they fly away, expect good weather.
Bears can outrun, outclimb, and outswim a human. Your only chance is to run downhill; the bear’s center of gravity makes it difficult for it to follow.
To ace a course, plan on spending two hours on outside study and homework for every hour of classroom time.
Never walk past a chimpanzee while wearing a clown suit.
Zigzag to outrun a crocodile.
Avoid of buying a house within sight of a traffic light.
Your new product should have at least three easily recognizable advantages over is competition.
The average milk producing life of a dairy cow is five to seven years.
One ostrich egg will serve 24 people for brunch.
Lighting will take up 30% of the overall power usage for a building.
Use ammonia for a bee sting and vinegar for a wasp sting.