There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.Frank A. ClarkFreedomMaintenanceMinimalism Share this
The moment an athlete doesn’t train, things start to get a bit rusty.Gareth GatesDisciplineMaintenance Share this
Few scientists would treat their cars as badly as they treat their conceptual schemes.Mary MidgleyMaintenanceRespect Share this
There is a charm, even for homely things, in perfect maintenance.Louis AuchinclossAestheticsCharmMaintenance Share this
Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.Ludwig QuiddeMaintenancePeace Share this
Natural selection eliminates and maybe maintains, but it doesn’t create.Lynn MargulisCreationMaintenance Share this
Stamping out fires is a lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.W. Edwards DemingMaintenanceRestoration Share this
After weeks of watching the roof leak I fixed it tonight by moving a single boardGary SnyderMaintenanceReliefResolution Share this
It’s not the upfront capital that kills you, it’s the operations and maintenance on the back end.Gene KimMaintenance Share this
Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.Wietse VenemaEffortMaintenance Share this
Life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can’t be solved by analysis.William EmpsonMaintenance Share this
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.William HazlittMaintenanceMetaphorTime Share this
As you train your mind, shockingly it brings you prosperity as well as the faculty to maintain it.Harbhajan Singh YogiMaintenanceMindProsperity Share this
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.Henry Ward BeecherAccuracyMaintenanceRegulation Share this
The brain is a tool that gets rusty without constant, albeit moderate, exercise.George SandExerciseMaintenanceMind Share this
The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.James DoohanMaintenance Share this
Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.Janice DickinsonAppearanceMaintenance Share this
To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.Aldo LeopoldIntelligenceMaintenancePreservation Share this
Our job is to keep what is working intact and not destroy what we have got.Sylvia EarleMaintenancePreservationProgress Share this
He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn’t reserve a plot for weeds.Dag HammarskjoldMaintenanceOrganizationPrioritization Share this
The objective is not so much to walk your dog, as it is to empty him.Dave BarryEfficiencyExerciseMaintenance Share this
All programming is maintenance programming, because you are rarely writing original code.Dave ThomasMaintenanceOriginality Share this
The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.Kin HubbardHomeMaintenanceOwnership Share this
Be honest, brutally honest. That is what’s going to maintain relationships.Lauryn HillHonestyMaintenanceRelationship Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity
