Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results.

Quote by Caskie Stinnett

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I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine

The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the...

The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the...

Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the...

Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the...

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such...

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such...

They always tell me no one is working as hard as you...and even though I...

They always tell me no one is working as hard as you...and even though I...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst...

Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

Today is 'Take our Daughters to Work Day.' This is when girls ages Nine to...

Today is 'Take our Daughters to Work Day.' This is when girls ages Nine to...

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend...

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend...

Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.

Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.

I don't pretend to tell people how to live their lives other than to do...

I don't pretend to tell people how to live their lives other than to do...

This is war, not a beauty pageant, do what you have to do to make...

This is war, not a beauty pageant, do what you have to do to make...

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe,...

Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe,...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of...

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

What conditions of work, what kinds of work, what kinds of management, and what kinds...

What conditions of work, what kinds of work, what kinds of management, and what kinds...