"I have tipped waiters, and I have..." - Quote by George Orwell
I have tipped waiters, and I have been tipped by waiters.
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“International football is the continuation of war by other means.”
“Roughly speaking, the more one pays for food, the more sweat and spittle one is obliged to eat with it.... Dirtiness is inherent in hotels and restaurants, because sound food is sacrificed to punctuality and smartness.”
“The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction.”
More on Experience
“Eternity is not the hereafter...this is it. If you don't get it here you won't get it anywhere.”
“Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?”
“First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject.”
More on Work
“Some people get in the way of change happening. Some people spend their whole careers thinking they can make a difference. Other people want to do as little as possible to get the day done.”
“In my 20s, I worked very, very hard. I have a much more balanced life now.”
“As for my own business, even that kind of surveying which I could do with most satisfaction my employers do not want. They would prefer that I should do my work coarsely and not too well, ay, not well enough. When I observe that there are different ways of surveying, my employer commonly asks which will give him the most land, not which is most correct.”