The ingenuity of the average worker is sufficient to outwit any system of controls devised by management.
I prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it. " "It's very zingy," I agreed.
But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.
Why do you need to fly so much?” she asked. “If I don’t, it’ll catch up with me. ” The words just came out. “What will?” I took my hands from my face, panting. I stared out at the storm. “Unhappiness.
IMBECILE!" the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your whole hand, or maybe your FACE! I arrange the food on plates with care, are you understanding what I am telling you? It is part of the art form of cooking, yes? A lovely plate of food is a thing of beauty! And then you, NUMBSKULL, come along and put your fat greasy FINGERS all over my plate, and SHAKE the plate, and move my food all around the plate until it looks like pigs' vomit!" "Chef Vlad!" I cried out in delight.
I raised my hands, trying to shush her. "Don't shush me," she said, eyes blazing. "I hate being shushed.
Let me get you all some punch,” I said. “You're leaving us?” said Isabel, sounding panicky. “I'll be right back,” I promised. “If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.
The more thankful you are, the happier you will be!
What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children.
Sorry to take your award, Faith. . . Everybody knows that it's really not about the numbers and the chart positions and the sales and all that stuff, it's about relationships and my two best friends are at home. . . I know you're as excited as I am.
we live in a world of excess: too many kinds of coffee, too many magazines, too many types of bread, too many digital recordings of Beethoven's Ninth, too many choices of rearview mirrors on the latest Renault. Sometimes you say to yourself: It's too much, it's all too much.