Looking for a famous quote
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- Scotch_Roman
Who was it that said something like "When man is at work, he is partially engaged. When man is at play, he is fully engaged." ??
I'm probably butchering the exact verbiage, but after spending a couple hours searching I'm coming up with nothing.
- utopian0
I even tried searching for you, nothing!
"Sorry Man"
- mmdy0
doesnt have to be exact does it?
why u need it
- Scotch_Roman0
It's for a self-promo piece. Doesn't it sound familiar?!? Was it Shakespeare? Nietzsche?
- detritus0
Just so you're aware, I don't know either and I haven't actually tried searching for you. i felt you should appreciate this.
- http://imgur.com/vt1…jimbojones
- I am whelmed by your apathy.Scotch_Roman
- I would be lying if I said I cared.detritus
- ;)detritus
- mmdy0
duno tried quote search websites
had no results
just make it sound like you want it to... or search the name of who said it... in a quote search
- Sugary0
I can tell you that it wasn't Marx, ha!
sorry, i suck....
- CALLES0
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it”
Terry Pratchett
- jimbojones0
"Quotes are the incisiveness of those who have none."
- (don't remember)
- Scotch_Roman0
Nothing wrong with using quotes here and there. I just felt like I'd heard something like that before, really think it sums up the relationship between work and play, and I don't want to plagiarize. I'd rather avoid "someone once said something like the following..."
- I was kidding Matt, quotes are ok if they fit and aren't too cheesyjimbojones
- :)Scotch_Roman
- lukus_W0
^ I agree, but I also think that quotes are made for plagiarism. Quotes are misquoted and improved upon all the time - I wouldn't worry... say what you want to say and put anonymous.
- CALLES0
“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”Bill Watterson.
- Scotch_Roman0
The problem with crediting the quote as anonymous is that most of the people I'm going to send this promo to are very well-read and largely over-educated.
- Maybe I'll just heavily reword it and hope for the bestScotch_Roman
- eh, maybe just drop it? or write own copy, no quote needed?jimbojones
- CALLES0
quote it like so:
"When man is at work, he is partially engaged. When man is at play, he is fully engaged."
-me
it will make you look cooler
- bulletfactory0
it's actually:
"When a man has a fiancée, he is fully engaged."-Trent
- max_prophet0
As an outsider to your concept, may I add that you may come across as a conceited, pretentious tosser using this quote as part of a self-promotion.
Of course, this may indeed be part of your larger plan, what do I know?
- Amicus0
Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.~ Matthew Fox
- Amicus0
Nobody can be successful if he doesn’t love his work, love his job.~ David Sarnoff
- Amicus0
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.~ Earl Nightingale
- Amicus0
Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing." --Phil Jackson