“Every job in the world has some built-in boredom. No man can stay excited about something every minute he is doing it. Routine is as necessary to life as water is to beer; it is the base that holds the flavors and spices together.” MenWorldTogetherJobsWaterMinutesBuiltExcitedBeerBoredomRoutineFlavorSpices Book:A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver Source: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
“You may talk o' gin and beer When you're quartered safe out 'ere, An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it; But when it comes to slaughter You will do your work on water, An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it.” MayFightingWaterSafeEnvironmentalBeerBootsPenniesSlaughterGin Book:The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling Source: The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling