
“Like the watermen that row one way and look another.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
Whether 't was rightfully said, Live Concealed
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Like the watermen that row one way and look another.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.”
"This Summer's Sky" [Der Himmel dieses Sommers], (1953), trans. Michael Hamburger in Poems, 1913-1956, p. 444
Poems, 1913-1956 (1976)
“Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.”
Kenichi Ohmae, cited in: William J. Brown et al. (2000), AntiPatterns in Project Management. p. 3
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 125.
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”