“You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.”
Edward de Bono (1933) Maltese physician
Source: Lateral Thinking : Creativity Step by Step (1970), p. 8.
“I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at.”
Source: Twisted
Last update June 3, 2021. History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at." by Laurie Halse Anderson?
Laurie Halse Anderson147
American children's writer 1961Related quotes
“Should I get you a shovel, so you can dig that hole deeper?”
Rick Riordan book The Hammer of Thor
Source: The Hammer of Thor
“I choose the music because the rest sucks.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Scelgo la musica perché il resto fa schifo.
Source: prevale.net
“I choose the music because the rest sucks.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
From the Aphorisms http://www.prevale.net/aphorisms.html page of the official website of Prevale
“If you're in a hole, don't dig, they say.”
John le Carré book The Mission Song
The Mission Song (2006)
“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
Variant: If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
“Funny how you dig yourself into a hole by the teaspoon.”
Lionel Shriver book We Need to Talk About Kevin
Source: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Donald Rumsfeld (1932) U.S. Secretary of Defense
http://www.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,,1943315,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/09/24/schroeder.blair/index.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030621143902/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s865620.htm
2000s
“The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.”
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American journalist