The cruder version of that I heard is: You can't take 9 engineers and make a baby in a month!
Thank you, Gillian Flato Senior Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 9408.545.6316 408.232.5911 4 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Sheahan Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:08 AM To: Andy Kass; [email protected] Subject: Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers Both are very appropriate indeed! I'm going to post them next to these two: "No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripe n." -Epictetus, Discourses and "Less words. Less crap." -- Shtikl.com Cheers, Mary ----- Original Message ---- From: Andy Kass <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 1:51:11 PM Subject: Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, "Flato, Gillian" <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and >I'll understand." > Native American Proverb Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of the tech writer's proverb is: "Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément." "That which is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease." --Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) L'Art Poétique (The Art of Poetry, 1674), Canto I, l. 153 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux Thanks, Andy _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mhs_tw%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gflato%40nanometrics.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
