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Accomplishments DesktopperYou can fool all of the people all of the time if your effects budget is large enough.
Achievement DesktopperYou can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision, determination, and an endless supply of expendable labor.
Acquisition DesktopperThe discovery that you're no longer a big fish in a small pond, or even a small fish in a big pond, but a small fish in a big fish.
Adaptation DesktopperThe bad news is robots can do your job now. The good news is we're now hiring robot repair technicians. The worse news is we're working on robot-fixing robots- and we do not anticipate any further good news.
Adversity DesktopperThat which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
Ambition DesktopperThe journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very, very badly.
Apathy DesktopperIf We Don't Take Care of the Customer, Maybe They'll Stop Bugging Us.
Arrogance DesktopperThe best leaders inspire by example. When that's not an option, brute intimidation works pretty well, too.
Bailouts DesktopperFrom each according to his ability, to each according to his lack thereof.
Believe in Yourself DesktopperBecause the rest of us think you're an idiot.
Blogging DesktopperNever before have so many people with so little to say said so much to so few.
Bravery DesktopperEvery man dies. But not every man truly lives only to die of sheer stupidity.
Burnout DesktopperAttitudes are Contagious, Mine Might Kill You.
Change DesktopperPoliticians are like diapers. They need to be changed often and for the same reason.
Cluelessness DesktopperThere are No Stupid Questions. But there a LOT of Inquisitive Idiots.
Collaboration DesktopperWhen a motivated group of people join together, they can turn problems into opportunities. Especially drinking problems.
Committees DesktopperJust like teamwork. Only without the work.
Congress DesktopperProudly defending the status quo long after the quo has lost its status.
Consistency DesktopperIt's only a virtue if you're not a screwup.
Consulting DesktopperIf you're not part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.
Corruption DesktopperI want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it.
Creativity DesktopperHelps artists die young, miserable, and penniless- so their art can have meaning to the old, satisfied, and obscenely rich.
Curiosity DesktopperSome Places Remain Unknown Because No One Has Ventured Forth. Others Remain So Because No One Has Ever Come Back.
Customer Disservice DesktopperBecause we're not satisfied until you're not satisfied.
Demotivation DesktopperSometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people.
Despair DesktopperIt's Always Darkest Just Before it Goes Pitch Black.
Discovery DesktopperA company that will go to the ends of the Earth for its people will find it can hire them for about 10% of the cost of Americans.
Diversity DesktopperBecause every person deserves an equal chance to prove their incompetence.
Economics DesktopperThe science of explaining tomorrow why the predictions you made yesterday didn't come true today.
Effort DesktopperHard work never killed anybody, but it is illegal in some places.
Excuses DesktopperIf you keep asking others to give you the benefit of the doubt, they'll eventually start to doubt your benefit.
Elitism DesktopperIt's lonely at the top, but it's comforting to look down upon everyone at the bottom.
Failure DesktopperWhen your best just isn't good enough.
Fear DesktopperUntil you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.
Get to Work DesktopperYou aren't being paid to believe in the power of your dreams.
Give Up DesktopperAt some point, hanging in there just makes you look like an even bigger loser.
Goals DesktopperIt's best to avoid standing directly between a competitive jerk and his goals.
Government DesktopperIf you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.
Hope DesktopperMay not be warranted at this point.
Idiocy DesktopperNever Underestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups.
Incompetence DesktopperWhen you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.
Indecision DesktopperThe mark of the leader is the ability to make decisions. The mark of the survivor is knowing when not to.
Individuality DesktopperAlways remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else.
Inflation DesktopperBecause the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money.
Insight DesktopperWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going. The smart left a long time ago.
Inspiration DesktopperGenius is 1 percent inspiration and 99% perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad.
Irresponsibility DesktopperNo single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood.
Legacy DesktopperIt took millions of years to create something this extraordinary. You have about seventy-four.
Limitations DesktopperUntil you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.
Madness DesktopperMadness does not always howl. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "Hey, is there room in your head for one more?"
Marketing DesktopperBecause making it look good now is more important than providing adequate support later.
Maturity DesktopperIf you're tired of others looking down on you, grow the hell up.
Mediocrity DesktopperIt takes a lot less time, and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late.
Meetings DesktopperNone of us is as dumb as all of us.
Mercy DesktopperTeach every child you meet the importance of forgiveness. It's our only hope of surviving their wrath once they realize just how badly we've screwed things up for them.
Motivation DesktopperIf a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.
Obstacles DesktopperSome things can not be overcome with determination and a positive attitude.
Opportunity DesktopperI am Dr. Adewole Aremu- a director with the Union Bank of Nigeria in Lagos - and I wish to speak to you most urgently about a matter regarding the sum of $39,000,000 US Dollars...
Perseverance DesktopperThe courage to ignore the obvious wisdom of turning back.
Persistence DesktopperIt's over, man. Let her go.
Perspective DesktopperLess is more. Unless you're standing next to the one with more. Then less just looks pathetic.
Potential DesktopperNot everyone gets to be an astronaut when they grow up.
Power DesktopperPower corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.
Pressure DesktopperIt can turn a lump of coal into a flawless diamond, or an average person into a perfect basketcase.
Pretension DesktopperThe downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious.
Pride DesktopperThe art of calling faith in yourself "self-esteem" while calling it "conceit" when you see it in others.
Priorities DesktopperHundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.
Problems DesktopperNo Matter How Great and Destructive Your Problems Seem Now, Remember You've Probably Only Seen the Top of Them.
Procrastination DesktopperHard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.
Propaganda DesktopperWhat lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies right to our faces.
Quality DesktopperThe race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march.
Recognition DesktopperHaving your moment in the sun isn't always a good thing.
Retirement DesktopperBecause you've done so much for the company, there's not much left we can use.
The Road Not Taken DesktopperTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood. And Robert Frost took the one less traveled. Of course, he also heckled his rivals and started fires to disrupt their poetry readings. But that makes for a terrible motivational poster. Unless you're a petty pyromaniac. In which case, here you go.
Romance DesktopperLove is in the air. And it's pooping on my head.
Sacrifice DesktopperYour role may be thankless, but if you're willing to give it your all, you just might bring success to those who outlast you.
Sacrifice (Temple) DesktopperAll we ask here is that you give us your heart.
Sanity DesktopperMinds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can borrow mine.
The Secret DesktopperWhat is The Secret? Pretend you've already achieved it- Then offer to sell The Secret to others.
Self-Esteem DesktopperJust because you think you're a star doesn't mean you're going anywhere.
Service DesktopperView all customers as beautiful buds that must be cultivated, watered, and periodically buried under manure.
Synergy DesktopperA code word lazy people use when they want you to do all the work.
Teamwork DesktopperA few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.
Tradition DesktopperJust because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid.
Underachievement (penguin) DesktopperBecause soaring with the eagles requires so much more effort.

Whining DesktopperIf you expect to score points by whining, join a European soccer team.
Winners DesktopperNothing says "you're a loser" more than owning a motivational poster about being a winner.
Wisdom DesktopperSometimes the only difference between a budding genius and a blooming idiot is where they choose to take a stand.
Wishes DesktopperWhen you wish upon a falling star, your dreams can come true. Unless it's really a meteorite hurtling to the Earth which will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much hosed no matter what you wish for. Unless it's death by meteor.

