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Manuals Quotes

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

Terry Pratchett
Helpful, Discworld, Manuals
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Jingo: (Discworld Novel 21)”, p.255, Random House

I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in store for you.

Drew Barrymore
Reality, Stores, Manuals

If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'

Robert Townsend
Policy, Ten Commandments, Manuals
Robert Townsend (1984). “Further Up the Organization”, Random House Incorporated

I class myself as a manual laborer.

Theodore White
Class, Laborers, Manuals

We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.

Sakyong Mipham
Delight, Labor, Manuals
Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.99, Harmony

I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.

Natalie Merchant
Writing, Labor, Manuals

I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual.

Mick Ralphs
Brilliant, Range, Manuals

My father was a manual worker.

Diane Abbott
Father, Workers, Manuals
"Politicians interview pundits: Diane Abbott and Nick Robinson". Interview with Nick Robinson, www.theguardian.com. September 25, 2009.

Literature is not an instruction manual.

Charles Baxter
Literature, Instruction, Manuals
Charles Baxter (1997). “Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction”

Life doesn't come with an instruction manual.

Scott Westerfeld
Instruction, Manuals
Scott Westerfeld (2010). “Extras”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

Manuals have their uses ... but they are not to be confused with living.

Robert Fulghum
Confused, Use, Manuals
Robert Fulghum (2010). “Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door”, p.14, Ivy Books

If we were a sex manual it'd be a best-seller.

Rick Carlisle
Sex, Ifs, Manuals

I never liked to work, I mean manual work.

P. T. Barnum
Mean, Manuals, Manual Work

Why doesn't love come with an owner's manual?

Ellen Hopkins
Owners, Manuals
Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Fallout”, p.259, Simon and Schuster

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