Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.
I now know how to steal a watch when someone's wearing it. It's an excellent talent to have.
I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.
I always wear my black watch on my left wrist so I know I'm on stage on time.
Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
I don't want my learning curve to be stunted by just all of a sudden doing work all the time and not being careful about the work that I'm doing.
My wrists, which are tattooed with my daughters' names, are always occupied by a watch.
When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.
I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me.