Amazing, I actually used this quote yesterday on my plumber. He put together some drainage piping in a wall which would be hidden. It would function fine. He then sawed it out to do over to make it look more professional even though no one would see it.
The famous Russian saying is “better is the enemy of good”. In engineering it implies that insist on improving mechanisms that are already adequate and it is quite true. The F35 fighter comes to mind as an excellent example of a device that is so complex it cannot be flown without the aid of complex computers for a task of which we have no need. Fighters have served no purpose since WW II.
dadthedawg over 3 years ago
Keep your friends close…..and your enemies closer.
Leojim over 3 years ago
That is way too confusing for a pint of vodka.
I Mad Am I over 3 years ago
Still pondering the aspects of “Good” and “Evil”. Have yet to discover anything that isn’t tainted with a bit of the other.
littlejohn Premium Member over 3 years ago
It’s all a roll of the dice till you crap out.
littlejohn Premium Member over 3 years ago
I would think that taking off that sweater would ruffle Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk’s feathers.
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
mediocre is a goal cosmo aspires to…
preacherman over 3 years ago
Yes, but for Shoe, mediocre is the enemy of crap.
Ichabod Ferguson over 3 years ago
Amazing, I actually used this quote yesterday on my plumber. He put together some drainage piping in a wall which would be hidden. It would function fine. He then sawed it out to do over to make it look more professional even though no one would see it.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation over 3 years ago
does that mean the opposite of PROgress is CONgress?
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
Perfection is only attainable in war and sex.
Ebenezer Stooge Premium Member over 3 years ago
For decades I’ve been attempting to perfect my mediocrity.
JD'Huntsville'AL over 3 years ago
Hate is NOT the opposite of Love — Apathy is.
rlombardo3 over 3 years ago
The famous Russian saying is “better is the enemy of good”. In engineering it implies that insist on improving mechanisms that are already adequate and it is quite true. The F35 fighter comes to mind as an excellent example of a device that is so complex it cannot be flown without the aid of complex computers for a task of which we have no need. Fighters have served no purpose since WW II.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
What is just enough?……
Andrew Sleeth over 3 years ago
“If Something’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Badly”
A sermon and title from 40 years ago I’ll never forget. I couldn’t count the number of times it inspired me to try.