Quotes About Maintenance

Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it.

This is a service station, we offer service. There is no higher purpose.

[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.

he de-bugged and de-moused the office ...

That was the nice thing about housework. No matter how dirty something got, you could fix it.

Modern ballet costumes are very delicate, and some cannot even be washed at all. These costumes are hung up to air out and sprayed with freshener.

most expensive in the body, second only to the heart. Neurons may be small, but they're costly to make and maintain, consuming about ten times more energy relative to their size than other cells.

"The Rachel" was high maintenance. I'd curse ... every time I had to blowdry. It took three brushes--it was like doing surgery!

No matter how careful you are"..."there's always going to be a mess, and you're going to have to clean it up afterward.

So," Willy said, "why no spring?" "What? Oh! We just don't." "Everybody has spring," he said, like a religious man chiding her for saying there was no God. "The joke goes that we have two seasons: road repair and snow removal. Or is it snow repair and road removal?" To her surprise, he looked a little shocked. "Well," she amended quickly, "it's not always true. Sometimes they run out of money for snow removal.

As with buildings, it's easier to repair superstructure on top of a solid foundation than it is to replace the foundations without trashing the superstructure.

To design for compactness and orthogonality, start from zero. Zen teaches that attachment leads to suffering; experience with software design teaches that attachment to unnoticed assumptions leads to non-orthogonality, noncompact designs, and projects that fail or become maintenance nightmares.

WEATHER,†The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons†whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle

The three S's: shower, shit, and shave—every man could do that in his sleep.

To take good care of your kitten's fur, you'll need at least one comb. The

Programmers are constantly in maintenance mode.

Don't leave "broken windows" (bad designs, wrong decisions, or poor code) unrepaired. Fix each one as soon as it is discovered. If there is insufficient time to fix it properly, then board it up. Perhaps you can comment out the offending code, or display a "Not Implemented" message, or substitute dummy data instead. Take some action to prevent further damage and to show that you're on top of the situation.

I do my laundry on a weekly basis.

My hair is naturally straight, and I maintain its texture. My weekly indulgence is an egg-white and olive oil hair mask that deep-conditions and adds incredible shine.

Stay hydrated. Make sure you're wearing some protection. Do weekly masks, exfoliating masks. Keep your skin hydrated.

Before I go to bed, I twist my hair so it doesn't get knotted by morning and cover it with a silk scarf so it stays moisturized. In addition, I tend to wash my hair around once a week or every two weeks, depending on what I'm doing with it.

Two things I do for maintenance: I get a manicure once a month, and I see my therapist about every six weeks. I am happy to report that, at this point, my nails crack more often than I do.

I dye my eyelashes on occasion so I don't have to wear mascara. I find that mascara weighs on my eyes, making me sleepy, and it is a pain to take off.

Weight gain is good because it makes your dresses tight. This is not necessarily classy or flattering, but it means you don't have to iron anything.