Toby Considine wrote:
> "If something is not worth doing, it`s not worth doing well" - Peter Drucker
I was first introduced to this aphorism in 1979, and my colleague at the
time pointed me to this occurrence, whence he got it: (01)
"A thing not worth doing is not worth doing well."
-- Arden, Bruce W., and Astill, Kenneth N., in "Numerical algorithms:
origins and applications", Addison-Wesley, 1970 (02)
Since I know Peter, I assume this citation predates his publication. :-) (03)
-Ed (04)
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