this and better
By anders pearson 15 Oct 2003
my Grandmother passed away this afternoon.
her favorite phrase, by far, would be delivered any time we were just sitting around, not actually doing anything. she’d pound a fist on the table, inhale, take on a firm expression and say: “well… this and better <em>might</em> do… but this and worse will <em>never</em> do.” and we would all be expected to get up and actually do something productive rather than idle away.
Dorothy Pearson, 1919-2003, RIP.