You can fool some of the people all of the time, you can fool all of the people some of the time...and that's usually enough to keep the money coming in.
Kimball was the prophette when I was a missionary, so this quote was hammered down on us all the time.
As a missionary having seen numerous missionaries (myself included) write down goals (baptism goals, etc.) that never would and never could be achieved, I always added a second clause everytime I heard that quote. I made it into a couplet, so to speak.
"A goal that is not written down is only a wish...and a goal that is written down is only a written wish (so grow up and stop looking for guidance in the simple-minded formulas handed to you by brainless old farts pretending to be prophets)."
The part in parentheses came after my mission. ;o)
ok this isn't really what you are talking about but I think it's funny.... When my sister was going through her divorce (he's a cheater, and she could only deal with it so many times) her ex left her a message on the machine which included the term "defecation of character"
"wait...did he just say that?" "he means defamation of character" "I think he means poop"
I'm sure when she turned the tape of all the nasty messages he left to her lawyer he and his colleagues all got a good laugh!