Success and Failure

The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

The more you put into life, the less you will get.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Vice and Virtue

The more you know, the less you think you know.

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The more you know, the less you need to show.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed -- or did you fail because you stopped trying?

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The greatest thing man can create is himself.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Oliver's Law: Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

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Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.

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Putt's Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

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Life's a bitch, and then she has puppies.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.

Unknown, (from Bjarne Stroustrup's book on C++), in Success and Failure

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.

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Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail.

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Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure

Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

My hands are free, but my mind hesitates.

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Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.

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