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Success and Failure

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tiny.ag/31pmzh6f  ·  submitted 1997

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/wj0czhzk  ·  submitted 1997

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Vice and Virtue

tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/qdve785j  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/zoapng08  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/n6uw7frr  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/cajbytn9  ·  submitted 1997

The greatest thing man can create is himself.

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tiny.ag/i1mqw56v  ·  submitted 1997

The future belongs to those who dare.

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tiny.ag/z1irlfxp  ·  submitted 1997

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

tiny.ag/p0z9jdbr  ·  submitted 1997

Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.

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tiny.ag/jb6usc1h  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/rcehbv9s  ·  submitted 1997

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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tiny.ag/xts9pvd0  ·  submitted 1997

Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.

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

tiny.ag/4wuke9ix  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/xhom8dbn  ·  submitted 1997

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

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tiny.ag/u05c2aqo  ·  submitted 1997

Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.

Unknown, (motto of the Dutch Poet's Society), in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/6bpzcbnv  ·  submitted 1997

Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

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tiny.ag/ovsgddqq  ·  submitted 1997

Non-Reciprocal Laws of Expectations: Negative expectations yield negative results. Positive expectations yield negative results.

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tiny.ag/tkee56g3  ·  submitted 1997

Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.

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tiny.ag/oumhmbbr  ·  submitted 1997

Official Project Stages: (1) Uncritical Acceptance. (2) Wild Enthusiasm. (3) Dejected Disillusionment. (4) Total Confusion. (5) Search for the Guilty. (6) Punishment of the Innocent. (7) Promotion of the Non-participants.

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