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Success and Failure

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tiny.ag/qyrspbdi  ·  submitted 1997

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/9unwygui  ·  submitted 1997

Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/mximzhqd  ·  submitted 1997

Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried taking candy from a baby.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/avqob1zr  ·  submitted 1997

Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu  ·  submitted 1997

Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/odgzoipj  ·  submitted 1997

Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/tcqireyb  ·  submitted 1997

Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/zmis8rln  ·  submitted 1997

Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/dm6wz1hm  ·  submitted 1997

By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/nz2qcagl  ·  submitted 1997

Cheer up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/6nolsedp  ·  submitted 1997

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/a5rzjxd3  ·  submitted 1997

Where there is no vision, there is no achievment.

Chris Y., in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/1dmiuqr0  ·  submitted 1997

People who never acheive happiness are the ones who complain whenever they're awake, and whenever they're asleep,they are thinking about what to complain about tommorrow.

Adam Zimbler, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/abk7huzh  ·  submitted 1997

War Games (VHS (NTSC))

What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

Unknown, (W.O.P.R. computer in War Games), in Success and Failure and War and Peace

tiny.ag/hcgfyxv9  ·  submitted 1997

A .44 magnum beats four aces.

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tiny.ag/hjgpjdl6  ·  submitted 1997

A bend in the road is not the end of the road -- unless you fail to make the turn.

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tiny.ag/iuvg5od2  ·  submitted 1997

A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project will take only twice as long.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/27fahwgf  ·  submitted 1997

A computer can make as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working for 20 years.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/6ldwnwhf  ·  submitted 1997

A day for firm decisions! Or is it?

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tiny.ag/t9lhndlz  ·  submitted 1997

A winner never quits -- a quitter never wins.

Unknown, in Success and Failure