Success and Failure

There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

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To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

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To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

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To err is human, to forgive unusual.

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To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.

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Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

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Use soft words and hard arguments.

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After all is said and done, a lot more is usually said than done.

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After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found on the bench.

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After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.

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All I ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.

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All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

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An error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

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Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner of the workshop.

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Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

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

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

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

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.

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

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