Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/7a4ntqxo · submitted 1997
Cox's Philosophy: Life's a bitch, and then you die.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/nz2qcagl · submitted 1997
Cheer up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.
tiny.ag/dm6wz1hm · submitted 1997
By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you.
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.
tiny.ag/tcqireyb · submitted 1997
Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.
tiny.ag/odgzoipj · submitted 1997
Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.
tiny.ag/kbikw1yt · submitted 1997
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.
tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu · submitted 1997
Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.
tiny.ag/avqob1zr · submitted 1997
Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.
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.
tiny.ag/9unwygui · submitted 1997
Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.
tiny.ag/oic7hxlc · submitted 1997
After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found on the bench.
tiny.ag/5dmluv32 · submitted 1997
Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.
tiny.ag/8aevknh4 · submitted 1999
A ship doesn't travel far in a calm sea.
tiny.ag/5hnyq46s · submitted 1997
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
tiny.ag/6nolsedp · submitted 1997
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
tiny.ag/t9lhndlz · submitted 1997
A winner never quits -- a quitter never wins.
tiny.ag/ckd9cv6r · submitted 1997
After all is said and done, a lot more is usually said than done.
tiny.ag/o9rrnhjx · submitted 1997
Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner of the workshop.
tiny.ag/6dhgl4cy · submitted 1998 by Ian Robinson
An error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
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