Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/qdve785j · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you need to show.
tiny.ag/zoapng08 · submitted 1997
The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.
tiny.ag/cajbytn9 · submitted 1997
The greatest thing man can create is himself.
tiny.ag/i1mqw56v · submitted 1997
The future belongs to those who dare.
tiny.ag/rhjtfglc · submitted 1997
The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
tiny.ag/1iteoxru · submitted 1997
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
tiny.ag/ffrhkz8y · submitted 1997
The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
tiny.ag/zt1r3of5 · submitted 1997
The chief cause of problems is solutions.
tiny.ag/xqe7yfma · submitted 1997
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
tiny.ag/pcn2zosg · submitted 1997
Law of Probability Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
tiny.ag/jaktd8ze · submitted 1997
Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
tiny.ag/0raepug8 · submitted 1997
Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.
tiny.ag/xnqzybth · submitted 1997
Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.
tiny.ag/pe3wjdh9 · submitted 1997
Jenkinson's Law: It won't work.
tiny.ag/uc5f23qi · submitted 1997
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
tiny.ag/d4uzlrvm · submitted 1997
It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.
tiny.ag/u1iblda0 · submitted 1997
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.
tiny.ag/2wniecpg · submitted 1997
It is said that the lonely eagle flies to the mountain peaks while the lowly ant crawls the ground, but cannot the soul of the ant soar as high as the eagle?
tiny.ag/ohvcxj98 · submitted 1997
Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.
tiny.ag/qxbfoafe · submitted 1997
Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?
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