Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/akq8lupr · submitted 1997
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Margaret Lee Runbeck, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/qowr2a9d · submitted 1997
You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising budget is big enough.
tiny.ag/mzqjkhnh · submitted 1997
Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.
tiny.ag/hxz4udr0 · submitted 1997
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
tiny.ag/wk0s75et · submitted 1997
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened, it won't last.
tiny.ag/xw6wlcfo · submitted 1997
Life's a bitch, and life's got lots of sisters.
tiny.ag/z9mjngin · submitted 1997
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Plato, The Republic, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/lpeqizys · submitted 1997
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
tiny.ag/wjnnpmri · submitted 1997
The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.
tiny.ag/qhz1bahc · submitted 1997
Your ass is grass and I am the lawnmower.
tiny.ag/ubucsjmk · submitted 1997
All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
tiny.ag/nhesdamx · submitted 1997
To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow.
tiny.ag/rxjp4mey · submitted 1997
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
tiny.ag/wpy86lpb · submitted 1997
Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.
tiny.ag/pgsxbect · submitted 1998
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it's been though a blender first.
Les Barker, An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/u5mb79tw · submitted 1997
Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.
James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/kiehwrll · submitted 1997
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
tiny.ag/wyl7j4bs · submitted 1997
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
tiny.ag/uhmdmobz · submitted 1997
As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole!
tiny.ag/ogrpomi2 · submitted 1997
Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em?
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