Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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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/frlb4xpk · submitted 1997
Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.
tiny.ag/qyrspbdi · submitted 1997
Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
tiny.ag/9unwygui · submitted 1997
Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.
tiny.ag/z9mjngin · submitted 1997
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Plato, The Republic, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/lv1mbo3c · submitted 1997
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.
tiny.ag/oic7hxlc · submitted 1997
After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found on the bench.
tiny.ag/ckd9cv6r · submitted 1997
After all is said and done, a lot more is usually said than done.
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/avqob1zr · submitted 1997
Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.
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/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/t9lhndlz · submitted 1997
A winner never quits -- a quitter never wins.
tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu · submitted 1997
Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.
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/jwf0oyef · submitted 1997
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
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