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We trained hard, but it seemed that everytime we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.

Unknown, (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Petronius Arbiter), in Work and Recreation

"Political economy" is a phrase consisting of two incompatible words.

Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

Unknown, (W.O.P.R. computer in War Games), in Success and Failure and War and Peace

A .44 magnum beats four aces.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

A banker will lend you money only if you can prove you don't need it.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

A bend in the road is not the end of the road -- unless you fail to make the turn.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project will take only twice as long.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

A computer can make as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working for 20 years.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

A day for firm decisions! Or is it?

Unknown, in Success and Failure

A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.

Unknown, in Law and Politics and Men and Women

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

A liberal is someone too poor to be a capitalist, and too rich to be a communist.

Unknown, in Law and Politics

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A life spent making mistakes is not only most honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A man needs a mistress, just to break the monogamy.

Unknown, in Love and Hate and Men and Women

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism