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tiny.ag/ulyprgno · submitted 1997
It takes 8,460 bolts to assemble an automobile, and one nut to scatter it all over the road.
Unknown, (bumper sticker), in Life and Death
tiny.ag/r9askkgd · submitted 1997
It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way.
tiny.ag/pe3wjdh9 · submitted 1997
Jenkinson's Law: It won't work.
tiny.ag/kgx6jecr · submitted 1997
Jesus died for your sins. Make it worth his time.
tiny.ag/vykjqus7 · submitted 1997
Join the Army: travel to exotic distant lands, meet exciting, unusual people and kill them.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/d4uzlrvm · submitted 1997
It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.
tiny.ag/xjumrw8y · submitted 1997
Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.
tiny.ag/ifmh7qzv · submitted 1997
Everything you do or say is public relations.
tiny.ag/njk4cbzp · submitted 1997
Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else.
tiny.ag/rhb5ylek · submitted 1997
Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.
tiny.ag/iltu4sq1 · submitted 1997
Fairy tales: Horror stories for children to get them used to reality.
tiny.ag/e6ekgqrh · submitted 1997
Familiarity breeds contempt.
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/xl1yrua8 · submitted 1997
George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his father didn't punish him? Because George still had the axe in his hand.
tiny.ag/z91tc0go · submitted 1997
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
tiny.ag/xjb1ypdu · submitted 1997
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/51wy2e6t · submitted (updated 23:20)
Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.
tiny.ag/xadsxg7n · submitted 1997
First Law of Bicycling: No matter where you're going, it's uphill and against the wind.
tiny.ag/lkbki8ft · submitted 1997
For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
tiny.ag/qkyrww23 · submitted 1997
First Rule of History: History doesn't repeat itself -- historians merely repeat each other.
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