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Success and Failure

376 aphorisms  ·  9 comments

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tiny.ag/5edntuvq  ·  submitted 1997

If I can be of any help, you're in worse trouble than I thought.

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tiny.ag/fsy6lb1v  ·  submitted 1997

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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tiny.ag/stfdm53a  ·  submitted 1997

If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

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tiny.ag/aqhc8mvh  ·  submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.

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tiny.ag/ifmh7qzv  ·  submitted 1997

Everything you do or say is public relations.

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tiny.ag/rhb5ylek  ·  submitted 1997

Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.

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tiny.ag/5dmluv32  ·  submitted 1997

Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

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tiny.ag/vdu1almu  ·  submitted 1997

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

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tiny.ag/epdarexm  ·  submitted 1999 by Jim Mueller

I wish I were what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.

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tiny.ag/lhewzazm  ·  submitted 1997

I'd rather be rich than stupid.

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tiny.ag/s45yjewi  ·  submitted 1997

God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

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tiny.ag/8ixk9v6t  ·  submitted 1997

Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

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tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu  ·  submitted 1997

Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.

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tiny.ag/zmis8rln  ·  submitted 1997

Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.

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tiny.ag/6dhgl4cy  ·  submitted 1998 by Ian Robinson

An error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

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tiny.ag/tcqireyb  ·  submitted 1997

Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.

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tiny.ag/odgzoipj  ·  submitted 1997

Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.

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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.

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tiny.ag/9unwygui  ·  submitted 1997

Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.

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tiny.ag/frlb4xpk  ·  submitted 1997

Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

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