Success and Failure

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

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Law of Probability Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

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Life's a bitch, and then she has puppies.

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Measure twice because you can only cut once.

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Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.

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Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.

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My hands are free, but my mind hesitates.

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Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.

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Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

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Non-Reciprocal Laws of Expectations: Negative expectations yield negative results. Positive expectations yield negative results.

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Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.

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Official Project Stages: (1) Uncritical Acceptance. (2) Wild Enthusiasm. (3) Dejected Disillusionment. (4) Total Confusion. (5) Search for the Guilty. (6) Punishment of the Innocent. (7) Promotion of the Non-participants.

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A ship doesn't travel far in a calm sea.

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A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

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A winner never quits -- a quitter never wins.

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After all is said and done, a lot more is usually said than done.

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After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found on the bench.

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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.

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All I ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.

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