Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/hwk0yobb · ★★☆☆ Fair (101 ratings) · submitted 1997
All I ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/dhkq0tg9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (27 ratings) · submitted 1997
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
tiny.ag/6dhgl4cy · ★★☆☆ Fair (141 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Ian Robinson
An error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
tiny.ag/o9rrnhjx · ★★☆☆ Fair (16 ratings) · 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 · ★★☆☆ Fair (29 ratings) · submitted 1997
Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.
tiny.ag/qyrspbdi · ★★☆☆ Fair (36 ratings) · submitted 1997
Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
tiny.ag/9unwygui · ★★☆☆ Fair (18 ratings) · submitted 1997
Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.
tiny.ag/mximzhqd · ★★☆☆ Fair (29 ratings) · 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 · ★★☆☆ Fair (28 ratings) · submitted 1997
Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.
tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu · ★★☆☆ Fair (19 ratings) · submitted 1997
Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.
tiny.ag/kbikw1yt · ★★☆☆ Fair (22 ratings) · submitted 1997
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.
tiny.ag/odgzoipj · ★★☆☆ Fair (17 ratings) · submitted 1997
Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.
tiny.ag/tcqireyb · ★★☆☆ Fair (34 ratings) · submitted 1997
Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.
tiny.ag/zmis8rln · ★★☆☆ Fair (14 ratings) · submitted 1997
Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.
tiny.ag/dm6wz1hm · ★★☆☆ Fair (21 ratings) · submitted 1997
By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you.
tiny.ag/nz2qcagl · ★★☆☆ Fair (16 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cheer up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.
tiny.ag/7a4ntqxo · ★★☆☆ Fair (164 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cox's Philosophy: Life's a bitch, and then you die.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/znt3vhbp · ★★☆☆ Fair (11 ratings) · submitted 1997
DeVries' Dilemma: If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.
tiny.ag/2kneov7h · ★★☆☆ Fair (18 ratings) · submitted 1997
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
tiny.ag/no2pawla · ★★☆☆ Fair (27 ratings) · submitted 1997
Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.
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