Success and Failure

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

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All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

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

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Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner of the workshop.

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

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

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Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried taking candy from a baby.

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.

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

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Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.

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

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Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.

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Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

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Even a blind pig in a blizzard finds an acorn once in a while.

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Use soft words and hard arguments.

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Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.

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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

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

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

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Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.

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