Success and Failure

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.

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There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.

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There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.

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There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

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To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

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Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.

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Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.

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Putt's Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

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Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.

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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.

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Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail.

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Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.

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Oliver's Law: Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

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The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.

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

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