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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/frlb4xpk · submitted 1997
Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.
tiny.ag/qyrspbdi · submitted 1997
Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
tiny.ag/9unwygui · submitted 1997
Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.
tiny.ag/mximzhqd · submitted 1997
Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried taking candy from a baby.
tiny.ag/sybjkox1 · submitted 1997
Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot be copied; it must be created.
tiny.ag/pqyzbh1e · submitted 1997
Bacchus: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
tiny.ag/grvjpk8x · submitted 1997
"Political economy" is a phrase consisting of two incompatible words.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/abk7huzh · submitted 1997
What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
Unknown, (W.O.P.R. computer in War Games), in Success and Failure and War and Peace
tiny.ag/hcgfyxv9 · submitted 1997
A .44 magnum beats four aces.
tiny.ag/gpnuvt0q · submitted 1997
You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
tiny.ag/tnfwhxlp · submitted 1997
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
tiny.ag/lc1buagj · submitted 1997
You cannot produce a baby in one month by impregnating nine women.
tiny.ag/8kw5laiw · submitted 1997
You draw nothing out of the bank of life except what you deposit in it.
tiny.ag/ugcdh8oe · submitted 1997
You may only have two of the three choices: (1) Enjoy your job. (2)Work within the law. (3)Make lots of money.
tiny.ag/gelcd01a · submitted 1997
You should emulate your heroes, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead.
tiny.ag/renqzacv · submitted 1997
You're a genius if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning is electricity -- but you're an idiot if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning can kill you.
Unknown, (from Mad Magazine), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/ypqqlw9y · submitted 1998
Always remember your weapons system was made by the lowest bidder
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/qse5ziat · submitted 1998
Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.
tiny.ag/wultb9vd · submitted 1997
Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, volume, humidity, and other variables, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
tiny.ag/tbra32py · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
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