Success and Failure

The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.

Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure

The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.

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The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

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The more you put into life, the less you will get.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Vice and Virtue

The more you know, the less you need to show.

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The more you know, the less you think you know.

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Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

Unknown, in Life and Death and 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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To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

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To err is human, to forgive unusual.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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.

Unknown, (from Bjarne Stroustrup's book on C++), in Success and Failure

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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Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.

Unknown, (motto of the Dutch Poet's Society), in Success and Failure

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

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

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