Success and Failure

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

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

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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

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

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To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

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

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Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

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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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Life's a bitch, and then she has puppies.

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Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.

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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

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Law of Probability Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

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Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.

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