Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in 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.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Vice and Virtue

If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr., in Success and Failure

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

Unknown, in Success and Failure

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

Mae West, in Success and Failure

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.

Bessie Stanley, in Happiness and Misery and Success and Failure

To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.

Liz Smith, in Success and Failure

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Oscar Wilde, in Success and Failure

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Oscar Wilde, in Success and Failure and Vice and Virtue

If I traveled to the end of the rainbow
As Dame Fortune did intend,
Murphy would be there to tell me
The pot's at the other end.

Bert Whitney, in Success and Failure

Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed.

Peter Wastholm, in Success and Failure

A witty saying proves nothing.

Voltaire, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

All my life I wanted to be someone; I guess I should have been more specific.

Jane Wagner, in Success and Failure

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington, in Success and Failure

Usually, if you're calling any shots at all, you're not eating worms.

Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (the Susie Derkins character), in Success and Failure

As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error.

Weisert, in Success and Failure