Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/koexwc3k · submitted 1997
Man is able to do what he is unable to imagine. His head trails a wake through the galaxy of the absurd.
tiny.ag/yespcqa6 · submitted 1997
No pressure, no diamonds.
tiny.ag/xuprbfr6 · submitted 1997
If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.
tiny.ag/36xg9wvl · submitted 1997
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
Nicholas Murray Butler, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/ivbmwcle · submitted 1997
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
tiny.ag/varfwyts · submitted 1997
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
tiny.ag/e97mpzt2 · submitted 1997
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
tiny.ag/ajoczguy · submitted 1997
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
tiny.ag/vpdlcnc4 · submitted 1997
Nothing ventured, nothing gained -- but if everything is ventured, and still nothing gained, give up and venture elsewhere.
tiny.ag/m3n54rvj · submitted 1997
Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed.
tiny.ag/kzayik2y · submitted 1997
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
tiny.ag/ghr75dcd · submitted 1997
All my life I wanted to be someone; I guess I should have been more specific.
tiny.ag/t9jmvbpa · submitted 1997
A witty saying proves nothing.
tiny.ag/cgb5omnm · submitted 1997
They are able because they think they are able.
tiny.ag/h5blv72l · submitted 1997
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
tiny.ag/30roecxw · submitted 1997
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
tiny.ag/n3oab9iu · submitted 1997
The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.
tiny.ag/tgov7yf4 · submitted 1997
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
tiny.ag/wyl7j4bs · submitted 1997
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
tiny.ag/wb5d0s4b · submitted 1997
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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