Success and Failure

It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.

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It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

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It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

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It is said that the lonely eagle flies to the mountain peaks while the lowly ant crawls the ground, but cannot the soul of the ant soar as high as the eagle?

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Jenkinson's Law: It won't work.

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Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.

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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

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The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.

John Ousterhout, in Success and Failure

Your ass is grass and I am the lawnmower.

J. A. O'Fihely, in Success and Failure

All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

Sean O'Casey, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow.

Erik Nupponen, in Success and Failure

Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

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

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Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Henry Louis Mencken, in Success and Failure

Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

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Every solution breeds new problems.

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Everything you do or say is public relations.

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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.

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God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

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Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.

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