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Success and Failure

376 aphorisms  ·  9 comments

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tiny.ag/xts9pvd0  ·  submitted 1997

Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.

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

tiny.ag/rcehbv9s  ·  submitted 1997

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.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/jb6usc1h  ·  submitted 1997

Reach for the moon and if you miss at least you will land among the stars.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/p0z9jdbr  ·  submitted 1997

Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/tkee56g3  ·  submitted 1997

Small minds are the first to condemn great ideas.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/s1xthnqz  ·  submitted 1997

Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/qwjktm2e  ·  submitted 1997

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/yojpg6ut  ·  submitted 1997

Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/z1irlfxp  ·  submitted 1997

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

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure

tiny.ag/oxjpvl03  ·  submitted 1997

Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/nhesdamx  ·  submitted 1997

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

Erik Nupponen, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/puraglae  ·  submitted 1997

If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50-50 it will.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/bpgwmk3n  ·  submitted 1997

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/hsipkpnw  ·  submitted 1997

If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/vhuaqm1e  ·  submitted 1997

If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/t2ay3kb5  ·  submitted 1997

If you see a turtle on a fence post, he has had some help.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/ohvcxj98  ·  submitted 1997

Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/u1iblda0  ·  submitted 1997

It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/qhz1bahc  ·  submitted 1997

Your ass is grass and I am the lawnmower.

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

tiny.ag/ubucsjmk  ·  submitted 1997

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

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