Anything that can go
wrong, will go wrong.
Leakproof Seals
-- will.
Self Starters --
will not.
Interchangeable
Parts -- won't.
All warranties expire
upon payment of invoice.
Where you stand
on an issue depends on where you sit.
Friends come and
go, but enemies accumulate.
If you try to please
everybody, nobody will like it.
A short cut is the
longest distance between two points.
You will always
find something in the last place you look.
It is impossible
to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
You will remember
that you forgot to take out the trash when the garbage truck is two doors away.
The race is not
always to the swift nor the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet.
The light at the
end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train.
The chance of a
piece of bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
No matter how long
you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale cheaper.
The other line always
moves faster.
Anything you try
to fix will take longer and cost more than you thought.
A $300.00 picture
tube will protect a 10-cent fuse by blowing first.
If it jams, force
it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Any tool dropped
while repairing a car will roll underneath to the exact center.
The repairman will
never have seen a model quite like yours before.
Build a system that
even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
In any hierarchy,
each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
