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It is
simple to make something complex, and complex to make it simple.
Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be
done first.
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If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know.
If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the
question
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That which we call sin in others is experiment for us
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Things will get worse before they will get better. Who
said things would get better?
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One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a
good thing to do and always a clever thing to say
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Of two possible events, only the undesired one will occur
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In a hierarchical organization, the higher the level, the
greater the confusion.
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The amount of trash accumulated within the space occupied
is exponentially proportional to the number of living bodies
that enter and leave within any given amount of time
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To beat the bureaucracy, make your problem their problem.
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If you don't know what your program is supposed to do,
you'd better not start writing it.
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To get action out of management, it is necessary to
create the illusion of a crisis in the hope it will be acted
upon
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Never argue with a fool. People might not know the
difference.
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The amount of work done varies inversely with the amount
of time spent in the office.
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If people listened to themselves more often, they'd talk
less.
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Authority tends to assign jobs to those least able to do
them.
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Everything takes longer than you think.
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Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
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If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
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Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
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If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously
overlooked something.
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Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
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Every solution breeds new problems.
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Enough research will tend to support your theory.
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Things get worse under pressure.
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Everything goes wrong all at once.
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If we lose much by having things go wrong, take all
possible care.
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If we have nothing to lose by change, relax.
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If we have everything to gain by change, relax.
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If it doesn't matter, it does not matter.
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You never run out of things that can go wrong.
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The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer
with a map.
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The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives
the enemy somebody else to shoot at.
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Once you are the best in chess, then quit.
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Once you are the best in chess, resign your title, make
impossible demands, then quit.
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Once you are the best in chess, if you start to lose, call for a
timeout.
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Once you are the best in chess, start a new organization and
avoid the second best.
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Every chess clock ticks faster than you think.
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Your opponent's clock will always tick slower than your clock.
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When you have forced mate in three, you have overlooked being
mated in two.
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Don't hope for your opponent's mistakes, rely on them!
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A chess piece most likely to be broken or lost is the most
difficult to replace.
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Bad moves come in waves.
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You always see a better move just after making a bad move.
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Chess is only a hobby to those who can't play very well.
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Shortest distance between 2 points is by 4X4.
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Mud pools are always deeper then they appear.
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Mud tends to go where you do not want it to go...
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You blow a tire when in the middle of the mud.
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The heavier the car the deeper it sinks.
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There's never a tree around when you're stuck in the mud.
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When you need to carry a child they will want to walk.
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When you want them to walk they will want to be carried.
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When you bring the stroller they will want to walk.
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When you forget the stroller they will want to ride.
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The more potential a food has for stains the greater the
coverage area when it is hurled by a child.
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The more potential a food has for stains the more expensive the
item of clothing/fabric/furniture it strikes.
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A child's favorite one day is never a favorite the next day
(especially food).
