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A computer is only as smart as the person using it
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A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years make.
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A man with one watch is certain about time. A man with two watches isn't.
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A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.
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After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.
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After any salary raise, you will have less money at the end of the month than you did before.
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After you bought a replacement for something you've lost and searched for everywhere, you'll find the original.
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All good things come to those who wait... but , don't wait too long or they will pass you by...
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An expert is someone brought in at the last minute to share the blame.
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Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated way.
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Any time you put an item in a "safe place", it will never be seen again.
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Any tool dropped will fall where it can cause the most damage.
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Anything in parentheses can be ignored.
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Behind every little problem there's a larger problem, waiting for the little problem to get out of the way.
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Being dead right, won't make you any less dead.
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Berneathys formula fact: Instruction manuals are for losers
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Berneathys guide theorem: You're only lost if you admit it
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Buddha's Version of Murphy's Law: Decay is inherent in all things, strive unceasingly.
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Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
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Chaos always wins, because it's better organized.
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Cheer up, the worst is yet to come...
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Common Sense Is Not So Common
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Computers don't make errors-What they do they do on purpose.
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Computers let you waste time efficiently
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Don't be irreplaceable, if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
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Don't fix something that ain't broke, 'cause you'll break it and you still can't fix it
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Eat one live toad first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
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Enough research will tend to support whatever theory.
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Every problem is replaceable with a bigger one.
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Every rule has an exception except the Rule of Exceptions.
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Every solution breeds new problems.
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Everything takes longer than you think.
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Garbage abhors a vacuum. It will grow to fill available space. The more space you have, the more junk you'll have.
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Good enough - isn't, unless there is a deadline.
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Great ideas are never remembered and dumb statements are never forgotten.
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Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you think, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
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If all else fails, hit it with a big hammer.
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If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.
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If anything can go wrong, it will. it will be all your fault, and everyone will know it.
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If at first you don't succeed destroy all evidence that you ever tried.
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If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
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If it looks good, And it taste good, And it feels good,There has got to be something wrong some where, So be careful.
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If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
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If it works in theory, it won't work in practice. If it works in practice it won't work in theory.
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If it's not in the computer, it doesn't exist.
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If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page number.
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If the truth is in your favor no one will believe you.
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If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book. If the test is on-line, you will forget your password. If you are given a take home exam, you will forget where you live.
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If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.
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If you can't understand it, it is intuitively obvious.
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If you don't want it, there is plenty of it; If you really need it, they're all out of it.
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If you think you understand science (or computers or women), you're clearly not an expert.
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If your action has a 50% possibility of being correct, you will be wrong 75% of the time.
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In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
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In nature, nothing is ever right. Therefore, if everything is going right ... something is wrong.
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In the eyes of your professor, you are ALWAYS wrong, so don't bother trying.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is.
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In today's fast-moving tech environment, it is a requirement that we forget more than we learn.
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It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
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It is never wise to let a piece of electronic equipment know that you are in a hurry.
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It is simple to make something complex, and complex to make it simple.
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It takes forever to learn the rules and once you've learned them they change again.
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Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD.
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Key to happiness is to be O.K. with not being O.K.
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Knowing mathematics and teaching mathematics are not equivalent
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Laundry Math:1 Washer + 1 Dryer + 2 Socks = 1 Sock
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Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
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Little things make a lot more of a difference; but the little things don't get as much recognition.
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Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
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Long's Law: Those who know the least will always know it the loudest.
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Mother said there would be days like this, but she never said there would be so many.
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Murphy's golden rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
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Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
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Never underestimate incompetency
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No good deed goes unpunished.
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No matter how many resources you have, it is never enough.
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No matter how much you study for a test you will be asked a question that you don't know.
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No matter where I go, there I am
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No matter which book you need, it's on the bottom shelf.
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No part ever fails where you can reach it, or where there is enough light to see how to replace it.
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Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
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Nothing is as easy as it looks.
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Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
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One college student in a hot rod car has half a brain, two college student have no brain
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People don't make the same mistake twice, they make it three, four, or five times.
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Pocket calculator batteries that have lasted all semester will fail during the math final.
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Power Is Taken... Not Given
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Probabilities serve only and exclusively to determine the degree of improbability of the catastrophes that actually take place.
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Rule of Accuracy: When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
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Skarstad's Observation: You will never find any more loose change than you have already lost.
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Someone else always seems to get the credit for your work.
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Technicians are the only ones that don't trust technology.
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Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure. great discoveries are made by mistake.
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The best things in the world are free --- and worth every penny of it.
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The best time to ask for a raise is when everything has gone wrong and your boss is in a panic mode. Never ask for a raise after you have successfully completed a project.
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The boss is always right. If the boss is wrong, refer back to the rule.
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The clothes washer/dryer will only eat one of each pair of socks.
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The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum
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The examination paper is always easier when you are not taking it.
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The file you are looking for is always at the bottom of the largest pile.
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The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time, the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time.
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The first myth of management is that it exists.
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The fish are always biting....yesterday!
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The light at the end of the tunnel is a train
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The more knowledge you gained, the less certain you are of it.
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The most ominous words for those using computers:  "Daddy, what does 'Now formatting Drive C mean'?"
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The only program that runs perfectly every time, is a virus
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The only times something's right, is when everyone agrees its wrong.
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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, the pessimist fears this is true.
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The other line always moves faster.
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The probability of forgetting your password is directly proportional to the frequency of changing it.
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The road to success is always under construction
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There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.
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Things get worse under pressure.
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Those who don't take decisions never make mistakes.
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To know much sleep less.
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Two wrongs don't make a right. It usually takes three or four.
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Waxman's Law: Everything tastes more or less like chicken.
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We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
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What you don't know, will cost you a lot of money.
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Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
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When all else fails, read the instructions.
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When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate.
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When in trouble do what you can. If that fails try what you can't. If that fails give yourself an A for effort and run like hell with pride!
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When putting something into memory, always remember where you put it.
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When something goes wrong, you cannot find the solution in the instruction booklet, but someone else always does.
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When things are going right, you won't notice
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When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
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When you wear new shoes for the first time, everyone will step on them.
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Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
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Where patience fails, force prevails.
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Work smarder and not harder and be careful of yor speling.
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You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.
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You can't misspell numbers when you write them as digits.
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You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.
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You have to look where you lost it.
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You will always find something in the last place you look.
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You will find an easy way to do it, after you've finished doing it.
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Your parents never fail to call you on your cell phone when you're at a party
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