Laws of nature

[laladonny]

Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.

The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher the probability of its success.

Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

It is much harder to find a job than to keep one.

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

1. When in doubt, mumble.
2. When in trouble, delegate.
3. When in charge, ponder.

Trust only those who stand to lose as much as you do when things go wrong.

At some time in the life cycle of virtually every organization, its ability to succeed in spite of itself runs out.

An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.

People don't change; they only become more so.

Every revolutionary idea -- in Science, Politics, Art or Whatever -- evokes three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by three phrases:
1. “It is completely impossible -- don't waste my time.”
2. “It is possible, but it is not worth doing.”
3. “I said it was a good idea all along.”

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Highways in the worst need of repair naturally have low traffic counts, which results in low priority for repair work.

If you have something to do, and you put it off long enough, chances are someone else will do it for you.

Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful man can lead without wisdom.

The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

All probabilities are 50%. Either a thing will happen, or it won't.

1. No action is without side-effects.
2. Nothing ever goes away.
3. There is no free lunch.

To beat the bureaucracy, make your problem their problem.

If you view your problem closely enough, you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

Don't worry over what other people are thinking about you. They're too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them.

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.

We're all going down the same road in different directions

The information you have is not what you want.
The information you want is not what you need.
The information you need is not what you can obtain.
The information you can obtain costs more than you want to pay.

The farther away the future is, the better it looks.