Quotes of Paul Dickson - somelinesforyou

“ Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Acting, First Rule of: Whatever happens, look as if you intended it to happen. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Albrecht's Law: Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well being. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. ”

- Paul Dickson

“ All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise which is impossible. ”

- Paul Dickson
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