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Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a
time.
Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a
time.
Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts
absolutely.
Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts
absolutely.
Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know
there is a problem.
Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know
there is a problem.
A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good
reason and the real reason.
A real person has two reasons for doing anything . . . a good
reason and the real reason.
Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never
play cards with a man named Doc. And never read more
Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never
play cards with a man named Doc. And never lie down with a woman
who's got more troubles than you.
Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
Acting, First Rule of: Whatever happens, look as if you intended
it to happen.
Acting, First Rule of: Whatever happens, look as if you intended
it to happen.
Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the read more
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.
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.