Having just read this meandering thread this comes to mind.
- Murphy’s Lesser-Known Dictums:
- Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
- He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
- Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.
- Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
- The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.
- The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.
- Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
- The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
- A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.