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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
Lily Tomlin
(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer
Life
Problems
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Characteristics
Failure
Success
Enthusiasm
Never say “oops” while your patient is conscious.
Stettner's Law for Surgeons
Doctors
Health
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Problems
Patients
Indecision may or may not be my problem.
Jimmy Buffett
(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman
Characteristics
Intelligence
Problems
Indecision
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most embarrassment will be the one to
Wright's Coronary
Emotions
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Embarrassment
Jonathan Wright
Man is the only kind of varmint who sets his own trap, baits it, then steps on it.
John Steinbeck
(1902 – 1968) novelist
Accidents
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1. To get action out of management, it is necessary to create the illusion of a crisis in the hope it will be acted upon. 2. Management will select actions or events and convert them to crises. It will then over-react. 3. Management is incapable of recognizing a true crisis.
Dennis's Principles of Management by Crisis
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Crises
Management
If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Lowery's Law
Accidents
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Mechanics, not microbes, are the menace to civilization.
Norman Douglas
(1868 – 1952) British writer
Problems
Mechanics
Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
Adlai E. Stevenson
(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician
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Communication
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Speech
Dear Randolph, utterly unspoilt by failure.
Noel Coward
(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Failure
Insults
On Randolph Churchill
There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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Congress
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Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
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Problems
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When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep good?" and I said, "No, I made a few mistakes."
Steven Wright
(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
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Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
Ogden Nash
(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet
Accidents
Life
Floor
Wax
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
American proverb
Problems
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New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.
Russell Baker
(1925 – ) columnist & journalist
Accidents
New York City
People
Places
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Pedestrian
If money can fix it, it's not a problem.
Tom Magliozzi
(1937 – 2014) American co-host of radio show “Car Talk”
Problems
The path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the devil’s own satanic herd!
Rowan Atkinson
(1955 – ) English actor
Life
Problems
TV/Movie Quotes
As Blackadder in “Blackadder”
If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.
Epstein's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
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Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.
W.S. Gilbert
(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator
Problems
Things
Railroads
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