Subject: Problems (Page 5)

Life is just one damned thing after another.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)

We made too many wrong mistakes.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

A $300 picture tube will protect a 10¢ fuse by blowing first.

The time it takes to rectify a situation is inversely proportional to the time it took to do the damage.

Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it.

(1909 – 1966) Polish poet, writer & aphorist

I led the league in “Go get ‘em next time.”

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

(1772 – 1851) American Presbyterian theologian & professor

If I could kick the person in the tail that causes me the most problems I could not sit down for a week.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.

Accident: A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better.

A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

(1947 – ) radio broadcaster & host

A drowning man is not troubled by rain.

He's completely unspoiled by failure.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

The squeaky wheel doesn't always get greased; it often gets replaced.

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling, and golf. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with golf.

Trying is the first step towards failure.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator

If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

(1920 – ) Hungarian writer