Failure Quotes by Paul Dickson

A businessman needs three umbrellas - one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train

— Paul Dickson

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

— Paul Dickson

In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.

— Paul Dickson

The great comfort of turning forty-nine is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

— Paul Dickson

Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem.

— 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

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

— 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

The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.

— Paul Dickson

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

— Paul Dickson

Advice, First Law of: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired.

— Paul Dickson

The more innocuous the name of a weapon, the more hideous its impact. Some of the most horrific weapons of the Vietnam era were…

— Paul Dickson