29 Quotes by Paul Dickson

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    Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.

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    Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.

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

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

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    Allen’s Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

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    Albrecht’s Law: Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well being.

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

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    Don’t bite the hand that has your allowance in it.

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