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Business One-Liners 51

Anthony’s Law of Force: Don’t force it, get a larger hammer.
Anthony’s Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner or the workshop. Corollary: On the way to the corner, any dropped tool will first always strike your toes.
Baker’s Law: Misery no longer loves company, Nowadays it insists on it. - Columnist Russell Baker
Banacek’s Eighteenth Polish Proverb: The hippo has no sting, but the wise man would rather be sat upon by the bee.
Barker’s Proof: Proofreading is more effective after publication.
Becker’s Law: It is much harder to find a job than to keep one. - Jules Becker & Co. (Becker goes on to claim that his law permeates industry as well as government, “…once a person has been hired inertia sets in, and the employer would rather settle for the current employee’s incompetence and idiosyncrasies than look for a new employee. ”)
Belle’s Constant: The ratio of time involved in work to more...

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